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Additionally, it enables the use of such material in flexible substrates, thereby expanding the potential for various device applications. This work demonstrates, for the first time, the fabrication of a 200 nm polycrystalline silicon thin film through a metal-induced crystallization process mediated by an AlSiCu alloy at temperatures as low as 450 \u00b0C on top of silicon and polyimide (PI) substrates. The resulting polycrystalline film structure exhibits crystallites with a size of approximately 58 nm, forming polysilicon (poly-Si) grains with diameters between 1\u20133 \u00b5m for Si substrates and 3\u20137 \u00b5m for flexible PI substrates. The mechanical and electrical properties of the poly-Si were experimentally conducted using microfabricated test structures containing piezoresistors formed by poly-Si with different dimensions. The poly-Si material reveals a longitudinal gauge factor (GF) of 12.31 and a transversal GF of \u22124.90, evaluated using a four-point bending setup. Additionally, the material has a linear temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of \u22122471 ppm\/\u00b0C. These results illustrate the potential of using this low-temperature film for pressure, force, or temperature sensors. 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