From university academician to chief academician

The fusion between fullerenes and non-fullerenes is not like the fusion of water, nor is it like the melting of iron together.

Instead, the internal structures are integrated with each other.

This requires precise calculations, using machines to analyze the internal structure, then high-temperature forging, and finally fusing the two materials together in a special way.

Fullerene, with its hexagonal internal structure, is very strong.

Whether it is high-temperature forging or fusion in a special way, it is very difficult.

It can't be done without half a month.

Half a month later!

Professor Gao held a test tube rack in his hand. There were two test tubes on the test tube rack with a little black powder inside.

The two test tubes are labeled C72 and H36, C94 and Y25 respectively.

Professor Gao placed the test tube rack in front of Ye Fei and said, "The fusion is ready!"

Ye Fei picked up the two test tubes, put them in front of his eyes, looked closer, and said, "Are there any changes in their properties after fusion?"

Professor Gao said: "There are almost no changes."

"What is almost?" Ye Fei said with a smile: "If there is a change, say there is a change. If there is no change, say there is no change. There is no such word as almost in the scientific field."

"Okay!" Professor Gao said: "The absorption of light increases by thirty degrees Celsius!"

The unit of light absorption is calculated based on temperature. Solar energy absorbs temperature by concentrating light, and the temperature will be about 20 degrees higher than the weather temperature.

If the weather is ten degrees, then the temperature absorbed by the solar energy is thirty degrees.

In summer, if you put your hands on solar panels, you may get burned.

Ye Feidao: "Is this the credit of non-fullerene?"

Fullerenes have weak light absorption, while non-fullerenes have strong light absorption.

"Yeah!" Professor Gao nodded: "Yes."

Ye Fei thought for a moment and then asked: "Professor Gao, have you conducted in-depth research on this phenomenon before?"

Ye Fei thinks there is research potential in this, and maybe it can overcome the shortcomings of fullerene and make fullerene a substance with strong light absorption.

"Of course!" Professor Gao said, "But after researching for about a year, I didn't get much results, so I gave up."

Ye Fei nodded, this is normal.

Of course I gave up if I didn’t achieve much.

Scientific research must not be stuck on one road, and you must not give up until you break through the southern wall.

Such people cannot do scientific research and will not achieve much scientific research results.

Unless this person is extremely lucky, he might discover the results one day.

But such people are in the minority after all.

Even Ye Fei will not stick to one road.

Ye Fei asked: "Has anyone in the world made a breakthrough in this?"

"No!" Professor Gao shook his head: "Maybe someone is researching in this area, but fullerene has only been out for a few years. Even if someone studies it, there will be no results in a short time."

Fullerene was discovered in 1996, 32 years ago.

But for one study, 32 years flew by in a blink of an eye.

Fullerenes in particular are one of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century.

It is very difficult to do research on fullerenes.

Even now, the application of fullerene is only in antiseptic materials and cosmetics.

Such a great discovery, but the application method is so useless.

It’s not that they don’t know the importance of fullerenes. Fullerenes are very important and there must be more important ways to use them. It’s just that the research on fullerenes is too difficult.

Existing research cannot address more pathways.

It can be said that people’s current application of fullerene has not even scratched the surface.

It will take at least a hundred years to fully develop the usage of fullerene.

Ye Feidao: "If someone can make breakthrough research on this, I think he can get the medal of the Beili National Materials Society!"

The highest award in materials science is the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, followed by the Medal of the National Materials Society.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry must make a new discovery in a certain field, something that has never been discovered before.

For example, the discovery of fullerene, the discovery of quasicrystals, the discovery of conductive polymers, the creation of density functional theory...

The Medal of the National Materials Society of North Korea is for a major breakthrough in a certain field of materials science that has been discovered.

Taking this field to a new level.

Professor Gao said: "That's for sure."

Ye Fei looked at the black powder in the test tubes for a moment, and then placed them on the test tube rack.

Ye Feidao: "Okay, leave it to me next, go and do your work!"

