Abstract: A silver film for die attachment in the field of microelectronics, wherein the silver film is a multilayer structure comprising a reinforcing silver foil layer between two layers of sinterable particles. Each layer of sinterable particles comprises a mixture of sinterable silver particles and reinforcing particles. The reinforcing particles comprise glass and/or carbon and/or graphite particles. A method for die attachment using a silver film.

Abstract: Intermediate temperature metallization pastes containing vanadium are disclosed. The metallization pastes can be used to fabricate electrodes interconnected to a transparent conductor.

Abstract: A conductive paste for a solar cell, a solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof, and a solar cell module are provided. The conductive paste for a solar cell includes a silver powder, a glass, an organic vehicle, and a tellurium alloy compound, wherein the tellurium alloy compound has a melting point at least 300° C. higher than the softening point of the glass.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lead-free glass composition in which crystallization is suppressed and which has a low softening point. This lead-free glass composition is characterized by containing silver oxide, tellurium oxide and vanadium oxide, and further containing at least one compound selected from among yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, erbium oxide, ytterbium oxide, aluminum oxide, gallium oxide, indium oxide, iron oxide, tungsten oxide and molybdenum oxide as an additional component, and in that the content values (mol %) of silver oxide, tellurium oxide and vanadium oxide satisfy the relationships Ag2O>TeO2?V2O5 and Ag5O?2V2O5 when calculated in terms of the oxides, and in that the content of TeO2 is 25-37 mol. %.

Abstract: An oil-detection unit is provided that can include a reference cell, a flow meter that measures the flow rate of the fluid mixture through the reference cell, and a processor. The processor can receive signals from each of the sensors, as well as from the flow meter. Using these signals, the processor can determine whether the fluid mixture contains at least a threshold amount of oil. To make this determination, the processor can establish a baseline range of values received from the sensors and compare that output to the established baseline range. The processor can recalculate the baseline range of values continuously or after a predetermined period of time. Based on a determination that the fluid mixture contains at least the threshold amount of oil, the processor can initiate an alarm.

Abstract: A conductive paste composition comprises (i) an inorganic powder comprising at least a conductive powder, (ii) at least one microgel polymer, and (iii) a solvent. The paste composition may be used in a process for manufacturing an electrical device comprising: preparing a substrate; applying the conductive paste onto the substrate in a preselected pattern; and heating the applied conductive paste to form a conductive structure that provides an electrode for connecting the device. The paste composition beneficially permits the formation of narrow, high aspect ratio features in the conductive structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for solar cell electrodes. The composition includes silver powder; glass frits; and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frits have a glass transition temperature of about 100° C. to about 300° C. and exhibit an exothermic peak starting temperature of about 200° C. to about 400° C. on a DTA curve in TG-DTA analysis. Solar cell electrodes formed of the composition have high open circuit voltage and short circuit current density, thereby providing excellent conversion efficiency and fill factor.

Abstract: A conductive paste for forming a solar cell electrode, including: a conductive powder containing silver as a main component; glass frit; and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit contains tellurium glass frit having tellurium oxide as a network-forming component. The conductive paste of the present invention makes it possible to form a solar cell electrode having a low dependence on firing temperature without causing problems due to fire-through into the substrate, and to thereby obtain a solar cell having good solar cell characteristics.

