@article{oai:ynu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004060, author = {Mukai, Kohki and Yoshimura, Toshiya and Kitayama, Shinya and Maruo, Shoji}, issue = {2}, journal = {Journal of photopolymer science and technology}, month = {}, note = {application/pdf, We investigated the electroless and electrolytic plating of photopolymerized resin for use in the molding of three-dimensional nickel micro-structures. The micro-molding process consists of four steps: fabrication of the resin mold, electroless plating of the mold, electrolytic grinding to open the interior structure, and extraction. An epoxy resin mold, which is suitable for two-photon micro-polymerization, was successfully plated with nickel through this electroless process. Electrolytic plating was found to be useful for applying a thick nickel film on non-conductive resin with low crystal lattice distortion and few impurities. Regarding the design of the mold opening, it was shown that electroless plating does not proceed inside non-through-holes on the sub-millimeter scale, but that it proceeds inside through-holes with a diameter of 550 μm and down to the depth of 2 mm.}, pages = {285--290}, title = {Electroless and electrolytic plating of photopolymerized resin for use in the micro-molding of three-dimensional nickel structures}, volume = {20}, year = {2007} }