"Okay!" Professor Gao nodded and said, "Call me if you need anything."

"Okay!" Ye Feidao.

After Professor Gao left, Ye Fei picked up the test tube rack, walked to the X-ray diffractometer, and first poured the powders in C72 and H36 onto the X-ray diffractometer.

Then the X-ray diffractometer was turned on, and a blue light continuously scanned the black powder.

Then groups of data appeared on the computer screen.

Ye Fei printed out the data.

Then, scanning electron microscope, Lapp spectrometer, thermogravimetric analyzer and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer were used respectively.

Put the black powder on these instruments and analyze it all. Groups of data are displayed on the computer, and Ye Fei prints them out.

Then repeat these operations to analyze the data of C94 and Y25, and print out the data with a printer.

Finally, Ye Fei walked to a table with ten long pieces of paper, all filled with data.

Lay ten pieces of paper flat on the table and look at the data on them.

Calculate them using mathematical formulas.

Ye Feixin said: "Assume that fullerene is a connected planar graph with only square and hexagonal faces..."

"There can be the following formula."

【(G)=2MI\u003eC=3……】

Ye Fei is now alone in one laboratory, while Professor Gao and others are in another laboratory.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Professor Gao and others sat together to drink tea.

The job at the Graphene Research Institute is considered a high-paying, easy-working job.

After all, graphene is being studied by many research institutes around the world, but very few have made major breakthroughs.

However, graphene has to be studied, otherwise other countries will make major breakthroughs and quickly seize the opportunity in the graphene market.

Xia Guo invested a lot of money in this area.

In 2018, China's first fully automatic mass-production graphene organic solar optoelectronic device production line was launched in Heze, Shandong Province.

In 2021, the CCID Research Institute of the Department of Industry and Information Technology released the Xiaguo Graphene Industry Development Competitiveness Index.

A lot of money is invested, but there is little breakthrough research.

When the people above saw this situation, they didn't assign too difficult tasks. They just asked them to study and maybe they could come up with something.

Because of this, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, as one of the top graphene research institutes in Xia, has a very relaxed working environment.

A middle-aged man wearing thick glasses said: "Dean Gao, do you think Dean Ye can find a fullerene with higher stability than C60?"

"Who knows!" Professor Gao said, "I'll try it with him too."

"It doesn't matter if there is no big discovery, isn't that what science is?"

"That's right!" the middle-aged man laughed.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man looked at another young man. That young man was the youngest of all the people present and was thirty years old.

The middle-aged man said helplessly: "Du Wei, you wiped your face with fullerene again. You said that all the research institutes are men. Who do you want to show your love for beauty?"

The young man said: "I just feel that there are some wrinkles on my face recently, so I wipe it with fullerene. Anyway, the laboratory does experiments every day, and there is a lot of fullerene left. If you lose it, you will lose it. Why don't you use it to wipe my face?" .”

The rest of the people looked at the young man with laughter, feeling amused by the young man's behavior.

Professor Gao said: "If you had put half of your thoughts into academics, you would have been an assistant researcher by now, and you wouldn't still be an intern researcher now."

The young man said: "I work hard too, but learning the material is too difficult. No matter how hard I try, I can't do it!"

“It’s not that I don’t work hard enough, it’s that materials science makes me fail in my efforts.”

Professor Gao smiled and said, "Just do it!"

The middle-aged man said: "By the way, Professor Gao, some time ago it was reported in the Journal of Materials Science and Engineering of Beiliguo that the Fushi Research Institute of Beiliguo had made a major breakthrough in the field of graphene and developed a new graphene material."

"That's true." Professor Gao said with emotion: "Beili Country's scientific research strength is still strong. The gap between us and them is too big."

"What if we could discover a fullerene that is more stable than C60."

"Then our Xia country can also occupy a position in the upper reaches of the graphene field."

"Unfortunately, there are too many people with this idea, and very few can succeed."

The middle-aged man said: "I heard that the graphene material developed by Beili Country can be used in military industry."

