Chapter 172 What! Have you got all the materials?
Lu Shan was very surprised by Xia Guangming's sudden appearance and at the same time he respected Xia Guangming even more. Such a person is a pure scholar. Everything he does is based on academics and he does not consider the difference in status between Lu Shan and himself at all.
Xia Guangming raised many questions, and Lu Shan answered them one by one, making a detailed comparison between his own ideas and the results of the Jiangzhou Materials Chemical Team. This time, Xia Guangming completely understood where the problem lay.
"You have explained it in such detail, but these are experimental problems after all. How do you ensure that your ideas are correct?" Xia Guangming agreed with Lu Shan in mathematics, but still had some concerns about materials chemistry.
"I have done the experiment myself, so I can be so sure."
"Doing experiments? How much experimental data did you get?" Xia Guangming suddenly became interested. He wanted to take a look at Lu Shan's experimental records to verify them, perhaps they would be inspiring to himself.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shan gave him a bigger surprise and directly took out the unpublished paper.
"Oh my God!" Xia Guangming took it with half belief and half doubt. The more he flipped through it, the more surprised he became. Soon he was immersed in it.
The process in the paper is very specific, and the operations and results of each step are very clear. Except for the key parameters that are not marked, everything is verifiable.
Xia Guangming did not find any problems. He had experienced the records in the experiment himself. The functions of the equipment were all very accurate. Some equipment even combined operations could verify different data. This meant that Lu Shan's experimental design was very correct.
After looking at it for a while, Xia Guangming flipped faster and faster, and finally saw the result. The material was really made, and the performance was tested. The performance far exceeded any similar material known so far.
His breathing became heavier unconsciously, and Xia Guangming felt a little dizzy. The Xiaguo Academy of Sciences had so many talents, so much funding, and so many good equipment, but the progress was extremely slow after all these years. Otherwise, they would not have sought cooperation with universities everywhere and dispersed the work details.
Lu Shan is so young and has only been researching for a short time, but he has already come up with results.
"No wonder you won't sign the paper from the School of Materials Science and Engineering. It turns out you already have the results! Did you do all these experiments by yourself? Did the Materials Science and Engineering team not help?"
"They were busy doing their own experiments and had no time to help me. I went there at night when the equipment was idle. I had a senior schoolmate as my assistant, and no one else helped me." Lu Shan thought, it would be good enough if the materials chemistry team didn't make trouble, so why should I expect them to help?
Xia Guangming was even more shocked. He only used the equipment when it was idle, and only did experiments at night, and all he used were scraps! What kind of cool plot is this? The worst hand of cards unexpectedly produced a king bomb effect!
"Where are the materials? Do you have them on hand?"
"The materials cannot be made public for the time being. Many of the performances are not stable yet, and there is still room for improvement. Let's wait until the process is stable and mature." Lu Shan politely rejected Xia Guangming. The materials could not be shown to anyone! Even if he showed them, he would have to have better ones.
It is not uncommon for your achievements to be snatched away. As long as you don't take them out, you will be safer.
Even if Chen Qiyi asked me for materials, it wouldn’t work.
It's that simple.
Xia Guangming understood Lu Shan's concerns after a little thought. He didn't say anything and respected Lu Shan's decision.
Then Xia Guangming sincerely invited Lu Shan to give an academic report at the Xia Academy of Sciences. Lu Shan did not refuse this time because he respected Xia Guangming.
After negotiating with Lu Shan, Xia Guangming announced the termination of the experiment as soon as he returned to the institute, and also informed the partners to avoid wasting the allocated funds. He tried to recover as much as possible and handle the financial and legal matters.
This decision immediately confused the team at the Academy of Sciences, and they all asked why.
Xia Guangming smiled bitterly and said, "This material has already been developed by others, and its performance is extremely excellent. Even if we continue to research, we may not succeed in the short term, not to mention that the performance of our research is not as good as others. If we continue, other people's materials will continue to be updated, and we will have no market support at all."
"Ah? Who figured it out?"
"Is it a foreign laboratory? If they can figure it out, we should work even harder!"
He raised his hand, and everyone fell silent. Xia Guangming revealed the answer: "Everyone is wrong. It was Lu Shan who developed the topological semimetal semiconductor material."
"Who is Lu Shan? Is he a foreigner?"
"Where is he from?"
"Why does this name sound familiar?"
The crowd was talking, and suddenly someone shouted, "I remember! Is he the young man who covered the Poincare conjecture?"
"No way! Mathematicians don't study materials!"
"Is it the same name?"
Everyone looked at Xia Guangming in unison, but unexpectedly, Xia Guangming nodded. The crowd fell into silence, unable to accept it at all.
