The door of the laboratory was locked, and there was no movement inside for a long time. No one knew what was going on inside.
For any experiment involving chemistry, no matter how perfect the protection measures were, it couldn't stop the experimenter from digging his own grave. What if he used it?
Just when the group of people began to anxiously discuss whether to break in, the closed door finally opened.
Looking at the faces standing at the door, Lu Zhou calmed down and was about to ask what was going on. Chairman Li Guangya squeezed a step forward and spoke first.
"Academician Lu, are you finally done?"
When he said this, there was a temporary smile on his face.
Although he felt that this guy was a bit strange, Lu Zhou still nodded and spoke concisely.
"Well, sort of."
Li Guangya continued with a smile, "You started to do experiments as soon as you returned to Jin Ling University. Your love for science is really admirable!"
Although it was a compliment, the tone of his voice really made it hard to tell whether this guy was actually praising him or not.
After giving Chairman Li Guangya a strange look, Lu Zhou spoke.
"Chairman Li, you're too kind. I just happened to have something that I care about, and I want to find out."
"How is this a compliment? Your love for science is simply a model for our Pan-Asian scholars! "
With a hearty smile, Chairman Li Guangya glanced at the door behind Lu Zhou. He then asked curiously, "A topic that can make you care so much must be a very interesting proposition? Is it convenient to disclose it? "
This guy …
What is he trying to do?
Speaking of which, should he tell the truth?
Although it is not a particularly sensitive thing, it will probably be very troublesome to explain.
Lu Zhou thought slowly in his heart for a while. Suddenly, he noticed the pairs of eyes full of curiosity next to him.
Some of them were researchers from the Institute of Computational Materials, and some were experts in the field of materials science like Dean Zhou.
Thinking that these juniors were so diligent and eager to learn, Lu Zhou was embarrassed to hide it, so he spoke.
"Actually, it's not something mysterious. After seeing how advanced the experimental equipment of this era is … I tried to prove some of the ideas I had about carbon materials."
"For example, by modifying the chemical bond energy, one or more tunnels that can exist stably on the big π bond and allow free electrons to pass through stably can be formed.
"A tunnel through which free electrons pass steadily?" A PhD student paused and asked, "The large π bond allows free electrons to pass through … What does this tunnel that allows free electrons to pass through mean?"
This was also the question that many of the scholars present wanted to ask.
The large π bond had some of the characteristics of a metal bond and could allow free electrons to pass through … Not to mention the 22nd century today, even 100 years ago, it was something that middle school students knew.
Reading the confused expressions on everyone's faces, Lu Zhou spoke after thinking for a moment.
"Let me give you a simple example … Have you ever played with a puzzle?"
"Puzzle, puzzle? Um … I've played with it when I was a kid. "The PhD student was confused by this question. He said," Is there a problem? "
"Let's say you have a lot of hexagonal puzzles in your hand, and each piece of the puzzle corresponds to a large π bond of a carbon hexagon. Now let's arrange these hexagons into a straight line. Is the diagonal of the hexagon the line … or the minimum width of the wire? "
Isn't this a single-layer graphene nanoribbons?
What's so difficult about this …
Even though he felt like there was a problem with this analogy, he couldn't figure out what the problem was. The PhD student nodded with a muddled look on his face.
"It should be."
Lu Zhou smiled faintly.
"Then you're wrong.
"If I use a knife or something to cut the surface of the puzzle, the straight line will be much smaller than the puzzle itself."
Phd student: "???"
Even though Lu Zhou knew that the kid probably didn't understand, he didn't say much. After all, it would take an entire class to fully explain this theory.
Not to mention, looking at the thoughtful expressions on the faces of Dean Zhou and the other experts, he felt that some people should have understood what he meant.
The inheritance of science itself was a process of casting a wide net. As long as one or two people understood what he said and could make a little bit of progress in this direction, it would be enough.
After ending this topic, Lu Zhou looked at Chairman Li Guangya, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Didn't you go back to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group? Why … are you back? "
In fact, he wanted to say, "Why are you so free", but he remembered that he and Lu Zhou weren't close enough to joke with each other, so he politely held back.
Li Guangya coughed and spoke after hearing Lu Zhou's words.
