Three months have passed in a blink of an eye, and the time is June!

Graphene Research Institute, Carbon Nanotube Research Institute!

"Academician Wang!" Ye Fei led a group of people in the institute and showed them the research results of the institute.

The above attaches great importance to the research of carbon nanotubes, and every other month, the Graphene Research Institute is required to report the research results of carbon nanotubes to the above.

Recently, Ye Fei and their research has made a little progress, replicating the structure in C72 fullerene.

Carbon nanotubes are tubular nanoscale graphite crystals, the structure is a single or multilayer graphite sheet around the central axis according to a certain helix angle of seamless nanotubes, each layer of C is SP2 hybridization, forming a hexagonal plane cylindrical surface.

The most important thing in carbon nanotubes is the central axis, and the central axis of traditional carbon nanotubes is the C60 fullerene structure.

So, they now replicate the structure of C72 fullerene and transplant it into the central axis of the carbon nanotube.

See if we can make carbon nanotubes.

After Ye Fei and the others had a little research results, a group of people were sent to check it out, and Academician Wang was the leader, with a group of materials science experts.

Ye Fei pointed to the LCD screen in front of him, which showed the C72 fullerene structure.

In the display, the C72 fullerene structure slowly rotates in a clockwise direction.

The structure of C72 fullerene is very beautiful, even more beautiful than that of C60 fullerene, and it is a snowflake-like structure.

Ye Feidao: "This is the structural diagram of C72 fullerene. ”

Academician Wang and others were surprised, they didn't expect the structure of C72 fullerene to be so beautiful.

Academician Wang said: "This is the structure of C72 fullerene? ”

Ye Fei nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Academician Wang sighed: "It's so beautiful, I've seen countless material structures, but the structure of C72 fullerene is the most beautiful I've seen." ”

Academician Wang turned his head to look at Ye Fei beside him and asked, "How do you study next?" ”

Ye Feidao: "After copying the structure from C72 fullerene, and then according to the structure of C72 fullerene as the core, with single or multilayer graphene sheets, find the optimal ratio around the C72 structure to see if carbon nanotubes can be manufactured." ”

"If we can make carbon nanotubes, it's good, but if we can't, we still make carbon nanotubes with C60 structure."

"After that, we will study the mass manufacturing of C60-structured carbon nanotubes."

Academician Wang said: "Do you want to break the traditional carbon nanotubes and create a new structure of carbon nanotubes?" ”

"Yes!" Ye Feidao.

Academician Wang nodded and didn't say anything.

He didn't ask Ye Fei if he could succeed, and there was no way to say whether scientific research could succeed.

Research is a process of exploration, and no one can decide whether it will succeed or not.

After that, Ye Fei led them to see the research on the structure of C72 and the ratio of graphene.

The ratio of C72 structure and graphene, Ye Fei has already matched tens of thousands of species, but each time it fails.

Depending on the ratio, some can make carbon nanotubes, while others cannot.

Some of the carbon nanotubes manufactured are of very poor quality, and some are close to the quality of C60 carbon nanotubes.

What Ye has to do is a carbon nanotube with a mass that surpasses the C60 structure.

Many after they left the institute.

Another two months have passed, and the time is August!

Ye Fei sat in front of the computer, which was a full touch screen computer, lying flat, like a desktop.

Ye Feizheng is using his hands to design the ratio between the C72 structure and graphene.

"Director, come and see!" A researcher approached and said, "There seems to be something new in this ratio. ”

Ye Fei looked up at the researcher suspiciously, and asked, "What is it?" ”

The researcher shook his head and said, "I don't know what it is. ”

Ye Fei said: "I'll take a look." ”

After speaking, Ye Fei left the laboratory and walked towards the manufacturing area.

The manufacturing area of the Carbon Nanotube Research Institute is where materials are manufactured.

"Director, look!" The researcher brought a test tube with a small amount of black powder in it.

"This is the test data!"

The researcher handed Ye Fei a piece of paper with a lot of data written on it.

Ye Fei first put the test tube in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, but to the naked eye, it was just black powder, and he couldn't see anything else.

After that, Ye Fei looked at the data again.

[Color: Black.]

Odor: None

Appearance: Powder

Melting Point: 5200-5500 °C

Density: 1.7g/cm】

"Huh?" Ye Fei frowned: "Could this be a C72 structure carbon nanotube?" ”

The ignition point of carbon nanotubes is between 3652 and 3697 degrees.

The density is 2.1g/cm.

From this set of data, it can be seen that the black powder in the test tube is much better than the quality of C60 carbon nanotubes.

The researcher shook his head and said, "No! ”

"Our analysis found that there are not only C72 fullerene and graphene, but also a new substance."

