Patent ID: 8052858
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a member having a plated coating, comprising: (a) irradiating a resin material with ultraviolet rays while said resin material is in contact with a first solution consisting of ozone in an organic or inorganic polar solvent other than water, and then (b) electroless plating said resin material, wherein the organic polar solvent is selected from the group consisting of methanol, isopropyl alcohol, N,N-dimethylformaldehyde, N,N-dimethylacetamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, N-methyl-pyrrolidon, hexamethylphosphoramide, formic acid, acetic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the inorganic polar solvent is nitric acid, and wherein the resin material irradiated by the ultraviolet rays while in contact with the first solution lacks a surface having prior roughening.