The Science Fiction World of Xueba

In the world of Wandering Earth, the annual output of high-purity carbon nanotubes has exceeded 100 million tons, and it has been applied to all aspects of society. The cost per ton is only a few thousand RMB, which is completely different from the real world.

However, the production method of the Wandering Earth World certainly cannot be completely transferred to the real world, and the cost cannot be as low as that of the Wandering Earth World.

Among other things, the industrial base and industrial system alone are not on the same level.

The world of Wandering Earth relies on nuclear fusion technology, and the energy cost of human beings is dozens of times lower than that in the real world.

In addition, there are many special equipment required in the production process, which need to be specially manufactured.

For example, the ultra-high-power lasers, ultra-high-purity growth films, and some special catalysts required in the production process cannot be handled in a short time in the real world.

Therefore, what Pang Xuelin gave to Li Changqing was only a monkey version mass production method adapted to the current domestic industrial base after his improvement.

There are still many technical difficulties that need to be overcome, but with the strength of the School of Materials Engineering of Jiangda University, the problem is not too big.

Pang Xuelin estimates that after successful research, the annual output can reach at least 5,000 tons, and the cost per ton will be controlled at 5 million RMB.

Whether the market can absorb so much single-walled carbon nanotube production is another matter, but in terms of price, it is enough to crush all competitors in this field.

The next day, Pang Xuelin led Li Changqing and several professors from his team to Xinkai Material Technology Co., Ltd. in a mighty way.

Pang Yongnian led a group of leaders of the company, who had been waiting for a long time.

When Pang Xuelin approached Pang Yongnian for research funding, Pang Yongnian was still a little hesitant.

Even when it was discussed in the company, most of the middle and senior management, including the chief engineer, voted against it.

After all, the only company that can mass-produce high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale is OCSiAL in Russia.

Although Pang Xuelin is the world's top expert in the field of mathematics, but in materials science, he is a new and irreplaceable Xiao Mengxin.

So, for the bright future he described,

Most people don't want to believe it.

Fortunately, Xinkai Materials is a sole proprietorship company of Pang Yongnian, the boss insists on going his own way, and his subordinates have nothing to do.

As a result, no one expected that only one month later, the article "Preparation and Characterization of High-Purity Carbon Nanotubes" signed by Pang Xuelin actually appeared in "Nature".

This time, everyone stopped talking.

You must know that Tian Yuande, the chief engineer of Xinkai Materials and a professor of Jiangcheng University of Technology, only published a letter in "Nature Nanotechnology". In the eyes of everyone, he is already considered a master in the field of carbon fiber.

However, the legendary mathematical genius came up with an article in "Nature", and it was directly published in the form of Article.

There is no comparison between the two at all.

Therefore, although some people still have reservations about whether Pang Xuelin can really mass-produce high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes.

But there are basically no people who say strange things in the company.

"Dad, let me introduce you. This is Professor Li Changqing, deputy director of our Carbon Nanomaterials Research Center, and also the general manager of the mass production project of high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes."

"Professor Li, hello, welcome to our Xinkai Material Technology Co., Ltd."

Pang Yongnian shook hands with Li Changqing enthusiastically.

Of course he knows Li Changqing. As one of the academic leaders in the field of carbon fiber materials in China, Li Changqing also holds social positions such as a member of the Academic Committee of the China Materials Research Society and the vice chairman of the China Carbon Fiber Materials Technology Innovation Industry Alliance.

Although Pang Yongnian's Xinkai Material Technology Co., Ltd. has a certain reputation in the field of carbon fiber materials, its status in the industry is far inferior to that of top scholars like Li Changqing.

In the past, Pang Yongnian never thought that the company would one day be able to cooperate with a "Cheung Kong Scholar" in research and development.

But now that he has his own son, everything seems to have changed.

Then, Pang Xuelin introduced the remaining professors to Pang Yongnian, who also had a considerable status in the industry.

In comparison, Tian Yuande, Xinkai's chief engineer, is not worth mentioning.

Tian Yuande was a little embarrassed at first, but he quickly corrected his mentality.

These people in front of them are above me in terms of academic level and status.

If I can represent the company and cooperate with Li Changqing's team to come up with a mass production plan for single-walled carbon nanotubes, it will be of great benefit to my future development in both academia and industry.

For a while, Tian Yuande also became enthusiastic.

Under the leadership of Pang Yongnian, the group visited the factory area and laboratory of Xinkai Materials successively. At noon, everyone gathered in the conference room and began to discuss the specific work arrangements for the next joint research and development.

For this matter, Pang Xuelin will not participate.

He is only responsible for a matchmaking role, and Li Changqing is still responsible for the specific R\u0026D division of labor.

...

As soon as June passed, the summer vacation officially came, and the school began to become deserted.

It's just that for Pang Xuelin, holidays and the like don't exist at all.

The newly established Carbon Nanomaterials Research Center of Jiangcheng University has too much work for him to deal with.

For example, it took him nearly a week to connect Li Changqing's team with Xinkai Material Technology Co., Ltd.

In addition, laboratory management, various administrative affairs, and academic conferences all require him to attend.

Originally, he was thinking about whether to find a new subject in mathematics to study.

After all, carbon nanotubes, flying blade materials and so on are all leftovers from his wandering world, and they are nothing new.

But the strength of his team doesn't allow it, there are too many things that he needs to do by himself.

Especially the preparation of flying blade materials.

In the novel, the initial laboratory preparation method of the flying blade material uses molecular masonry technology, that is, connecting a small section of single-walled carbon nanotubes through an atomic force microscope.

But in the real world, current AFMs can't do that.

Pang Xuelin could only consider adopting the black-box reaction method used by Wang Miao.

It is to use catalysts to allow high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes to undergo a controllable chain reaction in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment, and adjust the reaction parameters through a computer to produce meter-level single-walled carbon nanotubes.

The most difficult thing about this kind of reaction is not the manufacture of reaction black boxes and various high-precision sensors.

Whether it is a catalyst, a reaction black box or a sensor, the existing technical level can fully develop it.

The real difficulty lies in the algorithmic control of the reaction process. Through computer control of different temperature and pressure conditions, the black box can stably produce meter-scale single-walled carbon nanotubes.

In order to solve this algorithm, after entering the summer vacation, Pang Xuelin left most of the administrative affairs of the research center to Li Changqing, and handed over the work of black box manufacturing and catalyst preparation to his team. He began to retreat at home to conduct research on related algorithms.

Fortunately, Yao Bingxia came from the capital at this time to help Pang Xuelin's basic necessities, so that Pang Xuelin's life would not be a mess.