"Is this true?"

Saburo Hanaya asked with a dark face as he looked at the magazine that Gen Yoshida handed him.

"I want to ...... It should be true. Yoshida Gen bowed his head in response. It's already been published in Science, and if you want to say it's fake, it's really a joke. However, in front of the chairman, Yoshida Gen still chose an answer with a little leeway, after all, in this matter, he has shortcomings.

"Why was the Chinese the first to take the lead? Didn't you say that we would be the first discoverers of graphene? Saburo Hanaya threw the magazine on the table and asked angrily.

The prediction of graphene as a material can be traced back to 1947. By 1987, the word Graphene had been coined to refer to graphite sheets with a single-layer structure, that is, graphene. In the years before and after, many scientists and chemical material companies have tried to prepare graphene, but Niizuka Chemical is the hardest.

Since there is still a lot of controversy about whether graphene really exists, most scholars have not invested much energy in this area, especially it is difficult to obtain sufficient financial support, and the progress of research can be imagined. Gen Yoshida of Shintsuka Chemical is an avid believer in graphene, and he firmly believes that this two-dimensional structure of the material can be preserved. He succeeded in convincing Saburo Hanaya to invest a huge amount of money in this field for many years.

Knowing that other peers do not have such good conditions for graphene research, Yoshida Gen has always assured Saburo Hanaya that as long as graphene is truly preserved, then Shintsuka Chemical will definitely be the first institution in the world to discover this material, and has the most critical patented technology on graphene. That's what he said, and that's what he thinks. If there was no demon like Qin Hai appearing, maybe Yoshida Yuan's prophecy would have come true.

Qin Hai is stronger than Yoshida Gen in that he has a prescient golden finger that can point out a correct direction, coupled with sufficient financial support, which enables Anhe Institute of Materials to pick up the pearl of graphene before Niizuka Chemical. Of course. Nisen's efforts were also an important factor in the rapid results of graphene research, but Yoshida Gen was a little lax in research and development because he was not aware of the existence of his competitors, which allowed him to take advantage of the loophole.

Seeing that Nie Sen proposed in the article that the initial graphene chips were obtained by mechanical exfoliation, Yoshida Yuan almost had a desire to go wild. The equipment he has is much more advanced than that of Nie Sen, and the actual plan he designed is much more complicated than that of Nie Sen, but he didn't expect to be preempted by Nie Sen. It's a bit of a gutter capsizing.

"We have been preparing graphene using the method of silicon carbide epitaxial growth in Shiyàn, and in fact, we are very close to success. Chinese's approach was accidental, and they were lucky enough to get some single-layer graphite flakes while they were taping the graphite debris......" Gentoyoshi explained to Saburo Hanaya.

"But how can they explain that they have also developed two methods of industrial preparation?" Saburo Hanaya asked, pointing to the text in the magazine.

"This ......" Yoshida Gen didn't know what to say. In his heart, he couldn't wait to pull out all the eight generations of Nie Sen's ancestors to greet him, who had ever heard of it when he released a material. Two industrial preparation methods are proposed at the same time? Isn't this deliberately blocking other people's paths?

According to the general law of scientific research, a material is first prepared in a real room. At this time, scientists will write articles announcing the existence of this material. Subsequently, interested scientists and companies around the world will begin to pay attention to this material and conduct research on industrial preparation. If such a procedure is followed, then even if Nesen discovers graphene first, Yoshida Gen will be able to rely on his rich experience and the strong strength of Nizuka Chemical. The rapid completion of the development of industrial preparation process enabled Shintsuka Chemical to take the lead in obtaining the technology for industrial production of graphene.

Who would have thought that Nie Sen didn't do things according to the routine at all. After he discovered graphene in the real room, he took a secret approach and dragged it until the industrial preparation process was completed. It was just rolled out at the same time. When others just heard about the advent of graphene, Anhe Institute of Materials has submitted patent applications for two preparation processes to major patent institutions, how can others play?

"What do you think of these two preparation processes proposed by the Chinese?" Saburo Hanaya asked. He knew that there was no point in blaming Yoshida Gen at this time, scientific research sometimes does require some luck, and there is nothing that is sure of anything. What we need to do now is to quickly seize back the first hand and not let the graphene market fall into the hands of the Chinese.

