Environmentally friendly process for nickel electroplating of ABS

► The PPy is deposited chemically to transform ABS plastic conductor. ► Polymeric coating is homogeneous and adherent. ► Copper electroplating is successfully achieved on PPy/ABS. ► Nickel is deposited on Cu/PPt/ABS. ► SEM analysis shows that increasing the current density increases the copper and nickel thickness and enhances the copper particle texture.