Magnification by a scanning
electron microscope (SEM) and transmission
electron microscope (TEM) showed that the high performance of the conductor was due to the self - formation of silver (Ag) nanoparticles — one - thousandth the size of the Ag flakes and dispersed uniformly between the flakes in the fluorine rubber — after the conductive
composite paste was printed and heated.
A
composite image shows a scanning transmission
electron microscope view of an antenna - reactor catalyst particle (top left) along with
electron energy loss spectroscopy maps that depict the spatial distribution of individual plasmon modes around the palladium islands.