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After all, it is one of the two world's top academic journals, and the manuscripts received here every day can be described in thousands of words.

Although most of them end up in the recycling bin, there are also some papers with outstanding quality.

At this moment, Kevin, who was checking the manuscript, suddenly let out a small exclamation.

"Incredible...... Someone even claimed to have solved lithium dendrite?! ”

Kevin's voice immediately attracted the attention of the colleague next to him.

I saw Kliman, who was sitting at the next table, stand up with his coffee, leaned over to his computer, looked at the paper on the screen, pushed his glasses, and said with interest: "It's really incredible...... If this is true, the battery industry will set off a new round of technological revolution. ”

This is no exaggeration.

At present, the technical bottleneck restricting lithium batteries is the problem of lithium dendrites. Whether it is a portable bomb or a high-performance battery, the question is who can solve it, the "silver fork" that pierces the diaphragm. Although it is only a small anode material, its application is too wide.

Of course, the premise of everything is that it is true.

The two editors stared at the paper for a long time, and neither of them could make up their minds.

There are no problems with the format of the paper, there are no obvious loopholes in the writing, and the sensationality of the research results is definitely worthy of Nature. But the problem is that this technology is inevitably too "black technology". Everyone is studying how to inhibit the growth of lithium dendrites, and you have solved this problem directly?

Therefore, the two editors hesitated.

Kliman, who was standing behind Kevin, thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think of this article?" ”

Kevin frowned: "I don't know, there is nothing wrong with the paper itself, it is definitely a breakthrough research progress in the field of lithium batteries, but ...... I can't guarantee the correctness of the paper itself. ”

Kliman reminded: "The contributors are from Princeton. ”

Kevin sighed and said with a headache, "I know, and I'm also a professor of mathematics, and I won the Cafford Prize in Sweden not long ago. But his only connection with materials science, I searched and found only one paper on computational materials. ”

Kliman hesitated for a moment and said, "With Professor Lu Zhou's academic reputation, I remember that he should not make honest mistakes. ”

Kevin asked, "And what is your opinion?" ”

"My opinion is that since there is no problem with the paper itself and it meets the requirements of our journal, then throw this problem to the academic editors to worry about, and if the experts think it is okay, I think it is also K." Kliman said.

Anyway, journals don't take the blame.

"And who do you think is more suitable?" Kevin asked.

MIT's Monchi M. G. Bawandi (ungi· G· Professor Baendi's research group is very in-depth in the field of batteries, and he is also an expert in batteries himself, and he is authoritative enough, I think it would be appropriate to contact him. Kliman paused for a moment and continued, "Moreover, he was also the reviewer of Professor Lu Zhou's previous computational materials science paper, and I think his opinion should be crucial." ”

Kevin thought about it for a moment and felt that there seemed to be no better way to do it than to do it, so he nodded.

"That'...... Just do as you say. ”

……

More than a week after the paper was uploaded, there was good news from Nature, that the paper had passed the review of the technical editors and entered the peer review process.

Hearing this news, Lu Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the very least, his paper was not rejected by the two panaceas of "not meeting the reader's interest" and "the research is not innovative enough in the field", as is the case with ninety percent of the rejected manuscripts.

Although Nature is not the only option, and there are many more specialized organic chemistry journals to consider, Lu Zhou's goal is to promote this technology. In this regard, no journal has the same influence as the two top journals that even the layman is following.

Now that the paper has been sent to the professionals, the rest is much easier, and he believes that his peers in the field will give a fair evaluation of his research.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was July 5th.

At Lu Zhou's request, the three masters who received FFER arrived at the campus of Princeton University as scheduled.

The three freshmen are Vera Puyouy from Berkeley, Yue Qin from China Development University, and Hardy Clive from Columbia University.

Among them, Vera Puyuy Lu Zhou has a little impression, which is not the same as what he saw at Berkeley, she is a shy but strong little girl.

Qin Yue was the same as during the interview, wearing a pair of square-framed glasses, very polite, but not very good at expressing himself. However, Lu Zhou still recognizes his talent and ability in mathematics, after all, he has tested this point during the interview.

As for the other Brazilian guy named Hardy, his talent in mathematics may be inferior to Vera and Qin Yue, but he is also a talent who stands out from those ten resumes.

For each of them, Lu Zhou has developed different requirements and training plans.

To be honest, there are really not many mentors as responsible as him.

After spending an afternoon, Lu Zhou helped the three of them solve the enrollment procedures and dormitory problems, and then called them to his office and began to arrange the work for the next month.

"Your talents and abilities are good, but to be honest, it's still far from what I ask of you."

Lu Zhou paid close attention, and when he said this, none of the three of them objected, and even one of them was looking at him with adoring eyes......

With a slight cough, he cleared his throat and continued.

“…… I won't let you touch my project until September, and at your current level, even if you participate in my project, you can only help me make a cup of coffee. However, I will set you a study assignment, and if any of you can pass my assessment at the end of August, then I will allow him to join my project. ”

"This is a topic that will accompany you throughout your master's career, and I don't necessarily ask you to solve it completely, but at least the results you come up with must be something worthy of publication in the Annals of Mathematics. Of course, I will work with you, but you will do the main work, and I will only provide guidance and ideas for solving some of the problems. ”

This trick was learned from Academician Lu, and Lu Zhou felt that he could learn from it.

However, the paper is too unchallenging, and Princeton naturally has to use Princeton's standards.

During the interview, Lu Zhou reminded them that they should not expect to get a graduation certificate when they study for a master's degree here, he will let them live every day to the fullest.

Qin Yue asked nervously, "What if no one completes your assessment?" ”..

If you can't pass the assessment, won't you even have a chance to graduate?

The opportunity to study abroad on public assignment is not easy, and his main concern is naturally the practical problem.

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said in a relaxed tone: "Then you can only help others make coffee while learning, until you pass my assessment." But I think you can be more confident, since I chose you as my student, I must think that you can do what I want. ”

Compared to Qin Yue's cautiousness, Hardy was a little too confident, it seemed that he didn't seem to take the test in a month to heart, raised his hand and asked, "Professor, can I ask what the subject is?" ”

However, Lu Zhou did not answer this question directly, but only smiled slightly.

"It has something to do with hail."