Electroless copper plating on PC engineering plastic with a novel palladium-free surface activation process

Luo, Laima; Zhang, Lu; Huang, Xiaoguang; Tan, Xiao–Yue; Ding, Xiao-Yu; Cheng, Jigui; Zhu, Liu; Wu, Yucheng

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.04.005

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“… This NaOH alcoholic solution is placed into in a 35-40 0 C water bath for 30 min.  The samples are placed in an aqueous solution with a certain ratio of nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide and NH 4 F.  It is exposed with a supersonic wave for 30min [6].…”

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Investigation of the Operating Conditions on Electroless Nickel Plating Over Abs Plastic

Gürmen¹,

Uraz²

2021

NWSA

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Investigation of the Operating Conditions on Electroless Nickel Plating Over Abs Plastic

Gürmen¹,

Uraz²

2021

NWSA

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“…Enhanced mechanical bonding increases adhesion between the EL coating and the substrate. Microstructural growth and bonding mechanism starts with the formation of globules in nano-size range on certain preferred location (nucleation stage) and then develop laterally to cover the whole surface along thickness direction with high uniformity (growth stage) [121]. The microstructure developed by electroless deposition is columnar as shown in Figure 10 [112].…”

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Coating Technologies for Copper Based Antimicrobial Active Surfaces: A Perspective Review

Bharadishettar

Kuruveri

Panemangalore

2021

Metals

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Microbial contamination of medical devices and treatment rooms leads to several detrimental hospital and device-associated infections. Antimicrobial copper coatings are a new approach to control healthcare-associated infections (HAI’s). This review paper focuses on the efficient methods for depositing highly adherent copper-based antimicrobial coatings onto a variety of metal surfaces. Antimicrobial properties of the copper coatings produced by various deposition methods including thermal spray technique, electrodeposition, electroless plating, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), and sputtering techniques are compared. The coating produced using different processes did not produce similar properties. Also, process parameters often could be varied for any given coating process to impart a change in structure, topography, wettability, hardness, surface roughness, and adhesion strength. In turn, all of them affect antimicrobial activity. Fundamental concepts of the coating process are described in detail by highlighting the influence of process parameters to increase antimicrobial activity. The strategies for developing antimicrobial surfaces could help in understanding the mechanism of killing the microbes.

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“…It was conducted with an ultrasonic wave (40 kHz, 100 W) for 30 min at 25 °C as a non-noble metal activation pretreatment, using an EAGLE Ultrasonic bath-EU8. The resultant specimen was then washed with deionized water for plating [12]. For the ionic liquid solution, chloride and ionic liquid were weighed with the molar ratio 2:1 and the specimen was immersed in the ionic solution and left for 24 hours [13].…”

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Effect of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Electroless Nickel Plating on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Plastic

Uraz

2019

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In this study, electroless nickel (EN) plating on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) engineering plastic using room temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) was studied. Electroless plating is a fundamental step in metal plating on plastic. This step makes the plastic conductive and makes it possible to a homogeneous and hard plating without using any hazardous and unfriendly chemical such as palladium, tin, etc. In the industry there are many distinct chemical materials both catalysts and activation solutions for the electroless bath which is one of the most important parts of the process. In this study the effects of the ionic liquid, plating time, and sand paper size were investigated on electroless nickel plating. The etching and the plating processes were performed with environmentally friendly chemicals instead of the chromic and sulphuric acids used in the traditional processes. Experiments were carried out with and without ionic liquid, EMIC, 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride (C6H11N2Cl), and with 400, 500 and 800 grit sandpaper with the application of the sand attrition process and 70, 80, and 90 °C bath temperatures with 30, 60, and 90 minutes of deposition time. The surface morphology and the thickness of deposit analysis were performed using the Fischer scope X-Ray XDL-B System, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Due to the results of the experiments and analysis, the electroless nickel plating on ABS plastic was a success. The best plating was obtained at 5.010 μm as the maximum plating thickness, at 90 min of plating time and 80 °C as the plating bath temperature for electroless nickel plating on ABS plastic whit the surface activated with 800 grit sandpaper using EMIC ionic liquid. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.25.3.20116

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Electroless copper plating on PC engineering plastic with a novel palladium-free surface activation process

Cited by 32 publications

References 18 publications

Investigation of the Operating Conditions on Electroless Nickel Plating Over Abs Plastic

Investigation of the Operating Conditions on Electroless Nickel Plating Over Abs Plastic

Coating Technologies for Copper Based Antimicrobial Active Surfaces: A Perspective Review

Effect of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Electroless Nickel Plating on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Plastic

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