"Hey, Brian, what's making you sad?"

In the real room of LIACS, as soon as Alan entered the office, he saw Brian holding a cup of strong coffee and looking at a document with a sad face.

Looking at his trance-like expression and confused eyes, he seems to be a little Mediterranean girl who has just been ravaged by a group of Nordic men, and the bitter and sweet tastes on his face are presented.

It's almost time to get off work, and the Dutch can work overtime on a voluntary basis from time to time. Employees don't work overtime even if they want to, because they not only pay high overtime pay to workers for overtime hours, but also have to pay heavy taxes to the government. The little benefit of working overtime is not worth the loss.

Usually at this time, the staff of the LIACS room have already begun to prepare for work, and everyone is sorting out the articles and exchanging experiences with each other about the day's work, and it is almost time. There are too few situations like Brian still holding on to a stack of texts like today.

Brian looked up at him, couldn't help but shake the text in his hand, and asked curiously: "Allen, do you know that Chinese scientist Shuo. Weeks? ”

"Of course, he is a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Physics for the next few years." Alan cleaned up the text on the table and said, "Haven't you already come to our Leiden University this week, ready to have an exchange visit?" ”

"That's right." Brian nodded, as if to confirm something: "This Zhou from China invented the preparation method of graphene, right?" ”

Alan subconsciously nodded and said, "Absolutely, yes!" Nowadays, more and more properties of graphene are being discovered, and many properties are thought to be able to replace silicon wafers in the future! My research direction is microelectronic materials, which are the direction of development in the industry. You can't be mistaken. ”

Alan is right, under Zhou Shuo's vigorous investment since 1994. China's graphene research has been at the forefront of the world. Nowadays, the relatively low-cost chemical synthesis method has made a breakthrough, and the future applications of graphene have also entered people's field of vision. Especially its use in the field of electronics. It has become a powerful factor for it to win the Nobel Prize in physics.

In graphene, electrons migrate extremely efficiently. Conventional semiconductors and conductors, such as silicon and copper, are nowhere near as good as graphene. Due to the collision of electrons and atoms, conventional semiconductors and conductors release some energy in the form of heat. Unlike typical computer chips, which waste 72%-81% of electrical energy in this way, graphene has almost no loss of electronic energy, which makes it an unusually good microelectronic use.

Just think about the fact that computers or electronic devices no longer need bulky heat dissipation equipment, or that the battery life increases due to reduced heat loss, to see how promising graphene is in the field of microelectronics. What's more, it has almost transparent optical properties. It is also an excellent material for making transparent conductive films. In the future, graphene materials may appear in liquid crystal displays and touch screens.

But even so, in the European scientific community, which does not know much about Zhou Shuo, very few people associate him with the field of electronics. Some people think he's a scientist specializing in materials, while some prejudiced people simply think he's just a shit-picker. A scientific desert like China's one is really not very believable that great scientific achievements can be born.

Although Brian doesn't have too many prejudices, he doesn't think that a person who invented the preparation method of graphene has a research field that is not in the direction of materials science.

He frowned and subconsciously said, "That's not right." ”

"What's wrong?" Alan walked over curiously. looked at the text in Brian's hand.

"Look, here's the outline of his exchange lecture."

Brian simply handed over a part of the text that he had already read to Allen, pointed to a certain place on the text, and said, "Judging from the content he wants to speak." It's not like just coming to exchange graphene material research. ”

"Hey, why is there so much content in the field of microelectronics in addition to the research progress of graphene?" Alan just looked twice. In disbelief, he said, "Lecture on computer technology at Leiden University? ”

After speaking, he subconsciously shook his head and said, "Are you kidding?" What computer technology is there for the Chinese to talk about! ”

Brian nodded. It seems that some agree with him. However, he watched a lot more content than Allen, but he didn't despise Zhou Shuo too much. After all, this article is not just a list of Zhou Shuo's speech outlines. It also provides a lot of the latest research progress of Panhan Group in the field of electronics.

