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 ...

The Scotch tape method, while a fun party trick ... the environmental impact by 99 percent compared to traditional graphene production. "Expanded graphite is a layered nanocarbon material ...

Their technique centered around "pulling" strands of graphene out of a sample of pure graphite by using the so-called Scotch Tape method; this involves sticking and unsticking clear sticky tape ...