If the problem of controlled nuclear fusion can really be solved, a research institute is really nothing, and even more exaggerated treatment can be considered.

After all, China is a country that is good at adaptation, and the introduction of international cutting-edge talents is always one of the focuses of talent work.

Ignore the reaction of the domestic academic community.

As October gets closer and closer, it's not just the physics community that has a headache because of the name Lu Zhou, but also the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jury in Stockholm.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is located in a quiet corner of the research institute building.

Olof Ramström, who had just finished an internal meeting of the Nobel Prize Committee in Chemistry, was sitting at his desk, looking at the paper in his hand.

"Physics? You've got a lot to do. Glancing at the paper in the hands of his colleague, Professor Pyotr Brzezinski, who had also just attended the meeting, raised his eyebrows and said with interest.

"I'm not studying physics, but this paper seems to have caused quite a stir in the physics community recently, and I heard several professors discussing it, so I asked an acquaintance to help me get a copy and take a look."

For the mathematical formulas listed in the paper, Orlov must not be able to understand it, after all, the major is not right.

However, this does not prevent him from combining the "Physical Review Letters" at hand and referring to the comments of professionals to understand what is outstanding about this paper, or which problem it solves that has plagued the physics community for many years.

Peter stared at the paper for a while, and asked in an uncertain voice, "Lu Zhou?" ”

"That's right, it's this guy who gives a headache," Orlov continued in a joking tone after a pause, "maybe we'll see him in the Nobel Prize nominations for physics next year." ”

Olof Lamström Ramstrom) is Professor of Mechanical Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and a member of the jury for the 18-year Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

And standing next to him was Peter Brzezinski. Brzezinski), a biochemistry expert from Stockholm University, is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and a member of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jury.

In the past month, the name Lu Zhou has contracted more than half of the controversy of the Nobel Committee, so much so that they have held several meetings without reaching a consensus on the topic of this name.

What is more interesting is that the focus of those debates does not revolve around the results of the selection itself, after all, whether it is the "shuttle effect" of lithium-sulfur batteries or the problem of lithium anode dendrite, they are quite high-level research results.

And, it's not just the field of application.

Just last year, he established a "theoretical model of electrochemical interface structure", which caused quite a stir in the fields of computational chemistry, surface chemistry and even condensed matter physics, and won the honor of the Hoffman Medal.

However, the Nobel Prize is not an ordinary honor after all, and it is not just a certain aspect or field that needs to be considered.

It is true that he has done great things, but there are also many equally good results that are still in the queue.

Many people have not even been selected after waiting in line for decades, and some people have even been ranked from the prime of life to the first time they have just been evaluated......

There is a great deal of difference of opinion within the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jury, with some arguing that he and his work are too young, while others believe that being young is not a reason to ignore the importance of the results.

Professor Ollov, for example, is one of the proponents of the latter.

In his opinion, modified PDMS materials and HCS-1 may still need to be considered, after all, although these two achievements have great prospects for industrialization, they have not yet reached the outstanding level in terms of their contribution to the field of chemistry. However, the theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure, in his opinion, has undoubtedly reached a remarkable level.

In the past year, many scholars have made quite valuable achievements around the theoretical model he has established.

It is no exaggeration to say that the theoretical model he established has redefined the discipline of surface chemistry and opened up new research ideas for computational chemistry.

"The 2017 Chemistry Prize has been awarded to cryo-EM, and the 15-year winning study of DNA repair mechanisms is even something that Karolinska Institutet should consider. Seriously, if we don't consider the real chemistry achievements, our Nobel Prize in Chemistry Judging Committee can simply be renamed the Biology Prize Judging Committee. ”

Hearing this, Professor Peter, who is engaged in biochemistry research, coughed lightly in embarrassment.

"Don't be like that, my friend, biochemistry is also part of chemistry...... Moreover, cryo-EM is not entirely an achievement in the field of biology, but can also be regarded as a methodological study in analytical chemistry, right? ”

Orloff shook his head, "This wordplay doesn't make any sense, we all know whether it's biology or chemistry." ”

Someone has made a very interesting statistic, among the five secondary disciplines of chemistry, the Nobel Prize is given to polymer and biochemistry, accounting for one-third, of which biochemistry has won 26 chemistry prizes, and 6 have been awarded to structural biology.

In contrast, the organic synthesis methodology, which is truly awarded to chemists, has only won 12 awards, and the inorganic chemistry is even worse......

If DNA is considered as a large molecule, then the Nobel Prize Committee's choice is indeed not faulty and logically justifying.

However, everyone knows that this is unfair to chemists.

After all, in addition to chemistry, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is where biologists should go.

Now that cryo-EM has won awards, it would be impossible to say that chemists have no opinion at all.

Glancing at his old friend, Peter sighed softly.

"I can understand your feelings. His work in the field of surface chemistry was indeed outstanding enough, and although I did not watch the Berlin presentation, I did talk to many professors of the Max Planck Society afterwards, and their opinions were invariably high...... But I must say that this achievement is too young. ”

Orloff asked rhetorically: "What does it matter?" When we presented the award for 'Design and Synthesis of Molecular Machines', did we consider the possible contribution of this technology in the future? ”

"So that year's awards were really controversial, and it surprised many people. But that's not really the point, the point is that he's too young," Professor Peter shook his head, "the 24-year-old nominee...... If the Nobel Prize were awarded to him, there would be no doubt that he would be the youngest laureate. ”

Prior to that, the youngest Nobel laureate was 25-year-old Lawrence Bragg.

Although Nobel's will does not specify how old the laureates must be over, not everyone is happy to break the rules and set a new record in history.

Unless, he's really good.

However, this subjective problem is quite difficult to judge, unless the Nobel Prize committee happens to have a scholar in the field of surface chemistry who can better describe the work he has done from an objective point of view......

Unfortunately, there are no scholars in the field of surface chemistry among these members.

In fact, Orlov himself was very hesitant, what he insisted on was right or not.

But he just felt that this Nobel Prize should consider work in the field of pure chemistry.

Or to put it another way, they should give an award to a theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure.

After all, in the 21st century, it is too difficult to make such important achievements in the field of theoretical chemistry......