"Yeah!" Professor Gao nodded: "What they developed is a two-dimensional material that solves the gap in advanced materials, composite materials and manufacturing processes, thereby helping to help original weapons and materials realize better military capabilities. performance."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said bitterly: "This will make Beili Kingdom's military capabilities stronger again."

"What can we do about this!" Professor Gao shook his head: "People have made major breakthroughs in materials, and they can use them however they want. If you want to blame them, blame our material research for lagging behind them."

"It is not a sin to become stronger, it is a sin to fall behind."

The middle-aged man said helplessly: "It's a pity that many countries around the world have invested a lot of money in the research and development of graphene, but only Northern Ireland and the European Union have really achieved results.

Everyone is envious of North Korea and the European Union. They hope that their country will be strong in the field of materials, but materials research is too difficult.

Many people know that materials science is a sinkhole when they go to school.

Of course, the sinkhole mentioned here is related to the employment environment on the one hand, and Xia Guo's limited innovation ability in the field of materials on the other hand.

It is more difficult to make major breakthroughs in the field of materials than to prove world problems in the field of mathematics.

If a new material is discovered, it will have a great effect, which is no less than proving the seven major problems of mathematics.

For example, the discovery of fullerene is no less than proving the seven major problems in mathematics.

Professor Gao drank the tea in front of him in one gulp, then stood up and said: "Okay, continue working, don't worry here."

"There's no point worrying. It's better to put your energy into research. Maybe there will be a breakthrough."

"It's not much better than worrying about it here!"

Everyone nodded, and then entered the laboratory with Professor Gao to continue working.

A week later!

Ye Fei put down his pen and looked at the mathematical formulas on the paper.

"Haha..." Ye Fei laughed and said, "I finally found it. Between the sequence C80 and C82, there must be a fullerene with higher stability than C60 fullerene."

After finishing speaking, Ye Fei organized the contents of his calculations during this period, and then walked out of the laboratory to find Professor Gao.

"Professor Gao!" Ye Fei walked into another laboratory and smiled: "I found it."

Everyone who was doing the experiment was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Fei.

Ye Fei smiled and said, "What are you doing looking at me stupidly?"

Ye Fei put the paper in his hand on the table and said, "Everyone, come and see, this is the fullerene sequence region that I found that is more stable than C60."

"You really found it!" Professor Gao said in surprise.

At that time, Professor Gao just wanted to give it a try, maybe he could find it.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you can’t find it.

After all, it’s just a try.

"Of course!" Ye Fei said with a smile: "Let me tell you, my idea is really right. Using fullerene and non-fullerene, combining the data of the two sets of materials, we found that it is more stable than C60 fullerene. High in fullerenes.”

"And using fullerenes and nonfullerenes helps me find them mathematically."

"So, it just took me half a month to find it."

When everyone thought about it, it was true that it took Ye Fei half a month to find it.

Everyone gathered around Ye Fei.

Ye Fei skipped the calculation process, which they couldn't understand, and pointed directly to the final result.

Ye Feidao: "The sequence range is between C80 and C82."

"So accurate?" Professor Gao said in astonishment: "I'm not as good at math as you are. Don't lie to me. Even if you find a fullerene that is more stable than C60, you won't be able to find such an accurate area!"

The range between C80 and C82 is very small. The materials in between can be C80, C80.1, C80.2...C81, C81.1, C81.2...C82.

Search for fullerenes that are more stable than C60 in the range from C80 to C82, and you can find them quickly.

It takes three months to find them all.

The smaller the remaining range, the more accurate it is to find the desired material and the shorter the time.

And like Ye Fei, in such a small area, it is equivalent to Ye Fei directly telling everyone where the materials they want are.

Ye Feidao: "No way, that's how I found it."

"Are you looking for the right one?" someone asked.

Ye Fei looked at the man and said, "Are you questioning my mathematical ability?"

The man shook his head quickly and said, "Dean Ye, that's not what I meant."

