| Abstract: | A process for metallizing a three-dimensional-printed polymeric structure
includes soaking the three-dimensional-printed polymeric structure in a
metal salt solution; transferring the three-dimensional polymeric
structure to a solution comprising a first reducing agent; soaking the
three-dimensional polymeric structure in a metal plating bath, the metal
plating bath comprising a coordinating agent, a palladium or platinum
salt, a pH buffer component, and a second reducing agent, to form a metal
plated polymeric structure. A metal plated porous structure and an
apparatus for improving metallization are also disclosed. |