Chapter 656 Nano Frontier

Zhang Xuelin woke up with a start: "Come in, Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu, the assistant in charge of the progress of internal scientific research projects, hurriedly opened the office door and reported to him with a hint of excitement:

"Zhang Suo, good news."

"Which project has produced results?"

"Laboratory Six."

Zhang Xuelin was delighted: "Laboratory No. 6, nanorobot project?"

"Yes."

"Let's go, let's talk as we walk."

Zhang Xuelin picked up his coat, put it on, and walked to the Sixth Laboratory area. In the past six months, the entire institute had produced several small results, which made him very stressed.

On the way, Xiao Wu reported to him the specific situation of the project.

Lingnan Institute of Materials Science, Laboratory Six.

This laboratory specializes in research on nanorobots, which is also the main direction of many research institutes with the development of nanomaterials.

The research of nanorobots is inseparable from nanomaterials and electrochemical technology.

When Zhang Xuelin and Xiao Wu arrived at the Sixth Laboratory, relevant experiments were continuing in the laboratory, but Fang Tongfeng, the core researcher of the laboratory's project, still took the time to bring them in.

"Tongfeng, please briefly explain the details of the nanorobots."

Fang Tongfeng did not hide it. After all, the internal management of Lingnan Institute of Materials was no longer the same as before.

As an administrative staff, the director is not qualified to have his name on the project. At most, he will be on the credits list.

Those who can lead projects are front-line core researchers. If the director wants to engage in specific research projects, he can only engage in specific scientific research work after resigning and subject to review by the scientific committee.

Administrative staff and scientific research project researchers are not allowed to hold concurrent posts.

Therefore, Fang Tongfeng briefly introduced the specific situation of the project to Zhang Xuelin.

"...We put the nitrogen ball into the super carbon ball, then embedded the carbon nanotube and silicon nanotube, and finally used infrared vacuum cold welding technology to combine the carbon nanotube, silicon nanotube, nitrogen ball, and super carbon ball together .”

The so-called super carbon balls are actually an enhanced version of buckyballs (C60), composed of 300 carbon atoms.

As for nitrogen balls, they are N60 spherical molecules similar to buckyballs.

The super carbon ball wraps the nitrogen ball, and then embeds 12 carbon nanotubes and 12 silicon nanotubes to form a nanorobot. The diameter of this nanorobot is only 72 nanometers.

After entering the core area of ​​the laboratory, another core researcher Wei Guozhong also greeted Zhang Xuelin.

"Zhang Suo, do you want to see the nanobots?"

"Yes! I'm under a lot of pressure!" Zhang Xuelin spread his hands helplessly.

Fang Tongfeng, Wei Guozhong and others also understand very well that the administrative staff of the current research institute are not easy to deal with. Things are very complicated and the money they handle is not a small amount. If they can't control it, they will have to go in sooner or later.

In addition, the Lingnan Institute of Materials has a criminal record and is a key research institute. If it continues to be half-dead like before, it is estimated that the higher-ups will directly let the Lingnan Institute of Materials die.

Fang Tongfeng called up some pictures captured by the electron microscope and showed the appearance of the nanorobot in front of everyone.

From the appearance point of view, this nanorobot looks like a ball.

Judging from the three-dimensional layer analyzed internally, there is a spherical structure and 24 nanotubes inside.

Fang Tongfeng turned around and explained: "This structure is to ensure the versatility of the nanorobot..."

"Universality?" Zhang Xuelin didn't quite understand.

"This versatility means that this nanorobot is just a foundation. It can achieve different functions by matching it with different plug-ins."

In fact, nanorobots are not unavailable in Greater China. For example, the Suiren Department, which started with nanotechnology, has researched more than a dozen nanorobots that can be initially applied.

But these nanorobots have one characteristic, that is, they are all professional nanorobots, specially designed nanorobots that specialize in a single function.

The advantage of this kind of professional nanorobot is that its work efficiency is relatively high. The disadvantage is that its function is too single and it is difficult to cope with some special situations or complex chemical environments.

The universal nanorobot designed by Fang Tongfeng and others is a multifunctional nanorobot.

After explaining it once, Fang Tongfeng then called out some cheaters.

For example, by injecting iron molecules into the core of the nitrogen sphere of a general-purpose nanorobot through the cooperation of electrochemical technology, a strong electromagnetic nanorobot can be generated. This nanorobot can form a magnet with a strength comparable to that of a rubidium magnet when energized.

If it is in an environment below minus 24.2 degrees Celsius, the electrical energy consumed by the nanorobot can be reduced by about 43%, while the magnetism is increased to about 2.14 times that of rubidium magnets.

This super strong magnetism gives this nanorobot extremely strong maneuverability.

Currently, Fang Tongfeng’s team has developed 7 types of plug-in molecules for universal nanorobots, and 4 of them can be combined together.

For example, one of the plug-in molecules: N8-Si4, after this plug-in molecule is combined with a universal nanorobot, other plug-in molecules can also be connected.

The main function of this N8-Si4 molecule is to quickly decompose specific organic substances, similar to N16, but with a relatively higher degree of controllability. This molecule can correspond to 537 kinds of organic substances and carry out directional decomposition.

After being combined with a universal nanorobot, other plug-in molecules can be loaded to allow N8-Si4 molecules to control movement inside the human body, including breaking through the blood-brain barrier.

It has very important application potential in the treatment of cerebral hemangioma and brain cancer.

After all, surgery on the brain is very difficult and the risk is extremely high. Other radioactive treatments and chemical treatments can also cause great damage to the brain.

Even with the increasingly sophisticated gold nanophotothermal knife technology, we still need to be very careful when treating brain cancer and the like.

But nanorobots are different. Nanorobots with a diameter of only 72 to 150 nanometers can easily break through the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain.

Then it starts the targeted decomposition of organic matter and quickly kills cancer cells to achieve the purpose of non-invasive surgery.

For many patients, sometimes they die not from cancer, but from the damage caused by surgery, which accelerates the decline of human vitality.

Especially radioactive therapy, a technology that kills one thousand enemies and damages oneself eight hundred, is too serious a drain on the patient's vitality.

There are many types of control methods for nanorobots, including temperature, light waves, electromagnetic waves, and sound waves, which can all be used for control.

The internal control method of the universal nanorobot developed by Fang Tongfeng's team is the medium and long wavelength of electromagnetic waves, but it can be controlled in other ways by loading external molecules.

This diversified control method is beneficial to the application of the nanorobot in different environments.

Moreover, this technology also has another advantage. Various domestic research institutes have previously studied a large number of nanorobots, but very few of these projects have been successful.

But this does not mean that these projects are useless. Some projects have already been completed, but they have to be shelved because there is no suitable control method.

The N8-Si4 molecule was not originally created by Fang Tongfeng's team, but a semi-finished product developed by the Materials Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. It was not put into use because there was no suitable control method.

Fang Tongfeng's team directly used it as a cheat molecule, allowing the N8-Si4 molecule to gain control.

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