From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 214 Ye Fei's research has been targeted by many laboratories
Jinling, Southeast University!
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Design and Manufacturing of Micro-Nano Biomedical Devices!

Director's office!

The chief scientist and the director of the laboratory sat and talked across the desk.

"Director, Academician Ye Fei of Zhonghu University wants to study carbon nanotubes. If we have carbon nanotubes, our laboratory's research will enter a new level."

The director frowned and thought: "Carbon nanotubes do have a great role in the medical field. It can be said that the emergence of carbon nanotubes can treat many diseases."

Carbon nanotubes are the most perfect technology produced by human beings, not one of them.

Make, not discover.

Carbon nanotubes belong to the graphite family, but they are different from graphene and fullerene.

Carbon nanotubes do not exist in nature, but are artificially produced.

It was in 1991 that Japan's nano-scientist Sumio Iijima produced carbon nanotubes.

The quality of carbon nanotubes is one-sixth that of steel, and the hardness is one hundred times that of steel.

So, it can make a space elevator.

But because of its strong flexibility.

So, it has many other applications as well.

Such as nano-robots, synthetic muscles, robotic arms.

Everyone in the movie Iron Man in North America should know that his armor is made of carbon nanotubes.

Light weight, strong hardness and high flexibility.

Ordinary people wearing such armor can smash a wall with one palm, and punch a hole in a mountain with one punch.

Besides nano-robots, carbon nanotubes can be used to manufacture nano-scale robots suitable for patients according to their diseases.

After being injected into the patient's body, the nano-robots can eliminate the diseased cells by themselves in the patient's body.

Because it is made of carbon, it will not cause any harm to the human body after digestion.

Suzhou Key Laboratory of Design and Manufacturing of Micro-Nano Biomedical Devices is trying to study nano-robots based on carbon nanotubes.

If nano-robots appear, many diseases will be cured.

Nanorobots offer new possibilities for treating cancer, scientists predict.

Of course, it is only possible. Before the appearance of nano-robots, it is still unknown whether cancer can be treated.

The chief scientist said: "I agree with this point, so I came to ask if I should contact Academician Ye Fei."

"If possible, when he develops carbon nanotubes, our laboratory hopes to use carbon nanotubes for the first time to conduct medical device research."

The director said: "Academician Ye Fei has just started to study carbon nanotubes. Let's go now, as if we are urging him to study. Will this affect his research?"

The chief scientist shook his head and said, "Director, it will be too late if we don't go. Do you know how many research laboratories across the country are focusing on Academician Ye Fei's carbon nanotube research?"

Carbon nanotubes can make more than just nanobots, space elevators, synthetic muscles and robotic arms.

In other fields, it also plays a big role.

Such as catalyst supports, hydrogen storage materials, material batteries, supercapacitors and semiconductors.

Don't look at this is just a few words, but the field of application is very broad.

Such as supercapacitors.

Lithium-sulfur batteries made of carbon nanotubes have three times the endurance of traditional lithium-ion batteries. The material cost is 1% of the cost of lithium-ion batteries, and the manufacturing cost is 10% of lithium-ion batteries.

This can be applied to mobile phones, battery cars, automobiles, aviation, aerospace, submarines, electric locomotives and solar antennas.

Besides semiconductors, carbon nanotubes can be used to manufacture semiconductor integrated circuits, and its performance exceeds that of silicon transistors.

It allows Xia Guo to achieve corner overtaking in the semiconductor field.

Therefore, laboratories in many fields are now staring at Ye Fei's research.

As long as Ye Fei researches carbon nanotubes and can produce high-quality carbon nanotubes in large quantities.

They immediately used carbon nanotubes for various applied research.

Carbon nanotubes are known as the king of new materials, not casually.

Hearing this, the director asked in astonishment, "How many?"

"As far as I know, there are more than 300 research laboratories in Xiaguo who are staring at Academician Ye Fei's research."

"There's only more I don't know."

"This is only Xia Guo, there are more abroad."

As the king of new materials, carbon nanotubes are actually very simple to manufacture, and ordinary people can manufacture them in their daily lives.

And not only carbon nanotubes, graphene and fullerenes can also be produced.

The method is to use a graphite electrode to generate an electric arc, and there will be some carbon dust at the anode.

To put it bluntly, it is two positive and negative wires made of graphite. After electrification, when the two wires are close to each other, a current will be generated, and the positive wire will be burnt and there will be carbon ash.

This experiment existed in elementary school, and many elementary school students have done this experiment.

In these carbon ash, there will be powdered carbon nanoparticles, spherical fullerenes, flake graphene and tubular carbon nanotubes.

While carbon nanotubes are simple to manufacture, it's only in small quantities.

And the quality of the carbon nanotubes produced is not high.

Now the difficult problem of various countries is how to mass-produce carbon nanotubes and manufacture high-quality carbon nanotubes.

The director said in amazement: "There are so many laboratories."

The chief scientist nodded and said, "That's right, so I'll ask the director to contact Academician Ye Fei as soon as possible!"

"Okay!" said the director, "Listen to you."

Dongying Country, Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.!
General Manager's Office!

The general manager and Sumio Iijima were kneeling and drinking tea across a small table.

The general manager said: "Iijima-kun, do you know Ye Fei from Xia Guo?"

Sumio Iijima, the creator of carbon nanotubes, is 89 years old this year, with silver hair and wrinkles on his face.

But it can be seen that he is still in good health.

Therefore, he can fight on the front line of scientific research.

Sumio Iijima is currently a principal investigator at the Nanomaterials Research Institute of Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.

