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Method of depositing a metal on a surface

US4100037A · kind A · utility

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45Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1976
Grant dateJul 11, 1978
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Expiry dateMar 8, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/1415
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of depositing a metal on a surface of a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises selectively coating portions of the surface with a colloidophobic material to render the portions colloidophobic and to delineate an exposed surface pattern which is capable of retaining a colloidal species thereon. The selectively coated surface is treated with a sol comprising a colloidal species selected from the group comprising (1) a species capable of reducing an activating metal ion to an activating metal, and (2) a colloidal activating metal species capable of participating in an electroless metal deposition to deposit the colloidal species on the exposed surface pattern.

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