Abstract: A sheet includes a conductive film, and bus bars including an upper and lower bus bars connected to upper and lower sides of the conductive film. The conductive film includes a recess, a first region between the upper bus bar and the lower bus bar, a second region that is another region between the upper and lower bus bars, and openings in the first region. The upper or lower bus bar is formed along a side of the conductive film including the recess. The first region is between a bus bar at which the recess is positioned and another bus bar facing the recess. A distance between the upper and lower bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are formed in an upper or a lower part of the first region on a side of the another bus bar.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass, in particular a glass for the joining of glass panes for the production of vacuum insulating glasses at processing temperatures ?420° C., to the corresponding composite glass, and to the corresponding glass paste. Moreover, the present invention relates to a vacuum insulating glass produced using the glass paste according to the invention, to the production process thereof, and to the use of the inventive glass and/or composite glass, and glass paste. The glass according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises the following components, in units of mol-%: V2O5 5-58 mol-%, TeO2 40-90 mol-%, and at least one oxide selected from ZnO 38-52 mol-%, or Al2O3 1-25 mol %, or MoO3 1-10 mol-%, or WO3 1-10 mol-%, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An electrically-heated window sheet material includes a heatable transparent conductive film, and bus bars for supplying electricity to the transparent conductive film. The bus bars includes left and right bus bars connected to left and right edges of the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film includes a band-shaped first region interposed between the left and right bus bars, a band-shaped second region interposed between the left and right bus bars, and openings provided in the first region. A distance between the left and right bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are arranged so that a current flowing in the first region from one of the left and right bus bars to the other of the left and right bus bars is bypassed at least once by the openings.

Abstract: A solar cell is provided with: a semiconductor substrate having a light-receiving surface and a non-light-receiving surface; a PN junction section formed on the semiconductor substrate; a passivation layer formed on the light-receiving surface and/or the non-light-receiving surface; and power extraction electrodes formed on the light-receiving surface and the non-light-receiving surface. The solar cell is characterized in that the passivation layer includes an aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 40 nm or less. As a result of forming a aluminum oxide film having a predetermined thickness on the surface of the substrate, it is possible to achieve excellent passivation performance and excellent electrical contact between silicon and the electrode by merely firing the conductive paste, which is conventional technology. Furthermore, an annealing step, which has been necessary to achieve the passivation effects of the aluminum oxide film in the past, can be eliminated, thus dramatically reducing costs.

Abstract: An antibacterial resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin blended with at least one kind of fatty acid metal salt selected from Ag, Cu, Zn, Co and Ni, and a compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein M? is any one of Na, K or H, and X is an atom selected from C, O, S and P, or an atomic group thereof.

Abstract: An aluminum wire body, in which an aluminum or aluminum alloy electric wire and a metal to be joined are joined by solder, wherein the solder includes an oxide glass including vanadium and a conducting particle. Preferably, the conducting particle contained in the solder is 90% by volume or less and the oxide glass is 20% by volume to 90% by volume. Further preferably, the oxide glass includes 40% by mass or more of Ag2O in terms of oxides and the glass transition point is 180° C. or less.

Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent pane with an electrically heatable coating, which extends over a major part of the surface area of the pane and is electrically connected to at least two low-impedance bus bars lying opposite one another, at least one conducting structure (4G, 5G) only covering the heating area outside a central viewing area, in order to shorten electrically the distance between the bus bars (4, 5), and in that the current flows in the part of the heating area that is not covered by at least one conducting structure (4G, 5G).

Abstract: Disclosed is an Ag2O—V2O5—TeO2 lead-free low-melting glass composition that is prevented or restrained from crystallization so as to soften and flow more satisfactorily at a low temperature. This lead-free low-melting glass composition contains a principal component; and an additional component. The principal component includes a vanadium oxide, a tellurium oxide and a silver oxide. The additional component includes at least one selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide and lanthanoid oxides. A content of the additional component is 0.1 to 3.0 mole percent in terms of oxide. The additional component preferably contains at least one selected from Y2O3, La2O3, CeO2, Er2O3, and Yb2O3 in a content of 0.1 to 2.0 mole percent in terms of oxide. The additional component particularly effectively contains at least one of Y2O3 and La2O3 in a total content of 0.1 to 1.0 mole percent.

