The Scotch tape method, also known as micromechanical cleavage or mechanical exfoliation, is a simple yet powerful technique used to isolate thin layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials from their ...

No, not the 12-gauge or 14-gauge non-metallic sheathed cable (NM-B, aka Romex) you see in your home, but massive, inch-thick ... how to use tape?) But electrical tape differs from Scotch tape ...

Diamond films can be grown on silicon substrates by chemical vapour deposition, but removing these films, which can be up to 6000 atoms thick, has proved a formidable ... carbon monolayer from ...

We were always amused that one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the recent past — graphene — was started with pencil lead and Scotch tape. Now, researchers at the University of Alabama ...