Exploring the challenges of exfoliating novel two-dimensional materials
(PHYSorg.com Nanotechnology)

Ever since researchers at the University of Manchester used a piece of tape to isolate, or `exfoliate,` a single layer of carbon, known as graphene, scientists have been investigating the creation of and applications for two-dimensional materials in order to advance technology in new ways. Scientists have theorized about many different kinds of two-dimensional materials, but producing them, by isolating one layer at a time from a layered three dimensional source, often presents a challenge.