Basic Science Center project is located at the top of many scientific and technological projects. It aims to focus on integrating the advantages and scientific research resources in related fields based on major national needs and basic discipline issues in the international academic frontier, give full play to the advantages and characteristics of the national science fund system, promote in-depth cross-integration of science, strive for breakthroughs in scientific frontiers, produce original results at the international leading level, and form an academic highland with important international influence.
Basic scientific research level is related to whether a university can truly reach the world's top university and how high the university can make to the country and the world. Major breakthroughs in basic research play an important role in triggering a scientific and technological revolution, giving birth to revolutionary technologies, and changing the trajectory of human development. The importance of the
Basic Science Center project is self-evident. Since the pilot construction of this project began in 2016, almost all universities approved for project approval have been 985, and the lowest is also double first-class, and they are all famous universities. Yanshan University is neither 985 nor 211, and has even failed to be selected for double first-class twice. Why is Yanshan University approved the Basic Science Center project?
This is due to the nanotwin composite diamond synthesized by Professor Yongjun Yan Datian. This composite diamond has created a new world record for material hardness. The structure of composite diamonds improves toughness more than using nanotwins alone without sacrificing hardness. Many people may ask strange questions, what is the use of super hard composite diamond ? Worth the Funding for the Basic Science Center Project?
To answer this question, you must also learn about other scientific knowledge, high pressure science, metal hydrogen .
Anyone with some scientific knowledge knows that hydrogen is a gas, but hydrogen can also be turned into solid hydrogen by pressurization, allowing hydrogen to exhibit metallic properties. Metal hydrogen is a high-density, high-energy storage material. Previous predictions have shown that metal hydrogen is a room temperature superconductor. The explosive power of metal hydrogen is equivalent to 25 to 35 times that of TNT explosives of the same mass. Since the explosive power of the metal hydrogen weapon is comparable to that of the nuclear weapon , people call it the fourth generation nuclear weapon .
Now the scientific community says that once metal hydrogen comes out, just like the birth of steam engine during the industrial revolution , it can cause a trans-era revolution. Metal hydrogen can realize the dream of artificial sun , that is, the plasma cage of controllable nuclear fusion . In this way, human energy will undergo earth-shaking changes, and human beings will completely solve the energy problem. There are also the superconducting properties of metal hydrogen at room temperature, as well as the use of metal hydrogen engines, etc. The advent of metal hydrogen may be the future direction of mankind.
Metal hydrogen is important, but it is troublesome to make metal hydrogen. In 2016, physicists from the University of Edinburgh used a pair of diamonds to squeeze hydrogen molecules to achieve high pressure while analyzing their behavior. They found that when the pressure is equivalent to 3.25 million times the pressure of the earth's atmosphere, hydrogen enters a solid state. According to theoretical model, at 4.5 million times the atmospheric pressure, "metal hydrogen" has superconducting characteristics close to room temperature. However, diamonds are not hard enough, toughness is poor, anisotropy, etc. all show that it is unlikely to exceed 400Gpa. Increasing solid-state pressure is the most critical element in achieving atomic hydrogen metals. People choose to settle for the second best, searching for hydride , which was a great success, but most of them scrapped many diamonds
Diamond extruded hydrogen molecules
. The nanotwin composite diamond synthesized by Professor Tian Yongjun is harder and tougher than ordinary diamonds, and is the best top anvil for hydrogen metallization experiments. Therefore, it is natural that the "Material High-voltage Control" applied by Academician Tian Yongjun of Yanshan University has obtained funding for the Basic Science Center project. Having a powerful tool does not mean everything goes well. There are also a series of technical bottlenecks that need to be broken through, a series of theoretical issues that need to be studied, and many outstanding talents in interdisciplinary disciplines need to be gathered to jointly study public relations .
Will this project of Yanshan University achieve the ultimate scientific research results? In fact, these major scientific research projects are full of difficulties and may not achieve the final result.But if those who engage in scientific research feel many difficulties and give up on scientific research, will our country still make progress in the field of natural sciences? Scientific research is like groping in the darkness. Although it may not necessarily reach the other side you want to go, there will definitely be a lot of gains in the process of groping.
I wish Yanshan University’s “Material High-voltage Control” project will eventually gain something, and I also hope that this scientific research team can enjoy the joy of scientific research and exploration.
