The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition for laser direct structuring process, and a molded product comprising the same. In one specific embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a base resin; approximately 0.1-20 parts by weight of an additive for laser direct structuring; and approximately 1-20 parts by weight of an impact modifier, wherein the base resin comprises a polycarbonate resin, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer and a polyester resin.

A thermoplastic resin composition contains 10 to 90% by mass of (A) thermoplastic resin; 1 to 20% by mass of (B) laser direct structuring additive; and 0.3 to 7.0% by mass of (D) graphite, a total of the ingredient (A), the ingredient (B) and the ingredient (D) being always kept at 100% by mass or below, and a ratio by mass given by ingredient (B)/ingredient (D) being 1.0 to 20.

A linear shape member is composed of a linear shape electrical insulating body comprising irregularities on a surface, and a plating layer coating the surface of the electrical insulating body. An average irregularities spacing Sm of the irregularities is not more than 20.0 m.

To provide a surface-treated polymer production method which can be performed in a simplified manner and at low cost. In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the surface-treated polymer production method according to the present invention include: reacting a surface of a polymer with a halogen oxide radical to surface-treat the polymer, and in the surface-treating, a reaction system is not irradiated with light.

A circuit board is formed from a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth. Trace channels and apertures are formed into the catalytic laminate, electroless plated with a metal such as copper, filled with a conductive paste containing metallic particles, which are then melted to form traces. In a variation, multiple circuit board layers have channels formed into the surface below the exclusion depth, apertures formed, are electroless plated, and the channels and apertures filled with metal particles. Several such catalytic laminate layers are placed together and pressed together under elevated temperature until the catalytic laminate layers laminate together and metal particles form into traces for a multi-layer circuit board.

The present invention provides a precursor film for producing a conductive film, the precursor film including: a substrate; and a plated layer precursor layer disposed on the substrate, in which the plated layer precursor layer includes a polyfunctional monomer, a monofunctional monomer, and a polymer which has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor of the plating catalyst and has a polymerizable functional group.

A present invention provides a method for manufacturing a printed wiring board having excellent plating adhesion to a resin substrate having low surface roughness such as having surface roughness Ra of 0.2 m or less, having excellent treating solution stability, and having high penetrability into the resin substrate. The method for manufacturing a resin substrate includes a step 1A or a step 1B; and a step 2 after the step 1A or the step 1B; and the steps are conducted before conducting electroless plating.

The present invention relates to a composition for forming a conductive pattern by irradiation of electromagnetic waves capable of allowing excellent formation of a conductive micro-pattern on various polymer resin products comprising a polycarbonate resin or on resin layers by a simple method such as irradiation of electromagnetic waves and plating, and capable of reducing the degradation of the physical properties of the resin products or resin layers caused by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves, a method for forming a conductive pattern using the same, and a resin structure having a conductive pattern. The composition for forming a conductive pattern by irradiation of electromagnetic waves comprises: a polymer resin comprising a polycarbonate resin; and an electromagnetic wave-absorbing inorganic additive which absorbs an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength in the infrared region and satisfies the characteristic that a laser sensitivity Ls defined by a predetermined relational expression is 1.6<log(Ls)<6.0.

A method for application of a metal on a substrate comprises a) contacting at least a part of the surface of the substrate with at least one initiator, and polymerizable units with the ability to undergo a chemical reaction to form a polymer, the polymer comprising at least one charged group, wherein the contacting is achieved by contacting a pad with a plate comprising the at least one initiator and the polymerizable units and subsequently contacting the pad with the surface of the substrate, thereby transferring the at least one initiator and the polymerizable units to the surface of the substrate. Subsequently a metal layer is produced on the surface. The compactness of the applied metal layer is increased.

A circuit board is formed from a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth. Trace channels and apertures are formed into the catalytic laminate, electroless plated with a metal such as copper, filled with a conductive paste containing metallic particles, which are then melted to form traces. In a variation, multiple circuit board layers have channels formed into the surface below the exclusion depth, apertures formed, are electroless plated, and the channels and apertures filled with metal particles. Several such catalytic laminate layers are placed together and pressed together under elevated temperature until the catalytic laminate layers laminate together and metal particles form into traces for a multi-layer circuit board.