TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The method involves: providing a substrate; forming a dispersion comprising a first several silver nanowires and a solvent; applying the dispersion to the substrate in an environment having an atmospheric humidity of 50-70%; and at least partially evaporating the solvent such that the first several silver nanowires remains overlying the substrate. The method further involves: subjecting the substrate to a pretreatment before applying the dispersion to the substrate. The first atmospheric humidity is of 50-70 (preferably 55-60)%. The first several conductive components comprise a first several silver nanowires, where the selected first surface resistivity is based on the first atmospheric humidity when the first several silver nanowires comprise a first silver content, and where the first atmospheric humidity is higher than a second atmospheric humidity upon which is based a second surface resistivity equal to the selected first surface resistivity when a second several nanowires has a second silver content that is greater than the first silver content. The step of applying the dispersion further involves applying the dispersion by brushing, painting, screen printing, stamp rolling, rod or bar coating, inkjet printing, or spraying the dispersion onto the substrate, dip-coating the substrate into the dispersion, or rolling the dispersion onto the substrate. The step of causing the solvent to at least partially evaporate results in the formation of a transparent conductive coating (104) disposed on the substrate and where the method further involves subjecting the transparent conductive coating to a post-treatment after the step of causing the solvent to at least partially evaporate. The post-treatment step involves subjecting the transparent conductive coating to an alkaline.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Components: The first several conductive components comprise several metal nanowires.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The dispersion comprises dispersants, surfactants, polymerization inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, light stabilizers, wetting agents, adhesion promoters, binders, antifoaming agents, detergents, flame retardants, pigments, plasticizers, thickeners, viscosity modifiers, rheology modifiers, photosensitive materials and/or photoimageable materials. The first several conductive components comprise several carbon nanotubes. EXAMPLE - Four 0.125 mm thick sheets of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) having a light transmittance of at least 90% were provided. A silver nanowire dispersion ( approximately 1.48 g) containing silver nanowires (0.019 g) in an isopropanol solution was combined with toluene (3 g), isopropyl alcohol (0.5 g) and SU4924 (RTM: aliphatic isocyanate-based polyurethane binder) (25% solids) (0.4 g). The dispersion was mixed for 5 minutes. The dispersion then was applied to the surfaces of each of the PET sheets. The dispersion was applied to a wet film thickness of approximately 18 mu m. The application of the dispersion to the four sheets was performed in different closed environments for each of the four sheets. A first environment comprised 50% atmospheric humidity, a second environment comprised 59% atmospheric humidity, a third environment comprised 64% atmospheric humidity, and a fourth environment comprised 70% atmospheric humidity. The atmospheric humidity of each environment was maintained. After application of the dispersion to the substrates, each assembly remained in the environment for approximately 2 minutes and then was heated to 80 degrees C for approximately 5 minutes in forced air to permit the solvent to evaporate and the polyurethane binder to cure. The assemblies then were subjected to a 1 mole aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide for 5 minutes. The transparency and the surface resistivity of each sample were measured. The result showed, the surface resistivity (Ohms/sq.) of 1.1x 108, 200, 177 and 102; and the light transmittance (%) of 87.1, 86.6, 86.7 and 86.9 at atmospheric humidity (%) of 50, 59, 64 and 70, respectively. The result showed that an increase in atmospheric humidity of the environment in which the conductors were formed resulted in a decrease in surface resistivity, and hence an increase in conductivity, of the conductors but had no substantial adverse affect on the light transmittance.