JP2010171045A - Ink-jet ink and metal-pattern forming method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink-jet ink that shows excelling preservation stability and long-term recording stability and is used for forming a metal pattern, and to provide a metal-pattern forming method that uses the same. <P>SOLUTION: The ink-jet ink is an ink used for a metal-pattern forming method to form a metal layer on a pattern by nonelectrolytic plating treatment after forming the pattern on a substrate, while discharging the ink by an ink-jet head, and the ink-jet ink contains a polymer compound having at least water, divalent palladium ions, and an acidic group. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an inkjet ink, and more particularly to an inkjet ink for forming a metal pattern.

  Conventionally, a metal pattern used for a circuit has been formed by a method using a resist material. That is, a resist material is applied or pasted onto a thin metal layer to form a resist layer, exposed in a desired pattern, then unnecessary resist is removed by development, and the exposed metal portion is removed by etching, The metal pattern was formed by peeling the resist part which remained at the end.

  However, this method requires many processes and takes a lot of time, and is unnecessary in terms of production time, energy, and raw material efficiency, such as removing unnecessary resist and metal. It was requested.

  In recent years, attention has been focused on a metal pattern forming method in which a metal pattern is directly drawn by screen printing, ink jet printing, or the like using an ink containing a so-called metal nanoparticle having a particle size of 100 nm or less (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  This metal pattern forming method utilizes the phenomenon that the melting point is lowered by reducing the particle size of the metal particles to the nano order. After patterning the ink containing the metal nanoparticles, the metal pattern is baked at a temperature of about 200 to 300 ° C. This is a method of forming a circuit. Although this method has advantages such as reduction in man-hours and improvement in utilization efficiency of raw materials, it is difficult to completely fuse metal particles with each other. In order to reduce the electrical resistance of the metal pattern after firing, the temperature of post-treatment There was a problem that there were severe restrictions on the conditions.

  On the other hand, as a method of forming a metal pattern without using metal nanoparticles, a mixture containing a metal salt and a solvent and a mixture containing a reducing agent are mixed at the time of pattern drawing, and a metal layer is deposited on the substrate by a reduction reaction. A metal pattern forming method is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2). However, since the reduction reaction tends to be difficult to proceed in a normal atmosphere containing oxygen, it is necessary to perform the reaction under a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or a high temperature condition depending on the metal to be formed. There was a problem that there might be a restriction.

  In addition, as another method for forming a metal pattern without using metal nanoparticles, a method for forming a metal pattern using an electroless plating technique has been proposed. For example, a method is disclosed in which an ink containing metal fine particles serving as a catalyst for electroless plating is recorded on a substrate having an ink receiving layer by an inkjet method, and an electroless plating process is performed to form a conductive metal pattern. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3). This method has the merit that a high-temperature firing step is not necessary, but, like metal nanoparticles, it is necessary to stabilize the dispersion of metal fine particles so that they can be contained in the ink. I had a problem.

  Furthermore, a method has also been proposed in which palladium-based activated ink is recorded on an alkali-treated polyimide by an inkjet method and a copper film is formed by reduction treatment or electroless plating (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

  In this method, an ink in which palladium acetate is dissolved is recorded on polyimide, and the above problem of dispersion stabilization is solved. Therefore, both the problem of stability of ink with time and the problem of temperature conditions during pattern formation have been solved, and it can be said that this is one of the excellent techniques as a metal pattern forming method. However, when the inventors made additional studies on this technology, it was necessary to make the ink strongly basic in order to dissolve the palladium salt, and the ink jet head was easily damaged, and the ink could be ejected stably over a long period of time. It turned out to be difficult. Furthermore, the ink itself also tends to be unstable, and it has been found that there is a problem that clogging of the ink-jet head is induced because palladium is reduced and metal palladium is easily precipitated over time.

JP 2002-299833 A JP 2008-182159 A JP 2000-311527 A

Proceedings of the 21st JIEP Annual Meeting P105

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to provide an ink-jet ink for forming a metal pattern that exhibits good storage stability and long-term recording stability, and a method for forming a metal pattern using the same. There is to do.

