Patent ID: 9540734
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B41J,B41M,C09D,C23C

Claim:
1. A conductive composition comprising: a reaction mixture; a branched metal carboxylate present in an amount of from about 5 to about 70 percent by weight of the total weight of the conductive composition, wherein the metal for the branched metal carboxylate is selected from the group consisting of silver, palladium, copper, gold, nickel, or mixtures thereof; a first solvent being an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in which the branched metal carboxylate is soluble, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon solvent is selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, trimethylbenzene, ethyl benzene, diethylbenzene, methylethylbenzene, tetrahydronaphthalene, methylnaphthalene, propylbenzene, butylbenzene, methyl propylbenzene, cumene and mixtures thereof; and a second solvent being an aliphatic solvent in which the branched metal carboxylate is soluble; wherein the reaction mixture comprises the first solvent and the second solvent, wherein the conductive composition has a viscosity ranging from about 1 to about 3,000 cps at room temperature, and wherein the viscosity of the conductive composition is selected by controlling the amount of second solvent relative to the amount of first solvent in the reaction mixture.