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Plastic processing of bulk semiconductors

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Bulk inorganic semiconductors can show remarkable plasticity and extensibility, defying their inherent brittleness and enabling opportunities in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and processing.

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Fig. 1: Iterative crystalline–amorphous-transition-induced metal-like superior processability in bulk polycrystalline Ag2Te0.6S0.4.
Fig. 2: Remarkable plastic processability of inorganic semiconductors by warm metalworking methods.

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Nakamura, A., Li, Y. Plastic processing of bulk semiconductors. Nat. Mater. 24, 1505–1506 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02283-x

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