  The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following configurations.

  1. An ink used in a metal pattern forming method of forming a pattern on a substrate by discharging ink with an inkjet head and then forming a metal layer on the pattern by an electroless plating process, at least water, divalent palladium An ink-jet ink comprising a polymer compound having an ion or an acid group.

  2. 2. The ink-jet ink as described in 1 above, wherein the acidic group is a carboxyl group.

  3. 3. The inkjet ink as described in 1 or 2 above, wherein the concentration of the divalent palladium ion is 100 ppm or more and 5000 ppm or less.

  4). The inkjet ink according to any one of 1 to 3, wherein the pH is 7 or more and 10 or less.

  5. 5. The ink-jet ink according to any one of 1 to 4, wherein the content of the color material is 0.1% by mass or less.

  6). The inkjet ink according to any one of 1 to 5 is ejected by an inkjet head to form a pattern on a substrate, and then a metal layer is formed on the pattern by electroless plating. Metal pattern forming method.

  According to the present invention, an ink-jet ink for forming a metal pattern exhibiting good storage stability and long-term recording stability, and a method for forming a metal pattern using the same can be provided.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail.

  In view of the above problems, the inventors have intensively studied a technique for solubilizing a palladium salt in a mild pH range and stabilizing palladium ions in an inkjet ink (hereinafter also simply referred to as ink). It has come. That is, in the present invention, a high molecular compound containing an acidic group is allowed to coexist with an ink containing a palladium salt serving as a plating catalyst. By adopting such an ink design, the palladium salt can be solubilized without making the pH of the ink strongly acidic or basic, and further palladium ions are reduced and metal palladium is precipitated even after long-term storage. Thus, an ink for forming a metal pattern capable of stably performing ink jet recording can be obtained.

  The effective factor for solubilization and stabilization of the palladium salt by the polymer compound containing an acidic group is not clear, but is presumed to be based on the following mechanism. The inventors have made a number of studies on materials that solubilize palladium salts. When a low molecular weight solubilizer or a basic compound coexists, when the palladium salt is dissolved, a yellow to orange solution is obtained. It has been found that when a compound having an acidic group coexists, it often shows a nearly colorless solution color. From this phenomenon, the polymer compound having an acidic group is more electronically stabilized by coordinating strongly with palladium ions than the low molecular weight solubilizers and basic compounds, and in the vicinity of the polymer compound. It is presumed that the palladium ion is kept uniform in the liquid while being retained. Although the above estimation mechanism is considered to contribute to the effect of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the behavior of the solution and the estimation mechanism described above.

  Hereinafter, the details of each component of the inkjet ink and metal pattern forming method of the present invention will be described.

<Inkjet ink>
(High molecular compound having an acidic group)
The ink of the present invention includes a polymer compound having an acidic group. Specific examples of the acidic group include a carboxyl group and a sulfo group, and the carboxyl group is preferable from the viewpoint of solubilization and stabilization of palladium ions. The acidic group may be neutralized or non-neutralized with the basic compound, but is preferably neutralized from the viewpoint that the polymer compound is uniformly present in the ink. Examples of basic compounds that neutralize acidic groups include alkali metal hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, and amine compounds such as ammonia, alkanolamines, and alkylamines.

  The acid value of the polymer compound in the present invention is preferably 10 or more and 250 or less. By setting the acid value within this range, the palladium salt is easily solubilized and stabilized.

  The content of the polymer compound in the ink is preferably 0.1% by mass or more and 10% or less with respect to the total amount of the ink. When it is 0.1% by mass or more, the palladium salt is easily solubilized and stabilized, and when it is 10% by mass or less, the ink ejection stability tends to be good.

  The polymer compound may be dissolved in the ink or may be uniformly dispersed without being dissolved. From the viewpoint of emission stability, it is preferable to use a polymer compound dissolved in ink.

  Examples of the polymer compound include a copolymer made of a monomer having an acrylic group such as (meth) acrylic acid, acrylic ester, styrene, polyurethane, silicone-acrylic copolymer, and acrylic-modified fluororesin.

