Exceptionally flexible diamond film exfoliated using Scotch tape

Fingers in latex gloves holding a small piece of glass printed with electronics

Source: © Jixiang Jing et al, Nature 2025

Ultraflat material could find use in the electronics industry

Centimetre-sized, flexible diamond films have been produced by researchers in China, who exfoliated them from a silicon substrate using Scotch tape. The researchers believe the films could be used to produce heat sinks in the electronics industry and hope to later explore their potential as semiconductors.