中国科学家发现韧性半导体材料
Chinese scientists have found a kind of inorganic semiconductor, which has good ductility and flexibility at room temperature, which may be used in flexible electronics.
中国科学家发现一种无机半导体材料，这种材料在室温下拥有良好的韧性和弹性，可能被应用于柔性电子领域。
Fulfilled by researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, the harvest was published in "Nature Materials" in April.
Ductility is common in metals while it is rarely observed in inorganic semiconductors, especially at room temperature. Most semiconductor materials are brittle and cannot bend, pull or compress.
The newly-discovered semiconductor a-Ag2S is ductile like metal and easily changes shape instead of breaking under outer deformation, according to the research.
The material is expected to be applied in flexible electronic technologies such as wearable devices.
For the application of flexible electronics, the research team also produced a thin film made of a-Ag2S and found that it had great deformability and good electrical properties.