Electrical resistivity and dielectric properties of helical microorganism cells coated with silver by electroless plating

► We use the microorganism cells as forming templates to fabricate the bio-based conductive particles. ► The microorganism cells selected as forming templates are Spirulina platens, which are of natural helical shape and high aspect ratio. ► The sliver-coated Spirulina cells are a kind of lightweight conductive particles. ► The composites containing sliver-coated Spirulina cells exhibit a lower percolation value.