HIGH MODULUS LASER DIRECT STRUCTURING POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITES WITH ENHANCED PLATING PERFORMANCE AND BROAD LASER WINDOW BY REFLECTION ADDITIVES

• Main Authors: An Yuxian, Wang Jiwen, Lian Xueming, Zheng Yun, Cheng Yunan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2017
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition comprising a polycarbonate polymer, a laser direct structuring additive capable of being activated by electromagnetic radiation and thereby forming elemental metal nuclei, and a reflection additive. Also disclosed is a method for making the disclosed polymer composition and an article of manufacture comprising the disclosed polymer composition.