"New substance?" Ye Fei frowned and said suspiciously: "Show me the structure diagram." ”

"Okay!"

Soon, the researcher took the structural diagram to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei looked at Ye Feitu, around the C72 structure, there are two single-layer graphene structures and one double-layer graphene structure, as well as three brand-new structures.

These three new structures are like two triangles intersecting to form hexagonal corners.

Ye Fei looked at it for a long time, and in his mind he looked back at all the material structures he had seen before, he didn't think of what it was.

Ye Fei said: "Let's go, let's go back and check what this is." ”

"Okay!" The researcher nodded.

Soon, they returned to the laboratory, and Ye Fei looked up through the database of the Academy of Sciences to see if there was any information about what kind of material this structure was.

"No?" Ye Fei was surprised: "Is it a new material?" ”

Ye Fei looked at the researcher beside him and said, "Let's put this aside in advance and continue to study carbon nanotubes." ”

Ye Fei wrote this down in his heart, and waited until later to study the materials he found.

Now the main task is to develop carbon nanotubes.

The researcher said, "Okay. ”

A month later!

Ye Fei took a long breath, looked at the newly designed structural diagram, and said, "This structural diagram should be fine!" ”

This structural diagram is based on the C72 structure as the core, surrounded by three double-layer graphene and three single-layer graphene, which are discharged at different angles of dislocation above and below.

After speaking, Ye Fei passed the structural diagram to the researcher who made carbon nanotubes.

After that, Ye Fei walked out of the laboratory and walked towards the manufacturing area.

He's going to see if he can make carbon nanotubes.

A moment later, Ye Fei entered the manufacturing area.

The manufacture of carbon nanotubes begins with the addition of raw materials, followed by the preparation of nanocatalysts, then the growth of carbon nanotubes, the addition of hydrocarbons, the purification of carbon nanotubes, the recovery of catalysts, and then the detection of finished products.

After a long time, a researcher held the data in his hand and said excitedly: "Director, it's a success, it's a success." ”

Ye Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he took the data from the other party's hand.

[Color: Black.]

Odor: None

Appearance: Powder

Melting Point: 4000-4050°C

Density: 2.1g/cm

Spontaneous ignition point: 1000°C

Flexibility: 10N】

When Ye Fei saw this data, he gasped in his heart, this data was too perfect.

The melting point of C60 carbon nanotubes is between 3652 and 3697.

The spontaneous ignition point is 900 degrees, and the flexibility is 10 Newtons.

The carbon nanotubes made from C72 are much higher than those of C60 carbon nanotubes.

"Director, how's it going?"

At this moment, there were many researchers around Ye Fei, and everyone looked at Ye Fei with nervous expressions.

Ye Fei looked up at them and smiled: "The data is very good, we have created a new carbon nanotube." ”

"Oh!" Everyone cheered excitedly.

Although the internal structure was mainly designed by Ye Fei, they also contributed a lot.

When everyone cheered and stopped, Ye Fei smiled and said, "Let's start the next step of research!" ”

"Xiao Ming, you and I wrote a research report together, the carbon nanotubes made from the C72 fullerene structure as the central axis, if it is released, it should cause a big sensation!"

In the past, the central axis of carbon nanotubes was a C60 structure, but now it is a C72 structure.

In addition, the performance of carbon nanotubes made by C72 structure is much better than that of C60 structure carbon nanotubes.

Xiao Ming said helplessly: "Director, can you not call me Xiao Ming?" ”

"Okay, Xiao Ming!" Ye Feidao.

"Hahaha......" The rest of the surrounding researchers laughed.

This researcher named Xiao Ming, his full name is Wang Ming.

He is a 28-year-old intern researcher who has just graduated with a Ph.D.

Except for Ye Fei, he is the youngest in the institute.

Therefore, everyone likes to call him Xiao Ming.

A week later, Ye Fei hung the study report on Arxiv.

arxiv can be used to hang not only papers, but also research reports.

A research report is like a newspaper that simply explains the results of one's research.

Soon after the study was posted on ARXIV, the entire materials community took notice.

Toeikoku, Kyoto Electric Co., Ltd.!

"Professor Iijima, look at this research report!" A researcher walks into the lab, where Ivhima is doing an experiment.

As the words fell, the researcher placed the tablet next to Sumio Iijima.

Iijima Chuno didn't reply and reprimanded: "Don't you see I'm doing an experiment, take it." ”

"Professor Iijima, this is Xia Guoyefei's latest research report, and he said that he has created a completely new carbon nanotube." The researcher said anxiously.

"Huh?" Sumio Iijima stopped his movements, put down all the things in his hand, and then looked at the tablet next to him.

