Patent ID: 9586201
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B01J,C09D,C23C,H05K

Claim:
1. A method for providing an article, comprising: providing a metal catalytic pattern composed of a non-aqueous metal catalytic composition on a substrate, the non-aqueous metal catalytic composition comprising, in admixture: X is a coordinating or non-coordinating anion; R R (b) a silver ion photoreducing composition in an amount of at least 1 weight and up to and including 10 weight %, and (c) a photocurable component, a non-curable polymer, or a combination of a photocurable component and a non-curable polymer in an amount of at least 10 weight % and up to and including 97 weight %, all amounts being based on the total amounts of components (a) through (c) in the non-aqueous metal catalytic composition, to provide a precursor article comprising the metal catalytic layer or the metal catalytic pattern composed of the non-aqueous metal catalytic composition, photoreducing the reducible silver ions to silver particles in the metal catalytic layer or the metal catalytic pattern by imagewise exposure of the precursor article to radiation having a wavelength of at least 250 nm and up to and including 700 nm, and electrolessly plating a metal other than silver onto the silver particles in the metal catalytic layer or metal catalytic pattern.