The design of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is very interesting, the restaurant and the lecture hall are designed together, and the people sitting here can even eat and listen to the lunchtime lectures and bi-weekly discussions.

At the same time, coffee machines, juice machines, etc. are also free to use.

Of course, there are also various types of tea on offer.

Sitting in the corner of the dining room, Academician Cui Kun meticulously looked at the paper in his hand.

As the director of the Institute of Materials, he is also an academic editor of several journals such as the Annals of Physics and the Chronicle of Materials, as well as one of the reviewers of journals and patents within the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

It's just that he usually has very little free time, so he usually puts the review time in an hour after lunch.

Unless there is a particularly interesting paper or patent, he usually does not bring it back to the office, or take it out to discuss research with other professors.

Sitting opposite Academician Cui with a dinner plate, Academician Ding Chuanxian greeted with a smile and asked.

"Lao Cui, I heard that you have recently engaged in another big project, and even Professor Liu Feng has come to you, is it true?"

Academician Ding Chuanxian is an expert in inorganic coating materials and a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and has long been engaged in the research of plasma spray coating material formulation, process, performance, structure, application and related application basic science.

It has successfully developed five coating series, including arc plasma spraying equipment and high-temperature heat protection, wear resistance, biocompatibility, infrared radiation and dielectric catalysis, which have been widely used in China's national defense and civilian industries, and the social and economic benefits are more obvious, and have won more than 10 scientific research achievements and national and senior official awards.

Of course, like Academician Cui, he is also one of the reviewers of internal journal and material patents.

This time he came to Ningbo, he mainly communicated with Professor Jiang Yang on the new coating materials, of course, he and Academician Cui Kun also had a good relationship, plus they are the host here, Academician Ding Chuanxian naturally had to have a reminiscence and exchange with him.

For Liu Feng, Academician Ding has naturally been famous for a long time, and this time he learned from Jiang Yang that he seems to be also researching new materials in the Ningbo Research Institute, and he is naturally very interested in this.

In fact, long before Liu Feng joined the physics industry, Academician Ding was very optimistic about him, and even among all the young scientists in Huaguo, he believed that Liu Feng was definitely a leader in the field of materials research in Huaguo in the future!

Especially the 200 or so papers on reverse osmosis materials, which made him seem to see himself when he was young, but unfortunately, he has never had the opportunity to have contact with Liu Feng, so he has always felt very sorry for not being able to meet such a genius in materials science.

Academician Cui Kun did not take his eyes off the paper, but simply replied: "This is not a secret. As for Professor Liu Feng, he is indeed studying superconducting materials at room temperature in our research institute, but he seems to have asked for a 'leave' recently. ”

Academician Ding: "Leave?"

"Well," Academician Cui nodded and replied casually, "I made a bet with him, and agreed that within 3 months, he must come up with a feasibility study report on a room temperature superconducting material, and I also borrowed Jiang Yang's laboratory some time ago." It's just that these days, he seems to have been staying in his bedroom, probably tired. ”

"Room temperature superconducting materials?" Academician Ding's expression was slightly surprised, but there were not many changes, "This is really a novel project." I thought he was in your research group, guiding the research of new materials. ”

While making a mark on the paper paper, Academician Cui said casually: "I have a disagreement with him on this matter, but none of us can convince anyone, although he is the general leader of the project, but he does not force it." For room temperature superconducting materials, in a short period of time, our side is really not optimistic, but only he seems to be very confident. But you also know that people like us, who are the ones who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, and it is absolutely impossible to forcefully ask us to do something that we are not optimistic about at all. ”

At this moment, Academician Cui's mobile phone on the table suddenly vibrate.

Seeing the message reminder, Academician Cui reached out and picked up his mobile phone and looked at it, his eyebrows suddenly twitched.

"Dear Academician Cui, I am Liu Feng. Here's the thing, recently my research has made some progress, the specific paper, I have sent it to an internal journal, I heard that you are also one of the reviewers of the journal, if you have time, I hope you will take a look, it should satisfy you, and even change your attitude towards room temperature superconducting materials. Because I still have something to do with my side that needs to be retreated for a while, maybe a day or two, maybe a week or two, and I don't know very well, so I can't ask you for advice in person, sorry. In short, I will give you a satisfactory explanation before our bet expires. ”

Although he didn't see anything written on the screen of his mobile phone, the change in his old friend's expression was fully visible, Academician Ding smiled and continued to ask, "Do you think he can succeed?"