  As a method of designing a polymer compound containing an acidic group, a method of synthesizing a polymer compound by copolymerizing a monomer having an acidic group and another monomer may be mentioned. Examples of the monomer containing an acidic group include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and an anionic reactive emulsifier. Examples of monomers having no acidic group include acrylic acid esters (n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, etc.), methacrylic acid esters (ethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, etc.) ), Styrene, acrylamide, silicone-modified acrylic monomers and macromers, urethane-modified acrylic monomers and macromers, and the like. It is preferable that the monomer having an acidic group is partially or completely neutralized with a basic compound after polymerization and contained in the ink.

  When a high molecular compound is used in the ink, the average molecular weight is preferably 5000 to 100,000. More preferably, the average molecular weight is 8000 to 40,000. By setting it as such a range, it becomes easy to make the stabilization of palladium salt and the emission stability of ink compatible.

  Specific examples of the soluble polymer compound preferably used in the present invention include, but are not limited to, Joncryl 60 (acid value 215, weight average molecular weight 8500), Joncryl 70 (acid value 240, weight). Average molecular weight 16500), JDX6500 (acid value 74, weight average molecular weight 10000), high molecular compound manufactured by Johnson Polymer, such as PDX-6102B (acid value 65, weight average molecular weight 65000), Disperbyk-180 (acid value 94), Examples thereof include polymer compounds manufactured by Big Chemie Japan, such as Disperbyk-194 (acid value 70).

  As the polymer compound applied to the present invention, polymer resin fine particles uniformly dispersed without being dissolved in the ink can be used. The polymer resin fine particles may be those in which particles are dispersed using an emulsifier, or may be dispersed without using an emulsifier. In the present invention, since the polymer compound needs to have an acidic group, the polymer resin fine particles have an acidic group on the surface thereof, and are stabilized by the acidic group and dispersed in the ink. It is preferable to use so-called soap-free latex.

  In recent years, there are also core / shell type particles having different compositions at the center and outer edge of the polymer resin fine particles, and these can also be preferably used.

  The average particle size of the polymer resin fine particles is preferably 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less, and more preferably 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less. When the average particle size is 300 nm or less, the emission stability tends to be good, and when it is 10 nm or more, the storage stability of the ink tends to be good. The average particle size can be determined by a commercially available particle size measuring instrument using a light scattering method, an electrophoresis method, or a laser Doppler method.

(palladium)
The ink of the present invention is characterized by containing divalent palladium ions. The concentration of palladium ions is preferably 1 ppm or more and 10,000 ppm or less, more preferably 100 ppm or more and 5000 ppm or less. By setting it as such a range, it becomes easy to make ink stability and the formation property of a metal pattern compatible.

  In order to make the ink contain divalent palladium ions, a divalent palladium salt is added to the ink. Examples of such a palladium salt include palladium fluoride, palladium chloride, palladium bromide, palladium iodide, palladium nitrate, palladium sulfate, palladium acetate, palladium oxide, palladium sulfide and the like.

(PH)
The pH of the ink of the present invention is preferably 7 or more and 10 or less. By setting it as such pH, it becomes easy to ensure the stability of an ink and to suppress the bad influence to the member of an inkjet head. As a pH adjuster, a basic compound such as a general acidic compound, an alkali metal hydroxide, or an amine compound can be used.

(Organic solvent)
Examples of the solvent applicable to the ink of the present invention include alkane polyols (for example, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and pentanediol. Hexanediol, glycerin, hexanetriol, thiodiglycol, etc.), alkylene glycol alkyl ethers (for example, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoethyl) Ether, diethylene glycol mono Chill ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, triethylene glycol monomethyl ether, triethylene glycol monoethyl ether, triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether, tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether) Amines (eg, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, N-methyldiethanolamine, N-ethyldiethanolamine, etc.), amides (eg, formamide, N, N-dimethylformamide, N, N-dimethylacetamide, etc.), Heterocyclic compounds (eg, 2-pyrrolidinone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Black hexyl pyrrolidone, 2-oxazolidone, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, sulfolane), sulfoxides (e.g., dimethyl sulfoxide etc.) and the like.