Abstract: A fine silver particle-containing composition includes a large number of fine silver particles 2 and a coating layer 4 that covers a surface of each silver particle 2. The silver particle 2 is a so-called nano particle. The silver particle 2 has a scale-like shape. The coating layer 4 consists of an organic compound. The organic compound binds to the silver particle 2. The organic compound suppresses aggregation of the silver particle 2. The composition is in a cake form. A weight ratio of the organic compound with regard to the total amount of the composition is not lower than 2% but not higher than 15%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a jointed body wherein multiple base members are jointed to each other through a jointing layer, and at least one of the base members is a base member of a ceramic material, semiconductor or glass. The joint material layer contains a metal and an oxide. The oxide contains V and Te, and is present between the metal and the base members. Disclosed is also a joint material in the form of a paste containing an oxide glass containing V and Te, metal particles, and a solvent; in the form of a foil piece or plate in which particles of an oxide glass containing V and Te are embedded; or in the form of a foil piece or plate containing a layer of an oxide glass containing V and Te, and a layer of a metal.

Abstract: This solar cell module (10) is manufactured by connecting in series with a wiring material (15) multiple solar cells including at least two types of solar cells (11A, 11B) having different electrode structures, and covering the same with a first protective member (12) and a second protective member (13). This solar cell is manufactured by producing a photoelectric conversion unit, measuring characteristic values of the photoelectric conversion unit, selecting electrode structure on the basis of said characteristic values, and forming an electrode on the photoelectric conversion unit.

Abstract: A conductive ink may include a nickel component, a polycarboxylic acid component, and a polyol component, the polycarboxylic acid component and the polyol component being reactable to form a polyester component. The polyester component may be formed in situ in the conductive ink from a polyol component and a polycarboxylic acid component. The conductive ink may include a carbon component. The conductive ink may include an additive component. The conductive ink may include nickel flakes, graphene flakes, glutaric acid, and ethylene glycol. The conductive ink may be printed (e.g., screen printed) on a substrate and cured to form a conductive film. A conductive film may include a nickel component and a polyester component.

Abstract: A clayish composition for forming a sintered silver alloy body capable of forming a sintered silver alloy body, which is not easily discolored even in the atmosphere and has excellent tensile strength, flexural strength, surface hardness (hereinafter, sometimes collectively referred to as ‘mechanical strength’), elongation or the like, powder for the clayish composition for forming a sintered silver alloy body, a method for manufacturing the clayish composition for forming a sintered silver alloy body, a sintered silver alloy body and a method for manufacturing the sintered silver alloy body.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to prevent the discoloration of an ink even when the ink is printed on a base to be printed and then exposed to a high-temperature environment. An ink including a glass composite, resin and a conducting agent, wherein the glass composite includes Ag2O in the range of 10 mass % to 60 mass %, V2O5 in the range of 5 mass % to 65 mass %, and TeO2 in the range of 15 mass % to 50 mass %, and the total content ratio of the Ag2O, V2O5, and TeO2 is at least 75 mass %.

Abstract: A conductive paste composition for a solar cell includes a conductive powder, a glass frit, and a vehicle, the glass frit consisting of glass containing 0.6 to 18.0 (mol %) Li2O, at least one of 0.1 to 6.0 (mol %) P2O5 and 0.1 to 4.0 (mol %) Sb2O5, 20 to 62 (mol %) PbO, 1 to 18 (mol %) B2O3, 18 to 65 (mol %) SiO2, 0 to 6 (mol %) Al2O3, 0 to 6 (mol %) TiO2, and 0 to 30 (mol %) ZnO in oxide conversion, the glass having a ratio of Pb/Si (mol ratio) within a range of 0.5 to 1.7.

Abstract: A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires which may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically transparent and flexible. It can be coated or laminated onto a variety of substrates, including flexible and rigid substrates.

