Silver nanoparticle inks comprising aminomethylsilanes
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsYiliang Wu, Guiqin Song, Biby Esther Abraham, Yvan Gagnon, Ping Liu
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Abstract
An ink includes a plurality of silver nanoparticles, an aminomethylsilane viscosifier, and a hydrocarbon solvent. A method includes providing an ink including a plurality of silver nanoparticles, an aminomethylsilane viscosifier, and a hydrocarbon solvent, the method including printing an image on a substrate with the ink, and annealing the image on the substrate. An ink includes organoamine-stabilized silver nanoparticles, a viscosifier comprising N-(6-aminohexyl)aminomethyltriethoxysilane, and a hydrocarbon solvent.
Claims20
An ink comprising:
- a plurality of silver nanoparticles;
- an aminomethylsilane viscosifier;
- and
- a hydrocarbon solvent.
The ink of claim 8, wherein R′ is H and R″ an aliphatic group optionally substituted with amino or an optionally substituted phenyl group.
A method comprising:
- providing an ink comprising:
- a plurality of silver nanoparticles;
- an aminomethylsilane viscosifier;
- and
- a hydrocarbon solvent;
- printing an image on a substrate with the ink;
- and
- annealing the image on the substrate.
An ink comprising:
- organoamine-stabilized silver nanoparticles;
- a viscosifier comprising N-(6-aminohexyl)aminomethyltriethoxysilane;
- and
- a hydrocarbon solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.