Institute of Computational Materials.
Hou Jinli, who was standing at the entrance of the laboratory, took a deep breath and walked into the laboratory with a nervous look on his face.
Around ten minutes ago, he was still sorting out samples in the laboratory when someone suddenly came to him and told him that Lu Zhou was waiting for him here.
After hearing this news, he didn't hesitate at all. He put down his work and rushed here.
He looked at Lu Zhou, who was standing in the middle of the laboratory in a white coat. He spoke nervously.
"You're looking for me?"
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke concisely.
"Yeah, I'm looking for you for something."
When Hou Jinli heard this, he became even more nervous.
Professor Lu, who hadn't shown up in the institute for several days, suddenly showed up. The first thing he did after coming back was to ask Lu Zhou to come to the laboratory.
What is going on?
Is there a problem with my research project?
But that's impossible …
He clearly remembered that he repeated the experiment several times and successfully completed it before submitting the report.
Also, there was no need for Professor Lu to come to him personally for this kind of trivial matter.
It was no wonder that he was nervous. Most people wouldn't think that a Nobel Prize laureate would be interested in their research. Hou Jinli had been a scientific researcher for many years, but he had never thought about it.
While Hou Jinli was muttering in his heart, Lu Zhou was also observing him.
Lu Zhou noticed the nervous expression on Lu Zhou's face. He guessed what Lu Zhou was thinking, so he smiled and spoke.
"Relax, don't feel pressured. I'm probably younger than you. Also, I didn't ask you to come here for anything bad. "
Hearing this, Hou Jinli finally heaved a sigh of relief, and his tensed shoulders finally relaxed.
Lu Zhou paused for a second before he spoke.
"I've already read your research report."
When Hou Jinli heard this, he immediately straightened his back and waited for the Nobel Prize laureate to comment.
"The thing you made is very interesting. In addition to being a high-temperature resistant material, its resistance to neutron radiation is also much better than ordinary alloy materials."
Hearing this, Hou Jinli immediately said excitedly, "Really?"
In his experiments, he mainly focused on heat resistance. Of course, he had not done any neutron irradiation experiments, and he did not think about that at all.
Now that he heard that not only did his research result show excellent heat resistance, but it also showed excellent neutron radiation resistance, he was immediately shocked by this unexpected surprise.
Lu Zhou nodded.
"There are some flaws, but there is a lot of room for improvement."
"Also, the good news ends here. The news I'm going to tell you next might not be good for you."
"According to my discussion with several experts from the nuclear industry, I think this technology has the potential to be used in fusion reactors. Therefore, the institute will approve your conclusion, but you may not be able to publish your thesis. "
Hearing this, Hou Jinli sighed in his heart.
In fact, when he heard that his material had the potential to resist neutron radiation, he had more or less guessed what Lu Zhou was going to say.
Research results completed in the research institute belonged to the research institute. These were all stipulated in the contract, and it was also industry practice. There was nothing controversial about this. As for what belonged to the researcher, it was usually the thesis itself and the possible prize money.
Considering the patent, other related research projects, and the overall interests of the research institute, the researcher could not immediately publish the thesis after completing the research project. They had to first report the situation, and then the person in charge of the research institute would decide whether or not to approve the publication of the thesis.
Most of the time, as long as the researcher wasn't being bullied, this process was just going through the motions. After all, a thesis was the life of a scholar. Whether it was a professional title or anything else, they had to rely on it. How many people worked for an entire year just for this?
However, there were some special cases where the thesis would not be published.
For example, if the institute was conducting a major scientific research project, and the research results in the thesis happened to be helpful to the entire project, or it could simply be an in-progress result.
In order to avoid providing help to competitors, in order to complete the "bigger research results" before their competitors, these kinds of theses would usually be suppressed, or at least delayed.
Normally, when this happened, the research institute would compensate the author of the thesis.
The more common method was to compensate for the research funding, or to give more bonuses. There were also some extremely powerful bosses who simply compensated the authors with two chapters per region and one author. These methods all existed.
Of course, there were also those who went overboard, especially when they encountered department leaders who were more bureaucratic.
Doing experiments for you is already giving you face. Snatching a lead author from you without any discussion. It's fine if you keep your thesis under wraps, but if you publish it without permission, you'll have to bear the consequences. They can even blame you for delaying your career. If he dared to talk back, not only would he not be able to publish his thesis in the future, he wouldn't even be able to get on the wall of an academic conference.
And these phenomena all existed.
Of course, Lu Zhou was obviously not that kind of person. Hou Jinli didn't think that Lu Zhou, who treated Nature and Science as his own journals, would be interested in his thesis.
Therefore, he only sighed in his heart a few times before he immediately said.
"It's okay, I'm willing to follow the arrangements of the station!"
Looking at Hou Jinli, Lu Zhou nodded. "It's good that you understand. Although I'm sorry about this thesis, the institute will compensate you for your losses. Whether it's in terms of material or honor, I believe you will be satisfied. "
When Hou Jinli heard this, he suddenly looked at Lu Zhou gratefully.
As for what the compensation was, he didn't ask.
He believed that since he made a promise, Lu Zhou would definitely not mistreat him.
Otherwise, there was no need to make a promise at all.
Forget about the compensation for the time being, it would be arranged later. Lu Zhou didn't come here today to persuade him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have even put on an anti-static white coat.
Seeing that Hou Jinli understood what he said, Lu Zhou ended this topic and began to talk business.
"I asked you to come here today mainly to ask about the ceramic-based graphene composite."
When Hou Jinli heard Lu Zhou ask about his project, he immediately put on a serious expression.
"Go ahead."
Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "About the toughening agent of the ceramic-based graphene composite, which is the porous mesh graphene aerogel, is there a way to change its pore size?"
Hou Jinli frowned and thought for a moment before he replied.
"In theory, it should be possible. When I tried to synthesize that material, I also obtained several varieties with different pore sizes … But theory is theory, I have to try it out."
"Then I'll have to ask you to try it out." Lu Zhou picked up a document from the experiment table and handed it to him. He said, "I have some simulation data here. If possible, I hope you can do this."
When Hou Jinli saw this document, he was slightly moved.
What shocked him wasn't the content of the document. After all, he didn't understand the calculation process at all.
What really shocked him was …
Hou Jinli gulped.
Am I …
Doing experiments with a Nobel Prize winner?
Happiness came so suddenly that he wasn't prepared at all.
Seeing how he didn't say a word for a long time, Lu Zhou asked, "Is there a problem?"
"No, no." Hou Jinli immediately shook his head. He then remembered something and said, "Oh yeah, I might be doing it very slowly. Can I find an assistant? One is enough. "
"One person is definitely not enough, at least ten. Start doing five sets of samples at the same time. The task is very important. I want to see the results within a week. "
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