(Coloring material)
The ink of the present invention may contain a coloring material for the purpose of improving the visibility of the plating pattern, but the content is preferably small. From the viewpoint of plating formation efficiency, the content of the coloring material is preferably 0.1% by mass or less, more preferably 0.05% by mass or less. Furthermore, it is preferable to use ink that does not substantially contain a color material.

(water)
The inkjet ink of the present invention contains water. The water content in the ink is preferably 10% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less. By setting it within this range, it becomes easy to achieve both good recording characteristics and ink drying properties.

(Surfactant)
A surfactant can also be used in the ink of the present invention. The surface tension of the ink and the wettability to the recording substrate can be controlled by adding a surfactant, and it is preferably used as necessary. Surfactants that can be used include anionic surfactants such as alkyl sulfates, alkyl ester sulfates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, alkyl phosphates, polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether phosphates, and fatty acid salts. Agents, nonionic surfactants such as polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, polyoxyalkylene alkyl phenyl ethers, acetylene glycols, polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymers, glycerin esters, sorbitan esters, polyoxyethylene fatty acid amides , Surfactants such as amine oxides, cationic surfactants such as alkylamine salts and quaternary ammonium salts, silicone-based or fluorine-based surfactants, and the like.

(viscosity)
The viscosity of the ink of the present invention is not particularly limited, but is preferably 1 mPa · s or more and 15 mPa · s or less at 25 ° C.

  Examples of the apparatus that can be used for measuring the viscosity of the ink of the present invention include a rotary type, a vibration type, and a capillary type viscometer. Examples thereof include Tokimec, cone-plate E type viscometer, and Toki Sangyo E Type. Viscometer (rotary viscometer), B-type viscometer BL manufactured by Tokyo Keiki, FVM-80A manufactured by Yamaichi Denki, Viscoliner manufactured by Nametore Industries, VISCO MATE MODEL VM-1A manufactured by Yamaichi Electric, DD-1 Equipment is commercially available.

(surface tension)
The surface tension of the ink of the present invention is preferably 22 mN / m or more and 40 mN / m or less, more preferably 22 mN / m or more and 30 mN / m or less. By setting the surface tension to 22 mN / m or more, it becomes easy to stabilize the ink ejection state, and by setting it to 40 mN / m or less, the uniformity of the metal pattern tends to be good.

  The surface tension (mN / m) of the ink referred to in the present invention is a value of the surface tension measured at 25 ° C., and the measuring method is described in general interface chemistry and colloid chemistry reference books. For example, New Experimental Chemistry Course Volume 18 (Interface and Colloid), The Chemical Society of Japan, published by Maruzen Co., Ltd. 68-117 can be referred to. Specific examples of the measuring method include a ring method (Dunoi method) and a platinum plate method (Wilhelmy method), but it is preferable to measure by the platinum plate method. As a commercially available apparatus, a surface tension meter CBVP manufactured by Kyowa Interface Science. There is -Z.

"substrate"
The substrate applicable to the metal pattern forming method of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it has an insulating property. For example, from a highly rigid material such as glass or ceramics, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), polyimide, or the like. The film-like thing comprised from this resin is mentioned.

  From the viewpoint of improving the adhesion of the metal pattern, the substrate used in the present invention may be subjected to primer treatment or plasma treatment, or an undercoat layer may be provided on the substrate. Examples of the material for the undercoat layer include thermoplastic resins such as acrylic resins and coupling agents such as silane coupling agents.

<Method for forming metal pattern>
The metal pattern forming method of the present invention will be described. First, the ink of the present invention containing a catalyst is ejected onto a substrate by an ink jet head to form a catalyst pattern. Then, a metal pattern is formed on a board | substrate by performing an electroless-plating process.

