Stable dispersions of monocrystalline nanometric silver particles

A concentrated dispersion of nanometric silver particles, the dispersion comprising:

• (a) a first solvent;
• (b) a plurality of nanometric silver particles, said plurality of nanometric silver particles having an average secondary particle size (d50) within a range of 30 to 250 nanometers, said particles disposed within said solvent, wherein at least one of the following is true of said plurality of nanometric silver particles:
• (i) at least 50% of a group of at least 10 randomly-selected EBSD scans produce a substantially perfect match for a single crystal, (ii) more than 50% of the silver particles, based on the number of silver particles, are single crystal silver particles;
• and
• (c) at least one dispersant,
• wherein a concentration of said nanometric silver particles within the concentrated dispersion is within a range of 30% to 75%, by weight,
• and wherein a concentration of said dispersant within the dispersion is within a range of 0.2% to 30% of said concentration of said nanometric silver particles, by weight.