Chapter 247

At this, Li Li Xueying was also very happy; she had gained a capable assistant.

In fact, Lin Yi was well aware of Li Li Xueying's ambitions.

But he did not dislike this clever woman.

After all, this brought him no harm.

As for that position, Lin Yi did not mind giving it to her at all.

After all, the versatile Li Li Xueying was simply more suited for that role.

Of course, deep down in his heart, Lin Yi loved Han Han Han Yajing more.

This was an indisputable fact.

Therefore, regarding the two of them, Lin Yi estimated he would try his best to treat them equally in the future.

(PS: For this new book, I beg for flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)

After arriving at the company, Lin Yi first went to his office, then headed to the Fengyi Technology laboratory.

At this point, the Fengyi Technology laboratory was no longer the sparse operation it had once been with just a handful of people.

The entire laboratory could now be said to have taken on an initial scale.

It boasted a research team of nearly two hundred members.

These were divided into the Battery Project Group, the Carbon Fiber Project Group, and the Biological Nanomaterials Project Group.

The Battery Project Group was led by Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin and Dr. Wen Xiang, focusing on research into new types of batteries.

Meanwhile, the Carbon Fiber Project Group and the Biological Nanomaterials Project Group were led by Dr. Wen Xia.

When Lin Yi arrived at the laboratory, he saw that Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin, Dr. Wen Xiang, and the researchers had already arrived.

They were all staring intently at something that looked like a piece of fabric.

Various testing instruments stood nearby.

Regarding Lin Yi's arrival, they had not noticed it in the slightest.

"Excellent, the charge and discharge rates have met the requirements!" Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin said.

"Director, this means we have succeeded!" a research team member exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, the next step is fine-tuning; I believe that in the near future, this will become another flagship product for the company!" Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin said with a smile.

"That's wonderful...!" the young researchers said, extremely happy.

Just then, a voice came over: "What is this?"

Hearing this, everyone turned around and only then saw that it was Lin Yi.

"Boss, how did you come here?" Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin asked in surprise.

"What, can't I come to see the company's laboratory?" Lin Yi asked with a laugh.

"Of course, that's not what I meant; it's just that you are very busy, Boss!" said Zhao Zhao Xuebin, wearing glasses.

"No matter how busy I am, I must come to see what black technology you have developed for me; what is this piece of fabric?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Thus, Zhao Zhao Xuebin explained: "This is a new battery fabric we have researched."

"Battery fabric?" Lin Yi thought to himself; this didn't seem to be a technology from the system lottery.

"So-called battery fabric, simply put, involves integrating battery performance into traditional fabrics; in the future, it can achieve smart interconnectivity, temperature regulation, monitoring of human health, and so on..." Zhao Zhao Xuebin explained, and upon saying this, he introduced to Lin Yi: "This is Wang Xiao, who graduated last year from MIT with a major in Applied Materials; he is now a Level-One Researcher in our company laboratory and was both the proposer and person in charge of this project..."

Lin Yi immediately looked at the researcher standing beside Dr. Zhao.

The latter shouted excitedly: "Lin Zong!"

"Mm, so you are the proposer of this project; tell me, how did you come up with the idea for this project?" Lin Yi asked.

"Lin Zong, given our company's research in battery technology, I recalled that in 1996, scholars at the Georgia Institute of Technology pioneered research and application of smart interactive textiles in the military field, creating a new type of smart clothing by embedding optical fiber and conductive fiber technologies into products."

"That smart clothing utilized optoelectronic textile products provided by Wearable Motherboard®, capable of collecting the wearer's physiological data, transmitting sensor data to a gateway, and using integrated monitoring software to summarize the data, generate health recommendations, and send them to the user."

"This platform constituted a multifunctional framework integrating sensing, monitoring, and information processing equipment, applicable to biomedical monitoring and the smart wearable field."

"Later, Google partnered with the American clothing brand Levi's to develop a pair of jeans during their research into smart interactive fabrics, capable of compatible operation with smartphones, MP3 players, iPods, and other products."

"Through touch control on the fabric by the user, this product could directly control multimedia devices, such as switching songs, pausing/playing, and volume control; this product supported the vast majority of iPod products on the market."

Wang Xiao continued speaking: "In recent years, smart interactive textiles have become a major hot technology in the global textile industry; with the development of new material performance, this technology has gradually found application."

"However, domestically, due to issues such as the cost of new materials and the immaturity of related supporting technologies, there has been less research into the introduction and application of this technology."

