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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The researchers — who are based at various institutions in China and Germany — start with a CVD-grown diamond membrane on a silicon substrate
and crop the wafer edge. Using the exposed diamond–substrate edge, the membrane could then be exfoliated using Scotch tape and a peeling machine. The method can create diamond membranes up
to 2 inches wide and with an average roughness of the bottom surface under 1 nm. These were then transferred to polydimethylsiloxane substrates to make flexible diamond strain sensors, which
could withstand 10,000 cycles at 2% strain. ORIGINAL REFERENCE: _Nature_ 636, 627–634 (2024) This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access
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