As various news spread more and more widely, people's discussion about this Science and Technology Awards Conference has remained high.
Xiao Yi, which won three first prizes in one conference, has undoubtedly become the most discussed topic.
Basically, people accepted that although what he took was not State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, it was actually equivalent to taking State Preeminent Science and Technology Award.
However, Xiao Yi still doesn't pay too much attention to these topics about himself.
After all, for other scholars, winning awards may be a [qualification certificate] to help them go further, but for scholars like him who are already considered to be equal to top human scientists such as Einstein, Newton, winning awards is nothing more than the icing on the cake.
Nothing much to say.
Therefore, after returning to Fei City from Shangjing, Xiao Yi once again devoted himself to the research of Twisted Carbon.
As for Liu Xiaodong, after returning to the laboratory, they immediately enjoyed hero-level treatment. Everyone in the laboratory came over to congratulate them and treated several people to treats.
None of them are very old, and the eldest Tang Chunming is less than 30 years old. Now with this award, it is no problem to become a full researcher directly.
It can be regarded as completing the journey that others have to walk in a lifetime.
Of course, the four people were not too high-profile. After all, they knew that this result was achieved by Xiao Yi with them.
Being able to win the prize is because Xiao Yi is willing to take them to win the prize, which can be regarded as giving their laboratory more first prize winners for technological inventions.
For example, the other award-winning projects of Technology Invention Award are basically filled by six people, while Natural Science Award can only fill in five at most, so except for projects such as mathematics, which are basically completed by one person, the winners of other projects are also filled, mainly for the purpose of recruiting more winners for the respective award-winning units.
That is to say, there are only five researchers in their lithium-sulfur solid-state battery project, so in the end, only the names of five people were filled in.
Soon, a few days passed, and the relevant heat gradually subsided. Except for people discussing it in some corners, the main perspective of the majority of people was shifted to other aspects, such as the upcoming Paris Olympics and the sanitation issue of the Seine River that has frequently become a hot topic of discussion.
And time passed quietly again.
One month later.
late at night.
The lights in the laboratory are still bright.
Xiao Yi was alone in the laboratory, conducting experiments on a new synthesis method.
Since the interior of Twisted Carbon presents a complex twist-like structure, using the effect of the magnetic field to control the flow of graphite in the molten state may have the opportunity to achieve a twist-like internal structure.
However, one of the key problems is that the melting point of graphite is as high as 3652 degrees Celsius, so it can only be heated by electric arc furnaces or plasma furnaces, which will undoubtedly increase production costs.
Of course, for now, as long as a material suitable for becoming the first wall material can be made, no matter how high the cost is, it is acceptable.
What's more, once nuclear fusion is really developed, these costs will be reduced rapidly.
After all, once electricity costs are reduced, it will bring about a reduction in the cost of almost all goods around the world.
"Well... it will take a while to heat up."
Xiao Yi Suddenly remembered that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was being broadcast now.
So he took out his mobile phone and took a look online.
As a result, within a few glances, his brows knitted together, and the CCTV anchor's silence was quite deafening.
It wasn't until three people got into a house and the camera was pushed out of the door that he finally turned off the live broadcast.
With his IQ, he is still far away from understanding such art.
Looking again at the electric arc furnace in front of me, the graphite inside has reached a molten state.
He then shut down the electric arc furnace and transferred the molten graphite inside to another furnace.
This furnace was specially built by him for a lot of time. The principle is similar to that of electromagnetic stirrers and other electromagnetic stirrers based on the principle of magnetohydrodynamics. Through the electromagnetic interaction between the external magnetic field and the interior of the melt, the flow, heat transfer, composition, etc. of the melt are controlled.
However, the furnace he built himself uses the HTSC-1 superconductor magnetic field as the external magnetic field. With the ultra-strong magnetic field of HTSC-1, it can directly levitate these materials in the molten state, thus avoiding problems such as impurity contamination.
Of course, products such as magnetic levitation melting furnaces have long been available. However, his magnetic levitation furnace has a key advantage in that it can automatically adjust the magnetic field lines to achieve more precise control of the internal molten material fluid. Here, he used the new model that combined the multi-fluid model and NS equation in order to study Greenwald limit.
Therefore, this furnace was also named by him as the Precision Magnetic Levitation Fluid Control Furnace. As for the related structural patent, he is also preparing to apply for it.
Soon, the molten graphite was slowly poured in, and under the control of a strong magnetic field, the melt was stably controlled in the middle of the furnace.
Then cover the furnace cover, start the vacuum pump, and pump out the internal air to avoid mixing air in when electromagnetic stirring is performed later. This can also prevent the temperature of the melt from dropping, causing it to re-solidify. In addition, there is also a heating device inside, which basically avoids the possibility of solidification of the internal melt.
Then, he came to the computer next to him and uploaded the mixing program that he had set up before.
Then, the electromagnetic stirring process begins.
Although invisible from the outside, the real-time status of the internal melt is displayed on the computer. It can be seen that under the established program, the internal melt begins to flow and rotate as the external magnetic field changes.
Just like a nuclear fusion device, of course, the two are indeed quite close in principle.
In this way, with this stirring process, the internal microscopic state of the melt is constantly changing.
These changes will make the final lattice structure move in the way Xiao Yi wants when the melt finally solidifies.
Although strictly speaking, a melt is a disordered liquid substance that does not have a regular lattice structure like a solid. However, the melt is not completely random and disordered. It still has a certain degree of order and short-range correlation on a microscopic level. This microstructural feature is usually called short-range order or local order.
In the stirring process of the precise magnetic levitation fluid control furnace, as long as the designed program is good enough, this short-range order or local order can be controlled.
In this way, as time passed, about five minutes later, Xiao Yi started the cooling process.
