Although lithium-air batteries have not yet been born, this dawn that is about to come out has blinded many people's eyes. Especially at the same time that the industry set off an 8-magnitude earthquake, the impact on the academic community is not small.

Some people exclaimed incredible, while others were indifferent.

Some people are ecstatic, and naturally some people beat their chests with remorse.

At best, this is related to billions of scientific research funds, and at worst, it is also related to whether countless doctoral and master's students can successfully complete their graduation theses.

After all, many projects related to lithium-air batteries have been cut or even cut directly, and many doctoral supervisors in this direction are not having a good time themselves, let alone the students they lead......

North American Materials Science Spring Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

Leaders in materials science from all over the world gather here.

If there is no accident, the star of this spring meeting should have belonged to the research of molybdenum disulfide monolayer materials funded by Microsoft, Intel and many other companies, before that, this material was generally favored by the academic community as the material of choice for the future semiconductor industry in addition to silicon carbide.

Clearly, however, the unexpected has now happened.

The heat of lithium-air batteries trumps everything.

At the first report meeting at the beginning of the Spring Meeting, Professor Stanley, who walked up to the podium in a tuxedo, announced in an impassioned tone the advent of the era of lithium-air batteries and how his cage-like carbon molecular materials are awesome......

It is precisely for this reason that this year's materials science spring meeting almost became popular in the first opening session.

For these colleagues who throw their shoes on the stage without saying a word, or even roll up their sleeves and fight, this guy's arrogant look is really too bad!

Although there was no fighting, the whole report will continue to conflict.

Even when many laboratories have completed the repetition of the experiment, competitors from all walks of life still pounce on him like crazy, and they are crazy about the live target of Professor Stanley.

For example, Dr. Curtis from Argonne National Laboratory.

In collaboration with Professor Amin Salehi-Khojin at the University of Illinois at Chicago, they succeeded in finding a revolutionary way to complete a lithium-air battery capable of up to 700 charge-discharge cycles in air.

After the lithium dendrite problem was solved, they tried to increase that number to 900 times. And now, that number has struggled to 1,000 times.

If it weren't for the birth of this cage-like carbon molecule, which made this originally "promising future" research fall into the dilemma of being cut down, maybe it would be him standing on the stage at this time!

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, even Professor Curtis, who is usually Sven, is angry and red-eyed at this moment, and he uses all his skills in the question session, trying to find fault with his cage-like carbon molecule.

Of course, even he knew in his heart that his actions were nothing more than a death throes......

The evening banquet was held at a five-star hotel next to the venue.

Wearing a crisp tuxedo and his hair sleek and shiny, Professor Stanley wore a smug smile on his face throughout the whole process, toasting to the scholars, peers, and industry representatives who took the initiative to talk to him, and exchanging business cards.

At the previous report meeting, he can be said to have been out of the limelight.

Because Lu Zhou did not come to the meeting, as the first discoverer of the material, he naturally became the focus of all attention.

Even if it is caught fire by fellow scholars, but so what?

Peers are inherently enemies.

What he really needs to befriend are the big bosses who wield money, and only they have the possibility to pay for their research, and those peers will only sympathize with him when he fails, and then don't know how to laugh at him behind his back.

In fact, by now, Professor Stanley has already thought about it.

After all, if you think about it carefully, in addition to being severely humiliated by the Chinese man named Lu Zhou, he doesn't seem to have a particularly big loss.

Patent?

That thing was originally ExxonMobil's thing, and after signing the R&D agreement, the benefits enjoyed by themselves were quite limited, at most they were point bonuses, and this is the case with large enterprises.

Relationship with ExxonMobil as a backer?

The reputation of the industry?

He has indeed suffered enough in the past six years, but now he has regained the status of a sweetheart in the eyes of major companies, and his status seems to be further than before.

So, what does it matter?

Listening to the compliments of the people, watching those who had once been so far away from him climb back and lick themselves, Stanley's heart felt an indescribable joy.

The head of the chemistry department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an old professor who had worked with him in the field of batteries, firmly held his right hand and said enthusiastically.

"Congratulations, Professor Stanley! When lithium-air batteries are popularized, the Nobel Prize Committee will definitely seriously consider this epoch-making discovery and award you and Professor Lu the first Nobel Prize in history in the field of batteries...... Not considering coming to MIT? We can provide you with the best possible environment for your new topic! I promise you'll be satisfied. ”

Hearing Professor Lu's name, Professor Stanley's eyebrows twitched reflexively.

However, after all, he is an old fox who has been in the academic world for so many years.

