A process for depositing metal or metal alloy on a substrate including treating the substrate surface with an activation solution comprising a source of metal ions so the metal ions are adsorbed on the substrate surface, treating the obtained substrate surface with a treatment solution containing an additive selected from thiols, thioethers, disulphides and sulphur containing heterocycles, and a reducing agent suitable to reduce the metal ions adsorbed on the substrate surface selected from boron based reducing agents, hypophosphite ions, hydrazine and hydrazine derivatives, ascorbic acid, iso-ascorbic acid, sources of formaldehyde, glyoxylic acid, sources of glyoxylic acid, glycolic acid, formic acid, sugars, and salts of aforementioned acids; and subsequently treating the substrate surface with a metallizing solution comprising a source of metal ions to be deposited such that a metal or metal alloy is deposited thereon.

The present invention relates to a fuel hose made from a metal-plated elastomer and to a method for its manufacturing.

A method of forming a copper metal layer on a non-metallic material contains: a. providing a carbon-based electroless-plating inks; b. spraying the carbon-based electroless-plating inks on the non-metallic material; c. dry spraying the carbon-based electroless-plating inks on the non-metallic material; and d. dipping the non-metallic material on which the carbon-based electroless-plating inks dry sprayed in an electroless plating solution. Thereby, the copper metal layer is formed on the carbon-based electroless-plating inks of the non-metallic material.

A new formulation of treatment baths for the etching of polymers prior to metallization or coating of the polymer using known technologies described in the state of the art, which are based on the use of salts and/or complexes of the Cr(III) cation, where the formulation includes a salt and/or Cr(III) complex in which the Cr(III) is coordinated to at least one or several mono, bi, tri, tetra, penta, hexadentate or bridging ligands that are coordinated to the chromium by the oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom or several of these atoms of the ligands, such that after the polymer piece has been etched with the Etching formulation described above, the metal coating is carried out by means of the application of chemical and electrolyte baths in the case of metallization, or by means of the application of paint or another organic coating.

A method of providing a metallically reflective surface on a substrate includes applying a primer layer to the substrate, mixing a solution of silver salt with a reducing agent and spraying the solution onto the primer layer to form a silver layer, and applying at least one transparent or translucent top coat layer or at least one clear coat layer onto the silver layer, wherein the primer contains a corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of benzotriazole, tolyltriazole, benzimidazole, derivatives of the compounds and mixtures of two or more of the compounds and/or derivatives.

An electroless plating catalyst contains: carbon material powders which include oxygen functional groups. The oxygen functional groups at least consisting of any one of lactol, ester, hydroxyl, epoxy, and ketone, wherein the carbon material powders include oxide of any one of graphene, graphite, carbon nanotube, carbon black, and activated carbon. Oxygen content of the carbon material powders is 5 wt % to 50 wt % of a total weight of carbon powder material. The carbon material powders include a combination, and the combination is any one of nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), boron (B), fluorine (F), and phosphorus (P), wherein a content of the combination is 1 wt % to 20 wt % of the total weight of the carbon powder material.

An electroless plating catalyst contains: carbon material powders which include oxygen functional groups, wherein the carbon material powders include oxide of any one of graphene, graphite, carbon nanotube, carbon black, and activated carbon with/without oxidization treatment. Oxygen content of the carbon material powders is 5 wt % to 50 wt % of a total weight of carbon powder material. The carbon material powders include a combination, and the combination is any one of nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), boron (B), fluorine (F), and phosphorus (P), wherein a content of the combination is 1 wt % to 20 wt % of the total weight of the carbon powder material.

A method of producing an electroconductive substrate including a base material, and an electroconductive pattern disposed on one main surface side of the base material includes: a step of forming a trench including a bottom surface to which a foundation layer is exposed, and a lateral surface which includes a surface of a trench formation layer, according to an imprint method; and a step of forming an electroconductive pattern layer by growing metal plating from the foundation layer which is exposed to the bottom surface of the trench.

A new method capable of forming a circuit by performing metal plating on a desired portion on a substrate through a small number of steps regardless of the kind of the substrate. A method for forming a circuit on a substrate characterized in that when forming a circuit by plating on a substrate, the method includes steps of applying a coating film containing a silicone oligomer and a catalyst metal onto the substrate, and thereafter, performing an activation treatment of the catalyst metal in the coating film to make the catalyst metal exhibit autocatalytic properties, and then, performing electroless plating.

The present invention provides a surface-independent surface-modifying multifunctional biocoating and methods of application thereof. The method comprises contacting at least a portion of a substrate with an alkaline solution comprising a surface-modifying agent (SMA) such as dopamine so as to modify the substrate surface to include at least one reactive moiety. In another version of the invention, a secondary reactive moiety is applied to the SMA-treated substrate to yield a surface-modified substrate having a specific functionality.