Abstract: A silver conductive coating possessing infrared absorbing properties is disclosed. The coating is made from a blend of one or more micron size silver powders and/or flakes together with carbon black, inorganic pigment, glass frit, and powdered selenium or bismuth metal. The foregoing dry ingredients are pasted with an organic vehicle, applied to a substrate, and fired at a temperature of up to 1400° F. The coating absorbs infrared radiation beyond the decomposition of carbon black, thus allowing higher firing temperatures and hence shorter firing times.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for depositing elemental metal M(0) films on semiconductor substrates are disclosed. One of the disclosed methods comprises: heating the semiconductor substrate to obtain a heated semiconductor substrate; exposing the heated semiconductor substrate to a composition containing a metal precursor, an excess amount of neutral labile ligands, and a supercritical solvent; exposing the metal precursor to a reducing agent and/or thermal energy at or near the heated semiconductor substrate; reducing the metal precursor to the elemental metal M(0) by using the reducing agent and/or the thermal energy; and depositing the elemental metal M(0) film while minimizing formation of metal oxides.

Abstract: An antibacterial composition including silver nano particles, a protective agent and water is provided. The molar ratio of the silver nano particles to the protective agent is 1:0.995-1 and the protective agent is selected from a group consisting of MCl, MBr, MI, MS2O3 and NH4OH, in which M represents an element of group IA or IIA. Furthermore, two methods of fabricating an antibacterial textile are also provided.

Abstract: A conductive pattern formation ink which can be stably ejected in the form of liquid droplets and form a conductive pattern having high reliability, a conductive pattern having high reliability, and a wiring substrate provided with the conductive pattern and having high reliability are provided. The conductive pattern formation ink is used for forming a conductive pattern by ejecting the ink in the form of liquid droplets on a surface of a ceramic molded body using a liquid droplet ejecting method, the ceramic molded body being made of a material containing ceramic particles and a binder. The ink contains a water-based dispersion medium, and metal particles dispersed in the water-based dispersion medium, wherein the water-based dispersion medium contains oxygen molecules and nitrogen molecules, and wherein when the water-based dispersion medium is analyzed using a gas chromatography method, a total amount of the oxygen and nitrogen molecules contained in the water-based dispersion medium is 12 ppm or less.

Abstract: A conductive pattern forming ink for forming a conductive pattern on a substrate by a droplet discharge method includes: metal particles; an aqueous dispersion medium in which the metal particles are dispersed; galactitol; and a polyglycerol compound having a polyglycerol skeleton. In the ink, H shown in the following formula (I) is 0.10 to 0.

Abstract: A conductive pattern forming ink for forming a conductive pattern on a substrate by a droplet discharge method includes: metal particles; an aqueous dispersion medium in which the metal particles are dispersed; inositol; and a polyglycerol compound having a polyglycerol skeleton. In the ink, H shown in the following formula (I) is 0.050 to 0.

Abstract: To provide an ink composition capable of forming a metallic material which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate and free from ion migration. An ink composition having fine metallic copper particles and/or fine copper hydride particles, and fine silver oxide particles or fine metallic silver particles, dispersed in a water-insoluble organic liquid, which composition has a solid content concentration of from 10 to 80 mass % and contains from 5 to 90 parts by mass of the fine metallic copper particles and/or fine copper hydride particles, and from 10 to 95 parts by mass of the fine silver oxide particles or fine metallic silver particles, per 100 parts by mass of the total solid content in the ink composition.

Abstract: A silver conductive coating possessing infrared absorbing properties is disclosed. The coating is made from a blend of one or more micron size silver powders and/or flakes together with carbon black, inorganic pigment, glass frit, and powdered selenium or bismuth metal. The foregoing dry ingredients are pasted with an organic vehicle, applied to a substrate, and fired at a temperature of up to 1400° F. The coating absorbs infrared radiation beyond the decomposition of carbon black, thus allowing higher firing temperatures and hence shorter firing times.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a solution and process for improving the solderability of a metal surface. In one embodiment, the invention is a silver deposit solution comprising an acid, a source of silver ions, and an additive selected from among pyrroles, triazoles, and tetrazoles, as well as derivatives and mixtures of those components. In another embodiment, the silver deposit solution also includes a 6-membered heterocyclic ring compound, wherein three members of the 6-membered heterocyclic ring are nitrogen atoms. Still another embodiment is a process for improving the solderability of a metal surface which involves applying a silver deposit solution as previously described to a metal surface.

