Patent ID: 8709705

Claim:
A process of forming a metal-containing film, article or object comprising: a. applying a photosensitive metal-containing composition on a substrate wherein the photosensitive metal-containing composition comprises: i. a metal-containing precursor unit (MU) containing at least two reactive functional groups, and ii. a photoinitiator or photoactive catalyst where MU is represented by Structure I: MA w B x C y Structure I where M comprises a metal with a formal valency of 0-7 and is selected from Zr, Hf, Ge, Ti, Pb, Gd, Sn, Zn, Ni, Ce, Nb, Eu, In, AI, Fe, Mn, Nd, Cu, Sb, Mg, Ga, Se, Cd, Ta, Co, Cr, Pt, Au, W, V, TI, Te, Sr, Sm, La, Er, Pd, In, Ca, Ba, As and Y; Ligand A contains a reactive functional group capable of undergoing a combining reaction; w is 2 to 7; Ligands B and C are selected individually or in combination from oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, or a halogen atom; linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group; substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and —XR 1 where X represents an organic functional group such as oxy, thio, carboxy, thiocarboxy, sulfo, oxalate, acetoacetonate, carbanion, carbonyl, thiocarbonyl, cyano, nitro, nitrito, nitrate, nitrosyl, azide, cyanato, isocyanato, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, amido, amine, diamine, arsine, diarsine, phosphine, and diphosphine, and R 1 represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or thioalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alicyclic group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and x and y are 0 to 5, b. drying the photosensitive metal-containing composition c. exposing the photosensitive metal-containing composition to a source of actinic radiation and d. after c applying a post-treatment to the metal-containing composition.