Patent ID: 9247650
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B82Y,C23C,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A method for making conductive wires, the method comprising the following steps of: (a) providing an ink having carbon nanotubes, wherein the ink comprises a solvent of 50-80 wt %, carbon nanotubes of 0.0001-5 wt %, a viscosity modifier of 0.1-30 wt %, a surfactant of 0.1-5 wt %, a binder of 0.1-30 wt % and a moisturizing agent; and the moisturizing agent is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene glycols and glycol ethers so that the ink is not volatilizable at temperatures in a range from about 50° C. to about 100° C.; (b) applying the ink to form a baseline on a substrate; and (c) electroless plating the baseline to apply a metal layer coating on the baseline having a plurality of the carbon nanotubes therein.