Patent ID: 8057849

Claim:
A method of forming conductive features on a substrate, the method comprising: reacting a metal compound with a reducing agent in the presence of a stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the metal compound, the reducing agent, and the stabilizer, wherein the reaction mixture is substantially free of solvent, to form a plurality of metal nanoparticles with molecules of the stabilizer on the surface of the metal nanoparticles; isolating the plurality of metal nanoparticles with the molecules of the stabilizer on the surface of the metal nanoparticles; preparing a liquid composition including a polymeric binder, a liquid and the plurality of metal nanoparticles with molecules of the stabilizer on the surface of the metal nanoparticles; depositing the liquid composition on a substrate by a liquid deposition technique to form a deposited composition; and heating the deposited composition to form conductive features on the substrate.