Patent ID: 8182873
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. An electroless metal plating method, comprising the steps of: reacting an azole compound with an epoxy silane compound to form a silane coupling agent having, in a molecule thereof, a functional group with a metal-capturing capability; forming a surface-treatment liquid consisting of the silane coupling agent and a solvent and surface-treating a material with the surface-treatment liquid to obtain a surface-treated material; heat-treating the surface-treated material at a temperature of at least 200° C. in air or an inert gas atmosphere so as to cause a structural change of the silane coupling agent and vitrification thereof to form a heat-treated material; contacting the heat-treated material with a solution consisting of a noble metal compound and a solvent, and then performing electroless plating on the heat-treated material to form a plated material.