Surface graft material, conductive pattern material, and production method thereof

• US 20050208428A1
• Filed: 03/21/2005
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Koichi, Kano, Takeyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,291,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 430/311
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/1608 from pretreatment step, i.e. selective pre-treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/1612 through irradiation means
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/182 Radiation, e.g. UV, laser
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/1844 with use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals, first
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/1868 Radiation, e.g. UV, laser
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/1893 with use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals, first
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/204 Radiation, e.g. UV, laser
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/2086 with use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals, first
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 18/30 Activating or accelerating or sensitising with palladium or other noble metal
• CPC Class Codes: G03F 7/165 Monolayers, e.g. Langmuir-Blodgett
• CPC Class Codes: G03F 7/405 Treatment with inorganic or organometallic reagents after imagewise removal
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2203/1157 Using means for chemical reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/185 by making a catalytic pattern by photo-imaging
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/389 by the use of a coupling agent, e.g. silane

Abstract

A surface graft material including a substrate and a surface graft polymer chain, wherein the surface graft polymer chain includes a photocleavable moiety at one of its terminals, and the surface graft polymer chain is directly bonded to a surface of the substrate by a covalent bond between the photocleavable moiety and the substrate. A graft pattern formation method comprising exposing the graft material to cleave the photocleavable moiety in the exposed area, and removing the graft polymer chain from the exposed are to form a surface graft polymer chain pattern. A conductive pattern material and a metal particle pattern material using the graft pattern.

Claims

1. A surface graft material including a substrate and a surface graft polymer chain, wherein the surface graft polymer chain includes a photocleavable moiety at one of its terminals, and the surface graft polymer chain is directly bonded to a surface of the substrate by a covalent bond between the photocleavable moiety and the substrate.

2. The surface graft material according to claim 1, wherein the surface graft polymer chain has a hydrophilic group.

3. The surface graft polymer according to claim 1, wherein the surface graft polymer chain has a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000,000.

5. A conductive pattern obtained by:

exposing the surface graft material of claim 1 to cleave the photocleavable moiety in exposed areas;

removing the graft polymer chain from the exposed areas to form a graft polymer chain pattern formed by regions having the graft polymer chain and regions not having the graft polymer chain; and

adhering a conductive substance to the regions having the graft polymer chain.

6. The conductive pattern according to claim 5, wherein the surface graft polymer has a hydrophilic group.

7. The conductive pattern according to claim 5, wherein the conductive substance is a conductive particle having a particle size of 0.1 nm to 1,000 nm.

8. The conductive pattern according to claim 5, wherein the conductive substance is a conductive polymer.

10. A conductive pattern material obtained by:

exposing the surface graft material of claim 1 to cleave the photocleavable moiety in exposed areas;

removing the graft polymer chain from the exposed areas to form a graft polymer chain pattern formed by regions having the graft polymer chain and regions not having the graft polymer chain;

adhering a metal salt or a metal ion to the regions having the graft polymer chain; and

reducing the metal ion or a metal ion in the metal salt to form a metal thin film.

11. The conductive pattern material according to claim 10, wherein the surface graft polymer chain has a group having an affinity for the metal ion or the metal salt.

4. A graft pattern formation method comprising:

exposing a surface graft material including a substrate and a surface graft polymer which includes a photocleavable moiety at one of its terminals, so as to cleave the photocleavable moiety in exposed areas; and

removing the surface graft polymer chain from the exposed areas to form a surface graft polymer chain pattern,

wherein the photocleavable moiety is covalently bonded to the substrate and the surface graft polymer chain pattern is formed by regions having the graft polymer chain and regions not having the graft polymer chain.

9. A conductive pattern formation method comprising:

forming a graft pattern by the method of claim 4;

and

adhering a conductive substance to the region having the graft polymer chain.

12. A conductive pattern formation method comprising:

forming a graft pattern by the method of claim 4;

adhering a metal ion or a metal salt to the regions having the graft polymer chain; and

reducing the metal ion or a metal ion in the metal salt to form a metal thin film.

13. The conductive pattern formation method according to claim 12, further comprising heating the substrate having the metal thin film at a temperature of 100 to 400°

C. after the formation of the metal thin film.

14. The conductive pattern formation method according to claim 13, wherein heating time is at least 10 minutes.

15. A metal particle pattern material obtained by:

forming a graft pattern by the method of claim 4;

adhering a metal ion or a metal salt to the regions having the graft polymer chain; and

reducing the metal ion or a metal ion in the metal salt and depositing metal particles to form a metal particle adsorption area.

16. A metal particle pattern formation method comprising:

forming a graft pattern by the method of claim 4;

adhering a metal ion or a metal salt to the regions having the graft polymer chain; and

reducing the metal ion or a metal ion in the metal salt and depositing metal particles to form a metal particle adsorption area.

17. The metal particle pattern formation method according to claim 16, further comprising heating the substrate having the metal particle adsorption area at a temperature of 100 to 400°

C. after the formation of the metal particle adsorption area.

18. A conductive pattern formation method comprising:

exposing a surface graft material including a substrate and a surface graft polymer chain, which includes a photocleavable moiety at one of its terminals, so as to cleave the photocleavable moiety in exposed areas;

removing the surface graft polymer chain from the exposed areas to form a surface graft polymer chain pattern formed by regions having the graft polymer chain and regions not having the graft polymer chain; and

providing an electroless plating catalyst or a precursor thereof onto the regions having the graft polymer chain; and

conducting electroless plating to form a metal thin film,

wherein the photocleavable moiety is covalently bonded to the substrate, and the surface graft polymer chain further has a functional group which can interact with the electroless plating catalyst or the precursor thereof.

19. A conductive pattern material obtained by the method of claim 18.