Patent ID: 8293323

Claim:
A method of manufacture of a thin metal film comprising, forming a first solution of a metal precursor in a solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ethers, lower alkanols, lower alkanoic acids, and mixtures thereof, refluxing the first solution to yield a refluxed metal solution, mixing a continuity dopant selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Zn, Cd, P, Zr precursors, Hf precursors, Zn precursors, Cd precursors, P precursors and mixtures thereof with the refluxed metal solution to yield a doped solution, depositing the doped solution onto an insulating substrate to yield a wet film on the substrate, pyrolyzing the wet film to yield a pyrolyzed film, and annealing the pyrolyzed film in a reducing atmosphere, a inert atmosphere and mixtures thereof.