Patent ID: 8062756

Claim:
A method of forming an oligomeric molecule in situ on an electrode substrate, said method comprising: a) providing an electrode substrate having attached thereto a linker bearing a free reactive group A or a first monomer M 1 bearing a free reactive group A; b) contacting said linker or said first monomer with a second monomer having the formula B-M 2 -B comprising two identical free reactive groups B where B is reactive with A, whereby said second monomer couples to said linker or first monomer via a reaction between A and one of the reactive groups B; and c) contacting said second monomer with a third monomer having the formula A-M 3 -A comprising two identical free reactive groups, wherein M 1 when present, M 2 and M 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of a charge storage moiety, a charge separation moiety, a spacer, an electrolyte, whereby said third monomer couples to said second monomer via a reaction between one of reactive groups A, and a the free reactive group B on said second monomer, thereby forming an oligomeric molecule attached to said substrate, and where said oligomeric molecule is formed without the use of protecting groups.