The present disclosure is drawn to 3D printing kits and methods of making 3D printed articles. In one example, a 3D printing kit can include a powder bed material, a fusible fluid, and an activator fluid. The powder bed material can include polymer particles. The fusible fluid can include a radiation absorber. The fusible fluid can be to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The activator fluid can include a non-conductive electroless metal plating activator. The activator fluid can also be to selectively apply to the powder bed material.

A catalyst ink for plating and a method for electrochemically manufacturing an electronic device by using same are disclosed. The present invention provides a catalyst ink for plating, comprising: a polymer binder; a metal ion as a catalyst; a silane coupling agent for coupling the metal ion and the polymer; and a solvent, wherein the polymer has a lower critical solution temperature in the temperature-composition phase diagram for a solvent-polymer binary system, and the lower critical solution temperature is 30° C. or higher. According to the present invention, a high resolution plated pattern having a line width and a width between lines can be manufactured.

An object is to provide an electroless copper plating solution with excellent solution stability and easy composition control while being used in a neutral range. To achieve the object, a reducing electroless copper plating solution used in a neutral range is employed that contains a copper salt serving as a copper ion supply source, a complexing agent for chelating copper ions, a reducing agent, a surfactant, an aromatic compound containing nitrogen, and contains a tellurium compound serving as a deposition stabilizer, and that has a solution pH of 6 to 9.

An object is to provide an electroless copper plating solution with excellent solution stability and easy composition control while being used in a neutral range. To achieve the object, a reducing electroless copper plating solution used in a neutral range is employed that contains a copper salt serving as a copper ion supply source, a complexing agent for chelating copper ions, a reducing agent, a surfactant, an aromatic compound containing nitrogen, and contains a tellurium compound serving as a deposition stabilizer, and that has a solution pH of 6 to 9.

A method for electrolessly depositing a metal layer onto a substrate, including the following chronological steps: a) treating the substrate surface to be plated with an etching solution; b) treating the substrate surface to be plated with a polyelectrolyte or an organosilane compound; c) treating the surface to be plated with a solution containing metal particles; d) treating the surface to be plated with a solution containing at least one salt of the metal to be deposited onto the substrate.

A method for electrolessly depositing a metal layer onto a substrate, including the following chronological steps: a) treating the substrate surface to be plated with an etching solution; b) treating the substrate surface to be plated with a polyelectrolyte or an organosilane compound; c) treating the surface to be plated with a solution containing metal particles; d) treating the surface to be plated with a solution containing at least one salt of the metal to be deposited onto the substrate.

[Object]

To provide a copper clad laminate that is capable of achieving high adhesion between a low dielectric resin film and a copper plating layer and a good volume resistivity while suppressing a transmission loss when being applied to a flexible circuit board, and a method for producing the copper clad laminate.

[Solving Means]

A copper clad laminate of the present invention includes a low dielectric resin film having a relative permittivity of 3.5 or lower and a dissipation factor of 0.008 or lower at a frequency of 10 GHz, and an electroless copper plating layer laminated on at least one surface of the low dielectric resin film. A weighted average size of crystallites in the electroless copper plating layer is 25 to 300 nm, and an adhesion strength between the resin film and the electroless copper plating layer is 4.2 N/cm or more.

Provided is a method that is for manufacturing a conductive pattern-provided structure, that involves simple manufacturing steps, and that enables formation of a conductive pattern-provided structure having excellent interlayer adhesion. One mode of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive pattern-provided structure, the method comprising: a coating film formation step for obtaining a coating film by printing, on a base material, a dispersion that contains copper oxide-containing particles; and a plating step for performing electroless plating on the coating film by using a plating solution. The plating solution contains EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).

Provided is a method that is for manufacturing a conductive pattern-provided structure, that involves simple manufacturing steps, and that enables formation of a conductive pattern-provided structure having excellent interlayer adhesion. One mode of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive pattern-provided structure, the method comprising: a coating film formation step for obtaining a coating film by printing, on a base material, a dispersion that contains copper oxide-containing particles; and a plating step for performing electroless plating on the coating film by using a plating solution. The plating solution contains EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).

Additive manufacturing processes, such as powder bed fusion of thermoplastic particulates, may be employed to form printed objects in a range of shapes. It is sometimes desirable to form conductive traces upon the surface of printed objects. Conductive traces and similar features may be introduced during additive manufacturing processes by incorporating a metal precursor in a thermoplastic printing composition, converting a portion of the metal precursor to discontinuous metal islands using laser irradiation, and performing electroless plating. Suitable printing compositions may comprise a plurality of thermoplastic particulates comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a metal precursor admixed with the thermoplastic polymer, and optionally a plurality of nanoparticles disposed upon an outer surface of each of the thermoplastic particulates, wherein the metal precursor is activatable to form metal islands upon exposure to laser irradiation. Melt emulsification may be used to form the thermoplastic particulates.