(Inkjet head)
There are no restrictions on the ink jet heads that can be used. Electro-mechanical conversion methods (for example, single cavity type, double cavity type, bender type, piston type, shear mode type, shared wall type, etc.), electro-thermal conversion method ( For example, mention may be made of inkjet heads such as thermal inkjet type, bubble jet (registered trademark) type, electrostatic attraction type (eg electric field control type, slit jet type) and discharge type (eg spark jet type). Can do. From the viewpoint of the cost and productivity of the inkjet head, it is preferable to use an electro-mechanical conversion type or an electro-thermal conversion type head. The size of the ink droplets to be ejected is not limited, but when applied to circuit wiring, it is necessary to form a fine pattern, so that the droplet amount is 15 pl or less, preferably 4 pl or less, more preferably 2 pl or less.

(Heating and drying the substrate)
When recording ink on the substrate, the substrate may be heated for recording. When recording by heating, the surface temperature of the substrate is preferably 40 ° C. or higher and 70 ° C. or lower. By setting the temperature to 40 ° C. or higher, drying of the ink is promoted to suppress the liquid deviation between the dots, and the reproducibility of the metal pattern is easily improved. Moreover, the heat damage with respect to a base material can be suppressed because heating temperature shall be 70 degrees C or less.

  Further, a dryer may be mounted on the ink jet recording apparatus to promote ink drying. In particular, when the ink contains a solvent having a relatively high boiling point, the combined use of a dryer is effective from the viewpoint of suppressing stickiness of the recording portion and suppressing liquid shift. Examples of the dryer include a blower dryer, a heater-type dryer, and a device that combines them. If you want to quickly dry the recording part, you can apply hot air to the ink recording part. A vessel is preferred. Drying may be performed in a lump after recording ink on the entire surface of the substrate, or may be performed in such a manner that drying is performed for each scan of the inkjet head. From the viewpoint of improving the reproducibility of the metal pattern, it is preferable to record by a method in which ink is recorded while thinning adjacent dots by a microweave method or an interleave method, and drying is performed for each scan.

(Recording resolution)
The recording resolution of the ink jet recording apparatus used in the metal pattern forming method of the present invention is preferably 720 dpi or more and 7200 dpi or less, and more preferably 1440 dpi or more and 7200 dpi or less. By setting it to 720 dpi or more, it becomes easy to form a fine metal pattern, and by setting it to 7200 dpi or less, it is easy to shorten the image processing time, signal transfer time, and image recording time in the apparatus.

(Electroless plating treatment)
The electroless plating process in the metal pattern forming method of the present invention will be described.

  After a pattern is recorded on the substrate by an ink jet method, a metal pattern in which a metal is formed on the recorded pattern portion can be obtained by performing an electroless plating process.

  Usually, the step of immersing the substrate on which the pattern is recorded in an electroless plating solution (bath) is a common method.

  The electroless plating solution mainly contains 1) metal ions, 2) complexing agents, and 3) reducing agents. Examples of the metal formed by electroless plating include gold, silver, copper, palladium, nickel, and alloys thereof. However, when applying a metal pattern to a circuit, silver or silver is used from the viewpoint of conductivity and safety. Copper is preferable, and copper is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of material cost and pattern stability. As the metal ions used in the electroless plating bath, metal ions corresponding to the metal for which a pattern is to be formed are used. In the case of forming a copper pattern, a plating bath containing copper ions is used, and examples of the copper ions include copper sulfate. As for the complexing agent and the reducing agent, those suitable for metal ions are selected. Examples of the complexing agent include ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (hereinafter abbreviated as EDTA), Rochelle salt, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, dulcitol, iminodiacetic acid, trans-1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid, and the like. Rochelle salt and EDTA are preferred. Examples of the reducing agent include formaldehyde, potassium tetrahydroborate, dimethylamine borane, glyoxylic acid and sodium hypophosphite, and formaldehyde is preferred.

  Further, in order to stabilize the plating solution and form a uniform pattern, the electroless plating process may be performed while stirring the solution or supplying air or oxygen.

  The electroless plating process adjusts the temperature, pH, immersion time, metal ion concentration, presence / absence of stirring, stirring speed, presence / absence of air / oxygen supply and supply speed, etc. Thickness can be controlled.

(Catalyst activation process)
In the recording method of the present invention, it is preferable to carry out the catalyst activation step between the pattern formation step and the step of performing the above-described electroless plating treatment.

