It’s “2D” in the same sense that a drawing on a piece of paper is “2D”. Of course if you look close enough you’ll find some thickness, but for most practical purposes the object stretches out in only two dimensions.
Understandable. So in this instance they must not be counting the thickness of 1 atom as a dimension since it doesn't reach out any further on that plane than a thickness of 1. But on the X and Y it must go beyond the base unit of 1. Well.... that may be the case, but for the sake of arguing, I will still say the thickness of 1 atom counts. Because that 1 atom is supposedly made up of numerous subatomic particles, the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons depending on the atomic structure. Not to mention the fact that we don't even really know what an actual atom really even looks like when not in motion though, so it could literally all be bologna for all us peasants know. Which makes me wonder how they are even looking at this 1 atom thick atomic structure of graphene. Because thanks to experiments like the double slit, and theories such as Max Planck's particle-wavelength duality... Apparently an atom is both a wave and a particle. And they will act as waves until observed in one moment of spacetime. And going further, we humans distort the structure and behavior of the atom as soon as we shine photons of light on them to observe them in the first place. Because the photons bombard the atom and ruin the originality of what whas there before we decided to look. This is why Einstein and Bohr were always arguing. Einstein was quoted in saying, as he defended classical physics against niels bohr's quantum mechanics by saying, "I will choose to believe the moon is there, even when I am not looking at it."
It’s “2D” in the same sense that a drawing on a piece of paper is “2D”. Of course if you look close enough you’ll find some thickness, but for most practical purposes the object stretches out in only two dimensions.
Understandable. So in this instance they must not be counting the thickness of 1 atom as a dimension since it doesn't reach out any further on that plane than a thickness of 1. But on the X and Y it must go beyond the base unit of 1. Well.... that may be the case, but for the sake of arguing, I will still say the thickness of 1 atom counts. Because that 1 atom is supposedly made up of numerous subatomic particles, the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons depending on the atomic structure. Not to mention the fact that we don't even really know what an actual atom really even looks like when not in motion though, so it could literally all be bologna for all us peasants know. Which makes me wonder how they are even looking at this 1 atom thick atomic structure of graphene. Because thanks to experiments like the double slit, and theories such as Max Planck's particle-wavelength duality... Apparently an atom is both a wave and a particle. And they will act as waves until observed in one moment of spacetime. And going further, we humans distort the structure and behavior of the atom as soon as we shine photons of light on them to observe them in the first place. Because the photons bombard the atom and ruin the originality of what whas there before we decided to look. This is why Einstein and Bohr were always arguing. Einstein was quoted in saying, as he defended classical physics against niels bohr's quantum mechanics by saying, "I will choose to believe the moon is there, even when I am not looking at it."