Abstract: A release agent is flash evaporated and deposited onto a support substrate under conventional vapor-deposition conditions and a conductive metal oxide, such as ITO, is subsequently sputtered or deposited by reactive electron beam onto the resulting release layer in the same process chamber to form a very thin film of conductive material. The resulting multilayer product is separated from the support substrate, crushed to brake up the metal-oxide film into flakes, and heated or mixed in a solvent to separate the soluble release layer from the metallic flakes. Thus, by judiciously controlling the deposition of the ITO on the release layer, transparent flakes may be obtained with the desired optical and physical characteristics.

Abstract: A nano-metal solution, nano-metal complex grains, and a manufacturing method of a metal film are provided. The nano-metal solution includes metal grains having an amount of 0.1˜30 wt %, metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules having an amount of 0.1˜50 wt % and having formula 1, and a solvent having an amount of 20˜99.8 wt %: wherein M represents a metal ion. The metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules and the metal grains are evenly mixed in the solvent, and the metallic-organic self-decomposition molecules are adsorbed on surfaces of the metal grains.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrically conducting paste comprising a silver powder, a glass frit, a resin binder and a sintering inhibitor. The paste is used in the manufacture of solar cell electrodes by applying the electrically conducting paste to a substrate and then firing of the coated substrate.

Abstract: To provide an ink composition capable of forming a metallic material which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate and free from ion migration. An ink composition having fine metallic copper particles and/or fine copper hydride particles, and fine silver oxide particles or fine metallic silver particles, dispersed in a water-insoluble organic liquid, which composition has a solid content concentration of from 10 to 80 mass % and contains from 5 to 90 parts by mass of the fine metallic copper particles and/or fine copper hydride particles, and from 10 to 95 parts by mass of the fine silver oxide particles or fine metallic silver particles, per 100 parts by mass of the total solid content in the ink composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of plating a substrate with a metal using an autocatalytic electroless plating bath wherein the bath is operated above its cloud point temperature such that at least two phases are present in the bath. An autocatalytic electroless plating bath for coating silver metal is also described. A method for autocatalytic plating of silver metal directly onto a silicon surface without the need for an intervening layer of metal is also disclosed. The deposits of silver obtained are uniform, non-porous and have electrical properties. The technique can be applied for different processes and bath formulations i.e. different metals, complexing agents and reducing agents.

Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the deposition of a seedlayer for a magnetic recording medium used for perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) applications, where the seedlayer provides for grain size refinement and reduced lattice mis-fit for a subsequently deposited underlayer or granular magnetic layer, and where the seedlayer is deposited using a nickel (Ni) alloy based sputter target. The nickel (Ni) alloy can be binary (Ni—X; Ni—Y) or ternary (Ni—X—Y). In addition, the binary (Ni—X; Ni—Y) or ternary (Ni—X—Y) nickel (Ni) based alloys can be further alloyed with metal oxides, thus forming seedlayer thin films with a granular microstructure containing metallic grains, surrounded by an oxygen rich grain boundary. The nickel-based alloys (with or without metal oxides) of the various exemplary embodiments can be made by powder metallurgical technique or by melt-casting techniques, with or without thermo-mechanical working.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive paste capable of adjusting resistivity and forming a conductor film having high strength of bonding with a glass substrate and high mounting strength of a metal terminal. The conductive paste contains a conductive component, a glass frit having a composition containing a Bi2O3—B2O3—SiO2—Al2O3 or Bi2O3—B2O3—SiO2—Al2O3—ZnO primary component and about 0.5 to 5% by weight of NiO as a secondary component, and an organic vehicle. The conductive paste is applied on a glass substrate and then baked to form a conductor film. A glass circuit structure formed by using the conductor film can be advantageously used as a defogging glass for an automobile window.

