Wang Bo learned about this material and then asked Qingyang to contact the material design team.

The connection is very simple. They graduated from this school and still kept in touch with the teachers at that time. Some classmates stayed in this school to work.

More than an hour later, Qingyang found him and said, "Boss, please contact me. You go over and talk? I prepared a video with Professor Fan, who is in charge of this team. They were very happy to learn that we were interested in their materials."

Wang Bo nodded and said, "Yes."

The computer video connection was successful, and a middle-aged man with gray hair appeared on the screen.

He obviously heard the introduction to Wang Bo from Qingyang. After introducing himself, he smiled and said, "Mr. Wang Bo is so young and promising. I just searched the Internet and found out that you are the overseas pride of our Chinese nation. It is amazing that you can build such a town."

After hearing what he said, Wang Bo knew that he might not know that he was a graduate of Ocean University of China.

In order to avoid embarrassment, he did not reveal this point and said politely: "I am a common man, but I am just as hard-working as we Chinese. Professor Fan and others are the backbone of the Chinese nation. Your scientific research results are really amazing."

Professor Fan also became polite, but when talking about the super-hydrophobic microporous wire project, he still showed a proud look on his face.

He is a professional academic talent and is not very good at interpersonal communication. He knows this, so when he talks about this material, he goes with the flow and talks:

"The alloy used in this material is mainly brass, which is somewhat regrettable. It would be even more ideal if it could be replaced by alloys or plastics with higher hardness and lower density."

Wang Bo asked: "Then why did you choose copper?"

Professor Fan explained: "The use of copper is mainly because it is easy to deposit binary micro-nanostructure on the copper mesh surface through a simple replacement reaction, and this structure is crucial for superhydrophobicity..."

"According to our experimental data, compared with other ordinary ships that do not use new surface technology, the new material waterproof ship floats more smoothly. Even if the edge of the material is already below the horizontal plane, it can still remain suspended. Moreover, it can also show amazing load capacity, because of the particularity of the binary micro-nanostructure, even if it is physically damaged, the waterproof ship can restore its superhydrophobicity..."

Wang Bo and Na Qingyang were stunned. They couldn't continue this topic. They knew nanomaterials, but they didn't understand the principles and specific situations.

Professor Fan talked a lot, and then he noticed that the two people on the screen were staring at each other, and quickly said, "Sorry, I have this problem. When talking about what I am good at, I will show off."

Wang Bo said: "You are so kind. We actually like to listen to it. It is also good to increase your knowledge."

Soon he regretted why he was so polite. The old professor was a honest man. After hearing his words, he was very happy: "Young people are so eager to learn, but there are very few young people like you. Your attitude is very right. You can learn until you are old. Come on, I will continue to introduce..."

"...Looking at this point, the practical value of this research is relatively low. Its biggest highlight is that it can digest and absorb basic research and conduct meaningful application research. If we can achieve this goal, we will be satisfied." Half an hour later, Professor Fan finally put an end to his popular science activities.

Wang Bo and Na Qingyang applauded, as if they were back to the day of listening to lectures in college.

After the popular science, Wang Bo finally got to the point. His plan was to use this material as a base to build a house floating on the water.

Professor Fan nodded and said, "This is OK. We have done experiments. It is difficult to apply this material to ships, but it can be applied to water machinery and equipment, such as setting up bases for marine environmental monitoring instruments. You can also use it to build houses on the sea. The air film on the surface of this superhydrophobic material can increase air resistance and fluid resistance, and the base of the house can better withstand the impact of sea breeze and waves."

Wang Bo asked: "How much does it cost? Build a 20-square-meter house base, and the weight of the house is about one ton."

Professor Fan said: "The load bearing weight is not large, but due to material reasons, the cost is still a bit high. The coverage of one square meter may cost about 20,000, and twenty square meter is 400,000."

After hearing the offer, Wang Bo hesitated a little. The cost is not just high, it is simply very high. It can build a serious villa in New Zealand for 400,000 yuan.

No wonder this material is not practical in shipbuilding. The base volume of a large cargo ship requires at least a few thousand cubic meters, which is too expensive. It takes hundreds of millions of dollars to build a ship!

Professor Fan obviously realized this problem and said helplessly: "There is no way. Superhydrophobic materials mainly take two aspects: preparation of surface micro-nano structures and processing of low-surface energy substances. The best alloy material is to use gold as the main body, but who can afford it?"

"It is actually a choice to use copper. Copper is easy to oxidize and has insufficient hardness. The ship's shell is almost all steel alloy materials. However, if the surface of these materials needs to be prepared or formed into micro-nano structures, the cost will be greater."

As he said that, he shook his head, obviously feeling pessimistic about the prospects of his research topic.

Qingyang, who had been silent and making records, raised his head and asked, "Professor Fan, are you talking about 400,000 RMB or 400,000 US dollars?"

"Renminbi."

After getting this answer, Wang Bo suddenly felt relieved. The communication between the two was a little misunderstanding. He was used to using New York dollars as a currency unit. If it was RMB, it would be acceptable. If it was RMB, it would be more than 80,000 dollars. This is not expensive to use as a base for a house.

In this way, even if the base body is added, it will only cost more than 100,000 NZD. Building fifty floating huts will cost about 5 million. The investment is a bit large, but he can accept it.

Wang Bo then asked him if he could mass-produce it. If so, his demand here would be tens of millions of yuan.

For a scientific research project, the demand for tens of millions is already large enough. Professor Fan was ecstatic and said: "This is fine. The patent is in the hands of our laboratory, and it can be produced by combining one factory."

Hearing this, Qingyang winked at Wang Bo and whispered: "Buy this patent right, try it."

Wang Bo also thought of this. Although this material is not very practical now, it really contains infinite power.

(To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!