Patent ID: 7494927

Claim:
A method of producing a conductive thin film, comprising: depositing a metal oxide thin film on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, wherein the metal oxide thin film is selected from the group consisting of ReO 2 , Re 2 O 5 , ReO 3 , RuO 2 , OsO 2 , CoO, Co 3 O 4 , Rh 2 O 3 , RhO 2 , IrO 2 , NiO, PdO, PtO 2 , Cu 2 O, CuO, AgO, Ag 2 O, and Au 2 O 3 ; and at least partially reducing the metal oxide thin film by exposing the metal oxide thin film to an electric current, thereby forming a seed layer.