Localized Bathless Metal-Composite Plating via ElectrostampingTroy K. Townsend *1, Juliana Hancock *1, Carter Russell *1, Jason P. Shaw *2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2PMA-265 Power and Propulsion IPTL
Presented here is a protocol of bathless electroplating, where a stagnant metal salt paste containing composite particles are reduced to form metal composites at high loading. This method addresses the challenges faced by other common forms of electroplating (jet, brush, bath) of embedding composites particles into the metal matrix.