Even though Sarrot was furious that his laboratory was poached, it was just a small incident for Lu Zhou.
After comforting Professor Sarrot, Lu Zhou returned to the organic symposium and continued to focus on his own matters.
In fact, if Professor Stanley really developed this technology based on the molecular model, Lu Zhou might even give him a little red flower to thank him for completing the system mission for him.
After all, the system mission did not specify any patent rights. If it was just to develop this technology according to the mission requirements, it should be the same no matter who developed it.
What kind of spirit of internationalism was paying out of one's own pocket, contributing money and effort to help others complete quests to level up?
Lu Zhou didn't know.
He just hoped that good people would be rewarded.
Also, he hoped that Professor Stanley wouldn't take the "final exam" answers and copy them onto the "mid-term exam" …
After another half a week, the organic symposium finally came to an end.
Lu Zhou didn't change his original itinerary. He flew back to the East Coast.
When Lu Zhou arrived in Philadelphia, he went to the Star Sky Technology North America office and met with the manager, White Sheridan.
Lu Zhou placed a copy of the relevant contract in White's hand and briefly told him about the lawsuit. He told him to hire the most professional team of lawyers and prepare for a protracted battle.
If there was no accident, Mobil Chemical would definitely intervene, and they would definitely use delaying tactics to keep wasting time with him.
However, Lu Zhou didn't care.
He could still afford to pay for the court fees and lawyer fees …
…
After the Adams Chemistry Prize award ceremony, Lu Zhou put his energy back into research.
Sarrot's laboratory continued to tackle the technical problems of caged molecules, and it was difficult to progress on this path.
The Jinling Institute of Computational Materials continued to study the method of stable preparation of the HCS-1 material. They also improved the HCS-1 material until it could meet the requirements of the industry.
As for Lu Zhou, with the assistance of experiments, he improved the mathematical model of the lithium-sulfur battery cathode material and the theory of computational materials science.
All of the work was carried out step by step.
The day before the end of spring break, Connie returned to the Frick laboratory in Princeton and began the next step of the experiment with Lu Zhou.
Connie put on an anti-static white coat and was preparing for the upcoming experiment. He suddenly remembered something and spoke.
"Professor Chirik said I can graduate soon."
After hearing this news, Lu Zhou, who was checking the experimental equipment, gently raised the test tube in his hand and made a toast gesture.
"Congratulations."
Of course, this was just a toast.
The liquid in the test tube was an organic electrolyte solution, so he obviously couldn't drink it.
"Thank you for your thesis." Connie looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Thanks for your help, I was able to graduate."
"You're welcome." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "This is an honor you deserve."
In the Science paper on the HCS-1 material, the corresponding author and first author were obviously Lu Zhou, the boss of the company.
As for the second, third, fourth, and fifth authors, they were ranked according to their contributions. It wasn't just Sarrot and a few other researchers at the research institute who contributed, but Connie, who was Lu Zhou's assistant, also contributed.
With the weight of the two Science theses and Connie's own accumulation, he would be able to receive his PhD by the middle of the year.
Lu Zhou asked, "Do you have any plans for the future?"
"I originally planned to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for two years after I graduated, then consider becoming a formal researcher." Connie looked at Lu Zhou and shrugged. He then said, "But now, I suddenly feel like staying in Princeton is a good idea."
Lu Zhou looked at him and said, "Have you thought about it? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a paradise for engineering majors. You might have a better future there. "
Princeton was a theoretical university, and the status of the chemistry major here was at most in the middle of the "disciplinary chain".
For a PhD in nanomaterials, doing a postdoc here was definitely not as helpful as doing a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Connie nodded in a serious manner and said sincerely, "I've already thought about it. Compared to where I do the experiment, who I do the experiment with is more important. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I'm glad you think this way. If you don't mind, I welcome you to join my research team! "
Connie's face was full of joy. He didn't even ask about the salary. He immediately said, "Of course I don't mind. Actually, thank you so much!"
A postdoc was not a degree. It referred to some scholars who had recently obtained a PhD. Before they became a formal researcher, they received subsidies from the relevant departments to conduct research in a postdoc station.
Normally speaking, a postdoc also had a mentor.
However, this mentor was different from a normal PhD supervisor. The latter had a master-apprentice relationship, while the former had a cooperative relationship. Therefore, they were also called collaborating mentors.
Especially in foreign countries, other than the postdocs funded by the Humboldt, Marie Curie, JSPS, and Newton Foundation, the relationship between a collaborating mentor and a postdoc could be simply analogous to an employer-employee relationship.
In terms of professional knowledge, Connie's level was quite good. Most importantly, he was easy to use.
Even though this guy looked a bit big and didn't look like a researcher, Lu Zhou didn't particularly care about these details. His only requirement for his assistants was that they could help him with his work.
Also, with this guy's physique, he might even be able to work as a bodyguard …
After all, the MRS conference was not a peaceful place.
After the experiment was done, Lu Zhou gave Connie the task of organizing the equipment. He then entered the data into the computer.
Suddenly, a pop-up from Xiao Ai flashed in the lower right corner of the computer.
[Master! There is a video call ~ ∠ (? ] ∠) _]
Lu Zhou glanced at the pop-up window and said, "I got it, open it for me."
[Got it! (?????)??】
Lu Zhou: "…"
After more than a year of self-upgrading, Xiao Ai could now accurately recognize his voice through the built-in microphone on the laptop. It could even determine whether his emotions were stable from his voice.
This was undoubtedly a great improvement for Xiao Ai, who only knew how to hoard memes like a hamster.
However, Lu Zhou always felt like this guy's skill points were all spent on self-indulgence …
Soon after, the video call was connected. Lu Zhou looked at Yang Xu on the screen and spoke.
"What?"
"Of course it's something good!" Yang Xu had a happy smile on his face. His tone was full of excitement as he said, "The idea of using glucose as a precursor to synthesize the HCS-1 material is working! Our experiment has achieved initial success! "
When Lu Zhou heard this, he had a smile on his face.
The stable synthesis of the HCS-1 material was the first step toward the HCS-2 material. Only by solving this problem could they obtain more HCS-1 samples. At the same time, analyzing the synthesis mechanism and the reason why it could inhibit the diffusion of polysulfide compounds was one of the important ways to collect experimental data.
Based on this data, Lu Zhou could further improve his theory.
"This is good news, remember to send the experimental data to my email."
Yang Xu smiled and nodded. "Of course, I already asked Qian Zhongming to do it. You'll see the relevant experimental report soon!"
The main reason he made this call was to report this to Lu Zhou.
However, just as he was about to hang up the phone, Yang Xu suddenly remembered something that happened recently, so he said, "That's right.
"Oh yeah, one more thing."
Lu Zhou: "Just say it."
Yang Xu hesitated for a second before speaking.
"Here's the thing, there's a researcher who recently joined us …"
Lu Zhou paused for a second before he smiled and said, "Do you need to report this kind of small thing to me? You can check his professional level yourself. "
Yang Xu looked a little helpless.
"The problem isn't his professional ability. I've checked his professional ability, and it's pretty good. It's even better than a normal master's student or PhD. Especially when it comes to writing theses and project reports, he has a lot of experience. "
Lu Zhou had a strange look on his face as he asked, "Is his salary too high?"
"Not really." Yang Xu coughed and said, "It's just that his identity is a bit special …"
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