Okay, so you agree that at around 55 minutes and during the summary around the 1 hr mark he's explicitly saying these are forming graphene sheets (he also calls them "plates" when smaller), not volumes (using the NaCl crystallizing as an illustrative example of what happens when the crystals grow "up" from the slide surface)?
And you're also saying that because these form sheets, they act like "razor blades" due to the sharp edge (he mentions the sheet being an atom-thick at 22 mins)?
And so, what is also being argued is that if/since these are crystals, we have to examine what they are crystals of, and the manner and pattern of crystallization do not match any of the disclosed ingredients, meaning that as crystals, these are not "just" crystals but specifically crystallization of something that closely resembles documented crystallization of graphene oxide, correct?
He says it may well be an atom thick but I donтАЩt think he said he knows this definitively.
WhatтАЩs really interesting is that they form on the underside of the coverslip and the bottom of the slide. They appear to need to adhere to a surface to begin forming but then this only continues in one plane.
ThereтАЩs not a lot of liquid thickness there! Maybe 30 um to my recollection. I used to make slides of fairly large fungi and I would add paper fibers to provide a bit of elevation and as a cushion so the coverslip did not crush the fungus too much. So these little sheets are damned thin.
Does the slip constrain the assembly so that it becomes thin sheets? Without the coverslip, would these sheets form into volumes?
This is answered in the video and his experience is that of mine.
Okay, so you agree that at around 55 minutes and during the summary around the 1 hr mark he's explicitly saying these are forming graphene sheets (he also calls them "plates" when smaller), not volumes (using the NaCl crystallizing as an illustrative example of what happens when the crystals grow "up" from the slide surface)?
And you're also saying that because these form sheets, they act like "razor blades" due to the sharp edge (he mentions the sheet being an atom-thick at 22 mins)?
And so, what is also being argued is that if/since these are crystals, we have to examine what they are crystals of, and the manner and pattern of crystallization do not match any of the disclosed ingredients, meaning that as crystals, these are not "just" crystals but specifically crystallization of something that closely resembles documented crystallization of graphene oxide, correct?
Correct. I agree with all of this.
He says it may well be an atom thick but I donтАЩt think he said he knows this definitively.
WhatтАЩs really interesting is that they form on the underside of the coverslip and the bottom of the slide. They appear to need to adhere to a surface to begin forming but then this only continues in one plane.
ThereтАЩs not a lot of liquid thickness there! Maybe 30 um to my recollection. I used to make slides of fairly large fungi and I would add paper fibers to provide a bit of elevation and as a cushion so the coverslip did not crush the fungus too much. So these little sheets are damned thin.
I was using glycerol which is more viscous than water. Still. Because itтАЩs water thatтАЩs even more impressive in a way.