Electroless copper plating of inkjet-printed polydopamine nanoparticles: A facile method to fabricate highly conductive patterns at near room temperature

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 19494-19498

  Ma, Siyuan ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Bromberg, Vadim ^b   Singler, Timothy J ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee ring; Inkjet printing; Low temperature metallization; Mussel inspired material; Polydopamine site selective electroless plating; Twin line

Indexed keywords

AMINES; COSTS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; EXCITONS; FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INK JET PRINTING; MOLLUSCS; NANOPARTICLES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC BOTTLES; RINGS (COMPONENTS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COFFEE RINGS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; ELECTROLESS COPPER PLATING; ELECTROLESS PLATING PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); SITE SELECTIVE; TWIN LINE;

TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYDOPAMINE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; PRINTING; TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; INDOLES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; PRINTING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84914674639     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506102w     Document Type: Article

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