Patent ID: 8692118

Claim:
A wire structure comprising: an elongate flexible core formed of a conductor material; and a cladding layer covering an outer surface of the core, the cladding layer comprises a conducting material, wherein an average grain size of the core material is at least five times greater than an average grain size of the cladding layer material, and the cladding layer has an average grain size between about 2 nm and about 200 nm, wherein the cladding layer comprises metal, wherein the metal is a member selected from the group consisting of gold, indium, gallium, tin, copper-tungsten, nickel-tungsten, nickel-phosphorus, cobalt-phosphorus, molybdenum-phosphorus, cobalt-tungsten-phosphorus, and combinations of the same, and wherein the cladding layer comprises a minor component selected from the group consisting of diamond, silicon carbide, boron nitride, and graphite, the minor component comprising less than 50% of the cladding layer.