摘要 |
The present invention provides a method of cleaving labile functional groups from molecules by exposure to electromagnetic radiation in which the molecules are contacted with a chemical compound whose triplet state is energetically higher than the triplet state of the labile functional group and are then exposed to electromagnetic radiation, with the labile functional group and the suitable chemical compound having different absorption maxima for electromagnetic radiation. Further, the invention provides a method of manufacturing DNA chips by spatially addressed, light-controlled nucleotide synthesis on solid substrates. In addition, the present invention provides a chemical composition comprising a molecule with a labile functional group and a chemical compound whose triplet state is higher than the triplet state of the labile functional group, with the labile functional group and the chemical compound having different absorption maxima for electromagnetic radiation, and describes the use of the chemical composition in the manufacture of DNA chips. |