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  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF CATALYSTS ON SURFACES AND FOR SELECTIVE ELECTROLESS METALLIZATION
    Publication number: 20110177936
    Abstract: A method of rendering a substrate catalytic to electroless metal deposition comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a ligating chemical agent on the substrate, which is capable of both binding to the substrate and ligating to an electroless plating catalyst; and (b) ligating the electroless plating catalyst to the ligating chemical agent, wherein the ligating chemical agent has the chemical structure: wherein n and m are each between about 1 and about 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: TRICIA BREEN CARMICHAEL, SARAH JANE VELLA, ALI AFZALI-ARDAKANI, MAHMOUD MOSTAFA KHOJASTEH
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF CATALYSTS ON SURFACES AND FOR SELECTIVE ELECTROLESS METALLIZATION
    Publication number: 20140121096
    Abstract: A method of rendering a substrate catalytic to electroless metal deposition comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a ligating chemical agent on the substrate, which is capable of both binding to the substrate and ligating to an electroless plating catalyst; and (b) ligating the electroless plating catalyst to the ligating chemical agent, wherein the ligating chemical agent has the chemical structure: wherein n and m are each between about 1 and about 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tricia Breen CARMICHAEL, Sarah Jane VELLA, Ali AFZALI-ARDAKANI, Mahmoud Mostafa KHOJASTEH