Patent ID: 8231941

Claim:
A method of patterning redox-active polymers on a surface to form surface-bound redox-active polymers, said method comprising: providing a plurality of identical redox-active molecules bearing at least a first reactive site or group and a second reactive site or group, where the first reactive site or group is reactive with the second reactive site or group; and contacting said surface with said redox-active molecules at a temperature of at least about 200° C., where said contacting is under conditions that result in attachment of said redox-active molecules to said surface via said first reactive site or group, and polymerization of said redox-active molecules by reaction between the first reactive site or group on one redox-active molecule and the second reactive site or group on another redox-active molecule thereby forming polymers of said redox-active molecules attached to said surface, where said polymers comprise at least two of said redox-active molecules.