"Therefore, after coming to Fengyi Technology and witnessing its research in nanotechnology and battery technology, the idea of developing a wearable electronic textile was born in my mind!"

"Very imaginative!" Lin Yi praised, then looking at Wang Xiao, he said: "So this material is considered a success!"

"We have developed this rechargeable calcium-lithium battery fabric, capable of charging and discharging at room temperature and maintaining stable cycling for 700 cycles."

"This battery mainly consists of three parts: a metallic calcium anode, a carbon nanotube fiber polymer lithium-ion cathode, and an organic electrolyte."

"Its design boasts excellent performance and low cost, while also accounting for environmental sustainability and the application requirements of flexible electronic devices," Wang Xiao said excitedly.

"Mm, you are the proposer of this project; tell me, how did you come up with the idea for it?"

Lin Yi asked.

"Mr. Lin, given our company's research in battery technology,

I recalled that in 1996, scholars at the Georgia Institute of Technology pioneered research and applications of smart interactive textiles in the military field, creating a new type of smart clothing by embedding optical fiber and conductive fiber technologies into products.

This smart clothing utilized optoelectronic textile products provided by WearableMotherboard, capable of collecting the wearer's physiological data, transmitting sensor data to a gateway, and using integrated monitoring software to summarize the data into health recommendations sent to the user.

This platform constitutes a multifunctional framework integrating sensing, monitoring, and information processing, applicable to biomedical monitoring and the smart wearable sector.

Later, Google partnered with the American clothing brand Levi's to develop a pair of jeans compatible with smartphones, MP3 players, iPods, and other devices through their research into smart interactive fabrics.

By touching the fabric, users can directly control multimedia devices, such as switching tracks, pausing/playing, or adjusting volume; this product supports the vast majority of iPod models on the market."

Wang Xiao continued speaking:

"In recent years, smart interactive textiles have become a major hotspot in the global textile industry, with the technology gradually finding application as the performance of new materials advances.

However, domestically, research into introducing and applying this technology remains limited due to issues like the high cost of new materials and the immaturity of related supporting technologies.

Therefore, after coming to Fengyi Technology and witnessing its research in nanotechnology and battery technology,

the idea of developing a wearable electronic textile was born!"

"Very insightful!" Lin Yi praised, then looking at Wang Xiao, he said:

"This material can be considered a success!"

"We have developed this rechargeable calcium-lithium battery fabric,

which can charge and discharge at room temperature and maintain stable cycling for 700 cycles.

The battery consists primarily of three components: a metallic calcium anode, a carbon nanotube fiber polymer lithium-ion cathode, and an organic electrolyte.

Its design boasts excellent performance and low cost,

while also addressing environmental sustainability and meeting the application requirements for flexible electronic devices."

Wang Xiao said excitedly.

"Can it be mass-produced?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Instantly, Wang Xiao fell silent.

At this moment, Dr. Zhao spoke:

"Lin Zong, speaking of mass production, there is actually no issue, but the problem lies in the craftsmanship... this requires advanced lithography and etching equipment..."

"Uh, this material also requires lithography and etching?"

Lin Yi was stunned.

After all, having majored in mechanical automation, he knew that such equipment was generally used for chips.

"This material requires using lithography to obtain single-layer MXene nanosheets from carbon nanotube fiber polymer lithium ions, coating them on the surface of fibers modified with polydopamine to construct a complete MXene conductive network,

As for MXene, it is a new class of two-dimensional materials with a graphene-like structure, composed of transition metal carbides, nitrides, or carbonitrides. Its general chemical formula is Mn+1XnTx; MXene materials were first prepared in 2011 by researchers at Drexel University through hydrofluoric acid selective etching of the Al layer in the ternary layered carbide Ti3AlC2...."

Dr. Zhao rattled off a huge amount of information in one breath, but for Lin Yi, who knew nothing about materials science, it was truly incomprehensible.

"In other words, you need lithography machines and etching machines, right!"

"Yes, and ideally, you would also need workers familiar with operating them?" Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin said.

"I cannot solve the issue of workers; let the Human Resources Force headhunt people with high salaries. As for the machines, I will solve that for you!"

Lin Yi said.

"Boss, we need at least a deep ultraviolet lithography machine... this is a product under embargo by the Dutch ASML Company!"

Dr. Zhao said.

He understood that compared to etching machines, which Long Country had basically already mass-produced, lithography machines were the real trouble.

"You will know when the time comes..."