Single-Step Platform for On-Chip Integration of Bio-Molecules.

Novel compounds having a functionalized group capable of binding to a solid substrate; a photoactivatable group capable of generating a reactive group upon exposure to light and being for binding a screenable moiety; and a polymer capable of forming a monolayer on a solid substrate, and having the functionalized group and to the photoactivatable group attached thereto and processes for the preparation thereof are disclosed. Further disclosed are arrays of screenable moieties (e.g., nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, substrates, chelating agents and many more) prepared using these novel compounds.