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DMH and NA–based cyanide-free silver electroplating bath: a promising alternative to cyanide ones in microelectronics

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To evaluate the application of mirror-bright silver deposit from 5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DMH) and nicotinic acid (NA)–based cyanide-free silver electroplating bath, the performance comparison of cyanide-free silver deposit obtained from the introduced bath with conventional cyanide-based one was carried out. The macroscopic appearance, surface morphology, adhesive strength, and welding property of the introduced mirror-bright silver deposit were determined. Equal to the cyanide-based silver electroplating bath, mirror-bright silver deposits with excellent leveling capability, and smooth and compact morphology, as well as excellent welding property could be obtained from the studied DMH and NA–based silver electroplating bath. Thus, the investigated DMH and NA–based silver electroplating bath could be a promising alternative to the conventional cyanide ones for the applications of silver electroplating in decorative purposes and microelectronics.

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Supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21902021, 21908017, and 21972037), the Joint Research Fund Liaoning-Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (20180510020), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT20RC(4)020 and DUT20RC(4)018), and Supercomputing Center of Dalian University of Technology for this work are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, China

    Anmin Liu, Jiale Zhang, Chunhui Du & Ruolin Han

  2. School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, 124221, China

    Xuefeng Ren

  3. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Chong Wang & Maozhong An

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Liu, A., Ren, X., Wang, C. et al. DMH and NA–based cyanide-free silver electroplating bath: a promising alternative to cyanide ones in microelectronics. Ionics 27, 417–422 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03541-5

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