Ye Feidao: "It must be accurate. Don't worry about looking for it. If you can't find it, it's my responsibility."

When Ye Fei calculated the results, he was a little surprised.

After all, the range is so small.

But Ye Fei is very confident in his mathematical abilities.

Now that it's calculated, it must be correct.

Professor Gao said: "Okay, since Dean Ye said it is correct, let's look for it!"

The range is very small and can be found within three months.

Since there was nothing to do anyway, Professor Gao did it with the mentality of giving it a try.

It's good to find it, but it doesn't matter if you can't find it.

"Okay!" Everyone nodded.

In the following time, everyone became busy. According to the interval given by Ye Fei, everyone began to look for fullerenes that were more stable than C60.

Of course, except for Ye Fei, no one thinks that it is really possible to find a more stable fullerene than C60.

When discovering materials, sometimes you have to believe in ability, and sometimes you have to believe in luck.

Someone who is lucky may discover a new material.

A blind cat kills a mouse, which often happens in the field of materials.

Ye Fei also joined in the search.

Ye Fei sat in front of the electron microscope and said: "According to the results of my calculations, the range between C80 and C81 should be more accurate. In this range, fullerenes that are more stable than C60 can be found."

One month later!

Ye Fei looked at the fullerenes under the electron microscope and sighed in his heart: "It's so beautiful. There are such beautiful fullerenes. Nature is so miraculous."

A snowflake-shaped fullerene appeared in front of Ye Fei's eyes, as beautiful as a dream.

Black lines, snowflake-like shapes.

After a long time, Ye Fei left the eyepiece, looked up at the others and said, "Everyone, come and take a look. The internal structure of this fullerene is so beautiful."

Among the others who were doing research, some looked at Ye Fei, while others continued their research.

Professor Gao asked with a smile: "What internal structure shape can make you say so beautiful?"

Ye Feidao: "You will know when you come and take a look."

Professor Gao walked to Ye Fei, and Ye Fei stood up and gave up his position to Professor Gao.

Professor Gao sat down and looked into the eyepiece. Soon, Professor Gao said in surprise: "It's really beautiful. Fullerene can be like snowflakes. It's really magical."

"Yes!" Ye Fei said with a smile: "I also think it's amazing, isn't it true that fullerene has a carbon structure? There shouldn't be snowflake-shaped fullerenes."

"It's possible." Without taking his eyes off the eyepiece, Professor Gao continued to observe the fullerenes under the electron microscope and said, "Snowflakes are also hexagonal!"

Ye Feidao: "But the structure of snowflake-shaped and general fullerene is very different. Strictly speaking, it should be a hexagonal one."

"Yeah!" Professor Gao nodded.

"Is such a structure highly stable?"

Professor Gao said: "I don't know this. It needs to be tested."

"Everyone!" Professor Gao looked up at the others.

When the others heard Professor Gao's voice, they all looked at Professor Gao.

Professor Gao said: "Come and take a look at the new fullerene discovered by Dean Ye. The internal structure is very beautiful."

Everyone was confused and yelled about what kind of internal structure it could be so beautiful.

Professor Gao said: "You will know after seeing it."

Everyone sat down and looked at it with doubts. Soon, they said in surprise: "It's so beautiful. It's really magical. There are actually snowflake-like fullerenes."

After everyone had finished reading, Professor Gao smiled and said, "It's beautiful!"

"Yeah!" Everyone nodded.

Professor Gao said: "Let's test the stability of snowflake-like fullerene!"

Everyone stopped continuing their work and helped test the stability of snowflake-like fullerenes.

More than an hour later, everyone looked at the test results.

The density of C60 fullerene is 5.568, the melting point is 280 degrees Celsius, the boiling point is between 500 and 600 degrees Celsius, the flash point is 94 degrees Celsius, and the refractive index is 1.813.

The density of snowflake fullerene is 6.666, the melting point is 330 degrees Celsius, the boiling point is 600 to 700 degrees Celsius, the flash point is 100 degrees Celsius, and the refractive index is 2.0.

