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Process for producing composite material comprising resin molded product

a technology of resin molded products and composite materials, which is applied in the direction of liquid surface applicators, coatings, chemical coatings, etc., can solve the problems of large environmental burden, limited selection of polymers to be dipped in such etching solutions, and difficult surface roughening of obtained polymer members, etc., to achieve improved adhesion strength and stabilize the resultant plating film

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-01-27
HITACHT MAXELL LTD
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[0041]Firstly, according to the present invention, in the batch processing for the pre-treatment for plating in which the metal complex is allowed to penetrate the polymer by the use of the high-pressure carbon dioxide, the metal complex can be allowed to reliably penetrate the polymer and can be immobilized therein by a treatment even at a low temperature; and an excess of the metal complex can be recovered from the high-pressure vessel. Secondly, according to the present invention, the adhesion strength of the resultant plating film can be improved and stabilized.

Problems solved by technology

However, the use of the oxidizing agent such as hexavalent chromic acid or permanganic acid gives a large burden on the environment.
Selection of a polymer to be dipped in such an etching solution, i.e., a polymer applicable to electroless plating, is limited to a part of polymers such as ABS, etc.
This is because the ABS contains a butadiene rubber component into which an etching solution selectively penetrates to roughen the surface of a polymer member, while other polymer materials contain only bits of components to be selectively oxidized by such an etching solution, with the result that obtained polymer members are hard to be roughened at their surfaces.
However, polymer materials of such plating grades unavoidably tend to deteriorate in their physical properties such as decrease in heat resistance, as compared with their main components alone.
Therefore, such polymer materials are hard to be used for molded products which are required to have heat resistance.

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[0124]In this Example, a predetermined high-pressure apparatus was used in a pre-treatment for plating, so as to dissolve a reducing agent and an organic metal complex in a high-pressure fluid and to bring the resulting solution into contact with a resin material. In this Example, carbon dioxide was used as the high-pressure fluid. Firstly, the high-pressure apparatus used in this Example will be described.

[0125]FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the high-pressure apparatus 10 for use in the pre-treatment for plating and electroless plating according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0126]As shown in FIG. 2, the high-pressure apparatus 10 includes a first high-pressure vessel 20 for holding a resin material (or a resin molded product) 1; a liquid carbon dioxide bomb 11 for storing carbon dioxide to be fed to the first high-pressure vessel 20; a syringe pump 13 for pressurizing carbon dioxide; a second high-pressure vessel 17 for storing an organic metal complex; a separat...

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[0147]In this Example, a plating film was formed on a resin material 1 by the same steps shown in FIG. 1, as well as Example 1. However, the heat treatment carried out in Example 1 was omitted, after the treatment (Step S22 on FIG. 1) wherein supercritical carbon dioxide in which an organic metal complex containing a plating catalyst was dissolved was brought into contact with the resin material 1 to allow the supercritical carbon dioxide to penetrate into the resin material; and instead, the resin material 1 was dried in an air at a normal temperature for one hour. After that, plating films were formed (Steps S23 and S24 on FIG. 1). Thus, the entire surface of the resin material 1 was coated with a metal film.

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[0148]In this Example, a plating film was formed on a resin material 1 by the steps shown in FIG. 1, as well as Example 1. However, the step of bringing a reducing agent into contact with a resin material to allow the reducing agent to penetrate into the resin material (Step S21 on FIG. 1) was carried out in an air without using the high-pressure apparatus shown in FIG. 2. In concrete, the resin material 1 was charged in a sealed vessel (not shown) containing a mixture of ethanol (100 mL) with ethylene glycol (100 mL), which was then subjected to a ultrasonic wave at 80° C. under a normal pressure for 60 minutes; and then, the resin material 1 was taken out and was dried until ethanol and ethylene glycol on the surface thereof were vaporized. Except for these, plating films were formed on the resin material 1 in the same manners as in Example 1 (Steps S22 to S24 on FIG. 1). Thus, the entire surface of the resin material 1 was coated with a metal film.

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for allowing a metal complex to stably penetrate into a polymer and immobilizing the metal complex in the polymer by a low temperature treatment, in a batch processing for a plating pre-treatment wherein the metal complex is allowed to penetrate into the polymer with the use of high-pressure carbon dioxide. In particular, the present invention provides a method for producing a composite material containing a resin molded product, characterized in that a reducing agent is brought into contact with the resin molded product so as to allow the reducing agent to penetrate into the resin molded product, and in that high-pressure carbon dioxide having an organic metal complex dissolved therein is brought into contact with the resin molded product into which said reducing agent has penetrated, so as to immobilize the organic metal complex in the resin molded product by the reducing agent.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present patent application is filed claiming the priority of the Japanese patent application No. 2008-62767 (filed on Mar. 12, 2008) of which the entire content is incorporated in the present patent application by reference thereto.[0002]The present invention relates to a method for producing a composite material containing a resin molded product.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Electorless plating is a conventionally known method for forming a metal film on a resin molded product such as a polymer member (i.e., a polymer molded product) at lower cost. In the electroless plating, to ensure adhesion of a plating film, an oxidizing agent such as a hexavalent chromic acid, permanganic acid or the like is used to etch the surface of the polymer member as a pre-treatment for electroless plating, to thereby roughen the surface of the polymer member. However, the use of the oxidizing agent such as hexavalent chromic acid or permanganic acid gives a large burden on ...

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IPC IPC(8): C23C18/28C23C18/54C23C18/31
CPCC08J7/06C23C18/1651C23C18/1653C23C18/31C23C18/1685C23C18/2073C23C18/30C23C18/1682
Inventor OTA, HIRONORIYUSA, ATSUSHIYAMAMOTO, SATOSHI
Owner HITACHT MAXELL LTD