Soon, he picked up the tablet in surprise and slid his finger across the screen to watch it carefully.

After a long time, he was shocked and said, "There are still such carbon nanotubes." ”

"The performance is better than that of C60 carbon nanotubes."

"Such carbon nanotubes can be applied in more fields than C60 carbon nanotubes."

The performance of carbon nanotubes is more than just a performance-improvement.

The improvement of performance is accompanied by a wider range of applications.

"Also, the C72 structure of carbon nanotubes, the structure is really beautiful, it is actually snowflake-shaped."

"Could it be that the structure of C72 fullerene is snowflake-like?"

"I really want to see the internal structure of C72 fullerene with my own eyes!"

At this moment, Sumio Iijima is full of curiosity about C72 fullerene.

In the beginning, when C72 fullerene first came out, Hayjima Sumio was very interested in it.

It's just that Xia Guo didn't sell C72 fullerene to the outside world, so he was not interested.

But now he's more interested in C72 fullerene.

"C72 fullerene is a big treasure and a lot of things we haven't discovered."

"If I can study C72 fullerene, it will definitely help my research."

At this moment, the entire material industry is stirred up because of Ye Fei's research report hanging on Arxiv.

According to the study, Ye Fei has created a new carbon nanotube, which is much stronger than the C60 carbon nanotube.

They had always thought that C60 carbon nanotubes were the most perfect carbon nanotubes.

But I didn't expect that the performance of carbon nanotubes could be improved a lot.

At this moment, C72 fullerene is once again mentioned by people in the materials industry.

They were curious about what else had not been found in C72 fullerene.

Stack Exchange, Materials Plate, Carbon Nanotube Plate!

[It's too good, Ye Fei is too good, since Iijima Sumio created carbon nanotubes, I thought it was already the most powerful material in the world, but I didn't expect Ye Fei to improve the quality of carbon nanotubes a lot. 】

[That is, I admire Ye Fei too much, I dare to say that he will definitely win the Nobel Prize. 】

[What are you bragging, if you return the Nobel Prize, it is impossible for anyone in Xia Guo to win the Nobel Prize. 】

[Beili people, get out, you guys are jealous, our Xia Guoye Fei created a new carbon nanotube. 】

[Isn't it just a brand new carbon nanotube? He has the ability to study the mass manufacturing method of carbon nanotubes, which is the most difficult part of carbon nanotubes. 】

[You are still jealous, you should be jealous, no matter how jealous you are, you will not have a genius like Ye Fei in Beili Kingdom. 】

[We have a lot of geniuses in Beili Kingdom, how old is Ye Fei? ] 】

[So do you find someone who can create carbon nanotubes that are of better quality than C60 carbon nanotubes?] 】

【……】

Ye Fei created carbon nanotubes with C72 structure, and the news spread around the world.

Many people were shocked by the news and lamented the miracle of C72 fullerene.

Of course, they sighed even more at Ye Fei's genius.

North Beauty!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nanomaterials Institute!

Boe said anxiously: "Professor Lucas, now Ye Feidu has developed a new type of carbon nanotube. ”

Lucas nodded, "I know that." ”

Boe said: "What now? Ye Fei is really likely to develop a mass manufacturing method for carbon nanotubes. ”

"Don't worry!" "Carbon nanotubes of this high quality should be more difficult to manufacture in bulk than C60-structured carbon nanotubes," Lucas said. ”

Boe looked at Lucas in disbelief and asked, "Really?" ”

"Of course!" Lucas nodded affirmatively: "Ye Fei was able to create carbon nanotubes with C72 structure because he discovered C72 fullerene before this. ”

"But the most difficult thing about carbon nanotubes is mass manufacturing, which is also a research that plagues countries around the world."

"You have to believe me, he will definitely not be able to develop a way to manufacture carbon nanotubes in batches."

Boe took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll trust you one more time." ”

State University of New York, England!

Stanley Whittingham is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and specializes in materials science.

After reading arxiv's research report, Stanley sighed: "C72 fullerene is really a big treasure, I really want to study C72 fullerene!" ”

"Of course, Ye Fei is too genius, I really want to exchange academics with him."

"I'm sure that maybe Ye Fei can work out the mass manufacturing method of carbon nanotubes."

"If carbon nanotubes could be mass-manufactured?"

"I think Xia Guo will definitely be sold to the outside world in a few years."

"At that time, many fields in various countries around the world will develop rapidly because of carbon nanotubes."

Carbon nanotubes have a wide range of applications and are of great help in many fields.

However, because carbon nanotubes cannot be mass-produced, carbon nanotubes cannot be used in large quantities.

This restricts development in many areas.

Stanley itched and said, "No, I must communicate with Ye Fei." ”

(End of chapter)