2014.06.001, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) The Scotch tape method relies on the weak van der Waals forces that hold the layers of certain materials together, allowing them to be easily cleaved into thinner layers.

I know it sounds ridiculous. (Who doesn’t know how to use tape?) But electrical tape differs from Scotch tape, painter’s tape and duct tape. Below, I’ll walk you through some helpful tips ...

You can also use the blue tape on window glass. The adhesive will withstand ultraviolet light without baking onto the glass.

Now, researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have determined that double-sided Scotch tape can improve triboelectric ... and a laser diode using the new generators.

Centimetre-sized flexible diamond films have been produced by researchers in China, who grew them and then exfoliated them from a silicon substrate using Scotch tape. The researchers believe the films ...