Flexible Semiconductor (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Flexible Semiconductor

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This is a flexible semiconductor Ge thin film grown on mica by van der Waals epitaxy. The film experiences no degradation in its electrical properties even after repeated bending.

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Aaron Littlejohn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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