Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 361: Super Materials Corporation

Henry asked Samus to be sent to a secret base in Africa. There, he will receive the best treatment and training. He will be included in the "Gene Umbrella x File" like the rest of the 107 list. As for the identity information in reality, Henry will erase it as much as possible!

As time approaches, people seem to pay more attention to the announcement of the Nobel Prize than ever before.

Television and newspapers frequently report, and Henry’s voice is the highest on the Internet. However, a loud voice does not mean that you can win a prize. Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature are often unexpected and will choose some unknown writers.

On December 10, 1995, the Nobel Prize was finally announced. After all, Henry was still too young, and there were other winners. He is Seamus Heney, an Irish poet who has published many collections of poems. Because his poems "have lyrical poetic beauty and ethical depth, which sublimate the miracles and living pasts in daily life", he won the promise Bell Prize in Literature.

Henry asked people to buy two of his poems and read them. After reading them for a while, they threw them aside. It was not his favorite style.

At this moment, the outside world regretted Henry one after another.

Netizens question the fairness of the Nobel Prize judges. But in fact, the judging criteria for the Nobel Prize in Literature are mostly related to the literary, artistic, and multiple works of the work. Henry's novels are basically best-sellers, and they must be almost literary. Therefore, the probability of receiving an award is extremely low.

Fortunately, Henry had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he was not so disappointed. He even accepted interviews with reporters. During the interview, Henry smiled slightly at the camera: "I didn't feel any disappointment. After all, I was still young and did not succeed this time. I will continue to work hard next time!"

Netizens praised: "Henry Williams is so optimistic!"

"Henry Williams is our inspiration!"

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In fact, there is no barefoot and no one is perfect. Henry was still a little unconvinced in his heart. Therefore, he has to make a big move. Win a Nobel Prize in Physics next year! Henry decided to get the graphene out, which shocked the entire science and technology community.

Graphene is not only the thinnest material, but also the strongest material, with a fracture strength 200 times higher than the best steel. It can be a substitute for silicon, manufacturing ultra-micro transistors, and used to produce supercomputers in the future. Using graphene to replace silicon, computer processors will run hundreds of times faster!

In addition, graphene is almost completely transparent. Only 2.3% of the light is absorbed. On the other hand, it is so dense that even the smallest gas atoms (helium atoms) cannot penetrate (naturally, sperm can't penetrate... God gave humans the technology to make graphene, but he used it to make sleeves). These characteristics make it very suitable as a raw material for transparent electronic products, such as transparent touch screens, light-emitting panels and solar panels.

As a new type of nanomaterial with the thinnest, strongest, and strongest electrical and thermal conductivity, graphene is called "black gold" and is the "king of new materials". Scientists predict that graphene will "completely change the 21st century", and even extremely It is possible to set off a disruptive new technology and new industrial revolution sweeping the world!

Past life. There are roughly four most common methods for making graphene: mechanical exfoliation, oxidation-reduction, and sic epitaxy. cvd vapor deposition method. It just so happens that Henry knows all these four methods! Henry intends to directly industrially produce a large amount of graphene, which is the first to be used in the aerospace field and the new energy battery industry. Once the graphene super battery is successfully developed, Henry dare to build a Tesla car for you, believe it or not! !

However, the difficulty of manufacturing graphene is not small. Based on current technical considerations, Henry decided to use the redox method.

The limitation of the mechanical glass method is that the resultant product is a mixture of graphene with different layers, and it is difficult to prepare single-layer graphene on a large scale. And the production efficiency is low.

The sic epitaxy method has very high requirements for equipment, which cannot be met at present. However, this is the way to produce high-quality graphene.

Although cvd is the most likely method to achieve industrial production of high-quality, large-area graphene. However, the technical requirements are also very high.

The redox method is simple in operation and high in yield, but the quality of graphene is slightly worse!

