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Chapter 142 Research Competition
The biggest problem right now is the lack of tools.

For example, as a physicist, the most annoying thing is generally the lack of mathematical tools, which makes them unable to find the direction and method when they want to study physics.

Therefore, many people who want to continue research have to grow up as mathematicians themselves.

Physics is originally a subject based on mathematics, and every step forward in physics often represents the progress of mathematics.

For example, as biologists, the most troublesome thing is generally the lack of teaching tools, which makes them unable to find the direction and method when they want to study biological stress response.

Therefore, many people can only try their own methods, so they have to prepare 5000 yuan for emergencies.

Now, Shen Guanglin's biggest problem with nano research is also the lack of tools, but this is the lack of observation tools.

Nano-phenomena are not uncommon in real life, but people lack the ability to generalize.

For example, human teeth are extremely hard, because the bone density of teeth has reached the nanometer level;
The lotus leaf does not get wet when it rains, also because its fluff density has reached the nanometer level.

In later generations, people made various nano-products based on this feature. For example, the red flag in Tiananmen Square is made of nano-materials, which are not afraid of wind, rain, cold, and heat.

Shen Guanglin wanted to further "study" nanomaterials, but encountered practical difficulties.

Up to this period, neither the atomic force microscope nor the scanning tunneling microscope has been invented, and it is not easy to observe the movement and shape of a single atom.

Of course, electron microscopy has been around for a long time.

As early as 1933, Professor Ruska designed the electron microscope, and the scanning tunneling microscope was actually developed on the basis of the electron microscope.

About next year, in 1981, Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer and German physicist Gerd Binnig will collaborate on the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.

This is a very great invention, which was produced in 1981 and won the Nobel Prize in 1986.

That's less than the time it took Kelly Mullis to go from inventing PCR to winning a Nobel Prize.

Shen Guanglin's real name is envious.

But it didn't work.

Now it is not far from New Year's Day in 1981, Shen Guanglin has no chance even if he wants to get involved.

It is estimated that people have already designed the prototype, but it has not been officially announced to the outside world.

Since we can't occupy the high ground of inventing technology, let's take out the nano theory first. It is also good to occupy the theoretical high ground of nano-effects first, and maybe we can win the Nobel Prize.

Historically, some people have won the Nobel Prize for their research on nanometers.

Long ago, Irving Langmuir won the Nobel Prize in 1932 for the transfer of fatty acid monolayers from water to solid substrates.

Moreover, in 76, Tuomo Suntola invented the atomic layer epitaxy film preparation technology, that is, the atomic layer deposition technology.

Later C60 fullerene molecules and graphene were also major discoveries that could win the Nobel Prize.

Stimulated emission depletion microscopy and the manufacture of molecular motors also won the Nobel Prize
Shen Guanglin decided to focus on nanotechnology for a period of time in the future. He knew that this would be the key development direction in the next 40 years, and a large number of applications would be derived.

This is the easiest way to produce results. Relying on foresight, Shen Guanglin felt that he could write a lot of papers, which was like a vast ocean.

Even though nanomolecules are not visible now, nanoparticles always exist, and Shen Guanglin knows its physical and chemical properties. According to the results, the reason for its formation can be explained clearly.

After the scanning tunneling microscope appeared, it was just perfect to prove Shen Guanglin's scientific research achievements.

Shen Guanglin handed over his new material research results to the academy and left it alone. This is a scientific research task, and I have already completed it for you.

Going into the first week of December, the first meeting on Monday is very important.

It is necessary to summarize the gains and losses of the previous month and make plans for this month.

We all have a lot of things to do, but we can't do without this meeting.

Capital University is not only a teaching institution, but also a scientific research institution, and it is also an administrative institution.

The lengthy and serious meeting made everyone afraid to drink water presumptuously, otherwise it would be more troublesome to go to the toilet incessantly.

The relatively "important" topics are all over, and it is customary to review the school's current outreach tasks and the progress of the next stage.

