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Novel Method of Surface Activation for Electroless Metal Plating. Jon Englert 1 , Amy Ng 2 , and Anthony Muscat 3 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona
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Novel Method of Surface Activation for Electroless Metal Plating Jon Englert1, Amy Ng2, and Anthony Muscat3 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona Arizona Space Grant Consortium, Tucson, Arizona April 17, 2010
Metal Plating • Corrosion and Wear Resistance • Physical Properties • Conductivity Characteristics • Lam Research: Wire Production
Electroless Metal Plating Process: Deposit a thin chemical layer on an object that can catalyze the nucleation of metal on its surface • No electrical power required • Plating on nonconductive surfaces • Uniform plating on complex substrates
Surface Activation for Electroless Metal Plating Challenge: Saturated monolayer required for uniform plating Approach: Aminosilane self assembled monolayer (SAM) on SiO2 substrate to form a reactive amino-terminated surface 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane APTMS Tri-functional aminosilane SiO2
Common Surface Activation Methods Liquid: Exposure to aminosilane solution and extraction with solvents Dilute Liquid: Exposure to highly diluted aminosilane in solvents Atmospheric Vapor: Exposure to aminosilane at atmospheric vapor and extraction with solvents [1] Petri D.F.; Wenz G.; Shunk P.; Schimmel T. Langmuir 1999, 15, 4520-4523.
Vacuum Vapor Method Samples are placed in the vacuum vapor reactor and pumped down Pump valve is closed and samples are exposed to precursor vapor System is purged of precursor vapor and the sample is removed • Fast deposition with less thickness variation • No precursor dilution required • Can be combined with vacuum controlled etching and plating processes
APTMS Surface Characterization Water contact angle on an amino-terminated surface is approximately 50⁰-70⁰ 1 [1] Petri D.F.; Wenz G.; Shunk P.; Schimmel T. Langmuir 1999, 15, 4520-4523.
APTMS Exposure and Extraction • Other Solvents Used: • Acetone • Isopropyl Alcohol • Chloroform One cycle is one exposure and one extraction 11
APTMS Surface Characterization Amino-terminated surface present throughout process suggesting polymerization
APTMS Surface Characterization X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Analysis S1 = 6 cycles of 10min APTMS Exposure / 10min Toluene Extraction S3 = 10min APTMS Exposure
Current Work • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) of activated surfaces. • Cobalt plating on activated surfaces • Surface activation using APDES precursor 3-aminopropyldimethylethoxysilane APDES Mono-functionalized aminosilane