Method of producing metal plated material
The invention provides a method of producing a metal plated material, the method including: preparing a polymer solution containing a polymer; preparing a composition by mixing the polymer solution with a monomer at an amount of from 30% by mass to 200% by mass with respect to the polymer, and with a compound having a non-dissociative functional group and a reactive group, the non-dissociative functional group being capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, and at least one of the polymer or the monomer having a functional group that reacts with the reactive group in the compound; forming a cured layer on a substrate by applying the composition, drying the composition and curing the composition; applying the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to the cured layer; and conducting plating with respect to the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to form a plating film on the cured layer.
1. A method of producing a metal plated material, the method comprising:
preparing a polymer solution containing a polymer that has no polymerizable group;
preparing a composition by mixing the polymer solution with a monomer at an amount of from 30% by mass to 200% by mass with respect to the polymer, and with a compound having a non-dissociative functional group and a reactive group, the non-dissociative functional group being capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, and at least one of the polymer or the monomer having a functional group that reacts with the reactive group in the compound;
forming a cured layer on a substrate by applying the composition, in which the polymer and the monomer are mixed, drying the composition and curing the composition; applying the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to the cured layer; and conducting plating with respect to the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to form a plating film on the cured layer.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the monomer comprises a polyfunctional monomer.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the monomer comprises a radical polymerizable monomer.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a polymerization initiation layer formed on a base material, the polymerization initiation layer comprising a polymerization initiator or a functional group capable of initiating polymerization, such that the substrate is chemically bonded with the cured layer.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plating comprises electroless plating.
6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising conducting electroplating after the electroless plating.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the non-dissociative functional group comprises a cyano group.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer has a functional group that reacts with the reactive group in the compound having a non-dissociative functional group that interacts with a plating catalyst or precursor thereof, and the polymer has an acrylic structure in the main chain.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer is a homopolymer formed by using a monomer having a cyano group.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer has no functional group that reacts with the reactive group in the compound having a non-dissociative functional group that interacts with a plating catalyst or precursor thereof, and the polymer has an acrylic structure in the main chain.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the curing of the composition is carried out by exposing the composition to light.