Cross-sectional HRTEM images of Au-PDMS membranes with various deposition rates of 0.5, 1.0, and 10.0 Å s −1 at φ = 3.5, displaying a variation in Au-PDMS nanophases depending on which kinetics is more dominant during the deposition (polymer migration versus rate of metal deposition). Especially, the reticular nanophase formed at φ = 3.5 at a deposition rate of 2.5 Å s −1 is an interpenetrated Au–PDMS nanophase. Scale bars denote 200 nm.
