After being a researcher for so long, this was the first time Hou Jinli experienced the joy of being a boss.
Although he was just a small boss who followed a big boss, his big boss was still a Nobel Prize winner. Thinking about it this way, even a small boss was quite impressive.
Hou Jinli was excited, but he didn't slack off at work.
He followed the list given to him by Lu Zhou and searched through the professional database one by one. The number of SCI citations, number of citations, academic background, and other information were clear at a glance.
Those that had done ceramic-based composite materials and graphene materials were prioritized. Those that had a large number of papers were prioritized.
There was also Yu Junda, who was working on this project with him. He obviously didn't forget about him.
Considering that not everyone had the time to participate in this research project, he selected a total of twenty names and handed the list to Lu Zhou's office.
He was originally worried that there were too many people. However, after Professor Lu received the list, he only glanced at it and approved it without batting an eye.
"These people will report to your laboratory tomorrow. The requirements are the same as what I said. Is there anything else you need?"
Hou Jinli quickly shook his head.
"Nope."
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Okay then, I'll leave this to you."
…
The Institute of Computational Materials was very efficient.
Or rather, Professor Lu's personal prestige was very high.
Even though Lu Zhou told him that the people would only be in place tomorrow, in fact, the people were all here before evening.
What surprised Hou Jinli the most was that all twenty people he recruited were here.
Originally, he had thought that it would be good enough if even half of them could come.
In order to speed up the progress, he immediately found the relevant department and applied for a conference room. He put up the PowerPoint that he made in the afternoon. He then called the researchers over and had a simple meeting.
"I'm sure you've already seen the experiment process in the report, but I'll use the PowerPoint to briefly explain it here. According to my research, the key to adjusting the pore size of this graphene porous mesh aerogel is mainly focused on temperature control during the process of adding reducing agents …
"And the most important part is the freeze-drying. This part of the operation is the key to the process of obtaining the graphene aerogel without destroying the three-dimensional network structure. And in the specific operation, this part is also relatively easy to make mistakes … "
"I hope that everyone will pay attention to these points during the experiment."
Hou Jinli wasn't a leader, so he didn't know how to mobilize people. After briefly explaining the main points of the experiment, he went straight to the point.
"The task is very difficult. Professor Lu hopes that we can finish five sets of samples within a week. I hope that everyone will work hard!"
Hearing the one-week deadline, the conference room was filled with whispers and discussions.
"One week …" One of the researchers pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and said, "I'm afraid that's not enough time."
It would take at least two days to go through all the relevant literature, right?
It would take at least a day to understand all the steps in the experiment report, right?
Considering the failure rate, it was impossible to complete the experiment with this kind of composite material within a week.
If it was half a month, they could give it a shot.
Even though Hou Jinli knew that this mission wasn't easy to complete, he still bit the bullet and said, "Our samples have to be sent to Daya Bay for testing.
"Our samples have to be sent to Daya Bay for testing. According to their schedule, if we can't make the trip at the beginning of next month, we'll have to wait for another month."
"For every day we delay, the STAR-2 project will have to wait for another day.
"I know this is not easy, but we only have one week. The problem isn't whether we can do it or not, but we must do it!"
When the researchers in the conference room heard this difficult request, they looked at each other.
The researcher wearing glasses wanted to say something, but when he saw Hou Jinli's pleading look, he scratched his head and sighed.
Honestly, this was the first time he had seen such a person in charge.
But for the sake of Professor Lu …
"Forget about it, it's not the first time we've slept on the laboratory floor …"
After exchanging glances, the other researchers also nodded their heads.
Even though everyone was a bit confused about being transferred here, especially since the person in charge of the project didn't have much of a presence, for the sake of Professor Lu, they still had to give it their all.
Not to mention, this was for the future of China's controllable fusion industry.
Hou Jinli sighed in relief and had a look of gratitude on his face.
"Thank you!"
…
The experiment began on the same night.
The twenty researchers were divided into five groups. Each group had four people, and each group was responsible for a different sample.
Three of the groups were led by Hou Jinli, and the other two were led by Jun Da.
Even though scientific research wasn't a group fight, and most of the research results couldn't be produced by manpower alone, as long as there was enough funding and a clear solution to the problem, the advantage of having more people was still apparent.
Now that the first two problems had been solved by Lu Zhou, Hou Jinli didn't face much pressure.
Less than a 20% success rate?
Then I'll just do it five or six times.
At most, I'll sleep on the laboratory floor for a few days.
For them, working hard was nothing out of the ordinary.
It was already late at night. Yu Junda, who took the samples for XRD testing, returned to the laboratory. He looked at Hou Jinli, who was about to start the next group of samples. He whispered to Hou Jinli, "Speaking of which, are we participating in a national confidential project?"
Hou Jinli thought for a bit and said, "Yes and no."
Yu Junda: "What do you mean by yes and no?"
Hou Jinli: "The controllable fusion technology hasn't been finalized yet. The detailed documents will probably have to wait until the demonstration reactor is built. But recently, the United States seems to be planning on kicking us out of ITER. The country is paying more and more attention to this area … For now, it's considered confidential, right? "
For inventions or utility models that involved national security or major interests and needed to be kept confidential, the research results would probably be filed as confidential patents.
Under normal circumstances, non-military enterprises (including private enterprises) didn't have the qualifications to apply for confidential patents. However, considering that the STAR-2 project was currently a national key scientific research project, after explaining the importance of the technology, the patent office examiner would probably approve it.
However, it was also true that this kind of thing could only be used in reactors. It wasn't very useful in other places.
The only possible civilian use was medical equipment. However, considering the toughness of ceramic-based graphene composites compared to alloy materials, it was unlikely to be used in small devices.
Of course, these things weren't something that researchers like them needed to worry about.
"Controllable nuclear fusion." Yu Junda sighed and said, "Honestly, I never thought that I would one day participate in a scientific research project of this level."
"I never thought about it either."
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