Electroless copper plating on PET fabrics using hypophosphite as reducing agent

Gan, Xueping; Wu, Yating; Liu, Lei; Shen, Bin; Hu, Wenbin

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2007.01.006

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“…It can be used for traditional clothing, including working clothing for protecting antistatics or electromagnetic radiation and antiradiation clothing for pregnant, and innovative biomedical uses. [1][2][3] For the metal plating, nickel, 4 copper, 5 silver, 6,7 gold, 8 aluminum, and their composite play an important part in recent studies. Nickel and copper display good electrical conductivity.…”

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Electroless silver plating on the PET fabrics modified with 3‐mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane

Wang

et al. 2011

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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The feasibility of adherent silver layers onto PET fabrics by electroless plating was explored and its optimal technology for modification and electroless plating was investigated. Morphology, structure, and thermal stability of silver plating PET fabrics were characterized by scanning electric microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravitric (TG) analysis. As the silver weight on the modified fabric is 25 g/m 2 , the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (SE) of silver plating PET fabric is more than 30dB at the frequency ranging from 1MHz to 5000 MHz. The results show that the silver plating PET fabric has good electrical conductivity and electromagnetic shielding property.

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Electroless silver plating on the PET fabrics modified with 3‐mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane

Wang

et al. 2011

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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“…It is easily oxidized to yield HCOO -, the activated hydrogen atom (•H) and release electrons (anodic reaction). In the meantime, the copper ions in the plating bath reduce to metallic copper by the electrons generated through the oxidation of nickel (cathodic reaction) [26]. The combination of two activated hydrogen atoms will be responsible for part of the observed gas evolution.…”

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“…On the other hand, the nickel content increases up to a certain level of the coating. The presence of nickel substance in electroless copper plating plays a key role in formation of copper layers on the fabric surface [26]. After nickel plating on the copper-plated fabric, the nickel percentage increases from 9.62 to 26.73% (% w/w).…”

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Rejection of far infrared radiation from the human body using Cu–Ni–P–Ni nanocomposite electroless plated PET fabric

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An experimental investigation was utilized to present the IR rejection performance of Cu-Ni-P-Ni composite double-layer electroless plated PET fabric compared to fabric samples composed of Cu-Ni-P metallic monolayer. Accordingly, the effect of a range of operational parameters was explored on the conductivity of electroless plated PET fabric. Results indicate higher conductivity and lower durability for Cu-Ni-P-coated samples compared to its counterpart with same sub-layer included with nickel on top layer. The SEM image of CuNi-P particle on PET fabric shows a hexagonal non-homogenous morphology with nanoscale crack on its surface. However, the micrograph of the Cu-Ni-P-Ni electroless plated fabric shows an extremely compact and continuous phase with clear boundaries containing semispherical particles. The thermopile radiated sensing system was used as a sophisticated device to show the thermal energy absorption level. The acquired data indicate a 2.3 and 2.7 unit reduction in transmitted radiated power, respectively, for Cu-Ni-P and Cu-Ni-P-Ni conducting fabric. The captured thermal camera images of human body while keeping in front of a Cu-Ni-P conducting fabric revealed a nearly black and blue feature which proves the significant decrease in body radiated thermal energy. However, the thermal image of Cu-Ni-P-Ni conductive fabric shows almost black appearance in all areas. It can be presumably due to improving of the IR rejection performance and also formation of a massive barrier against body thermal radiation for promising camouflage applications.

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“…Tables 2 and 3 give the details of the solutions for pretreatment and electroless deposition of copper. 7 Prior to copper deposition, the nanofibers were pretreated by dipping in the sensitization solution for about 5 min in order to activate the fiber surfaces. A thin metal layer with catalyst was replaced on the surface of the nanofibers, which was the ''catalytic center'' of Cu coating.…”

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Functionalization of polyamide 6 nanofibers by electroless deposition of copper

et al. 2008

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Polyamide 6 (PA6) nanofibers were prepared via electrospinning. The electrospun PA6 nanofibers were functionalized using electroless deposition technique. Oxygen low temperature plasma treatment was applied to substitute the conventional roughening process using concentrated sulfuric acid-potassium dichromate. The deposition of copper (Cu) on the PA6 nanofibers was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The observations revealed the uniform coating of the PA6 nanofibers with thin films of Cu. It was also found that the surface conductivity of the PA6 nanofibers was significantly improved by the Cu deposition. The combination of electrospinning and electroless deposition will provide a new approach to producing the functional nanofibers for various applications.

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Electroless copper plating on PET fabrics using hypophosphite as reducing agent

Cited by 92 publications

References 10 publications

Electroless silver plating on the PET fabrics modified with 3‐mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane

Electroless silver plating on the PET fabrics modified with 3‐mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane

Rejection of far infrared radiation from the human body using Cu–Ni–P–Ni nanocomposite electroless plated PET fabric

Functionalization of polyamide 6 nanofibers by electroless deposition of copper

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