ABSTRACT
One of the best conductors of electricity and heat, and used in microelectronics for a long time, silver, among other applications as a filler for electrically conductive adhesives, is used in assembling electronic elements. The possibility of splitting silver into nanosized particles has enabled the development of a new group of materials, i.e., electrically conductive inks. The selection of protective coating is one of the most important parameters in the synthesis of nanosilver. The coating separates silver nanoparticles and prevents their contact, thereby causing lack of electrical connection between them. Thus it is very important that the protective coating should be easily removed from the surface of silver in the sinterization process at a possibly low temperature, which offers a possibility of printing on a flexible polymer foil substrate. The morphology of the tested silver samples was determined using scanning electron microscopy.
