A method of manufacturing a microarray includes providing a substrate
having a surface that is immobilized with a functional group protected
with an acid-labile protecting group and capable of coupling with an
oligomer probe, providing a photoacid generator onto the substrate,
disposing on the substrate an imprint template comprising a convex region
and a plurality of concave regions surrounding the convex region so that
the convex region contacts with or is adjacent to an upper surface of the
substrate to define a plurality of reaction zones by the upper surface of
the substrate and the convex region and the concave regions of the
imprint template, exposing one or more of the reaction zones to light so
that an acid is generated by the photoacid generator in the one or more
exposed reaction zones and a functional group in the one or more exposed
reaction zones is deprotected by the acid, and providing an oligomer
probe onto the substrate so that the oligomer probe couples with the
deprotected functional group.