When he received a call from Professor Lee Yong-eun, Lu Zhou was eating noodles in the cafeteria. He was still thinking about the theoretical calculation of graphene semi-electron mobility that he had just read from the "Materials Science and Engineering" journal.
"Ahem, Lu Zhou."
"What?"
"Your paper can be published."
"Oh."
"I mean, our research project has officially submitted the final report and sent it to the higher-ups for closure!"
"…?!"
When Lu Zhou finally came back to his senses, he suddenly stood up from his chair, scaring the couple sitting at the next table.
Lu Zhou took a deep breath and changed his hand to hold the phone. He asked in an excited and trembling tone, "We … did it!?"
Professor Lee Yong-eun laughed and repeated in an affirmative tone, "Yes! You heard me! We did it! "
When Lu Zhou regained his senses, he quickly asked, "What's the ratio?"
Your guess is completely correct! The optimal ratio of CNTs material and Portland cement is indeed between 0.4 and 0.5, not more than 1wt%. We made a mistake caused by empiricism and inertia, which could have been avoided, "said Professor Lee Yong-eun emotionally.
"Professor Lee, can you send me the paper about the ratio of the CNTs material?" asked Lu Zhou.
"Of course, I've already sent it to your email," said Professor Lee Yong-eun with a smile.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou used a minute to finish the noodles in his bowl and quickly rushed to the library.
He sat down in his seat, turned on his computer, and logged into his email. After Lu Zhou downloaded the PDF paper, he quickly opened it and found the line about the ratio.
"… When the content of CNTs material is 0.5 wt%, the compressive strength and tensile strength of Portland cement increase by 47.1% and 34.2%, respectively."
At this point, after the last technical difficulty was overcome, the entire research project could finally be regarded as successfully completed.
Not only was it about the ratio of CNTs materials and cement-based materials, but it was also about the surface functional modification of CNTs materials, and even the design of the production process. These were all included in this major topic, but Lu Zhou did not participate in these parts.
With the completion of the entire scientific research project, the research team led by Professor Lee Yong-eun could produce at least five theses and two technical patents.
If Lu Zhou remembered correctly, in addition to the support from the Ministry of Engineering and Materials Science and the Provincial Science and Technology Department, the listed company Zhongshan New Materials also invested in this project.
When the time came, Professor Lee would probably split the research project into two parts and submit two final reports. One would be a vertical project conclusion, and the other would be a horizontal project conclusion.
In addition to the published thesis, the two patents should belong to Zhongshan New Materials.
After that, the work would be to submit the final materials, receive the scientific research funding statement, reimburse the project research balance, and wait for the feedback from the project management department after the review …
However, Lu Zhou did not need to worry about these tedious and complicated things. There were specialized people in the laboratory responsible for this.
Lu Zhou leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh of relief.
This topic that had been haunting him had finally come to an end at this moment.
As he sighed with emotion, he felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.
It was like a big stone in his heart had been removed, and the original place was empty.
Lu Zhou looked at the thesis again and found that his name was listed as the second author.
Obviously, his contribution to this thesis was recognized by the entire project team. Even though he had never met the researchers working in the old campus laboratory, he still received a high evaluation from them.
Lu Zhou clenched his fists and released them. He suddenly shook his head and looked at the computer screen.
"My battle is not over yet … There is still one more SCI thesis!"
It was the last step to wrap things up!
He opened the Word document and his fingers danced as he typed out a line of text.
[Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis and Mathematical Solution of the Effect of Carbon Nanotube Materials on the Hydration Reaction of Portland Cement in the Early Age]
[Abstract: The hydration process of Portland cement and its carbon nanotube modified samples in the early age was characterized by the FTIR method. Through mathematical methods such as functional analysis, a mathematical model was established for analysis and the conclusion was drawn: When the CNTs material was mixed with Portland cement, it did not affect the hydration reaction in the early age.]
[Text: …]
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It took Lu Zhou a whole day to sort out the thesis according to the first draft he made before he took it to the laboratory.
When he stepped through the door of the laboratory, Qian Zhongming seemed to have gone crazy. He grabbed Lu Zhou's arm and shouted excitedly.
"We did it! Lu Zhou, we did it! "
"Okay, okay, I know, I know!"
It took a lot of effort for Lu Zhou to finally get rid of the crazy Qian Zhongming. Seeing Senior Brother Liu walking over with his arms wide open with a grin on his face, he quickly dodged to the side and escaped the calamity.
Professor Lee Yong-eun stood on the side with a smile and looked at the group of young people.
He waited for the excitement to pass before he spoke with a smile.
"The thesis is done?"
"It's done."
Lu Zhou took out the USB flash drive as he spoke, but Professor Li pushed it back with a smile.
"You don't have to show it to me. I've already read the first draft you gave me. There's no big problem. This part of the research is your own result. You can publish it yourself."
"How can I do that, the data is —"
Professor Li smiled and said, "In that case, you can write the names of Senior Brother Qian and Senior Brother Liu as the second and third authors. They were the ones who collected the Fourier infrared spectroscopy data. You can also add my name to the fourth author list, although it doesn't matter to me whether I add my name or not. Compared to SCI, I want you to apply to be my graduate student. "
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and did not answer.
This was really hard to answer.
It was not that he had any opinions on Professor Lee, but he did not know which direction he should focus on in the future.
Professor Li smiled and didn't say anything. After pausing for a moment, he changed the topic and said, "Computational materials science is an emerging interdisciplinary discipline. The general materials journal is not good at reviewing manuscripts. My suggestion is that you can choose to submit to the foreign [Computational Materials Science] journal. Although the impact factor I saw last time was only 2.2, the impact of a journal can't be measured by the impact factor alone.
"As for the authorship of the thesis, I'll still say the same thing. You can just sign your own name for your results. You don't have to worry too much about me. My project team managed to produce five theses last year. Do you think you'll be missing one?"
Professor Lee was not bragging. His team had sufficient funding and a strong scientific research force. On average, they produced more than ten SCI theses a year. Many of them were in the first region, which was more than enough to pass the assessment. They did not need his thesis at all.
At the very least, he had never heard of a teacher and a student falling out over a piece of work before.
As for the second and third authors …
Because the academic environment in China was different from abroad, they only looked at the first author. They rarely looked at the corresponding author. The second and third authors might be useful for PhD students, but it did not mean anything to Lu Zhou. It did not matter if his name was added or not.
In contrast, he valued more practical results.
For example, patents.
Lu Zhou wanted to say something, but he was stopped by Professor Lee.
"Okay, let's not talk about academics today. I've booked a few tables at the Purple Mountain Hotel. I'll drive you guys there. We've been busy for a whole year. Let's all drink today. After today, get the f * ck out of here. I'll reimburse you, so don't be polite with me! "
Liu Bo, "Professor Lee! Professor Lee! "
Senior Brother Qian, who rarely spoke, also shouted "666" excitedly, unlike his usual self.
Lu Zhou also had a smile on his face, but soon, his expression changed.
Wait a second.
Isn't tonight the Golden Autumn Song Festival?
I think I promised Brother Fei that I would go.
Emm …
Forget it, I'll just stand him up.
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