Democratizing Van Der Waals Materials with LEDs and 3D Printers

I worked under Wentworth physics professor Andrew Seredinski to design a lab experiment involving the exfoliation of graphene that could be used in the undergraduate setting given its increasing demand in several industries. This experiment implemented the exfoliation of graphene, using scotch tape, as found by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, and its analysis using a standard optical microscope with LED alterations and a custom built platform. For this project, I focused on the design and alteration of the microscope as well as the procedure. I also created a poster that was presented at the American Physics Society [APS].