Inside the laboratory.
The orange-yellow sphere was placed in an airtight lead-shell container.
Eight flexible mechanical arms with special probes were located inside the container, and they were regularly distributed around the orange-yellow sphere.
The calibrator was turned on, and a circle of infrared beams was pointed on the surface of the metal sphere. With the help of his assistant, Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou skillfully set up the data collection plan, then pressed the button to start the test.
Eight micro neutron beams were instantly released, penetrating the shell of the "Slaughter Core". Through eight spatial coordinate axes, eight probes located on the robotic arms collected the sample data from both macroscopic and microscopic levels.
First of all, at the macroscopic level, the parts of the entire metal sphere were analyzed and disassembled to the extreme, and presented in the form of a holographic image in front of Lu Zhou.
At the microscopic level, the materials of each part, even the precise spatial arrangement order at the atomic and molecular levels, as well as a series of detailed information such as chemical bonds and molecular bonds, were all collected and summarized on an all-encompassing table.
According to the data in the table, Xiao Ai, who acted as an assistant, quickly drew it into a visual chart and presented it on the light blue holographic interface floating on the side.
"Incredible …"
After staring at the scan data on the holographic panel for a long time, Lu Zhou's eyes gradually began to show a trace of surprise.
He originally thought that the material that constituted the entire Slaughter Core would be something that could not be analyzed by the technical level on Earth for the time being. He did not expect the material presented in front of him to be surprisingly easy to understand.
At least, it was far from mysterious to the extent that he could not understand it.
"The surface of the sphere is a layer of molybdenum titanium alloy … The way the metal atoms are stacked is a bit special, and the dispersed carbonized matter formed by molybdenum and carbon in the alloy is quite interesting."
Although such technology could also be achieved in the 21st century, it was difficult to make the discrete carbonized matter points so evenly distributed in the material, even with the technology of the 22nd century.
At least, according to the public information that Xiao Ai helped him collect from the Jin Ling University database, there was no mention of similar technology, and it seemed that no one was doing research in this direction.
Putting aside the material for the shell, Lu Zhou continued to look at the inside of the shell.
When his eyes fell on the holographic image of the corresponding spherical shell's internal structure, he was stunned.
Layers of carbon material blades were arranged tightly inside the spherical shell in a spiral shape, leaving only nano-sized gaps between the layers.
If not for the help of a special lens, it would be impossible to see such a shocking form.
Not only that, the blades were not easy to deal with either.
Although at first glance, it looked no different from ordinary double-layered graphene, when Lu Zhou continued to adjust the probe and did a few more sets of data collection, he soon discovered the mystery hidden in the ordinary!
On the seemingly smooth double-layered graphene surface, there were subtle differences in the delocalized large π bonds and chemical bonds between each carbon hexagon.
Although the difference wasn't very big, it was very obvious in Lu Zhou's eyes.
With a slight thought, Lu Zhou immediately ordered.
"Xiao Ai, connect the large π bonds with similar bond energy and present them to me in the form of a two-dimensional image."
"Yes, master! (?????)??”
The cubic cone-shaped holographic beam transformed in the air, and a blue hexagonal grid plane quickly appeared in front of Lu Zhou.
Lines of different colors connected the hexagons with similar bond energies of the large π bond. Lu Zhou stared at the complicated image for a while, and suddenly, a look of realization appeared on his face.
Xiao Ai noticed the expression on Lu Zhou's face, so he curiously sat on his shoulder and asked.
"Master, did you see anything? (?????)”
"Hmm … I guess so."
Lu Zhou nodded. After thinking for a moment, he continued with a solemn expression.
"If my guess is correct …"
"These double-layered graphene should be circuit boards."
Xiao Ai: "Huh? Isn't this obvious? ▽ ⊙ "
"That's right, but … the key is how did they achieve this special integrated circuit?" Lu Zhou continued after a pause, "The traditional printed circuit method obviously doesn't work. If my guess is correct … They should have worked on the chemical bonds."
This kind of integrated circuit was not the traditional integrated circuit board.
There were no electric lines on its surface that could be seen by the naked eye. Instead, through some special technology, the delocalized large π bond was surgically modified, so that the free electrons on the graphene surface passed through the surface of the hexagon grid in a specific trajectory.
"By modifying the chemical bond, the connection lines formed by the trajectory of the electrons on the macroscopic level are the abstract circuits of the entire circuit board." Although there are no real wires, it achieves the same effect as circuit lines, achieving the connection between electronic components. "
"… It's hard to imagine how they did it."
No matter how thin the circuit lines on the circuit board were, there was a limit.
Ignoring the quantum tunneling effect, the theoretical limit of the integrated circuit density of the PCB board with copper wires was limited by the diameter of the copper atom. The theoretical integration density of the next-generation circuit board with graphene material was also limited by the length of the diagonal of the carbon hexagon.
No matter what, the diameter of the atom was there. No wire could be wider than the diagonal of a single carbon six grid.
However, this technology was beyond the framework of traditional wires.
They used some physical and chemical characteristics of the chemical bond that humans did not understand. On the carbon hexagon plane, they drew a high-speed channel that allowed electrons to pass in a specific direction and angle, but the trajectory could not be captured by the naked eye.
Lu Zhou couldn't figure out how the Calan civilization did such an amazing thing.
It was just like how the Calan civilization couldn't understand how the Observer civilization made the restless hadrons combine into a strange droplet that transcended the concept of molecules and continuously jumped in the universe.
The technological gap between the two sides was like the Pangu reactor on the ground and the stars in the sky. Even though they were both using nuclear fusion, the two were completely different in terms of scale and technical core.
However, if it was just an inspiration, this clue was still quite valuable.
Lu Zhou felt like a door to a new world was opened in his mind.
Before he opened the door, he knew that the wires on the circuit board were all "bright lines" that could be seen.
But now, he realized that integrated circuit technology could be used like this.
"These guys … really know how to play with materials."
Lu Zhou smiled and turned off the scanner.
He was quite satisfied with today's harvest. It could even be described as a bountiful harvest.
After quietly waiting for the gamma value in the lead-shell container to return to normal, Lu Zhou put on protective gloves and carefully took the orange-yellow sphere out of the lead shell.
Lu Zhou put the slaughter core back into his pocket. Just as he backed up the experimental data and finished cleaning the original, Xiao Ai, who was floating next to him, suddenly spoke.
"Master, someone seems to be looking for you outside! (?????)??”
"Looking for me?"
Lu Zhou frowned slightly. He glanced sideways at Xiao Ai's virtual avatar and asked.
"Who is it?"
"There are a lot of people at the door … Xiao Ai doesn't know who it is, so I'll show you. (?????)”
After that, a holographic window popped up on the azure holographic panel.
Lu Zhou looked at the group of people standing in the window and paused for a second.
He could understand why Principal Cai Mingrui and the dean of the Academy of Art were here, and he could understand why the researchers from the Institute of Computational Materials were here.
But the chairman of the Pan-Asian Cooperation …
What is going on?
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