Returning to Yan University, Shen Qi redevoted himself to intense and orderly scientific research work.

Ou Ye returned to China with Shen Qi, and it has been almost a year, and she has finally found a scientific research status and is ready to do a valuable mathematical project.

Before going to Europe to receive the award, Shen Qi convened all the front-line scientific researchers of the center and held a mid-year summary meeting.

Shen Qi was satisfied with the scientific research performance of the center in the first half of the year, and the center produced four important scientific research achievements, including one PRL paper in physics, two papers in Science, and one high-quality paper published by Xiao Junlong in mathematics.

Although the remaining six mathematics researchers have not yet published their research results, their projects are all in progress.

Shen Qi expects that the center will usher in a full-scale outbreak in the second half of the year, and hopes that all colleagues will unite sincerely to create brilliance.

Shen Qi attaches the most importance to the 973 physics project that he arranged for Yang Dingtian to follow-up, and in the process of advancing the project, Yang Dingtian encountered some problems.

"Professor Shen, the first paper of this project has been published and has been recognized by the physics community, and the work we are doing now is difficult in the study of amorphous alloys. "Yang Dingtian can't do it anymore, he is worried, distressed, and helpless.

Amorphous alloy is metallic glass, which is a special kind of amorphous substance composed of basic chemical elements, its microstructure is very peculiar, showing special physical properties different from traditional materials, becoming an important member of the application field of high-performance materials, and is the darling of national defense, aerospace, energy, information and other fields.

These areas are the lifeblood of a country, and whoever can play the high-end will have an international advantage.

When Shen Qi was in the United States, he saw a document that was a strategic plan for the US DARPA.

DARPA is the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Shen Qi has always thought that DARPA is the official war situation of the United States, and after he saw the strategic plan, he changed his view of DARPA, DARPA is actually a very powerful strategic planning agency, very technical and professional.

The information that Shen Qi has is that the US military has focused on the research and development of amorphous alloys as a new generation of aircraft carrier deck coatings.

He saw not only a strategic plan, but also some technical details.

Shen Qi has always paid close attention to the USS Ford aircraft carrier, and it is said that the USS Ford is coated with a new type of amorphous alloy material, which has a much higher friction coefficient, wear resistance, impact resistance, corrosion resistance, and anti-skid performance than other aircraft carriers in the world.

It's a pity that Shen Qi can only peek at it and dare not take it openly, he knows that the US military attaches great importance to the research of this kind of amorphous alloy material.

Shen Qi said: "It was a very coincidence that day, I happened to have something to discuss with a physics professor at Princeton, and I peeked at a copy of the US military's information, and I estimated that the coating technology of the US military Ford was also blind, and we would definitely be able to do better." ”

"Professor Shen, I am very distressed about the direction of technology. ”

"I summarize the current situation of amorphous alloys as follows: there are applications, but there are no theories. Due to the disordered structure of amorphous alloys and the imperfect theoretical models, the core problem of current research on amorphous alloys is how to establish a basic theoretical framework based on microscopic characteristics or structures, so as to accurately describe the microscopic mechanism of the physical properties of amorphous alloys. Aircraft carrier coatings are only a small part of its application, and once the theory is mature, the application with wider coverage and deeper technology will be produced on a large scale. Shen Qi walked around the office, frowning and thinking.

Walking to the blackboard, Shen Qi wrote some information:

"First of all, we still have to solve the theoretical problem, and all I can think of is four steps. ”

"First, find the right parameters. Second, it is necessary to establish an accurate relationship between various inhomogeneous parameters. Third, build a bridge between effective and accurate experiments and simulations. Fourthly, a unified parameter is found to describe the inhomogeneity characteristics of amorphous alloys, and finally a theoretical framework of microscopic material-physical properties based on the inhomogeneity characteristics is established. ”

"Remember, remember, I'll erase it. Shen Qi took the blackboard eraser, erased the information on the blackboard, and said: "I'll tell you a direction, first find the parameters, the specific experimental operation needs to use magnetron sputtering equipment, we have it in the center, you put some effort into it, think about it, you can do it." ”

After guiding Yang Dingtian, Shen Qi packed his bags and flew to Europe.

The Italian city of Trieste, which borders the Mediterranean, is Shen Qi's second visit, having last been a few years ago when he received the Ramanujan Prize.