"I have something to do here … so I came back temporarily. I happened to pass by Jin Ling University, so I wanted to visit you. "
Hearing these words, Lu Zhou couldn't help but roll his eyes in his mind.
Not to mention that the two just met yesterday, how could they coincidentally come to Jin Ling University?
Wasn't this excuse a little too careless?
However, Lu Zhou was too lazy to care about these minor issues. He went straight to the point.
"Let's be direct, what do you want?"
Seeing that Lu Zhou asked this, Li Guangya was embarrassed to continue beating around the bush. He nodded and said in a serious tone.
"I'm very sorry to disturb you for two consecutive days, but I do have a very important matter here that I must discuss with you."
Lu Zhou: "It's not convenient to talk about it here?"
Li Guangya nodded.
Not wanting to waste time, Lu Zhou spoke straightforwardly.
"Okay, let's talk outside."
After that, Lu Zhou expressed his gratitude to Principal Cai and Dean Zhou for lending his laboratory. He then said goodbye to everyone and left with Li Guangya.
Looking at the two people walking away, Cai Mingrui secretly pulled Dean Zhou and asked curiously.
"What did Academician Lu mean just now? I don't understand. "
Although he was curious just now, he was too embarrassed to ask. Now he finally had the time to ask an expert's opinion.
Hearing Principal Cai's words, Executive Zhou finally came back to his senses from the daze.
After a wry smile, he spoke.
"Actually … I don't know much either."
"Why don't you tell me!"
Principal Cai was a material science layman. Principal Zhou sighed and tried to explain in a way that ordinary people could understand.
"Simply put, we used silicon plates, graphene to make chips, and printed integrated circuits. We used visible materials to do engraving work on a visible plate."
Speaking of this, Executive Zhou paused for a moment. After considering the wording, he continued.
"And Professor Lu just provided us with a … new way of thinking."
"Instead of printing integrated circuits with visible materials, we can perform surgery on invisible chemical bonds to form an abstract circuit that only exists in logic.
"For this abstract circuit, the wire is the macroscopic trajectory of free electrons moving on the surface of the material. If this trajectory can be maintained stably, or in the sense of probability, it can be narrowed into a finite width electron band … Then it is undoubtedly a circuit.
"If this technology can really be achieved, we can even directly engrave the circuit we need on the surface of graphene. Not only will the difficulty of printing integrated circuits be greatly reduced, but the integration of circuits will also increase geometrically!"
Cai Mingrui looked at Executive Zhou in a daze and said with a moved expression, "… Is it so exaggerated?"
Although he didn't understand materials science, he still understood the current predicament of the development of the electronics industry.
After a century of development, the space that could be exploited for carbon-based chips was very narrow. However, they couldn't find a more suitable substitute for carbon materials.
After all, this was something that was restricted on the periodic table …
Dean Zhou looked at the shocked expression on Principal Cai's face and said, "It's just a conjecture about the technical route. Don't take it too seriously. I don't think it can be realized without a hundred and eighty years of repeated demonstrations and attempts … After all, this concept is too advanced.
"But to be able to propose such a concept …
"I can only say that Academician Lu is indeed worthy."
If the research on the chip was compared to a pile of building blocks, then the focus of their research over the past decades or even centuries was on how to cut the building blocks as small as possible, or how to use the fewest and lightest building blocks as possible to complete the tall and narrow building of modern technology.
However, that man's approach was different. It was like when others were figuring out how to stack building blocks, he took an engraving knife and directly carved a building on the building blocks.
There was no doubt that this was a building.
And it was definitely the kind that no one had seen before.
Regardless of whether this research could produce results or not, it was indisputable that it opened a new door for the future development of the electronics industry in the 22nd century …
Thinking of this, Dean Zhou couldn't help but have the word "convinced" written on his face.
In the past, he often heard people say and often read that the man was already standing at the peak of human intelligence, but he didn't take it seriously in the past.
After all, no matter what, history was history. The dead couldn't be resurrected. Even if they were resurrected, they would just be antiques left behind by history, which wouldn't be of any benefit to the future.
However, on this very day, he could be considered to have completely experienced how terrifying that energy was ….
(One year old in the sound of firecrackers, I wish everyone a happy Year of the Rat! Be healthy! Yesterday was Chinese New Year's Eve, it was still a bit inconvenient to write. Today's update is a bit late, sorry for making everyone wait ~)
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