Conductive thick films and processes for film preparation

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, A process is disclosed of forming an electrical conductor on an insulative substrate by coating onto the substrate particles of metal-ligand compounds of each of rare earth, alkaline earth and, copper, where the ligands are chosen to be volatilizable. The particles are heated in the presence of oxygen to form an intermediate coating on the substrate, and the intermediate coating is converted to a crystalline, electrically conductive form. Either thick or thin films can be formed by the process, and in preferred forms the films can be superconducting at elevated temperatures.