Jinling, Southeast University!

Key Laboratory of Design and Manufacturing of Micro-Nano Biomedical Devices in Suzhou Province!

Director's Office!

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

"Director, Academician Ye Fei of Zhonghu University wants to study carbon nanotubes, and if we have carbon nanotubes, the research in our laboratory will enter a new level."

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

Carbon nanotubes are one of the most perfect technologies that human beings have ever made.

It's manufacturing, not discovery.

Carbon nanotubes belong to the graphite family but are not the same as graphene and fullerene.

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

It was in 1991 that Namito Iijima Nano made carbon nanotubes.

Carbon nanotubes are one-sixth the mass of steel and a hundred times harder than steel.

So, it can make a space elevator.

But because it is very flexible.

So, it has a lot of other applications as well.

For example, nanobots, synthetic muscles, robotic arms.

The North Beauty movie Iron Man 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 a palm, and a hole can be punched out of the mountain with a punch.

Speaking of nanorobots, carbon nanotubes can make nanoscale robots that meet the patient's needs according to the patient's disease.

After injecting into the patient's body, the nanobot destroys the diseased cells and can dissolve them in the patient's body.

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

The Suzhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Biomedical Device Design and Manufacturing wants to study nanorobots based on carbon nanotubes.

If nanobots appear, they will treat many diseases.

Scientists predict that nanobots offer new possibilities for treating cancer.

Of course, it is only possible that before the advent of nanobots, it is not yet known whether cancer can be treated.

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

"If possible, when he develops carbon nanotubes, our laboratory hopes to use carbon nanotubes as soon as possible 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's too late if we don't go, do you know how many research laboratories across the country are staring at Academician Ye Fei's carbon nanotube research?" ”

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

In other areas, there is also a great effect.

Examples include catalyst carriers, hydrogen storage materials, material batteries, supercapacitors, and semiconductors.

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

For example, supercapacitors.

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

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

Speaking of semiconductors, carbon nanotubes can make semiconductor integrated circuits, and its performance surpasses that of silicon transistors.

It can allow 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 applications.

Carbon nanotubes are known as the king of new materials, but they are not just talked.

When the director heard this, he asked in astonishment, "How many?" ”

"As far as I know, there are more than 300 research laboratories in our Xia Kingdom that are staring at Academician Ye Fei's research."

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

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

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

And not only carbon nanotubes, graphene and fullerene can also be manufactured.

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

To put it bluntly, there are two positive and negative wires made of graphite, and when the two wires are close to each other, an electric current will be generated, and the positive wire will be scorched and there will be soot.

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

And in these carbon ashes, there will be carbon nanoparticles in powder form, fullerene in spherical form, graphene in flake form, and carbon nanotubes in the form of tubes.

Although carbon nanotubes are simple to manufacture, they are only made in small quantities.

And the carbon nanotubes manufactured are not of high quality.

The dilemma for countries now is how to manufacture carbon nanotubes in batches and make high-quality carbon nanotubes.

The director was surprised: "There are so many laboratories. ”

The chief scientist nodded and said, "Yes, so I asked the director to contact Academician Ye Fei as soon as possible!" ”

"Okay!" The director said, "Listen to you." ”

Toeikoku, Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.!

General Manager's Office!

The general manager and Sumio Iijima were sitting on their knees drinking tea across a small table.

The general manager said: "Iijima-kun, do you know Ye Fei of Xia Kingdom?" ”

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 physically strong.

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

Sumio Iijima is now a principal researcher at Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.'s Nanomaterials Research Institute.

He is also a Special Professor at Nagoya University, a professor at Meijo University, an honorary member of the Nagoya Institute for Advanced Study, a member of the Toeikook Fellowship, a Foreign Fellow of the North Coast, a Foreign Fellow of Norway, and a Foreign Fellow of the Summer Kingdom.

Iijima Sumio nodded and said, "I know, he is a genius scientist who has risen in the Xia Kingdom in recent years, and I have heard many people talk about him. ”

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

"I haven't heard of that." Sumio Iijima shook his head.

