This is a big game of chess …
Can't you just say something normal?
Outside the window, it was getting late.
Lu Zhou sat in his study room and stared at the blank computer screen. He stared at the blinking cursor for a while before he suddenly shook his head.
Without revealing any "trade secrets", or even any specific academic details, he had to publish an academic thesis that could announce "the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has made a major breakthrough in lithium-air batteries!"
The most important thing was that the journal had to be influential …
How the f * ck am I supposed to write this???
This was the first time Lu Zhou had been in academia for so many years that he was troubled by such a strange request.
He let his thoughts run wild. Just as he was about to give up and grab his hair, the corner of his eye suddenly fell on the test tube that he had casually placed on the corner of the table.
In an instant, inspiration gushed into his mind like a fountain.
Lu Zhou sat up from his chair and spoke excitedly.
"I got it!"
Since he couldn't write about the technical details of lithium-air batteries, he would focus on the mathematical model. Or he could just publish a computational materials science article that focused on lithium-air batteries, but avoided the important parts of lithium-air batteries!
Thinking of this, his eyes became brighter and brighter. His hands moved like the wind on the keyboard, and in an instant, he typed a title in the blank text.
[Research on the oxygen transport of a class of caged carbon molecules in modified PDMS materials and the application prospects of this property in the field of lithium-air batteries.]
Lu Zhou looked at the title and couldn't help but praise himself.
"I'm a f * cking genius!"
The patent for this caged carbon molecule was ready-made. Even though he made adjustments to the large π bonds on the caged carbon molecule, he didn't let go of the related patents. He had already registered it with a professional patent agent when he was still teaching at Princeton.
The experiment results were ready-made. Any master's student could write a thesis like this, let alone him.
After two or three hours, Lu Zhou successfully finished writing and typesetting the thesis.
After he converted the document to pdf format, he attached it to his email. Lu Zhou looked at the recipient's address and tapped on the mouse. He thought about where to send this thesis.
'Nature'?
'Science'?
None of these seemed appropriate.
It would take a long time for him to get his hands on this kind of research result. The most important thing was that he doubted if this thing could achieve the sensational effect that he expected it to have.
Lu Zhou made up his mind.
Since it was just a random article, Lu Zhou decided not to consider Nature.
After some thought, Lu Zhou sent this email to the JACS editorial department.
Even though it wasn't as famous as the top two journals in the scientific community, and its impact factor wasn't as high, JACS was still quite influential in the field of materials science and chemistry. It could be said to be one of the top journals in this field.
Lu Zhou's Nobel Prize-winning "Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure" thesis was submitted to JACS.
Because he had reviewed a few manuscripts for this journal, he had a good relationship with this journal. Therefore, they should be able to publish his thesis as soon as possible.
After doing all of this, Lu Zhou stretched his back and stood up. He then walked out of his study room to take a shower and go to bed.
…
While Lu Zhou was about to fall asleep, on the other side of the world in North America, it was a sunny day.
There was a sudden exclamation from the editorial department of JACS, as if someone had discovered a new continent.
“Jesus！ Kanov, guess what I received in my email? It's Professor Lu's thesis! "
Kanov looked at Editor-in-Chief Agris, who suddenly stood up from his chair. He thought to himself, "Didn't you tell me to guess?" Then, he was attracted by the second half of Agris's sentence.
"Wait a second, what did you say? Professor Lu's thesis? He's back in the materials science world? "
Agris smiled and said, "What do you mean, he's from the materials science world. Even if you forget who the founder of computational materials science and the Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure is, don't forget the 2018 Nobel Prize!"
JACS had published many Nobel Prize-level results since it was founded. However, for Editor-in-Chief Agris, the 2018 Nobel Prize was the only time in his career that he had approved a Nobel Prize-level result!
This achievement alone was enough for his name to be written in the annals of JACS. This was enough for him to brag about for the rest of his life.
Kanov couldn't stand his editor-in-chief's personality, so he said, "But he probably doesn't think so."
"That's not important! What's important is what we think! Let's not waste time, let me see what amazing research results this time. "Agris printed out the thesis and read it carefully. Suddenly, his expression changed.
Kanov looked at the unusual reaction on Agris's face. He hesitated for a second and asked curiously.
"What does it say?"
"It's about a type of caged carbon molecules transporting oxygen molecules in a modified PDMS material … Jesus Christ, it's lithium-air batteries!" Agris took a deep breath and quickly flipped through the thesis. He said, "I think I've heard that the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study's Computational Materials Project is doing a lithium-air battery project. The academic leader is a Chinese man named Yang Xu!"
Hearing Yang Xu's familiar name, Kanov's expression gradually changed.
"This thesis is signed by Lu Zhou …"
"Yes." Agris gulped in excitement and tightened his grip on the manuscript. He said, "My dear Mr. Kanov, guess what this means? This means they might have succeeded! "
This time, Kanov was slightly taken aback for a moment.
However, he was only stunned for a moment. He quickly realized why Editor-in-Chief Agris would make such a bold guess.
According to the academic editors' experience, for scientific research projects that were relatively advanced and popular in the academic world, even after the research team achieved some results, they often wouldn't immediately reveal the in-progress results of their experiments.
Moreover, even if they were forced to publish articles due to "performance pressure", they would usually selectively publish some results that were not that important, or at least would not inspire their competitors.
For example, Yang Xu hadn't published a single thesis in the past year. However, he would never believe that his research team hadn't done anything in the past year.
Now that Lu Zhou suddenly published this thesis …
Not only that, he went straight to the point and published such a crucial result.
There was only one possibility, which was that the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study had already obtained a patent for this technology, and they had even completed follow-up research!
This was the only explanation that could explain why they were able to come up with such an important thesis so easily …
There was no problem with publishing it.
The only thing left to think about was who would review the thesis.
Editor-in-Chief Agris and Kanov looked at each other and spoke.
"Who's still working in this direction?"
Kanov thought for a second and said, "Professor Jeff Dahn from Dalhousie University in Canada. He's a pioneer in the industrial application of the ternary material LiNixMnyCozO2. He has published countless papers in the field of lithium batteries … I mean, he might be able to do it."
Editor-in-Chief Agris thought for a second and shook his head. "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. He seems to be working on an IBM project, so he might not have the time. Also, we have to find a big name in the field, but not a potential competitor. "
"That's a bit difficult."
Kanov scratched his head and thought for a while. He suddenly thought of a name, and his eyes lit up.
"I know one person! There's no one better than him to be the reviewer for this thesis! "
Editor-in-Chief Agris immediately asked, "Who?"
"Professor Stanley Whittingham from Binghamton University! His thesis on titanium sulfide cathode left a deep impression. Even though I'm no longer on the frontline of scientific research, I still remember the shock in my heart … "
Kanov spent about three seconds reminiscing about his school days. Seeing the impatience in Agris' eyes, Kanov quickly stopped reminiscing about the past and spoke quickly.
"I noticed that Professor Lu's citation section happened to quote an article published by Professor Stanley six years ago about a caged carbon molecule."
"There should be no problem with him reviewing this thesis!"
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