The cooling process has naturally been specially designed, using a variety of cooling methods, including electromagnetic stirring cooling, radiation cooling and gas cooling, to avoid affecting the internal structure during cooling.
Until finally, the melt solidifies again and the temperature reaches normal temperature.
Xiao Yi opened the stove and looked at a columnar material that had been formed inside.
He raised his eyebrows and then took out the columnar material.
After observing it first, the external color is no longer black or silver gray like graphite, but has a touch of light gold and blue.
"Is it somewhat similar to highly directional pyrolytic graphite?"
Xiao Yi's brows raised slightly.
No matter, let's go experiment first.
First observe its surface to determine its surface uniformity.
After observation, it can basically be determined that its uniformity is quite good.
It was not in vain that he specially designed a new stove and the program that he spent a lot of time writing.
Various further tests then began.
After testing, it can be determined that the internal state is slightly uneven.
After he divided the sample into 10 small pieces, he was able to clearly test through experiments that there were certain differences in properties.
This may be related to the accuracy of the furnace and the test time.
Further optimization of the process is required.
However, what makes Xiao Yi a little surprised.
Among them, the small piece numbered 7 is more golden in color and is particularly outstanding in nature.
Especially...
When he used Material Mastery to simulate its exposure to high-energy neutron bombardment, it actually showed resistance to neutron irradiation that was almost close to the theoretical resistance of Twisted Carbon!
This means that this seventh small piece is infinitely close to his goal!
It can even be said that this seventh small piece has achieved his original goal!
Such properties can already meet the demand for first wall materials for controllable nuclear fusion that can operate for a long time.
At this moment, he was extremely excited!
Even when he won Fields Medal and won three first prizes some time ago, he was not as excited as he was now.
Because this means that nuclear fusion will be truly realized.
It also represents that science and technology are truly endless!
Look at the touch of gold on this little piece.
Is this considered one shot and ten consecutive shots, and the gold can be withdrawn directly?
Xiao Yi showed a relieved smile.
The entanglements that arose in my heart at the beginning were all gone at this time.
Of course, his mood soon calmed down.
This seventh small piece did achieve its purpose, but he also needed to understand the internal structure of the seventh small piece and how to achieve stable production.
Only in this way can such materials be mass-produced in the future and provide basic materials for the construction of new nuclear fusion reactors in the future.
But no matter what, this material is officially announced, and the countdown to the realization of controllable nuclear fusion has begun.
The sound of the wheels of history rolling has come from afar!
"Ah~"
Yawning deeply, Xiao Yi looked at the time and saw that it was already quite late.
It's time to go to bed.
It was rare to stay up all night tonight.
But one can imagine that he will have a good dream tonight.
I tidied up the laboratory and returned to the office.
It was so late, so he simply went to bed in the office.
But before going to bed, he saw a video about the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the Internet.
Then, the scene in which the Smurfs competed with Scissorhands made him completely silent.
He'd better stop dreaming tonight.
A night of silence.
the next day.
When people were discussing the opening ceremony, Xiao Yi had just woken up from his dream.
Although I still dreamed at night, fortunately, it was not those messy dreams, but the dream in which he ignited the nuclear fusion reactor and announced that mankind has officially entered the era of nuclear fusion.
As for the next task, it has also been made clear.
Conduct more experiments on the seventh small piece and look for the possibility of continued optimization. It is naturally best to allow it to achieve the theoretical properties of Twisted Carbon. Even if it cannot be achieved, don't worry too much, it is enough.
As for this seventh small piece of material, he directly named it MHT-7.
Without any rest, the next Xiao Yi officially started the research on MHT-7.
There is no doubt that it is simpler now than before.
Time gradually came to the end of August 2024.
Enrollment time for the new year has arrived.
The freshmen of USTC will register on the 23rd, and the entrance exam will be on the 24th. This is regarded as the "excellent tradition" of USTC, and it can fill the emptiness of these high school seniors who have not had an exam for a long time a few months ago.
Of course, for these students, they are also very concerned about what the next course will be like.
In some freshmen dormitories of the School of Mathematics, some of the more outgoing freshmen have already begun discussions after getting to know each other.
The talented young people at Hua Luogeng Mathematics Class were even more excited. "Damn it, our number theory teacher is Professor Xiao Yi!"
"Huh? Huh? Huh?"
Hearing the news, the students at Hua Loo-Keng Class were shocked.
"Is the Xiao Yi you are talking about the Xiao Yi I think of?"
"USTC Is there another professor named Xiao Yi in the School of Mathematics?"
"Fuck!"
Soon, the news spread, and almost the whole school was shocked.
As a school that focuses on science and engineering, everyone knows the names of Xiao Yi and USTC.
If you don't know Xiao Yi, you will first be suspected of being USTC.
Then, this year's Hua Loo-Keng Class greeted the other classes.
Gifted Class said that they also wanted Xiao Yi to teach them mathematics.
Hua Loo-Keng Class students who are sophomores and above cannot sit still.
Blanch, why?
They were obviously here first, why can't they enjoy it?
In the end, there was no other way. The School of Mathematics issued a special notice for this purpose, saying that it would adjust the Xiao Yi teaching classroom to a large classroom. By then, anyone who is interested can attend the class.
It can only be said that the influence of Xiao Yi has reached an extremely high level.
Even Principal Bao Hexin said jokingly, "I feel that if Professor Xiao were to be the principal, he would be more able to convince the public than me."
That is to say, we are no longer in ancient times, otherwise the sentence Principal Bao would have a more or less dangerous meaning.
However, as the military training begins, the freshmen don't have so much free time to care about who is in class. They need to get through the military training first.
The time has come to September 3rd.
And this day is the time for new graduate students to enroll.
Xiao Yi also came to the school on this day and met several of his graduate students.