I. Grozdanov, DEPOSITION OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, MICROWAVE SHIELDING, AND IR-DETECTING INORGANIC COATINGS ON POLYMER-FILMS, Chemistry Letters, (3), 1994, pp. 551-554
A simple, inexpensive and pollution free electroless chemical depositi
on technique was used to deposit thin coatings of inorganic electrical
ly conductive materials (CuxS, x similar to 2, CuS and Cu2Se), microwa
ve shielding materials (CuS and Cu2Se) and IR-detecting materials (PbS
and PbSe) on transparent polyester films. The technique is based on h
ydrolytic decomposition of thiosulfate and selenosulfate complexes of
the corresponding metals in aqueous media.