Chapter 227 Meter-level single-walled carbon nanotubes
A month passed in a flash.
At two o'clock in the morning, Pang Xuelin finished the final derivation on the manuscript paper, and then input the system of partial differential equations into the quantum computer, and let MOSS check the results.
After just a few seconds, the results of the calculations appear on the screen.
If in the past, if this kind of operation was applied to the supercomputing center, it would have to wait in line for at least a week, and then spend a few days and nights, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a result.
And such calculations must be done at least seven or eight times in a row, for more than half a year, before it is possible to obtain a relatively complete mathematical model.
With MOSS and quantum computers, Pang Xuelin's research time has been greatly saved in terms of scientific computing.
Pang Xuelin nodded with satisfaction and muttered to himself: "It's finally done, this month has not been in vain, and the experiment can be officially started!" ”
With that, he closed the computer, put away the manuscript paper, turned off the lamp in the study, and went to the bedroom.
Yao Bingxia was already wrapped in a blanket and fell asleep.
Pang Xuelin quietly turned up the temperature of the air conditioner with the remote control, and then kissed the girl lightly on the forehead, and then lay down next to Yao Bingxia and closed his eyes.
By the time Pang Xuelin woke up again, it was already past eight o'clock the next morning.
The sound of Yao Bingxia's stir-fry came from the kitchen.
Pang Xuelin got up and came out of the bedroom, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then leaned against the kitchen door, smiling and watching Yao Bingxia busy in front of the stove.
"Ah, Brother Xiaolin, you're awake, wait a minute, the porridge and egg cakes are ready, I'll fry some cabbage again!"
"Good!"
Pang Xuelin smiled and nodded.
In the past month, his and Yao Bingxia's lives seem to have returned to the days when they were in the Jiangcheng dungeon.
When he was doing research, Yao Bingxia usually either read books or studied how to make food for himself.
Occasionally, the two of them would go out to a movie.
The days passed plainly and warmly.
"By the way, Xiao Xia, don't cook for me at noon, I'm going to the laboratory on Yuquan Road."
"Oh, Brother Xiaolin, have you done your research this time?"
Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "It's almost, when this time is over, I'm going to Germany to attend an academic report meeting, do you want to go with you?" ”
Yao Bingxia frowned slightly, and her eyes suddenly smiled into crescent moons: "Okay, good!" ”
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After eating, Pang Xuelin drove directly to the carbon nanotube research center.
As soon as he came to the door of the laboratory, Pang Xuelin happened to meet Professor Wan Yi.
Wan Yi looked to be in his early forties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and most of his head was bald.
Wan Yi graduated from Jiang University in his early years, and later went to Stanford to study, and stayed on to teach after graduation.
He is mainly engaged in the research of low-dimensional materials and nanodevices, and he has improved the chemical vapor precipitation growth method of carbon nanomaterials, and established mathematical models for the precise regulation of the growth of carbon nanotubes and graphene.
Like Li Changqing, he is also an expert in the field of carbon nanotubes, and it is precisely because of this that he was pulled into his team by Pang Xuelin as the deputy leader of the single-walled carbon nanotube material fiber project team.
During Pang Xuelin's absence, Wanyi was mainly responsible for the preliminary preparation of the entire project.
"Professor Pang, you're here."
Pang Xuelin said: "Professor Wan, how is the preparation of the black box for the reaction?" ”
Wan Yi was a little amazed: "All kinds of equipment and sensors have been customized according to your requirements, a total of more than 20 million has been spent, and it is currently being assembled, Professor Pang, what is your idea this time, everyone is muttering in their hearts!" ”
After the project team was established, Pang Xuelin did not directly carry out the project, but assigned tasks to everyone, allowing them to purchase various equipment through various channels to create a reaction black box.
Some parts are really not produced by manufacturers, so Pang Xuelin asked people to entrust them to private customization.
With such a large amount of spending, Pang Xuelin's father is an investor in this project, otherwise if he seeks support from various national funds, just writing a report is enough to destroy most of Pang Xuelin's brain cells.
Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Professor Wan, you'll know later, you can go and find Huo Ziqian, Yu Anxiang, Wu Dong, Lu Zhengde, and Ye Xingmin later, and I'll wait for you in the conference room!" ”
"Good!"
Wan Yi nodded.
Soon, under the leadership of Wan Yi, Huo Ziqian, Yu Anxiang, Wu Dong, Lu Zhengde, and Ye Xingmin all came to the conference room.
Pang Xuelin has been waiting in the laboratory for a long time.
"I think everyone should be more curious about the project we are going to do next, this is an experimental plan I made, you can take a look at the ...... first"
Pang Xuelin distributed the six printed documents to Wanyi and them.
The first moment they saw the title on the document, Wanyi showed surprise on their faces: "Preparation of meter-level single-walled carbon nanotubes? ”
Pang Xuelin smiled slightly, not surprised by everyone's shock, and said: "Since it was first discovered in 1991, the research on carbon nanotubes has gone through nearly 40 years. The unique structure of carbon nanotubes gives them excellent properties, so they have a wide range of application prospects in the fields of carbon nanotube composites, industrial additives, and electronic devices. ”
"However, due to the difficulty of highly selective growth and the limitations of macrofabrication technology, the electronic devices constructed by carbon nanotubes are still limited to laboratory-level prototype devices, while carbon nanotube additives play the role of industrial additives based on high-strength/high-conductivity properties, and do not play a leading role in carbon nanotubes. As for carbon nanotube composites, they basically do not have practical application value until the breakthrough in the high-purity macroscopic preparation of carbon nanotubes. ”
"Structure determines nature, preparation determines future. To give full play to the excellent properties and leading role of carbon nanotube materials in application, and even to find the killer application of carbon nanotubes, the structure control and preparation of carbon nanotubes is a key step. At present, we have completed the preparation of ultra-high purity single-walled carbon nanotubes in the laboratory, and the next step is how to make a breakthrough in the application of carbon nanotubes. Our goal this time is to challenge the single-walled carbon nanotube fibers in meter length! ”
Pang Xuelin's words fell, and the conference room couldn't help but be quiet, and everyone looked at each other one by one.
Soon, everyone's attention was focused on Wanyi.
After all, among all the people here, Wanyi has the highest academic achievements in the field of carbon nanomaterials.
Wan Yi pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Professor Pang, I have the impression that the best growth results of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the laboratory at present are only at the centimeter level. As we all know, due to the bonding method of carbon-carbon double bonds, carbon nanotubes with perfect structure have quite high Young's modulus and tensile strength, Young's modulus is close to 1TPa, and the tensile strength is as high as 100GPa, and any defect in the tube wall will cause the decline of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes. ”