Someone said: "Professor Gao, we seem to have discovered a fullerene that is more stable than C60."

"And in terms of internal structure, it breaks the traditional meaning of fullerene."

"Moreover, if you look at the data after testing this kind of fullerene, this data is very special!"

"Density 6.666, melting point 330 degrees Celsius, boiling point 600 to 700 degrees Celsius, flash point 100 degrees Celsius, refractive index 2.0."

"This data is so special."

Everyone nodded, it was indeed very special, just like 30 degrees north latitude on Earth.

Everyone thought this might be a coincidence, but it was too much of a coincidence.

Professor Gao nodded and said excitedly: "Don't worry about the data. We have finally discovered a fullerene that is more stable than C60 fullerene. As long as the news is released, the entire graphene field will cause a sensation!"

Everyone nodded, it was indeed true.

In the field of fullerenes, C60 fullerene is the most stable. Now C60 is no longer the most stable fullerene, but snowflake fullerene is the most stable.

Everyone was very excited, except Ye Fei who was not very excited.

After all, Ye Fei has experienced too much success.

Of course, Ye Fei is also very happy. The discovery of a new material can often make his country make great progress in certain fields.

The manufacturing of this material will also be kept highly confidential and monopolized.

Professor Gao took a deep breath, trying to suppress his excitement.

But after trying a few times, he found that he failed and stopped trying.

He said excitedly: "The entire field of graphene materials will cause a major earthquake because of our discovery today."

Professor Gao grabbed Ye Fei's hand and said with a smile: "Ye Fei, you are really a genius in the field of materials science. Stop doing mathematics and follow me to do materials research!"

Ye Fei was confused. Am I a genius in the field of materials?

Just kidding!

I just used mathematical formulas to find the material sequence interval, and after a month of trying and searching, I suddenly discovered a fullerene with a beautiful internal structure.

As for the knowledge of materials science, I haven’t used it much yet.

Ye Feidao: "It's quite simple to find fullerenes with higher stability than C60!"

Everyone rolled their eyes inwardly, simple?

Fifteen people in their entire laboratory have been studying it for several years, but they have found nothing.

Tell me it's simple!

Well, it's really simple for you Ye Fei.

It took half a month to do the math, a month to find the materials, and then it was successful.

It took a total of one and a half months to get everything done.

Professor Gao twitched the corner of his mouth, and then smiled: "It's really simple. How about coming to our place!"

Ye Fei shook his head and smiled: "Forget it, I'll go back to study my mathematics. The field of materials is not my main occupation. Mathematics is my main occupation."

"You really don't want to stay?" Professor Gao asked again.

"No!" Ye Fei shook his head firmly.

"Hey..." Professor Gao sighed regretfully: "Then I won't force others to do anything difficult."

Professor Gao was just too excited and wanted Ye Fei to stay.

But intellectually speaking, Ye Fei is really not suitable to stay here.

After all, Ye Fei is doing well in the fields of mathematics and computers.

Now let Ye Fei give up mathematics and computers and concentrate on materials.

In anyone's opinion, it's highly inappropriate.

Professor Gao said: "Now report the news to the superior and start writing the paper. The corresponding authors and first authors are Dean Ye and I."

Professor Gao looked at Ye Fei and asked, "Dean Ye, is it okay?"

"No problem!" Ye Fei shook his head.

Professor Gao is the head of the laboratory, and Ye Fei is the one who discovered snowflake-like fullerenes.

The corresponding author of the paper must be Professor Gao, because Ye Fei discovered snowflake-like fullerene.

Therefore, the corresponding author must also have Ye Fei.

Of course, Ye Fei is not good at writing papers on materials science.

Therefore, the paper was not written by Ye Fei, but by Professor Gao and others.

But because it was Ye Fei who discovered snowflake-like fullerene, Ye Fei still had to be included in the first game.

Soon, everyone became busy.

ps: Try it, you won’t be able to do three updates, forget it, let’s do two updates!