Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Xiaojiang Wang

Robert D Bedard

Ellen Cheng-chi Lee

Matthew Cassoli

Shannon Christine Bollin

Andrew Robert Drews

Zijie Lu

A method of forming an etched part includes forming a substrate including a thermoset resin and etching a surface of the substrate. The thermoset resin includes a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin and at least one of an etchable phase and etchable particles disposed within the VPP thermoset resin. The etching removes the etchable phase from the VPP thermoset resin at the surface of the substrate such that a plurality of micro-mechanical bonding sites are formed on an etched surface of the substrate.

Method of forming an etched part and a method of forming a metal plated part

A thermoset resin for forming parts to be metal plated includes a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin and an etchable phase disposed in the VPP thermoset resin. The etchable phase is etched from a surface of a part formed from the VPP thermoset resin such that a plurality of micro-mechanical locking sites is formed on the surface of the part. The etchable phase is at least one of organic particles, organic resins, inorganic particles, and copolymers of the VPP thermoset resin. For example, the etchable phase can be a polybutadiene phase and/or a mineral such as calcium carbonate.

Additively manufactured thermoset polymers for metal plating and metal plated parts formed therefrom

A single-ion polymer electrolyte has formula (I): R&#x2014;[SON(M)SO&#x2014;X&#x2014;]&#x2014;SOLi (I). In formula (I), X may be an electron withdrawing group such as an aromatic group, substituted aromatic group, &#x2014;(CF)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CCl)&#x2014;, &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, or &#x2014;CH(NO)&#x2014;. R may be a fluorinated alkyl, LiSO(CF)&#x2014;, or an aromatic group, and M may be a metal cation. For the single-ion polymer electrolyte with formula (I), m may be an integer from 2 to 2000, and n may be an integer from 1 to 4.

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