Highly Conductive Nanoparticulate Films Achieved at Low Sintering Temperatures

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2559-2565

  Nahar, Manuj ^a   Keto, John W ^a,b   Becker, Michael F ^a,c   Kovar, Desiderio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

conductivity; low temperature diffusion; nanoparticle; Sintering; thick films

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LASER ABLATION; NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE; THICK FILMS;

DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION; DEPOSITION PROCESS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE DIFFUSION; NANO PARTICULATES; SINTERING MODELS;

SILVER;

EID: 84933672522     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-015-3678-8     Document Type: Article

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