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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Ashok K. Sharma, Delhi, IN;
Stephen P. Conover, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ashok K. Sharma, Delhi, IN;
Stephen P. Conover, Minneapolis, MN (US);
AMT Holdings, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for depositing metals, metal blends and alloys onto substrate surfaces, including microporous substrates utilizing a plasma operation undertaken at room temperature. In the process, a liquid solution of a monomer or comonomer precursor having a metallic component is utilized to wet the surface of the substrate, with the solvent portion thereafter being removed to leave the substrate surface coated with a dry deposit. The coated substrate is then introduced into a plasma reaction chamber with RF energy being applied across spaced electrodes to create a plasma glow along with the introduction of a plasma supporting gas. The substrate is exposed to the plasma glow for conversion of the precursor to dissociated form to create a deposit consisting essentially of the metallic component in elemental form as a cohesive film on the substrate surface. Preferred metals include such noble metals as platinum, gold and silver, as well as other metals. Preferred precursors include platinum hexafluoro-acetylacetonate, (trimethyl) methylcyclopentadienyl platinum, dimethyl(acetylacetonate) gold, and trimethyl phosphine (hexafluoroacetyl acetonate) silver.