Patent ID: 8779071

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: contacting a surface of a substrate with a gaseous metal-containing oxidant, thereby forming an oxidant-enriched surface; and contacting said oxidant-enriched surface with a gaseous monomer, thereby forming a polymer-coated surface; wherein said surface of said substrate comprises aryl or heteroaryl moieties selected from the group consisting of: naphthalene, anthracene, thiophene, thianthrene, furan, pyran, isobenzofuran, chromene, xanthene, phenoxanthene, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, isothiazole, isoxazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, indolizine, isoindole, indole, indazole, purine, quinolizine, isoquinoline, quinoline, phthalazine, naphthyridine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, pteridine, carbazole, carboline, phenanthridine, acridine, phenanthroline, phenarsazine, phenothiazine, furazan, phenoxazine, oxazole, and polyethylene naphthalate; and said gaseous monomer is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thiophenes, furans, pyrroles, and anilines.