If the name Zhou Shuo is not well-known in the field of microelectronics in the Netherlands, then Fanhan Group is still somewhat famous in a small range.

After all, ASML and Nikon have been competing for the lithography machine market for more than a decade, and the old rivals, who were once evenly matched, were cut down by a little-known Chinese company - this is really a bit legendary.

Brian opened the information in Allen's hand and explained to him: "I can't say that, I've heard of this Panhan Group, and it is very level in lithography machine technology!" ASML was the world's leading lithography machine technology before, but this generation of Intel production line uses Chinese products! This week, it turned out to be the president of Fanhan Group! ”

"Ahh Alan was a little surprised, and opened the back part of the article again and again, and looked at it carefully.

"Intel's next-generation chip production line, the order for lithography machines must be at least one billion dollars, right?" As a scientist in the field of microelectronic materials, Allen at least has common sense. He pulled out Zhou Shuo's basic profile, and quickly pointed to a number and said, "This week, this year is only 27 years old?" The 27-year-old Nobel Prize contender in physics is still a billionaire! ”

Allen is in his forties this year, and although he has made achievements in the field of science, he is probably not close to being a billionaire......

As the saying goes, people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away, and Alan is now beginning to wonder if his life should be thrown away.

"Not only in chip manufacturing technology, but also in the field of software and network communication." Brian seemed to feel that the blow to Allen was not enough, and then added weight to the scales and said: "The number jù compression algorithm that the Americans applied on the 56K modem before is also said to be patented this week. Not only that, but it is said that he has worked with some cable networks in the United States and is now promoting cable modems with higher Internet speeds. However, this news is just a rumor and has not been confirmed. ”

There is also the six-eared IM that is currently in vogue, which is also said to have been developed by his company. There is also a six-ear browser in the same series, and he is also behind a series of popular Internet companies. Even the birthday gift you gave to your daughter two days ago, that is, the MP3 music player - the same decoding chip patented and produced by the Panhan Group. ”

Alan was stunned, although he didn't think that Zhou Shuo was a shit luck, but at most he was a scientist from distant China who was more open-minded and worth communicating.

But suddenly, he found that this stranger, whom he could have looked at at eye level, suddenly became necessary to look up!

What is this called, there are indeed many demons in this world, but as the so-called out of sight and out of mind, he doesn't feel that he needs to deliberately envy and jealousy, after all, the distance between the two is too far. But if such a living demon appeared in his life, Alan suddenly felt a little pantothenic acid in his heart.

"Even if you have money, it doesn't mean anything, does it? Bill Gates also has money, but is his technical level really that good? Businessmen and scientists are not measured by the same standard. ”

"That's right." Brian nodded slightly, deeply feeling that he should let his previous mental journey be experienced in Allen as well.

"But judging from this information, the technical level of this Chinese Zhou itself is also very good!"

Brian put the rest of the text in his hand into Allen's hand, and said with a wry smile: "SPARC processor architecture, Hoffman algorithm, LZ77 compression algorithm, 100G number jù center design scheme......"

"It's hard to say what the level of this week will be, but at least I'm doing research on this. Judging from the topic of his research, it is likely to be a direction that is biased towards chip and network communication, and it really does not have much to do with graphene. ”

"This ......"

Alan felt that his brain was not enough, and looked through the list of Zhou Shuo's research results. Sure enough, as Brian said, judging from the results, this Zhou Shuo is really not a scientist specializing in electronic materials!

"Could it be that such a heavy achievement as graphene was really made by him? How is this possible! ”

Alan frantically waved the text in his hand, his face full of disbelief.

"Like you, I can't believe this conclusion." Brian shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "But judging from this article, if you didn't lie this week, this should be the truth." In fact, the school is not sure of his level, so let's let the computer research institute evaluate it and see if he is allowed to give a lecture on content other than the graphene field. ”

Alan thought for a while, nodded heavily, and said, "Of course, let him speak, Brian, when the time comes, we will find a few experts in the field of mathematics, and we must see how many levels there are this week!" (To be continued......)