Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too.
With some Scotch tape and a little creativity, it’s possible to create sheets of diamond up to five centimeters wide and as less than a micrometer thick, a team of researchers reports December 18 in Nature. The sticky stuff helps release these thin films of laboratory-made diamond from their backing, like peeling off a fruit roll-up.
Diamond has many special properties. It dissipates heat extremely well, for example. That makes it appealing for use in electronics, potentially making for smaller, more efficient transistors or other components. And the material can be used to make quantum computers or quantum sensors (SN: 9/19/22).
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