Abstract: An organometallic precursor mixture for forming a metal alloy pattern and a method of forming the metal alloy pattern using the same, wherein the metal alloy pattern having improved adhesive force to a substrate, heat resistance, and resistance to atmospheric corrosion can be readily formed using the organometallic precursor mixture by and exposing step without using a separate photosensitive resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a yarn with antimicrobial effects. The antimicrobial antifungal effect of the yarn is derived from nanosilver particles (diameter between 1 and 100 nm) which are adhered to the yarn. The yarn contains fibers which are made of cotton, linen, silk, wool, leather, blending fabric, synthetic fiber, or any combination thereof. The yarn can be used to make cloth to be used particularly for treating patients with burns or wound. The cloth made from the antimicrobial yarn can be further used to make clothes such as underwears, socks, shoe cushions, shoe linings, bed sheets, pillow cases, towels, women hygiene products, laboratory coats, and medical robes. The present invention also provides a method for making the antimicrobial yarn.

Abstract: Known methods of improving the solderability of copper surfaces on printed circuit boards present the disadvantage that outer layers of an irregular thickness are formed at the metal surfaces, that these layers are very expensive or that the constituents used in manufacturing them are harmful to the environment. Furthermore, the metal surfaces are to be suited to form bond connections as well as electrical contacts. To overcome these problems there are disclosed a bath and a method of electroless plating of silver by way of charge exchange reaction on surfaces of metals that are less noble than silver, more particularly on copper, that contain at least one silver halide complex and not containing any reducing agent for Ag+ ions.

Abstract: A material usable for the electrodes and the dielectric layer plasma display panels and capable of reducing the occurrence of yellowing and a high-image-quality plasma display panel using the material are provided. Using glass powder containing 25 to 50 wt % of Bi2O3, 5 to 35 wt % of B2O3, 10 to 20 wt % of ZnO, 5 to 20 wt % of BaO, 0 to 15 wt % of SiO2 and 0 to 10 wt % of Al2O3, the electrodes and the dielectric layer of a plasma display panel are formed.

Abstract: A conductive composition for filling a via. The composition is based on total composition and has 4.0-12.0 wt. % organic vehicle and 88.0-96.0 wt. % electrically conductive particles selected from the group consisting of silver and nickel and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A composition for application to a substrate to form a an electrically conductive coating thereon. The composition includes a sol-gel solution filled with a conductive powder. The coating may be conductive or resistive depending on the application. A process is provided for applying such a coating by mixing a sol-gel solution with up to about 90% by weight of the solution of a conductive powder selected from the group consisting of ceramics, inter-ceramics, semi-conductors and metals so as to provide a uniform stable dispersion. The stable dispersion is applied to a substrate and the coated substrate is fired at a temperature sufficient to remove organic constituents and to produce at least a partially conductive film on the substrate. A heating device is also provided which is a product of the above process.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and kits to form water swellable gel coatings, preferably lubricious coatings, on substrates, and coated substrates thus formed. The coatings contain one or more antimicrobial metals formed with atomic disorder, together with one or more antimicrobial metals formed with atomic disorder such that the coatings provide an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect when wet. The invention also provides a method to produce metal powders by sputtering a coating onto a moving surface, and then scraping the coating with one or more scrapers to produce the metal powder. The method is particularly useful for producing large amounts of nanocrystalline antimicrobial metal powders formed with atomic disorder, useful in the water swellable gel coatings of this invention.

Abstract: A conductive paste for defogging heat wires of automobile windows contains a silver powder having particle size in the range of about 0.1 to 20 &mgr;m, a molybdenum compound such as molybdenum silicide or molybdenum boride, a glass frit having a softening point of 730° C. or less and an organic vehicle. The conductive paste can uniformly darken the conductive heat wire regions of the automobile window without producing any harmful substances. Also, it can ensure sufficient bonding strength of lead wires.

Abstract: An organometallic precursor mixture for forming a metal alloy pattern and a method of forming the metal alloy pattern using the same, wherein the metal alloy pattern having improved adhesive force to a substrate, heat resistance, and resistance to atmospheric corrosion can be readily formed using the organometallic precursor mixture by and exposing step without using a separate photosensitive resin.