Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Chemistry is a big pit. Although this pit is not as big as biology and materials, it still has many graduates buried inside.

One reason is danger, especially Organic Chemistry, which requires frequent dealings with reagents. Don’t think that there will be no accident when you put the safety manual down. When you are really in trouble, you don’t even know what happened in the reaction room?

The other one is salary, although many of the lists related to graduation starting salary like to put the application of chemistry ahead, but in fact the situation is another look. As for why it is said, look at the overall environment of the chemical industry, you will know, do not evaluate.

However, Lu Zhou feels that at least the last one, Han Mengqi, don’t worry.

Anyway, even if she learned chemistry, she would not necessarily do this. Even if she did this, she would not rely on this to buy a house. Anyway, she has a rich mother…

Guided by Senior Sister Chen, who was sitting in the co-pilot, Lu Zhou was responsible for driving and taking pictures, and four people played in Philadelphia for a whole day.

Perhaps because the joyful atmosphere dilutes the depression in the heart, Han Mengqi’s mood looks a lot better.

But the most fun to play is Xiaotong, this little guy seems to have endless energy, and the chirp chirp twitter twitter has never stopped from start to finish.

Because the lively and active Xiaotong itself has a familiar character, it was quickly mixed with Senior Sister Chen and Mengqi, and added WeChat and QQ while resting in the fast food restaurant.

Especially when she learned that Mengqi was also playing the king, Xiaotong didn’t even eat half of the burgers, and opened the game.

Looking at the game interface in Xiaotong’s mobile phone, Han Mengqi asked unexpectedly: “You also play the king?”

Xiaotong proudly said: “Play and play, I am amazing.”

Han Mengqi continued to ask with interest: “What position do you have?”

“Diamond!” Xiaotong looked confident and paused for a while and continued. “But for the time being, my data is still bronze, but there is no doubt that my strength has a diamond level. It is only a matter of time before I get that frame. ”

Han Mengqi: “…”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Chen Yushan, who was biting the cola pipette, smirked, and Lu Zhou, sitting next to him, rolled his eyes.

There is no doubt that she is absolutely in line with the “stubborn bronze” level.

In addition to this, the difference is probably a little worse…

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With the arrival of Xiaotong, Lu Zhou’s daily livelihood has changed too much. The only difference is that there is an additional person to take care of, and the position where he sleeps every day, from his own bedroom. The sofa.

Although his original plan was to return to Princeton, he moved out of the student apartment, but the new address has not been selected.

He now has two options, one is a teacher’s apartment for the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, and the other is an 2-Layer cottage with a front yard and garage in the middle of Princeton University and the Institute of Advanced Studies.

In fact, it is a villa, just a kind of elegant name. This kind of country cottage is very common in the United States, even if you have not been there, you can see it in the American drama. In the countryside of Princeton, the average price of such a house is 20 to 30 million, and the rent is not expensive.

Lu Zhou’s original intention was to choose the latter because parking is convenient. But the owner is a stubborn New York old man, only selling not renting. And Lu Zhou now has only 50 million dollars. Although he doesn’t have the money to buy it, he doesn’t want to buy half of his house to buy a house that can’t live for a few years.

After all, he will return to China after a few years, and there is absolutely no cost to rent a house.

Although Lu Zhou also considered other houses, it was either inappropriate or rented out, so the move was put on hold.

Fortunately, Xiaotong was not picky about where he lived, except that he always took his arm and asked him to drive to Philadelphia to find Senior Sister. Lu Zhou didn’t feel too much trouble during this time.

This busy period is interspersed with a leisurely livelihood, which lasts until late August. With the release of the new issue of Natural Chemistry, it gradually breaks down…

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In late August, the Rio Olympics had just ended, and the news hotspot had not been withdrawn from the condemnation of the black whistle. A piece of news quietly boarded the technology panel of the major newspapers.

The cause is asis published in the journal Nature, Nature Chemistry.

Its title is only a simple word, but it captures the eyes of all industry insiders.

There is no reason for him.

