Composition Containing Porphyrin to Improve Adhesion

Abstract

An adhesive composition includes a curable resin and a porphyrin derivative, in which the porphyrin derivative has at least one carboxylic acid group that is typically pendant from the porphyrin ring. In another embodiment, this invention is a method for improving adhesion of an adhesive composition to a metal substrate in which a porphyrin derivative is added to a resin, wherein the porphyrin derivative has at least one carboxylic acid group pendant from the porphyrin ring. In a third embodiment, this invention is an assembly in which a semiconductor die is mounted on a metal substrate using an adhesive composition that contains a porphyrin derivative that has at least one carboxylic acid group. In one embodiment the porphyrin derivative is Protoporphyrin IX, having the structure

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