Rolling Out 2D Materials: Scalable Exfoliation for Low-Cost Nanosheet Production
Andrés Castellanos Gómez a
a Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Madrid, E-28049 Spain
Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2026 Conference (MATSUSSpring26)
D4 Synthesis and Integration of 2D Materials for Electronics, Photonics, and Functional Devices
Barcelona, Spain, 2026 March 23rd - 27th
Organizers: Nikolas Antonatos and Filipa M. Oliveira
Invited Speaker, Andrés Castellanos Gómez, presentation 034
Publication date: 15th December 2025

Efforts in nanoscience have long sought scalable methods for producing van der Waals materials, following the landmark discovery of graphene via mechanical exfoliation. While this technique offers unmatched material quality, its scalability is limited by poor control over thickness, lateral size, and yield. In this talk, I will present a roll-to-roll platform that enables massively parallel mechanical exfoliation of layered crystals, producing films densely populated with nanosheets across large areas. The method achieves a unique compromise between lateral size, scalability, and cost-efficiency, while avoiding harsh treatments and remaining compatible with air-sensitive materials. Beyond individual flakes, we demonstrate the formation of continuous wafer-scale films and, for anisotropic compounds, the production of aligned nanosheet assemblies. These materials serve as the building blocks for large batches of field-effect transistors, flexible photodetectors, and wafer-scale electronic circuits, confirming both practicality and versatility. This scalable strategy presented here paves the way for low-cost, high-performance 2D materials integration in next-generation optoelectronic and flexible device technologies.

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