In the previous life, the most commonly used method to produce graphene was the oxidation-reduction method. At that time, the oxidation-reduction method generally used chlorine-based and manganese-based oxidants, which took more than ten hours to prepare, and also produced toxic gases and heavy metal pollution. Intermediates such as manganese oxide were also prone to explosions.

Just before Henry’s crossing, in 2015, Chinese scientists discovered a new, cheap, and non-toxic iron-based oxidant. This oxidant molecule'runs' very fast and can quickly penetrate into the graphite like a wedge. , So that the graphite layered quickly. Oxygen is generated during this process, which helps to "top" the layers of graphite, which speeds up the preparation, which can be completed in only an hour, and even the quality of the product has been improved a lot!

Henry can use iron-based oxidants to manufacture graphene, making the technology for manufacturing graphene surpassed nearly two decades, and suddenly rose to the level of 2015! Of course, the quality of graphene produced by this method is still not comparable to that produced by sic epitaxy and cvd.

You can't ascend to heaven in one step after opening. After all, the technology is gradual. Henry can open the plug-in to this level is already very awesome, isn't it?

"I published the easiest way to make graphene by mechanical peeling, and by the way, I won the Nobel Prize. And the redox law is kept for myself, and I will make a fortune in silence..." Henry murmured as he fiddled with it. With a red wine glass, “graphene is like a catfish. If you let it go, it will stimulate many industries and make it develop rapidly. At the same time, you also need more talents who study graphene. Not all is good... Moreover, have you ever been afraid of robbing other people for talent?" (Henry grinned: Brother had gone to "Lan Xiang" for further study...)

The method for preparing graphene is basically there, but how to do it needs to be studied. Henry just understands the outline. He is a network engineer, not an expert in graphene.

On December 25th, the williamsx laboratory established Super Materials Company, and Henry transferred many experts and professors in this field from other companies. Then Henry gave them a lecture on the research direction of graphene and what kind of oxidant to use.

Everyone was stunned for a while. When they reacted, they seemed to think that Henry's plan was really feasible, calling Henry a genius.

The quiet establishment of Super Materials did not arouse outside attention. Henry also didn't want to announce his plan to the outside world. Just keep a low profile. A low profile is the kingly way. For a period of time that followed, Henry had been helping with Super Materials. During this period, "Star Wars Prequel 1" was released, and it was really hot. The box office broke 100 million U.S. dollars in the first week, and the reputation was bursting. Major newspapers and media have carried out reports, and for a time, they received rave reviews, and the score of "Star Wars 1" on the imdb website was as high as 9 points.

People in the industry know that "Star Wars 1" is definitely another movie with a high box office.

Henry only paid a little attention to this, and then continued to invest in the development of graphene.

The total number of employees of Super Materials Company is more than 1,200. The new factory of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is located in the suburbs northwest of San Jose, covering an area of ​​100,000 square meters. For Henry, Super Materials Corporation is very important and is related to the development of future aerospace programs. The same is to build a space station, Henry decided to build an inflatable space station. This inflatable space station can greatly reduce the construction cost of the space station.

Henry is going to let Super Materials manufacture a space capsule made of high-strength synthetic fibers. When the rocket lifts up, it will be folded into a 2-meter-long tube. After successfully docking with the space station, it will inflate and expand and become a space capsule with a diameter of 3 meters, a length of 4 meters, and a volume of about 16 cubic meters.

Henry also intends to create a larger inflatable living cabin with an internal capacity of 2,100 cubic meters for 16 people, and even Henry wants to use this method to create a tourist city on the moon and even Mars! Of course, the prerequisite for this is that this high-strength synthetic fiber is stronger than a space capsule with a metal shell. At the same time, it can resist the impact of a variety of objects including cosmic rays and space junk.

Then, as the world’s thinnest and strongest, graphene can’t penetrate even the smallest gas atoms, and has a fracture strength 200 times higher than the best steel, the “king of new materials”, if you use it for inflating Is it possible to use a space capsule?

(To be continued.)