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 ...

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 ...

Question 4: When graphene was first isolated in the lab, what technology did the researchers use? You didn't select an answer. The answer is: Scotch tape. Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov frequently ...

“It is very reminiscent of the early days of graphene when Scotch tape was used to produce the first monolayer of graphene from graphite. I just never would have imagined the concept being ...