The full name of ICTP is the International Center for Theoretical Physics, and this institution also has a mathematics department, and the Ramanujan Prize is awarded by ICTP.

Shen Qi has dealt with ICTP, and he has been born twice and matured.

ICTP presented Shen Qi with the Casteller Medal and a prize of US$1,000.

The $1,000 prize is perhaps the lowest award for science in the world.

Shen Qi receives more than $1,000 in state subsidies and school subsidies every month.

Gifts are important and affection is important, money is not money is a small matter, achievement is the most important, after all, the Kastler Prize is an important award in the physics community.

ICTP officially announced: "With immediate effect, the Shen Qi phase transition rule and Shen Qi equation in condensed matter physics will come into effect, and we would like to thank Mr. Shen Qi for his contributions to physics. ”

System: "New Achievement!" The host won the Castler Prize, a physics award, and awarded 800,000 Xueba points. ”

"The two physics rules/equations named after the host take effect, and 1.6 million Xueba points will be awarded. ”

Shen Qi gave a brief physics report after the award ceremony, mainly talking about his follow-up research directions.

After a few days in Italy, Shen Qi had a friendly exchange with the country's famous physicists and mathematicians.

During the Renaissance, as well as hundreds of years and thousands of years before the Middle Ages, Italy was very strong in scientific research, and produced many outstanding scientists.

With the recession of the country's economy, the level of scientific research in Italy is now improving slowly, the level of football is not rising but falling, and nothing can be played without money.

Shen Qi was invited to visit the University of Bologna, Italy's No. 1 national comprehensive research university.

The University of Bologna is ranked more than 150 in the world, which is not as high as Yan University.

In fact, Yan University's latest ranking is quite high, ranking 29th in the world, entering the top 30.

The University of Bologna is ranked between Nanjing University and Wuhan University, and some of the university's majors are more famous, such as physics, archaeology, and law, and its strength is still good, at least the top in Europe.

The mathematics major at the University of Bologna is too scummy, this is the conclusion that Shen Qi came to after a field trip.

These Italians are slow and focused on enjoying life, they can't work without coffee and wine, they drink coffee all afternoon, and then drink wine after coffee.

A research group at the University of Bologna has been working on a partial differential equation project for seven years, but has not produced any results so far.

Shen Qi said to the leader of the research group: "You don't need to produce results, Professor Figali's team has solved this kind of problem last year. ”

This kind of problem was solved by Zhou Yu'an, which was his doctoral project, and Fei Jiali was Zhou Yu'an's doctoral supervisor.

The dean of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bologna made a request to establish a long-term friendly exchange mechanism with the Department of Mathematics of Yan University through Shen Qi's relationship.

"That's no problem, Italy-China friendship is an important part of the development of EU-China relations today, and I will do this when I go back. Shen Qi uses academia as a bridge to promote the development of Italy-China relations in a healthy and harmonious direction.

The Chinese Embassy in Italy highly praised Shen Qi's image as a peace messenger.

Times have changed, and now some foreign monks sincerely ask Chinese monks for advice on how to recite scriptures in certain scientific fields.

After a friendly visit to Bologna, Shen Qi departed from Milan Airport on the morning of August 1, local time, and took a plane to St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians.

It was also a coincidence that in the first class cabin of the plane, Shen Qi found that the old man next door was an acquaintance, Professor Alessio Figari.

Figari is Italian, but his personality is not Italian, he produces mathematical results quickly, and his team publishes more than ten high-quality mathematical papers or other types of mathematical works a year.

"Alessio, you have to win the Fields Medal this time. Shen Qi and Figari were colleagues in Princeton's Department of Mathematics, and four years ago, Shen Qi won the Philippine Prize, but Figari missed out.

"You know, Strange," said Figali, "I've gone back to work in Italy, and after you left, Princeton's math strength dropped by half. ”

Shen Qi smiled: "Yes, you are also gone, and Princeton's mathematical strength has dropped by half again." But the problem is that in the latest ranking of mathematics majors, Princeton's mathematics department is still ranked first in the world. ”

"Haha!"

The two well-known mathematicians laughed, and this was the end of this wave of commercial blowing, and the fuselage, which had been violently shaken by the change in air currents, finally regained stability, and the plane made its way north to St. Petersburg safely.