Abstract: The present invention is directed to a microetching composition comprising a source of cupric ions, acid, a nitrile compound, and a source of halide ions. Other additive, including organic solvents, a source of molybdenum ions, amines, polyamines, and acrylamides may also be included in the composition of the invention. The present invention is also directed to a method of microetching copper or copper alloy surfaces to increase the adhesion of the copper surface to a polymeric material, comprising the steps of contacting a copper or copper alloy surface with the composition of the invention, and thereafter bonding the polymeric material to the copper or copper alloy surface.

Abstract: The present invention related to an improved microetching solution and a method of using the improved composition for roughening a metal surface and increasing the adhesion strength of a metal layer to a subsequently applied layer. The microetching composition is an aqueous solution comprising cupric ion source, a pyridine derivative, multiethyleneamine, and an acid. In a preferred embodiment, the microetching solution of the invention also comprises a source of halide ions such as sodium chloride or hydrochloric acid.

Abstract: An improved composition and method for the development of resists is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the resist with a developer solution comprising a source of alkalinity and a cationic surfactant which is an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated tallow amine. The improved developer solution more effectively removes the uncured resist from the resist coated surface.

Abstract: A radiation curable composition contains an epoxy-functional silicone polymer, an iodonium photocatalyst and a non-fluorescing polycyclic aromatic compound containing at least one hydroxy, alkoxy or glycidyl ether substituent bonded to an aromatic carbon atom of the compound.

Abstract: A radiation curable composition contains an epoxy-functional silicone polymer, an iodonium photocatalyst and a non-fluorescing polycyclic aromatic compound containing at least one hydroxy, alkoxy or glycidyl ether substituent bonded to an aromatic carbon atom of the compound.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a property of a cationically curable composition comprising the steps of: adding a fluorescence probe to a cationically curable composition; measuring the intensity of the fluorescence emission of the probe at a wavelength at which intensity changes in response to changes occurring in the composition, wherein the fluorescence probe is a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkoxyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenoxyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.27 cycloaliphatic, C.sub.7 -C.sub.27 aralkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.27 aralkoxyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.27 alkaryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted diphenyl ether having the structure R.sup.9 --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --O--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 R.sup.10 where R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 may be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl; and R.sup.1,R.sup.2 and R.sup.