Xia Guangming calmed the restless crowd. He understood everyone's feelings. So many outstanding talents had been busy for so many years, but they did not expect to be defeated by a person across disciplines. It was normal that they could not accept it for a while. He almost became autistic.
At this time, Dean Shen Yanchun of the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Jiangzhou University was anxiously waiting for the results at the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences. The final evaluation results of the paper will be announced today, and success or failure depends on this. "It's okay, the assumptions, models and results are all consistent, and the paper must be fine." Tan Ming also came to the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences. It was his first time to come to such a hall, and he was a little nervous.
Tan Ming's mind was very confused. He seemed to see himself stepping onto a higher stage and gaining greater honors with this paper. At the same time, he would also hold the patent for new materials, which would bring him incalculable wealth.
At this time, a person came out. He was the person in charge of reviewing the paper. Shen Yanchun immediately went up to him and asked about the result.
"Paper evaluation on topological semimetals? Let me look for it." As he said this, he looked at the list of papers in his hand.
"There is no news yet, please wait a little longer."
"It was agreed that the results would be out today. Actual verification had been carried out long before this, so there should be results." Tan Ming was somewhat unwilling.
At this time, the man's cell phone rang, he picked up the phone and talked for two minutes before hanging up. Then he said to the two people: "Your papers have not been evaluated, because someone has successfully developed the relevant materials, so the relevant papers need to be re-evaluated."
This kind of thing is very common. Once something is developed, everyone's papers will know whether they are correct or not. The Academy of Sciences will naturally eliminate the incorrect papers and keep the correct ones. The project is huge and cannot be completed in a day or two.
Shen Yanchun was very confused: "Someone has developed it? Who?"
In response to the question, the person reviewing the paper shook his head and said, "I don't know the details. By the way, Dean Xia will invite you to listen to the academic report. There will be a notification later."
Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming stayed where they were, feeling very confused.
Multiple teams received the information at the same time and asked about it one by one, but they were not told much and were only asked to come and listen to the academic report. Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming were no exception.
The report meeting was held the next day. Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming arrived at the venue full of curiosity and found that many colleagues from universities had come. Everyone greeted each other and discussed the matter.
"The successful development of topological semimetal materials is a great thing!"
"That's good, but I don't know how much our research can contribute."
"You should have an idea of how much contribution you can make, but can't you tell whether the experimental results can lead to a major breakthrough?"
"That's true. If it's not our team, is it your team?"
“Not really. I really don’t know which university’s breakthrough allowed the Academy of Sciences to develop topological semimetal materials.”
Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming became happier the more they listened. They had just submitted the paper and the Academy of Sciences announced the successful development right after that. It must be their credit.
To determine the credit, they even asked people when they last submitted a paper.
“I haven’t submitted a paper in several years.”
"I have never submitted it. What a shame."
"About half a year ago, but it was a small breakthrough, just to improve the previous conclusions."
After this round, Shen Yanchun was very proud and Tan Ming was very happy. It must be the paper of Jiangzhou University's Materials Chemistry Team that created this achievement!
The academic report finally began, and this process made Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming feel like they had been waiting for a century.
Xia Guangming walked to the podium and said: "You all gathered here today to witness the birth of an epoch-making material. Not long ago, the successful development of topological semimetal semiconductors means that we have the key to the next era..."
After speaking for ten minutes, Xia Guangming solemnly announced: "Now, please welcome the inventor of topological semimetal materials, Lu Shan! Give us an academic report! Everyone applaud!"
"Ah?" Tan Ming was stunned for a moment. Even Shen Yanchun couldn't keep his temper and his head was buzzing.
How could it be Lu Shan? He had barely used the equipment. He was just a mathematician. He was the only one!
Amidst everyone's applause, Lu Shan walked up to the podium.
There was another important reason why he agreed to come this time, which was that it was fun to give reports to these people, and points could be collected very quickly. He must explain it in detail later, and except for the things that could not be said, he must make these people understand everything else.
"As we all know, the difficulty of topological semimetal materials lies in the fact that defects are difficult to avoid during the preparation process. In many cases, solving one defect often leads to more defects. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, we must build sufficiently good mathematical and experimental models in advance, and see how much the difference is at each step.
If the deviation value is too large, it must be changed in time, because the model is a whole. If the deviation in one place is large, it will cause greater deviations in other nodes. In the end, even if the result looks reasonable, it is actually impossible to achieve self-consistency in the overall logic..."
At this point, Tan Ming's face looked very ugly. Shen Yanchun felt as if someone was slapping him hard, and his face was so hot that he could no longer feel his existence.
(End of this chapter)