Because the contributor proposed a new type of PDMS material, and claimed that by spraying the material on the surface of the negative electrode lithium, the problem of lithium dendrite can be effectively solved. If this thesis is published in other journals, it may not even attract the attention of many people.

However, the publication of this thesis is a supplement to Nature!

The otherwise calm field of Material Science and the battery field suddenly set off a storm.

Although the Material Science community is not the first to be shocked by the “breakthrough” of lithium batteries, this time is obviously different, because the reviewer is the Bundadi Professor, and according to the reviewer’s evaluation, he seems to repeat The experiment got amazing discoveries…

Such amazing news will naturally not be buried.

After the publication of thesis for a few days, after getting affirmative opinions from several big bulls in the industry, it was highlighted by the main issue “Nature” and “Science” which were released shortly afterwards.

The so-called “Highlights” is probably similar to reprinting, but it is different from reprinting.

For example, if you published an article in Journal A, this article has a major breakthrough in a certain field or direction. When viewed by B Journal, the magazine will find a section of the field that the cattleman sent you to the A journal. The highlights of the article are summarized in the B journal (and also written by myself).

This situation is common in both chemistry and biology. It is not uncommon for an article published in a journal to be selected by the main journal, but it is rare to be highlighted by Nature and Science. of.

Compared with the calmness of industry, the academic attitude towards this thesis can be described by the word “fanatic”.

If this thesis is true, most of them will not suffer from the loss of interest, but will benefit from it.

The reason is very simple. The industry’s concerns about lithium batteries are mainly focused on a series of safety issues caused by lithium dendrites. If the problem of lithium dendrite can be solved smoothly, there is no doubt that a large amount of research and development funds will flood into this field.

Even if there are so few laboratories studying negative electrode materials that have been cut off, more funds and issues will come in.

Therefore, in less than a week, almost 80% of the labs that research lithium batteries have repeated experiments on this thesis.

This grand occasion quickly caught the attention of the press.

A reporter from the Columbia Radio and Television Science and Technology section gave an interview and interviewed Ross Krell Professor at Cornell University.

Coincidentally, when the Columbia TV reporter arrived, the laboratory of Creel Professor happened to repeat the experiment on thesis and it was in the final stage.

When asked about the meaning of the technology, Creel Professor said with a serious face.

“… Our research team is repeating the experiment. If this is not an accident, then this technology will undoubtedly change the face of the entire industry.”

“Because neither the lithium-sulfur battery nor the lithium-air battery at the conceptual stage can solve the problem of dendrites. In turn, the problem of lithium dendrite can be solved on the negative electrode material, we don’t even have to make too much design for the past. Great changes, just replace the negative material directly.”

The answer from Creel Professor, the reporter’s eyes flashed with excited rays of light.

There is no doubt that the big news he wants is right in front of him.

“But Creel Professor, according to our feedback from the head of the lithium group battery project of the IBM Group, is that the industry is pessimistic about this technology. What do you think about this?”

Krell Professor thought and replied: “Peer is very normal, because every once in a while, the lab claims that it has solved the lithium dendrite problem. It is necessary to be cautious about new technology. To be honest, even now, I still remain skeptical, because the solution ideas mentioned by the contributors in thesis are not new or even outdated.”

The reporter immediately asked: “Why do you say this?”

Krell Professor: “Because our current mainstream practice is to increase the viscosity of the electrolyte, even directly using solid materials. Or to make a carbon material structure on the lithium negative electrode, limiting the shape of the lithium metal after discharge, and charging It can ensure that the negative electrode structure does not collapse after all the lithium enters the positive electrode. The design of the coating film on the negative electrode material used by the Lu-Professor has actually been tried many times in many laboratories 20 years ago. And…”

Reporter: “And?”

Creel Professor shrugged: “And he’s a mathsmatics professor. I don’t know about the newly emerging subject of computing materials, but even so I know that a lot of things are not enough to build a model.”

However, at this moment, in the laboratory behind it, a cheering sound suddenly sounded.

After hearing this voice, Creel Professor and the reporters were stunned.

Reporter: “What happened?”

Krell Professor and his assistant looked at each other and looked at the reporter with a strange look.

“I don’t know… maybe it’s a success?”