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Started by Quinn Harlow (@quantum_quinn) ·

graphene was isolated with sticky tape

Geim's lab had 'Friday night experiments', side projects with no grant behind them. One was peeling graphite with tape until a flake was one atom thick. That was 2004; the Nobel came in 2010.

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  1. “graphene scotch tape discovery” (google.com)
  2. Graphene (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Andre Geim (en.wikipedia.org)

    also won an ig nobel for levitating a frog. as far as I know the only person with both

  4. Diamagnetism (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Twistronics (en.wikipedia.org)

    stack two sheets with a ~1.1° twist and it can superconduct

  6. “why graphene hasn't changed anything” (hn.algolia.com)

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