"They have a monopoly on the two most efficient preparation methods." Gen Yoshida said with a wry smile, "Chemical vapor deposition is our main process for producing carbon nanotubes, and as long as we understand the structural characteristics of graphene, we can develop a process for producing graphene by vapor deposition in a very short time." But now that the Chinese have applied for patents in advance, it is very difficult for us to bypass their method and propose another gas phase process. ”

"Baga!" Saburo Hanaya gritted his teeth, "This practice of the Chinese is really shameless, they have no right to block the news of graphene, which is an unfair behavior." ”

Listening to Saburo Hanaya's roar, Yoshida Gen was silent, and he didn't know what to say. In business matters, there is no such thing as fairness and unfairness, and the only thing to blame can only be blamed on Nie Sen's fact that there is also a commercial company behind him, and he has calculated the relevant interests clearly. If Nie Sen was just a professor at a university, then he would definitely not have such a scheming to hold such a heavy discovery in his hands for so long.

"Yoshida-kun, do you know this Nesen? Is it possible for us to buy the patent for the gas phase process from him? Yoshiki Morioka, the sales manager sitting on the side, asked, and like Saburo Hanaya, he was also concerned about how to get the first shot.

"I didn't know this Nethan. However, I learned that he is a professor at China's Anhe Institute of Materials, which is funded by China's Daqin Industrial Group, a company with great ambitions in materials. I don't think it's possible to buy this patent from them. Gen Yoshida said.

"Daqin Industrial Group?" Saburo Hanaya frowned, "I seem to have heard the name of this company. ”

"I know this business." Yoshiki Morioka replied, "It is a competitor to the Kucera company, and the ceramic knives produced by the Kucera company are defeated by it." The company has made achievements in steel, ceramics, chemical materials, etc., and its super filter membranes have even beaten the German Warren Group. ”

"It turned out to be it, I remembered." Saburo Hanaya nodded, "In this case, this is an opponent worthy of our vigilance. ”

The Cusela company has a big heel in ceramic knives, and although the company is very secretive about the whole story, people in the same circle can still understand some of the situation. The Kusella company is a ceramic company, and the production of modern ceramics requires a variety of chemical raw materials, including some solvents, gels, etc., some of which are purchased from Shintsuka Chemical, so the two companies have a lot of daily interactions. The Kusella Company planted a heel, and Hanaya Saburo knew it at the first time, and he also remembered the initiator Daqin Group.

A Chinese company that can wrestle with the Kucera Company and successfully bring the Kucera Company into the pit is worthy of the attention of Saburo Hanaya. Now I heard that the patent for the industrial preparation of graphene fell into the hands of Daqin Group, and the fighting spirit of Saburo Hanaya was immediately stimulated.

"The patent for the production of graphene falls into the hands of a company like Daqin Group, which is a great threat to us." "If we can't develop our own graphene production process in a short period of time, then this market will be monopolized by the Chinese, and even if we can squeeze them out in the future, the profits of the market will already be taken up by them," Hanaya said. ”

Any new technology is the most lucrative time when it comes out. There are no other competitors in the market, and companies with technology can arbitrarily raise the price of their products and adopt the so-called "skimming" method to make super-profits. When other companies develop similar technologies, the market supply gradually becomes abundant, and the price of the product will fall, at this time, everyone can only make a hard-earned money, and there is not much oil and water.

As a strong company, Niizuka Chemical is often able to become a market leader and understands the value of first-mover advantage. This time, seeing that the Chinese have taken the lead, and it is also a Chinese company with great market ambitions, how can Saburo Hanaya not be in a hurry.

"Yoshida-kun, isn't there any other process besides the two preparation processes proposed by the Chinese?" Yoshiki Morioka asked Gen Yoshida.

"I think it should be zài." "However, vapor deposition and redox should be the two simplest methods, and whether the other methods are feasible or not, we need to carry out the implementation." ”

"From now on, you have to put all your energy into developing a new process for graphene, and I hope to have an effective process within three months. As for the funding, just ask for it. Saburo Hanaya stared at Yoshida Gen with a gloomy gaze and commanded.

"Hey!" Gen Yoshida tried his best to agree, but his heart was far from so optimistic. (To be continued......)