Academician Cui put down his mobile phone expressionlessly.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly sighed, shook his head and said.

"I don't know, I just don't approve of his all-or-nothing approach to research. You know, low-temperature superconducting materials can solve many problems, but he has to directly achieve room-temperature superconductivity as soon as he comes up. As a result, he may lead himself to a dead end, and if the progress of the national project is delayed, how can he explain to the people above? Even if he goes on two routes at the same time, I will support him, and even help him share some of the pressure. But until now, in the field of superconducting materials at room temperature, although he has shown a very good, even a rebellious research talent, as far as I know, this is not enough to convince us. ”

Professor Ding raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "But you still support his plan?"

"Yes, but I only gave him 3 months," Academician Cui sighed and shook his head, this strict old man rarely used an uncertain tone, "After all, I don't dare to say that I will definitely not look away, his previous performance in the field of water treatment reverse osmosis materials is indeed surprising to me." There was even a moment when I had a delusion. ”

Professor Ding: "Delusion?"

Academician Cui was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "I seem to see David Turnbull. ”

Hearing this, Academician Ding was obviously stunned.

David Turnbull！

He once joined the "War Metallurgical Commission" in Washington, joined the "Manhattan Project" led by Oppenheimer, led the preparation of fissile metals for atomic bombs and various materials for nuclear experiments, and finally became the founder and first director of the Institute of Metal Research at the University of Chicago, the first interdisciplinary materials research institute in country M.

During his lifetime, he invented more than 100 new materials, published more than 300 papers on materials science, and authored many famous monographs, including "A History of Metallography", "From Art to Science", "A Search for Structure", etc......

Until his retirement, he held three awesome "titles": Retired Professor of the Academy, Retired Professor of the History of Science and Technology, and Retired Professor of Metallurgy, marking his outstanding achievements in science, technology, history, and art.

Often, the title of "Retired Professor" is given to a select few who can achieve success within the boundaries of a traditional department or discipline.

As a retired professor of the history of science and technology, he is revered as an authority on the historical relationship between human history and materials, and he was a pioneer in the application of materials science and engineering to the study of archaeological artifacts.

As a retired professor of metallurgy, he continued his research in physical metallurgy, particularly on the role of interfacial energy and topology in the structure of polycrystalline materials and the application of metallography in the study of work-in-progress.

He was rated as the world's most famous master of materials science, the father of modern materials science, and the pope of modern materials science!

It is precisely because of him that "materials science" as a discipline was later recognized by the academic community.

Academician Cui actually compared Liu Feng to the originator of this kind of mountain-based and pope-level cattle in the field of materials science, which is really ......

Although at that moment, he also admired Liu Feng so much.

After a long while, Academician Ding said in an unexpected tone.

"That's pretty surprising. ”

"So, although I am very unoptimistic about the route of room temperature superconductivity, I still gave him the opportunity to convince us," Academician Cui sighed and said, "In three months, he took the initiative to propose it, and I clearly thought it was a fantasy." ”

"It does ......"

"However, just now, he sent me a message saying that what he published in an internal journal was able to satisfy me and even make me change my attitude......" Academician Cui's face was extremely complicated, both surprised and incredulous, "Where did he get this self-confidence?!"

Academician Ding was also full of surprise: "Internal journal?

"That's right!"

"Well, let's see it!"

……

Beijing, in the materials research laboratory of Jingcheng University of Science and Technology.

Academician Ke Jun returned here after explaining the course of metal physics to the young students.

For an academician-level bigwig, this kind of work of teaching and educating people seems a bit condescending.

In fact, however, many well-known scholars, especially those who are already in their old age like him, are very happy to share their knowledge with young students.

Especially now that he has almost withdrawn from front-line research work, he can still live for a few years while he is in good spirits, and he can continue to exert his residual heat.

