TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Components: The temperature that is higher than a glass transition temperature of the metallic glass is 1-300 degrees C higher than the glass transition temperature of the metallic glass. The resistivity is decrease by 1-200 mu . omega .cm. The temperature that is higher than a glass transition temperature of the metallic glass is 100-800 degrees C. The conductive powder has a particle size of 1 nm to 50 mu m. After the metallic glass is heat treated at a temperature that is higher than a glass transition temperature of the metallic glass, a resistivity of the metallic glass decreases by 1-95% when compared to the metallic glass before heat treatment. The metallic glass at least partly crystallizes at a temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature of the metallic glass. The metallic glass comprises at least two elements, where a first element of the two elements has a highest conductivity of the two elements, and the first element of the two elements crystallizes before any other element of the two elements or crystallizes at a temperature which is lower than a temperature at which any other element of the two elements crystallizes. The metallic glass has a glass transition temperature of greater than or equal to 100 degrees C. The metallic glass is amorphous. The conductive powder, the metallic glass, and the organic vehicle are included in an amount of 30-99, 0.1-20, and 0.9-69 wt.%, respectively.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRONICS - Preferred Device: The electrode comprises a conductive buffer layer comprising a crystallized metallic glass, and an electrode portion. The conductive buffer layer further comprises a crystalline conductive powder. The conductive buffer layer comprises a crystallized metallic glass and a crystalline conductive particle disposed in the crystallized metallic glass. The electronic device further comprises a conductive particle disposed in a semiconductor substrate of the electronic device, where the semiconductor substrate is disposed on the conductive buffer layer. At least one of the metallic glass and the semiconductor layer comprises the conductive power, which diffuses into at least one of the metallic glass and the semiconductor layer at a temperature which is higher than a glass transition temperature of the metallic glass.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The conductive powder comprises aluminum, silver, copper, and/or nickel. The first element is silver, copper, gold, aluminum, calcium, beryllium, magnesium, sodium, molybdenum, tungsten, tin, zinc, nickel, potassium, lithium, iron, palladium, platinum, rubidium, chromium, and/or strontium. EXAMPLE - A silver (Ag) powder and a metallic glass of the formula Cu43Zr43Al7Ag7 were added to an organic vehicle including an ethylcellulose binder and a butyl carbitol solvent. The silver (Ag) powder (87 wt.%), the metallic glass Cu43Zr43Al7Ag7 (4 wt.%), and the organic vehicle (9 wt.%) were included. The resulting mixture was kneaded with a 3-roll mill to prepare a conductive paste.