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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Tricia Breen Carmichael, Windsor, CA;
Sarah Jane Vella, Tecumseh, CA;
Ali Afzali-ardakani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mahmoud Mostafa Khojasteh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Tricia Breen Carmichael, Windsor, CA;
Sarah Jane Vella, Tecumseh, CA;
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mahmoud Mostafa Khojasteh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of rendering a substrate catalytic to electroless metal deposition comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a ligating chemical agent on the substrate, which is capable of both binding to the substrate and ligating to an electroless plating catalyst; and (b) ligating the electroless plating catalyst to the ligating chemical agent, wherein the ligating chemical agent has the chemical structure: