NASA NTRS · 20080004518
Electronically conducting polymers with silver grains
Abstract
The present invention provides electronically conducting polymer films formed from photosensitive formulations of pyrrole and an electron acceptor that have been selectively exposed to UV light, laser light, or electron beams. The formulations may include photoinitiators, flexibilizers, solvents and the like. These solutions can be used in applications including printed circuit boards and through-hole plating and enable direct metallization processes on non-conducting substrates. After forming the conductive polymer patterns, a printed wiring board can be formed by sensitizing the polymer with palladium and electrolytically depositing copper.
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Murphy, Oliver J., Hitchens, G. Duncan, Hodko, Dolibor. 1999-07-06. Electronically conducting polymers with silver grains. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080004518
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