Although the wound in his heart seemed to be torn open a little more, he quickly controlled his emotions, shook the hand of the old friend he had just contacted and had the necessary need to continue to make friends with a smile, and politely excused himself.

"Thank you for your kindness...... However, Binghamton University is ready to nominate me as chair of the chemistry department, and the lab is in the process of being relocated...... I'm not going to toss in the short term. ”

Although it's a pity, I really can't offer better conditions on my side, so I can't give up my position, right?

Nodding in understanding, the chair of the Department of Chemistry at MIT let go of his right hand and said in a regretful tone.

"I understand, after all, for those of us who are learning, a stable environment is more important than anything else, and no one likes to toss around...... But if you have the idea of coming to MIT in the future, please contact me. ”

Stanley raised his forehead slightly and tapped it slightly.

"Definitely."

If it was usual, he would definitely not talk to the head of the chemistry department of MIT so coldly, after all, this big guy has been serving as the head of the department and is also a permanent director of the American Chemical Society.

But now, his coffee position is not lower than his, so naturally there is no need to keep his voice down.

Just when Professor Stanley was intoxicated with the feeling of being the focus of the whole banquet, a dusty figure walked into the banquet hall quickly, and after glancing around the whole room, he kept thinking that Stanley was coming.

Catching eye with this person, Stanley was slightly stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise.

"Woods? My dear friend, how do you ...... It's like this. ”

He hadn't seen him for six years, and the man in front of him was far from the man he had in his impression of sharp-eyed eyes and powerful aura, replaced by wrinkles carved all over his cheeks, as well as aging and haggard.

"Something happened," Woods stared into Professor Stanley's eyes as he took a deep breath, "Listen, although there was a misunderstanding between us in the past and cut your subject, but now-"

"Stop," Professor Stanley, who had a premonition that this guy might be about to say something, quickly interrupted him, "Tell me what the hell you want to do." ”

"ExxonMobil wants you back," Woods said in a sincere tone, "and you are the inventor of the cage carbon molecule, and we all know that this honor should belong to you in its entirety, and not half of it should be taken away by that Chinese." We need a compound with a similar function, at least the kind of ...... they patented."

After listening to Woods' description, Professor Stanley was silent for a moment, and then suddenly sighed faintly.

"Give up, Woods, I know you're unwilling, but we're no match for him."

I didn't expect him to say such a thing, Woods was slightly stunned, and suddenly said anxiously.

"Are you just looking at them and riding on our heads all the time? Taking control of the future of our energy lifeblood? Soon the nuclear power plant in California will be built, and the lithium-air battery market will win a blowout! Everyone wants to use cleaner and cheaper energy, but how many people have thought that the fall in oil prices will make countless American families unemployed! If we can't master the patent of lithium-air battery, we have no room to fight back! ”

The ...... that has left countless American families unemployed

Isn't it you greedy capitalists?

Of course, this sentence was only muttered in Stanley's heart, and he certainly couldn't have said it to the face of this potential financier.

Coughing slightly, Professor Stanley straightened his face, looked at the emotional Woods seriously, and continued.

"Listen, I understand your feelings, Mr. Woods, but what can we do in this situation? The patent law is written in black and white about the ownership of patent expediency, unless you have a way to convince Lu Zhou to sell you the patent, I suggest you still ...... Think of something to be happy. ”

"What's more, you can also see, I'm doing well now, let it pass the past six years, at least what should belong to me He didn't take it away very well. As for you asking me if I hate it, a few days ago I gritted my teeth with hatred, and I wanted to go to Huaguo with a gun and destroy him, but now I ......"

"I've already figured it out."

It's not just about wanting to open it.

It's also because Stanley is really scared.

He didn't know if Lu Zhou had calculated everything that happened today, but the only thing he knew was that because of that cunning Chinese, his academic career had stagnated for six years.

Now that he has finally come out of it, he really doesn't want to go against that guy anymore after relying on that guy's latest research results.

After all, he's not too young.

If you delay for another six years, you may have to wait in the coffin!

Shrugging his shoulders and looking at the sluggish Woods, Professor Stanley said comfortingly.

“…… As for the unemployment rate or something, that's something for the old men on Capitol Hill to think about, not us. ”

Woods looked at Stanley stunned and patted him on the shoulder, then turned and walked away, turning into the next circle, chatting and laughing with the big bulls in the same field.

I stood with a dull gaze for a long time.

Suddenly, his shoulders moved, and he stared at the floor with a slight lowered eyebrow.

As if thinking of something, between the dry lips, he chewed a few words repeatedly.

"Capitol Hill ......"

"That's what the old men on Capitol Hill are thinking about......"

"yes, I didn't think of that!"

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