Room-temperature one-step immobilization of rod-like helical polymer onto hydrophilic substratesElectronic Supplementary Information (ESI) available: Preparation of PDBS and monomer, a mechanism for the formation of Si?H and/or Si?OR end groups in PDBS synthesis, FT-IR chart of PDBS (Mw = 6500, Mw/Mn = 1.16), comparision of UV spectra of spin-coated sample before and after washing and comparison of UV spectra of end-gratfted sample before and after it was immersed in n-hexane overnight. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b310985b/