At the same time, he is also a special professor of Nagoya University, a professor of Meijo University, an honorary member of the Nagoya Institute for Advanced Study, an academician of Japan, a foreign academician of North Korea, a foreign academician of Norway and a foreign academician of Xiawai.

Iijima Sumio nodded and said, "I know, he is a newly emerging talented scientist in Xia Kingdom in recent years. I have heard many people talk about him."

The general manager said: "I heard that he is researching carbon nanotubes, have you heard?"

"I've never heard of that." Iijima Sumio shook his head.

The general manager said: "I heard that Ye Fei's research ability is very strong, as long as he researches technology, there will be no failure."

"Do you think he can develop high-quality carbon nanotubes that can be mass-produced?"

After finishing speaking, the general manager stared at Sumio Iijima closely with worried eyes.

He was very worried that Ye Fei could develop high-quality carbon nanotubes that could be mass-produced.

Then many areas of Xia Kingdom will achieve breakthrough development in the next few years.

Especially in the field of communication, Xia Guo used to rent the patents of Jingdu Electric Co., Ltd.

If Xia Guo made a breakthrough in the communication field, he would not rent patents from Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.

The loss here is too great.

Iijima Sumio shook his head and said: "Carbon nanotubes are not so easy to study. Although I was the first to produce carbon nanotubes, I have not yet been able to research how to mass-produce carbon nanotubes."

"If carbon nanotubes were so easy to mass-produce, many technologies would have been researched long ago."

"Yeah!" The general manager nodded and heaved a sigh of relief.

Carbon nanotubes are not easy to research, so Ye Fei will not develop a mass production method for carbon nanotubes in the short term.

Then, Xia Guo will also rent the patent from Jingdu Electric Co., Ltd.

North America!
When Boyi heard that Ye Fei was researching carbon nanotubes, he personally went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Institute of Nanomaterials to inquire about this matter.

Institute of Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanotube Laboratory!
Boye stands next to a researcher who is conducting an experiment.

"Professor Lucas!" Boyi said, "Is it possible for Xia Guoye Fei to develop a mass production method for carbon nanotubes?"

Lucas was electrifying the two carbon tubes, and then the two carbon tubes came into contact with each other, and with a sizzling sound, a strong blue electric light burst out between the two carbon tubes.

Then wisps of carbon ash fell from the carbon tubes.

Lucas carefully took the carbon ash under the microscope.

Lucas turned to look at Boyi and said, "Do you think the research I just did is simple?"

Boyi froze for a moment, then said uncertainly: "It's pretty simple!"

Lucas shook his head and said: "This experiment is the carbon nanotube experiment. I have been doing it for 30 years, and it has not been mass-produced yet."

"Do you think Ye Fei will succeed?"

"He found the C72 fullerene, and I admit he was lucky."

"But carbon nanotubes do not exist in nature, they are man-made."

"If you want to mass-produce carbon nanotubes, it is impossible to succeed so easily."

Hearing this, Boyi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, carbon nanotubes are not so easy to succeed.

Boye said: "What if carbon nanotubes could be mass-produced?"

"If it is mass-produced, there will be breakthroughs in many fields." Lucas said: "Such as semiconductors, aerospace..."

Lucas spoke about the role of carbon nanotubes after they are mass-produced.

Boyi's face turned pale when he heard this, and he was shocked: "The role of carbon nanotubes is too great!"

"If Ye Fei's research is successful, there will be breakthroughs in many fields in Xia Kingdom!"

"Never succeed in research."

At this moment, not only Xia, Dongying, and Beili, but also people from many countries are discussing this matter after learning that Ye Fei is researching carbon nanotubes.

Some people hope that Ye Fei's research will be successful and they can cooperate with Ye Fei.

Some people hope that Ye Fei will never succeed in his research.

Graphene Research Institute, Carbon Nanotube Research Institute!

Ye Fei is now the director of the Carbon Nanotube Research Institute.

The original director of CNT, Xu, volunteered to go to the logistics department.

Director Xu thought very clearly that even if he didn't go, the director would send him there.

Besides, Ye Fei works in the Carbon Nanotube Research Institute, and when the research results come out, as the director of the Carbon Nanotube Research Institute, he can get some benefits.

Why not enjoy the benefits of lying flat!

Director Xu said in his heart: "Ye Fei stayed at the chip research institute before, and the original director of the chip research institute, Director Zhang, was sent by the director to the logistics department."

"I heard that director Zhang didn't want to go at that time, but now he can't wait to stay in the logistics department for as long as possible."

"Let Ye Fei stay in the chip research institute longer, and when he returns, he will get more benefits."

"It's a free benefit, a fool would not do it!"

The dean was very satisfied with what Director Xu had done, and secretly admired his wit.

Otherwise, he would have to spend a lot of effort to make up a reason and send Director Xu to the logistics department.

in the laboratory!

There are many researchers sitting around Ye Fei.

Ye Feidao: "The manufacture of carbon nanotubes, I think everyone knows, is very similar in structure to C60 fullerene."

"It is manufactured based on the structure of C60 fullerene, so we can also manufacture carbon nanotubes based on the structure of C72 fullerene."

Someone asked: "Director, what if it is manufactured!"

Ye Fei said: "If it is produced, then we will look at the quality of the produced carbon nanotubes, and then decide the next step of research based on the quality."

Everyone nodded and agreed with Ye Fei's idea.

After talking to them again, Ye Fei said, "Okay, let's start the experiment!"

"Come on, we will succeed."

"Come on!" Everyone said in unison.

(End of this chapter)