Advances in Pretreatments for Electroless Copper Plating on Polymer Materials

Metallized polymer materials have been widely applied in the fields of communications, electronics and aerospace.Electroless copper plating is one of the important techniques for surface metallization of polymer materials.The pretreatments of polymer surface can directly affect the adhesion and levelness of the electroless copper coating.In this paper, we introduce in detail the kinds, compositions and properties of non-conductive polymer materials, and review the research progresses of the pretreatments for electroless copper plating on the non-conductive polymer materials' surfaces.