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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Dave S. Pope, Andover, MA (US);
Kurt A. Schroder, Coupland, TX (US);
Ian M. Rawson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dave S. Pope, Andover, MA (US);
Kurt A. Schroder, Coupland, TX (US);
Ian M. Rawson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
NCC;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/31 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); C23C 18/14 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); D21H 19/02 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 3/001 (2013.01); B41M 3/006 (2013.01); C23C 18/14 (2013.01); C23C 18/1658 (2013.01); C23C 18/1667 (2013.01); C23C 18/1692 (2013.01); C23C 18/31 (2013.01); D21H 19/02 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); B41M 5/0035 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 7/0072 (2013.01); B41M 2205/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing an electrically conductive thin film on a substrate is disclosed. Initially, a reducible metal compound and a reducing agent are dispersed in a liquid. The dispersion is then deposited on a substrate as a thin film. The thin film along with the substrate is subsequently exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic emission to chemically react with the reducible metal compound and the reducing agent such that the thin film becomes electrically conductive.