It is also one of his long-cherished wishes to engage in basic education and cultivate more young people in materials science for the motherland.

As soon as he returned to the lab, a middle-aged man came and knocked on his office.

"Teacher, if you look at these latest internal papers in the special issue of materials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I am a little unsure. ”

Academician Ke paused for about two seconds, pushed his reading glasses, and then nodded.

"You're not sure? Okay, I'll see. ”

In fact, this middle-aged man is a proud disciple of Academician Ke, named Wei Zhiyong, and now he is the director of the Materials Research Laboratory of Beijing University of Science and Technology, a researcher at the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the popular candidates for next year's academician, and a reviewer of materials journals.

After a long time, this Professor Wei looked at Ke Lao with an eager gaze and asked, "Are they right?"

After thinking about it, Academician Ke said with a serious expression: "You should know that out of scientific rigor, I can't answer this question for the time being. ”

However, Wei Zhiyong didn't seem to be satisfied with this vague answer, so he changed his question and continued: "Teacher, what if they are correct?"

"There is no if in science, but if you have to ask it like this......" Ke Lao frowned, and seemed to be very reluctant to comment on this topic, because these data on Liu Feng's paper need to be verified by a huge experiment, he has always been a very rigorous person, if there is no verification, it is easy not to judge something, even if the author of these papers is Liu Feng!

Thinking of the amazing achievements made by that amazing young man in chemistry and physics, Ke Lao still nodded, after all, this Professor Liu, he has been a friend for a long time!

In the end, the old man still stretched his eyebrows and said in an emotional tone: "If it is right, it means a new material science." ”

"Shhh

New materials science!

What a shocking statement!

If someone else said this, Wei Zhiyong might not take it seriously at all.

But it was his teacher who said this, a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the founder of Huaguo's metal physics major!

In the field of metal materials science, how many people in Huaguo have more say than him?

What's more, the author of these papers is Liu Feng!

The best young scientist in China to create miracles! Winner of the Double Prize for Dynamite!

Originally, the literati were light, and he was a little unconvinced that Liu Feng could win the Dynamite Chemistry Award, after all, even he, a 'rising star' in the field of materials science in China, was considered by many bigwigs to be the leader of the materials science field in China in the next 30 years, but now, ......

Am I a genius?

This is a genius!

Looking at these papers, Wei Zhiyong was extremely emotional.

This is the strength of genius!

There is really a gap between myself and others......

In fact, in his heart, he had already believed in the correctness of these papers.

It's just that these things are so surprising that he can't believe it's real!

Therefore, the reason why he still came to his teacher to ask the old man's opinion was not to seek approval.

It's just that although he has been prepared for the 'power' of these things, he didn't expect that his teacher's evaluation of this would be even higher than his own!

What kind of person is this Professor Liu!

Wei Zhiyong was extremely emotional and looked forward to it......

Looking at the student's reaction, Academician Ke smiled and understood what he was thinking: "Actually, from a mathematical point of view, there is nothing wrong with the process of these papers, not to mention that this is the work of that young man! What about you, what do you think?"

Wei Zhi pondered for a moment, and then said in a complicated tone: "In my opinion, the problem is not very big. But his theories are so amazing that they can even be called nuclear weapons in the field of materials science...... Moreover, there is so much data that needs to be verified that even if I give a positive evaluation now, I will not be able to get others to accept his point of view. ”

"What do you want to do?" said Academician Ke thoughtfully.

"I don't think there's anything more appropriate than a presentation, and the more powerful the theory, the more you need to communicate directly with him personally. Wei Zhi touched his head embarrassedly, he wanted to communicate with others, but he could only use this method, which was embarrassing!

"Therefore, Teacher, I would like to send an invitation letter on your behalf to invite Professor Liu and other experts in the field of materials science to visit our university of science and technology, and provide him with a platform to explain his views to the entire materials science community. ”

It turns out that this kid actually has this kind of idea!

Academician Ke couldn't cry or laugh: "You guy......"

It's just that he can't help Liu Feng, not to mention, now he has seen these calculation programs that are enough to change the research method of the entire materials science community!

Therefore, I simply pushed the boat with the water.