Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacturing palladium-containing devices made therefrom

A multi-layer capacitor including palladium-containing electrically conductive layers, the capacitor comprising

• a structure having stacked layers including a plurality of dielectric layers each including a dielectric material, with each dielectric layer being adjacent to and electrically interconnected with at least one of a plurality of electrically conductive layers including palladium;
• electrical contacts interconnected with said electrically conductive layers and said dielectric layers, said electrical contacts for connecting the capacitor in an electrical circuit when the capacitor is used;
• said electrically conductive layers including said palladium and at least some of said dielectric material;
• wherein, at least a portion of said palladium and said dielectric material in said electrically conductive layers being from multi-phase particles having a weight average size of from about 0.1 micron to about 4 microns and having a first material phase including said palladium and a second material phase including said dielectric material.