| abstract |
Electrical conductors having enhanced resolution/spacing and adhesion characteristics are prepared by applying a mixture of a carbonyl-processed nickel powder and a polymer to a substrate, curing the polymer, and immersing the cured polymer pattern in an augmentative-replacement/electroplating bath, to effect an augmentative replacement reaction to form a contiguous layer of conducting metal on the substrate and thereafter electroplating an additional metal layer on the contiguous layer. |