Metal-film-coated material and process for producing the same, metallic-pattern-bearing material and process for producing the same, composition for polymer layer formation, nitrile group-containing polymer and method of synthesizing the same, composition containing nitrile group-containing polymer, and laminate

Abstract

A process for producing a metal film-coated material, the process including: (a1) forming, on a substrate, a polymer layer formed from a polymer which has a functional group capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, and is directly chemically bonded to the substrate; (a2) providing a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof to the polymer layer; and (a3) performing plating with respect to the plating catalyst or a precursor thereof. The polymer layer satisfies all of specific requirements regarding the saturated water absorption coefficient, the saturated water absorption coefficient, the water absorption coefficient, and the surface contact angle of the polymer layer.

1 . A process for producing a metal film-coated material, the process comprising:
 (a1) forming, on a substrate, a polymer layer formed from a polymer which has a functional group capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, and is directly chemically bonded to the substrate;   (a2) providing a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof to the polymer layer; and   (a3) performing plating with respect to the plating catalyst or a precursor thereof;   wherein the polymer layer satisfies all of the following requirements (1) to (4):   (1) the saturated water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50% is 0.01 to 10% by mass;   (2) the saturated water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 95% is 0.05 to 20% by mass;   (3) the water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured after 1 hour of immersion in boiling water at 100° C. is 0.1 to 30% by mass; and   (4) the surface contact angle of the polymer layer as measured after dropping 5 μL of distilled water thereonto and leaving to stand for 15 seconds in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50% is 50 to 150 degrees.   
   
   
       2 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer satisfies all of the following requirements (1′) to (4′):
 (1′) the saturated water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50% is 0.01 to 5% by mass;   (2′) the saturated water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 95% is 0.05 to 10% by mass;   (3′) the water absorption coefficient of the polymer layer as measured after 1 hour immersion in boiling water at 100° C. is 0.1 to 20% by mass; and   (4′) the surface contact angle of the polymer layer as measured after dropping 5 μL of distilled water thereonto and leaving to stand for 15 seconds in an environment of temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50% is 55 to 150 degrees.   
   
   
       3 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the process (a1) comprises directly chemically bonding, to the substrate, a polymer which has a polymerizable group and a functional group capable of interacting with the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof. 
   
   
       4 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the process (a1) comprises: (a1-1) producing, on a base material, a substrate which has a polymerization initiation layer containing a polymerization initiator or having a functional group capable of polymerization initiation; and (a1-2) directly chemically bonding, to the polymerization initiation layer, a polymer which has a polymerizable group and a functional group capable of interacting with the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof. 
   
   
       5 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 3 , wherein the polymer which has a polymerizable group and a functional group capable of interacting with the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof is a copolymer comprising a unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a unit represented by the following Formula (2): 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     wherein R 1  to R 5  each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X, Y and Z each independently represent a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent organic group, an ester group, an amide group or an ether group; and L 1  and L 2  each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent organic group. 
   
   
       6 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 3 , wherein the polymer which has a polymerizable group and a functional group capable of interacting with the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 or more. 
   
   
       7 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the functional group is a cyano group. 
   
   
       8 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the process (a3) comprises an electroless plating process. 
   
   
       9 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 8 , wherein the process further comprises an electroplating process which is performed after the electroless plating process. 
   
   
       10 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the plating catalyst is palladium. 
   
   
       11 . A metal film-coated material obtained by the process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 . 
   
   
       12 . A composition for polymer layer formation, the composition comprising a polymer having a cyano group and a polymerizable group, and a solvent capable of dissolving the polymer, and the composition being used in the process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 . 
   
   
       13 . A composition for polymer layer formation, the composition comprising: a polymer which has a polymerizable group and a structure represented by —O—(CH 2 ) n —O— (where n is an integer from 1 to 5); and a solvent capable of dissolving the polymer, and the composition being used in the process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 . 
   
   
       14 . The process for producing a metallic pattern-bearing material of  claim 1 , the process comprising (a4) pattern-wise etching the plating film of the metal film-coated material obtained by the process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 . 
   
   
       15 . A metallic pattern-bearing material obtained by the process for producing a metallic pattern-bearing material of  claim 14 . 
   
   
       16 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 1 , wherein the process (a1) is a process (a1″) including forming, on each of both sides of a resin film which is the substrate, a polymer layer formed from a polymer, the polymer having a functional group capable of interacting with the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof and being directly chemically bonded to the substrate. 
   
   
       17 . The process for producing a metal film-coated material of  claim 16 , wherein each of the processes (a1″), (a2) and (a3) is performed simultaneously on both sides of the resin film. 
   
   
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