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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Jeffery Scott Thompson, West Chester, PA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffery Scott Thompson, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 17/075 (2006.01); C08J 5/12 (2006.01); C04B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides processes for inhibiting the formation of copper oxides on substantially oxide-free copper surfaces by contacting a substantially oxide-free copper surface with a bifunctional ligand that contains both a metal-coordinating group and a tertiary amine group in an aqueous solution of pH about 2 to about 5.5. A thin layer of the bifunctional ligand formed by coordination of the dialkylaminoacetonitrile to the copper surface can be removed by heating under vacuum to regenerate a substantially oxide-free copper surface.