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

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

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

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

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

Especially in the field of telecommunications, in the past, Xia Guo was leased from Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd. for patents.

If Xia Guo had made a breakthrough in the field of telecommunications, he would not have leased a patent from Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.

The losses are too great.

Sumio Iijima shook his head and said, "Carbon nanotubes are not so easy to study, although I was the first to make carbon nanotubes, but I have not been able to study how to make carbon nanotubes in batches." ”

"If carbon nanotubes were so easy to manufacture in batches, a lot of technology would have been studied a long time ago."

"Hmm!" The general manager nodded, breathing a sigh of relief in his heart.

Carbon nanotubes are not so easy to study, so Ye Fei will not study the mass manufacturing method of carbon nanotubes in the short term.

Then, Xia Guo will also lease the patent from Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.

North Beauty!

When Boy heard that Ye Fei was researching carbon nanotubes, he personally went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Institute of Nanomaterials to consult about it.

Nanomaterials Research Institute, Carbon Nanotube Laboratory!

Boy stood next to a researcher who was conducting an experiment.

"Professor Lucas!" Boe said: "Is it possible for Xia Guoye Fei to develop a mass manufacturing method for carbon nanotubes?" ”

Lucas was electrifying the two carbon tubes, and then the two carbon tubes touched, and with a bang, a strong blue electric light erupted between the two carbon tubes.

Then wisps of soot fell from the tube.

Lucas carefully took the soot under the microscope.

Lucas turned to look at Boi and said, "Do you think my research was easy?" ”

Boe was stunned for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "It's quite simple!" ”

Lucas shook his head and said, "This experiment is the carbon nanotube experiment, I have been doing it for 30 years, and I still can't mass produce it." ”

"Do you think Ye Fei will succeed?"

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

"But carbon nanotubes don't exist in nature, they are artificially made."

"If you want to mass produce carbon nanotubes, you can't succeed so easily."

When Boe heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, carbon nanotubes are not so easy to succeed.

"What if carbon nanotubes could be mass-produced? ”

"If it is mass-produced, then there will be breakthroughs in many areas." Lucas said: "For example, semiconductors, aerospace ......"

Lucas described the role of carbon nanotubes after they were mass-produced.

Boy's face turned pale when he heard this, and he was shocked in his heart: "The effect of carbon nanotubes is too great!" ”

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

"Don't succeed in your research."

At this moment, not only the Xia Kingdom, Dongying Kingdom and Beili Kingdom, but also people from many countries, after knowing that Ye Fei was researching carbon nanotubes, they were hotly discussing this matter.

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

Some people hope that Ye Fei's research will not be successful.

Graphene Research Institute, Carbon Nanotube Research Institute!

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

And the original director of carbon nanotubes, Xu, automatically asked Ying to go to the logistics office.

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

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 still get some benefits.

Why not do the benefits of lying flat!

Director Xu said in his heart: "Ye Fei's previous chip research institute, the former director of the chip research institute, Director Zhang, was sent to the logistics department by the dean. ”

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

"Let Ye Fei stay in the chip research institute for a long time, and when he goes back, he will get more benefits."

"Such a white benefit, a fool will not do it!"

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

Otherwise, he would have to make up a reason to send Director Xu to the logistics department.

In the lab!

There were many researchers sitting around Ye Fei.

Ye Feidao: "I think you all know the manufacturing of carbon nanotubes, which is very similar to the structure of C60 fullerene. ”

"It is made according to the structure of C60 fullerene, so we can also make carbon nanotubes according to the structure of C72 fullerene."

Someone asked, "Director, what if it was made?" ”

Ye Feidao: "If it is manufactured, then we will look at the quality of the carbon nanotubes manufactured, and then decide the next step of research according to the quality." ”

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Ye Fei's idea.

After Ye Fei said some more to them, he said, "Okay, let's start the experiment!" ”

"Come on, we'll make it."

"Come on!" Everyone said in unison.

(End of chapter)