Lu Zhou explained his thoughts from beginning to end and developed a framework for the entire research project.
This framework included the problems that needed to be considered, the ideas to solve this problem, and most importantly, how to extend the "Group Structure Method" to this problem.
After all, this was his most powerful weapon.
Immediately afterward, Lu Zhou assigned everyone's work.
Hadi was more active and was responsible for collecting literature and coming up with ideas.
Qin Yue was good at calculations, so he should be a good partner.
As for Vera, her style was similar to Lu Zhou's. She was the type that was good at independent thinking. Forcing a talent like her into a research environment would affect her normal performance. Professor Deligné had similar considerations, so he let Lu Zhou choose whether or not to join his "standard conjectures" research project.
After some consideration, Lu Zhou finally decided to put her in Group B, and she would work on the research project with Hadi and Qin Yue in Group A.
Which was to independently research different problems involved in the thesis. They would have two seminars a week to exchange ideas, and there would be an internal report every month.
This model was very common in some large research teams. This was because some nutty bosses often had a lot of students. Putting a dozen students in a team would affect the efficiency of the research.
Lu Zhou learned this from other professors at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
While Lu Zhou was assigning everyone's tasks, he suddenly heard a knock on the office door.
Lu Zhou was about to open the door when Hadi stood up and walked toward the door.
The office door opened, and Professor Chirik appeared at the door.
The tall Professor Chirik walked through the door. He walked past the Brazilian guy and excitedly walked toward Lu Zhou.
"You were the one who published that paper? The one in Nature? No, I mean, is that Lu Zhou really the same person as you? "
Because he was too excited, his voice was somewhat incoherent. When he said Lu Zhou's name, he even mispronounced it.
Worried that this guy would suddenly give him a hug, Lu Zhou took half a step back and looked him up and down. "Yes, is there a problem?"
Is there another Professor Lu in Princeton?
Professor Chirik did not hug him excitedly. He took a deep breath and calmed down.
Then, he sighed in an incredulous tone.
"God … You're a genius!"
This flattery caught him off guard.
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly. He coughed and said, "I'm not God …"
Professor Chirik, who was already out of breath, almost choked when he heard Lu Zhou's words.
He coughed violently twice and said, "That's a mood particle. I'm not saying that you're God, please don't misunderstand … Speaking of which, how did you do it? A product of computational materials science? Or can you estimate a range? "
What Professor Chirik was most curious about was not how the modified PDMS film had such a magical effect, but how Professor Lu Zhou discovered this product.
Although computational materials science had made good progress in the field of organic synthesis, a major research result like this was unheard of. The mainstream approach was to constantly repeat experiments and analyze the various properties of the material. Then, they would do experiments again and again, and finally, they would run in a suitable result.
He was not the only one. Many people were also interested in this question.
Lu Zhou knew what he was curious about, so he was not too surprised.
In fact, when he was researching computational materials science, he did sum up some useful techniques when building mathematical models.
Even though this negative electrode material was scanned by him with a scanner gun …
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and spoke.
"I can't explain it clearly right now, I'm arranging work for my students. MRS has already sent me an invitation. I will report the details at the report venue. If you're interested, don't miss my report. "
"MRS? Don't worry, of course I won't miss it! Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm so busy, I would even want to study under you, "said Professor Chirik jokingly.
Lu Zhou obviously did not take his words seriously. He smiled and said, "If you're interested in number theory, I don't mind accepting a professor as a PhD student. As for computational materials science, that course is still in the planning stage. To be honest, even I haven't thought about how this course should be carried out. "
"Regardless, Princeton 'accidentally' gave birth to another billionaire," said Professor Chirik as he patted Lu Zhou's arm and said, "I know you mathematics professors aren't interested in money, but you have to buy me a drink. Don't forget, I'm the one who lent you the lab! "
Being a billionaire was a bit exaggerated, but being a multi-millionaire was not difficult.
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded, "Of course."
Professor Chirik left. Just like how he had come, he left with big strides.
The three students in the office stared at their boss in a daze, staring at his back.
When Lu Zhou turned around, he noticed that the three of them were looking at him. He paused for a second and waved his hand.
"Why are you guys looking at me? Go do whatever you're doing."
Qin Yue and Hadi looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Although they did not understand what their boss and the professor were talking about, they could still understand the billionaire.
I feel like …
I'm working for an incredible boss.
…
On the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
Jin Ling University, carbon nanomaterials laboratory. The experiment had entered the second half.
Under Professor Lee Yong-eun's instructions, Qian Zhongming placed the battery sample on the electron microscope and connected it to the BK-6808 battery tester.
As the sample images continued to be collected, Professor Lee Yong-eun's expression became more and more serious.
He did not know how long had passed.
He stared at the computer screen and suddenly smiled.
"Amazing …"
Professor Li Rongen smiled and shook his head. He took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose. Although he only said two words, he couldn't stop feeling emotional.
If this was a normal lithium battery, no matter how tough the film was, the charging reaction would start to produce dead lithium due to the tip nucleation effect.
However, this humble modified PDMS material only required a few simple processes, such as hydrofluoric acid treatment of polydimethylsiloxane, and the final spin coating method to obtain a lithium anode material that could inhibit the growth of lithium dendrites.
This reminded him of the ABX3 crystalline perovskite photovoltaic material that was ranked as one of the world's top ten scientific breakthroughs in 2013. This suddenly pushed the concept of solar energy to a new level.
At that time, many people were shocked because the preparation of this material was too simple. All they had to do was mix two kinds of salt, stir it, spin it, dry it, and it was done.
This kind of PDMS material also had the same effect.
The production process itself was not complicated, and the raw materials needed were not very expensive.
This was what the industry really needed.
Liu Bo, who was standing next to Qian Zhongming, could not help but speak emotionally.
"This guy is a genius …"
"Yeah," said Qian Zhongming as he adjusted his glasses and nodded. "He's a genius."
Qian Zhongming thought about how he taught Lu Zhou how to operate this equipment. He could not help but feel emotional.
Is computational materials science really that magical?
Maybe the next time I see him, I'll have to ask him some mathematics questions.
Professor Li Rongen stared at the images captured by the electron microscope and thought for a long time. He suddenly spoke.
He then suddenly spoke, "I plan on going to America for this year's MRS Conference. Who wants to go with me?"
Without any hesitation, Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo raised their hands.
It was obvious that none of them wanted to miss this conference.
Professor Lee knew this would happen, so he smiled and shook his head.
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