Patent ID: 8187664

Claim:
A method of forming a metallic pattern comprising: (a) forming, in a pattern form on a substrate, a polymer layer which contains a polymer that has a functional group that interacts with an electroless plating catalyst or a precursor thereof and is capable of chemically bonding directly to the substrate, at least a part of the polymer layer being chemically bonded directly to the substrate; (b) imparting the electroless plating catalyst or precursor thereof onto the polymer layer; and (c) forming a metallic film in the pattern form by subjecting the substrate having the polymer layer to electroless plating using an electroless plating solution, wherein the substrate having the polymer layer imparted with the electroless plating catalyst or precursor thereof is treated using a solution comprising a surface charge modifier or 1×10 −10 to 1×10 −4 mmol/l of a plating catalyst poison before or during the (c) forming of the metallic film, and wherein the electroless plating solution comprises the surface charge modifier, the surface charge modifier being selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by following Formula (C-1): wherein, in Formula (C-1), R 1 to R 4 each independently represents a monovalent organic group, and X − represents a counter anion; copolymers produced by copolymerizing a monomer having a quaternary ammonium salt group, a monomer having an ethylene glycol chain, and a monomer having a hydrocarbon having 4 or more carbon atoms; and copolymers produced by copolymerizing a monomer having an amine group, a monomer having an ethylene glycol chain, and a monomer having a hydrocarbon having 4 or more carbon atoms and quaternarizing the resulting copolymer.