  To activate the chemical reaction in the electroless plating process by carrying out the catalyst activation process before the electroless plating process and changing the divalent palladium ion used as the catalyst to zero-valent palladium. Can do. Examples of the reducing agent applied to the catalyst activation step include boron compounds, and specifically sodium borohydride, trimethylamine borane, dimethylamine borane (DMAB), and the like are preferable.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, although the display of "part" or "%" is used in an Example, unless otherwise indicated, "part by mass" or "mass%" is represented.

<< Synthesis of polymer compounds >>
(Synthesis of polymer compound A)
Under a nitrogen stream, 20 g of styrene, 20 g of acrylic acid, 40 g of methyl methacrylate, 20 g of butyl methacrylate and 180 g of ethyl acetate were placed in a 1 L separable flask and heated to 80 ° C. 2 g of azobisisobutyronitrile was added over 1 hour, and heating and stirring were further continued for 5 hours. Thereafter, 0.2 g of azobisisobutyronitrile was further added, and the temperature was raised to 85 ° C. and heated for 1 hour.

  Thereafter, ethyl acetate was distilled off, 80 g of water, 20 g of ethanol and dimethylethanolamine equivalent to acrylic acid were added, and water was further added to obtain a solution of polymer compound A having a solid content of 15% by mass. When the molecular weight and acid value of the high molecular compound A which has an acidic group were measured, the molecular weight was 32000 and the acid value was 155.

<Preparation of ink>
(Preparation of ink 1)
Solvent: Ethylene glycol 30 parts Solvent: Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether 5 parts Palladium salt: Palladium acetate 0.1 part High molecular compound having acidic group: Polymer compound A 2 parts as solid content Further ion exchange so that the whole becomes 100 parts After adding water and adjusting the pH of the ink to 9.8 with sodium hydroxide, the surface tension is adjusted to 30 mN / m with BYK347 (manufactured by BYK Chemie) as an activator to obtain the ink 1 of the present invention. It was. When the concentration of divalent palladium ions in the ink 1 was analyzed, it was 480 ppm.

(Preparation of inks 2-9)
Inks 2 to 9 of the present invention were prepared in the same manner as ink 1 except that various constituent materials of the ink and the pH value to be adjusted were changed to those shown in Table 1. Jonkrill 70 (acid value 240, weight average molecular weight 16500) and PDX-6102B (acid value 65, weight average molecular weight 65000) are polymer compounds manufactured by Johnson Polymer Co., Ltd. The pH of each ink was adjusted to the values shown in Table 1 with sodium hydroxide or hydrochloric acid.

(Preparation of inks 10 and 11)
Inks 10 and 11 of comparative examples were prepared in the same manner as ink 1 except that various constituent materials of the ink and the pH value to be adjusted were changed to those shown in Table 1.

<Formation of metal pattern>
[Recording method 1]
(Pattern formation)
A piezo-type inkjet head having a nozzle diameter of 20 μm, a suitable liquid amount of 2 pl, a maximum drive frequency of 25 kHz, a nozzle count of 1024 and a nozzle density of 360 dpi is mounted, and an input image can be recorded by an 8-pass interleave method. The recording resolution in the scanning direction was 1440 dpi, and an ink jet apparatus capable of drying the recording portion with hot air for each scan was configured. A polyimide having a thickness of 100 μm was prepared as a substrate on which a pattern was formed, and an image comprising 10 fine lines having a width of 100 μm and a length of 30 mm was prepared as an original image on which a metal pattern was to be formed. While heating the surface temperature of the substrate to 50 ° C., ink 1 containing a plating catalyst was discharged onto the substrate to obtain a substrate 1A on which a catalyst pattern was formed.

  Furthermore, the ink 1 was left filled, and a substrate 1a was produced by the same method one week after the production of the substrate 1A.

  In the present invention, dpi refers to the number of dots per 2.54 cm.

(Activation process)
The substrate 1A patterned by the above method was dried to completely remove the solvent on the surface, and then immersed in the following solution containing a boron-based reducing agent for 15 minutes at room temperature. As a result, Pd ions on the pattern were reduced to form a Pd metal pattern. Then, it wash | cleaned with the pure water and obtained the board | substrate 1B in which the metal pattern of Pd was formed.

