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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ranjith Divigalpitiya, London, CA;
Tyler J. E. Clark, Appin, CA;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of making scrolls is provided that includes providing a tape having a first side and second side wherein the first side of the tape is has an adhesive disposed thereon and the second side of the tape has a release coating disposed thereon, affixing the adhesive to a solid surface, buff-coating exfoliatable particles on the release side of the tape to form a coating; and peeling the tape from the solid surface at an angle. The coating separates from the release side of the tape and curls inwards to form scrolls. The scrolls can include graphite. Also provided is a continuous method of making scrolls and an apparatus.