Articles having silver ion α-oxy carboxylate oxime complexes
A product article is prepared from a precursor article that has a substrate and a photosensitive thin film or a photosensitive thin film pattern on a supporting side. The product article have an electrically-conductive silver metal-containing film or thin film patterns, each of which contains electrically-conductive metallicsilver obtained by reduction of silver ions in the precursor article, an α-oxy carboxylate, an oxime compound, and a photosensitizer that can either reduce reducible silver ions or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate.
1. A product article comprising a substrate having a first supporting side and a second opposing supporting side, and having on at least the first supporting side,
an electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film or one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns, comprising:
silver metal;
an α-oxy carboxylate;
an oxime compound; and
a photosensitizer that can either reduce reducible silver ion or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate,
wherein:
the α-oxy carboxylate is represented by the following formula (II):
wherein R 1 is hydrogen, and R 2 , and R 3 are independently branched or linear alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,
the oxime compound is represented by the following formula (IV):
wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R 5 and R 6 is the alkyl group, or R 5 and R 6 can together represent the carbon atoms sufficient to provide a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic ring; and R 7 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a —C(═O)R 8 group, or a carbonyloxyalkyl group [—C(═O)OR 8 ], wherein R 8 is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
2. The product article of claim 1 , comprising two or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns in different portions on the first supporting side of the substrate.
3. The product article of claim 1 , further comprising one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns in different portions on the second opposing supporting side of the substrate,
each of these one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns comprising:
silver metal;
an α-oxy carboxylate;
an oxime compound; and
a photosensitizer that can either reduce reducible silver ion or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate,
wherein:
the α-oxy carboxylate is represented by the following formula (II):
wherein R 1 is hydrogen, and R 2 , and R 3 are independently branched or linear alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,
the oxime compound is represented by the following formula (IV):
wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R 5 and R 6 is the alkyl group, or R 5 and R 6 can together represent the carbon atoms sufficient to provide a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic ring; and R 7 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a —C(═O)R 8 group, or a carbonyloxyalkyl group [—C(═O)OR 8 ], wherein R 8 is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
4. The product article of claim 1 that is provided as a wound roll of a continuous material.
5. The product article of claim 4 , wherein the wound roll of a continuous material is a wound roll of a polyester.
6. A product article comprising a substrate having a first supporting side and a second opposing supporting side, and having on at least the first supporting side,
an electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film or one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns, comprising:
silver metal;
an α-oxy carboxylate;
an oxime compound; and
a photosensitizer that can either reduce reducible silver ion or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate,
wherein the α-oxy carboxylate is derived from:
the group consisting of 2-hydroxybutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-isobutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid, 2-ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-2,3-dimethylbutyric acid, 2-ethyl-2-methoxybutyric acid, 2-methoxy-2-methylpropanoic acid, 1-hydroxycyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-2,3-dimethylsuccinic acid, and 2,4-dihydroxy-2,4-dimethylpentanedioic acid and the oxime compound is represented by the following formula (IV):
wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R 5 and R 6 is the alkyl group, or R 5 and R 6 can together represent the carbon atoms sufficient to provide a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic ring; and R 7 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a —C(═O)R 8 group, or a carbonyloxyalkyl group [—C(═O)OR 8 ], wherein R 8 is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
7. The product article of claim 1 , wherein one of R 5 and R 6 is hydrogen and the other is an alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or both R 5 and R 6 are independently alkyl groups each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
8. The product article of claim 1 , wherein the oxime compound is selected from the group consisting of acetoxime, acetaldoxime, Aldicarb, dimethylglyoxime, methylethyl ketone oxime, propionaldehyde oxime, cyclohexanone oxime, cyclopentanone oxime, heptanal oxime, acetone-O-methyl oxime, acetaldehyde-O-methyl oxime, propionaldehyde-O-methyl oxime, butanaldehyde-O-methyl oxime, 2-butanone-O-methyl oxime, cyclopentanone-O-methyl oxime, and 2-butanone-O-ethyl oxime.
9. The product article of claim 1 , wherein the electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film or each of the one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns, has a resistivity of less than 10 6 ohms/□ as measured using a 4-point probe device.
10. The product article of claim 1 , wherein the electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film or each of the one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns, has a resistivity of less than 500 ohms/□ as measured using a 4-point probe device.
11. The product article of claim 1 , wherein R 2 and R 3 are different branched or linear alkyl groups.
12. The product article of claim 1 , wherein the α-oxy carboxylate is 2-hydroxyisobutyrate or 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate.
13. A product article comprising a substrate having a first supporting side and a second opposing supporting side, and having on at least the first supporting side,
an electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film or one or more electrically-conductive silver metal-containing thin film patterns, comprising:
silver metal;
an α-oxy carboxylate;
an oxime compound; and
a photosensitizer that can either reduce reducible silver ion or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate,
wherein:
the α-oxy carboxylate is represented by the following formula (H):
wherein R 1 is hydrogen or a branched or linear alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R 2 , and R 3 are different branched or linear alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and
the oxime compound is represented by the following formula (IV):
wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R 5 and R 6 is the alkyl group, or R 5 and R 6 can together represent the carbon atoms sufficient to provide a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic ring; and R 7 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a —C(═O)R 8 group, or a carbonyloxyalkyl group [—C(═O)OR 8 ], wherein R 8 is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.