Patent ID: 7560258

Claim:
A method of attaching a peptide, protein, or protein-containing complex to a glass surface, the method comprising: (a) providing a glass surface having chemically immobilized thereon at least one domain comprising a first polymerizable ethylene-containing moiety; (b) providing a peptide, protein, or protein-containing complex that includes a second polymerizable ethylene-containing moiety; and then (c) co-polymerizing the second polymerizable ethylene-containing moiety of the peptide, protein, or protein-containing complex of step (b) with the first polymerizable ethylene-containing moiety of the domain of step (a), wherein the co-polymerizing comprises UV-induced polymerization or chemical-induced free-radical polymerization, thereby immobilizing the peptide, protein, or protein-containing complex upon or within the domain.