  Further, a substrate 1b on which a Pd metal pattern was formed was obtained from the substrate 1a by the same method as the substrate 1B.

Alcup MRD2-A (manufactured by Uemura Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 1.8% by mass
Alcup MRD2-C (manufactured by Uemura Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 6% by mass
Pure water remaining (electroless plating process)
Melplate CU-5100A (Meltex) 6% by mass
Melplate CU-5100B (Meltex) 5.5% by mass
Melplate CU-5100C (Meltex) 2.0% by mass
Melplate CU-5100M (Meltex) 4.0% by mass
Pure water remaining amount An electroless copper plating solution having the above composition was prepared. The finished plating solution has a copper concentration of 2.5 mass%, a formalin concentration of 1 mass%, and an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) concentration of 2.5 mass%. Further, the pH of the plating solution was adjusted to 13.0 with sodium hydroxide.

  The substrate 1B subjected to the activation treatment was immersed in the electroless copper plating solution kept at 50 ° C. for 60 minutes. Thereafter, the substrate was washed with pure water and dried to obtain a substrate 1C on which a copper metal pattern was formed by the recording method 1 of the present invention.

  Furthermore, the board | substrate 1c in which the copper metal pattern was formed from the board | substrate 1b by the method similar to the board | substrate 1C was obtained.

[Recording methods 2 to 9]
Substrates 2C to 9C and 2c to 9c on which metal patterns were formed by the recording methods 2 to 9 of the present invention were similarly obtained except that the ink 1 was changed to the inks 2 to 9 in the recording method 1 described above.

[Recording methods 10, 11]
Substrates 10C, 11C, 10c, and 11c on which metal patterns were formed by the recording methods 10 and 11 of the comparative example were similarly obtained except that the ink 1 was changed to the inks 10 and 11 in the recording method 1 described above.

<Evaluation of metal pattern>
The following evaluation was performed about the board | substrates 1C-11C and 1c-11c which formed the metal pattern.

[Evaluation of pattern formation immediately after ink filling]
The copper fine line patterns formed on the substrates 1C to 11C were visually observed according to the following criteria, and the pattern reproducibility immediately after ink filling was evaluated.

○: The copper fine line pattern is properly formed, and the pattern formability immediately after ink filling is good. Δ: The line width of the copper fine line pattern slightly varies, but the pattern formability immediately after ink filling is Good: Generally, clear chipping is observed in the fine line pattern, and the pattern formability immediately after ink filling is poor [Evaluation of pattern formability after storage of ink]
The copper fine line patterns formed on the substrates 1c to 11c were visually observed according to the following criteria, and the pattern reproducibility after storing the ink was evaluated.

○: The copper fine line pattern is properly formed, and the pattern formability after ink storage is good. Δ: The line width of the copper fine line pattern varies slightly, but the pattern formability after ink storage is X is generally good. X: Clear chipping is observed in the fine line pattern, and the pattern formability after ink storage is poor Table 2 shows the results obtained as described above.

  As is clear from the results shown in Table 2, the copper fine line pattern formed on the substrate with the ink of the present invention exhibits good pattern reproducibility both immediately after ink filling and after storage. From this, it can be seen that the ink of the present invention does not induce damage or clogging of the head even when stored for a certain period in the inkjet head, and has good storage properties and recording characteristics.

Claims (6)

An ink used in a metal pattern forming method of forming a pattern on a substrate by discharging ink with an inkjet head and then forming a metal layer on the pattern by an electroless plating process, at least water, divalent palladium An ink-jet ink comprising a polymer compound having an ion or an acid group. The inkjet ink according to claim 1, wherein the acidic group is a carboxyl group. The inkjet ink according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the concentration of the divalent palladium ions is 100 ppm or more and 5000 ppm or less. pH is 7-10, The inkjet ink of any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The ink-jet ink according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the content of the coloring material is 0.1% by mass or less. The inkjet ink according to claim 1 is ejected by an inkjet head to form a pattern on a substrate, and then a metal layer is formed on the pattern by electroless plating. Metal pattern forming method.