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Chapter 481 - 299: Mechanical Peeling Preparation Machine Technology (Requesting Subscription)_2

Chapter 481: Chapter 299: Mechanical Peeling Preparation Machine Technology (Requesting Subscription)_2

Why did Ding Yue sense a tone of disappointment in his sister’s voice?

"Little sister, you sound rather exhausted. Are the experiments not going well?" Ding Yue curiously inquired.

"More than ’not going well’, the gas deposition method I mentioned last time is pretty much a dead end." Ding Xiaoyou said helplessly.

"Er, didn’t you tell me last time that the optimized gas deposition method was about to be realized?" When Ding Yue heard this, he instantly furrowed his brow.

If Ding Yue remembered correctly, the last time he spoke with his sister, she mentioned that the method she was researching on the chemical production of graphene, namely the gas deposition method, was on the brink of successful optimization.

So why has she suddenly declared her failure? Even going so far as to say it was a dead end?

As someone experienced in research, Ding Yue knew all too well what it meant when someone said that "the road was blocked". It simply meant that the path was unviable.

If that was the case, then this was indeed a "tragedy." The efforts of his sister, Ding Xiaoyou over the past month or two had become like bubbles, disappearing into thin air.

Such is the reality of conducting technical research; often, one could put in a lot of effort but receive no reward.

"Indeed, we were close to obtaining the final set of data last time. However, I’ve optimized the final set of data countless times, pushed it to its limit, but it is still incorrect," Ding Xiaoyou explained briefly.

"So the gas deposition method of mass production of graphene is less likely to be achieved then?" Ding Yue found it quite regrettable.

The efforts of his sister, Ding Xiaoyou, over the past two months were all in vain.

"Hmm." Ding Xiaoyou replied unhappily.

"Hey, setbacks are normal. When I was working with Professor Zhou Wen from Jiangnan University of Science and Technology on gallium nitride semiconductor materials, didn’t we also face many setbacks? But in the end, we worked them all out." Ding Yue consoled his sister.

Truthfully, when Ding Yue was researching gallium nitride semiconductor materials, he didn’t experience any real setbacks. Even when he did, it was only because he temporarily decided not to address them. His goal was to allow himself and Professor Zhou Wen from Jiangnan University of Science and Technology to "successfully" complete the research on gallium nitride semiconductor materials.

"I know." Ding Xiaoyou knew her brother was trying to comfort her, and quickly adjusted her mindset: "You wouldn’t just call me to ask what I’m doing, right? Do you have some good news? Come on, tell me and cheer me up."

"Hahaha, you’re thinking too much. I don’t even want to say it anymore. It’s bad news." Ding Yue laughed, then decided not to report this piece of bad news to Ding Xiaoyou at this time.

"Humph, tell me!" Ding Xiaoyou immediately got angry — very angry!

"Alright then, this is on your request. Don’t blame me for stabbing you in the heart later." Ding Yue shrugged helplessly, then said: "Just now at the University Principals’ Forum, I had a chat with Principal He from Xia Country University of Science and Technology. It seems that he is not planning to cooperate with the Chemistry Department of our Mist City Arts and Science University. Moreover, Principal He said that the set of energy chemical technology experimental research equipment we purchased from Nanyang Technological University may not be very cost-effective."

After Ding Yue finished relaying this "bad news", he fell silent for a few seconds.

After a while, Ding Xiaoyou on the other end of the phone suddenly asked: "Did Principal He say that the equipment is for fuel energy technology or graphene battery energy technology, but can’t address the prerequisite conditions?"

Hiss!

At these words, Ding Yue instantly felt goosebumps all over him.

How could his sister guess so easily?

"Xiao You, how did you know that’s what Principal He said?" Ding Yue asked in astonishment.

"Didn’t the failed data analysis I did today prove it? I tried using this equipment to make graphene batteries, but I couldn’t even realize the optimization of the graphene peeling preparation method."Ding Xiaoyou said with some sadness.

After hearing this, Ding Yue couldn’t help but fall silent for a while again.

This time, Ding Yue genuinely felt heartbroken for his sister.

Although his sister, Ding Xiaoyou, was a genius in the field of chemistry and had the effect of a learning buff, getting her to solve the difficult problem of optimizing the graphene peeling preparation with the gas deposition method at this stage was definitely challenging.

After all, Ding Yue had not transferred any related technical knowledge to his sister, and she had to solve one problem after another on her own.

People like Tong Yihang or Xu Bin could make achievements in their professional fields because Ding Yue had provided them with the technologies he had unlocked.

It seemed that Ding Yue would have to take care of his sister more in the future.

"It’s okay. There are several methods for preparing graphene, right? Although the gas deposition method may not be able to be optimized chemically, we could change the method," Ding Yue continued to comfort his sister.

"So what method do we use?"

"Aren’t there several other methods like mechanical exfoliation, epitaxial growth, and oxidation-reduction? Don’t give up."

Ding Yue said casually.

Meanwhile, Ding Yue subtly summoned his system panel and entered the system store’s interface.

He tried to search for the technologies related to the method of preparing graphene, but he discovered a certain method that he and his sister once deemed unlikely to be achievable was actually present in the system store at the "Minor Achievements" level.