The principal's assistant said one thing: "The Ordnance Institute is already asking about our scientific research progress. They hope to give the phased results before New Year's Day, and they also want to make the second payment before the end of 1980."

After the special funds were in place last time, several colleges received scientific research funds, including the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Materials and the Department of Physics.

Although the Department of Physics did not use the fund received for Shen Guanglin's laboratory, after all, it was a project in the name of Shen Guanglin's laboratory, and they were also a natural part of it.

Now that the assistant principal mentioned it, everyone needs to report their progress, otherwise, how can the school still allocate money to you when the payment has really arrived?

We are both colleagues and competitors.

To put it bluntly, it is actually a scientific research competition.

There may not be only one winner in this competition, but as long as there is one leader, the one behind will immediately fall into a very cruel situation.

Just like the research and development of the atomic bomb, the big fat man and the little boy are actually two routes.

The little boy is a gun-type structure, using uranium 235;

The Big Fat Man is an implosion structure, using plutonium 239.

They succeeded at the same time, and it was a waste of double the money.

The research and development of high-temperature-resistant materials can also be regarded as a scientific research competition. Whoever produces results first will win all, and investors can spend less money.

The material department is the first to make reports, and they have accumulated the most in this regard.

Like traditional rock wool, rubber and plastic are heat-insulating and high-temperature-resistant materials, and their research focus has not deviated from this area.

They proposed that according to the application scenario, high temperature resistant materials such as rock wool can be woven into a net and attached to the heating surface, which can well complete the heat insulation effect.

Nothing new, but it should work.

Next, the Department of Chemistry will be more advanced. They are going to start from the molecular level to develop a liquid-based heat-resistant coating, which has properties similar to electrical plastics.

Of course, everything is still in the theoretical preparation stage, after all, the time is too short.

"What about the physics department?"

In fact, everyone present here knows that the Department of Physics has not made any preparations at all. After they got the money, they enriched the laboratory and bought some new experimental equipment. They did not plan to actually research and develop new materials.

Because everyone's comfort zone is high-energy physics, and the talents involved in materials are all in the Department of Materials.

If it wasn't for the fact that this fund was forced on Shen Guanglin, the Department of Physics would definitely not have received any money.

"Have we developed it?" the head of the department said lightly.

"what?"

"We have developed high-temperature-resistant materials. Professor Shen Guanglin submitted a report saying that the scientific research task of the Ordnance Institute has been completed, and they can be invited to inspect and accept it."

The head of the physics department spoke about it slowly.

So fast?
impossible!

It's only a month.

Even if they do some work in advance, it will take at most one and a half months. How did they finish it?
Everyone was silent, did not speak, and waited for the head of the physics department to continue.

The head of the department did not speak.

What is this? It's just a small achievement.

Because there are too many talented people in the physics department, this is nothing.

From the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present, how many faculty members have come from the Department of Physics of Peking University.

The deputy dean of the Department of Chemistry coughed: "Have you verified the effect?"

"Verified, it is very ideal, and it is also a liquid material. Whether it is rolled or sprayed, the final high temperature resistance and heat insulation effect are very good."

"That's good! Xiao Shen has lived up to expectations, young people really have two talents." Other departments that have nothing to do with their own things praised.

"But, is this a phased achievement? Do we still have funds?" The Department of Materials asked a question that was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

When we engage in scientific research, it really doesn't mean that the sooner the results come out, the better, and that there is a rhythm, focus and hope, overcoming many difficulties, overcoming difficulties and obstacles, such results are hard-won.

For example, Edison, who failed more than 1600 experiments before finally creating a light bulb.

Washington chopped down the cherry tree, and Lenin dropped the vase.

Without a good story, follow-up funds are hard to get.

"Oh, we are ashamed. It seems that the work has not been done properly. I forgot to inform Xiao Shen to let him slow down, but now that he has produced the results, what should we do?"

The head of the department said he was sorry, but he was actually proud. That kind of smug look almost pointed at everyone's noses.

Anyway, the physics department may not need the next payment, whoever you love.

(End of this chapter)