Chapter Ninety-Three: Busy Principal Lin
Li Wenjing used dry ice methanol solvent to submerge the thin piece of titanium, calcium and copper oxide, without any suspense, the pointer indicating resistance on the multimeter stopped at the zero position after shaking a few times.
The laboratory was quiet, Professor Zhao opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time, the highest critical temperature currently reported is 140K by scientists in the Sun Country, and Wang Yinan and they suddenly raised this temperature to the dry ice temperature zone, that is, at least above 210K.
What's even more terrifying is that what Wang Yinan said just now, they have a theory first, and then make the materials? The traditional Cooper pair, that is, the BCS superconductivity theory, can only explain superconducting materials below 40K, for copper oxides, there is no universally recognized theory, if Wang Yinan's theory can predict new superconducting materials and calculate the critical temperature, then it can be considered that they have completely overcome the copper oxide superconductivity theory.
For physics, there are generally two levels of theory from proposal to wide recognition, when a theory can explain the existing experimental phenomena and data well, scientists will think that the theory is very likely to be correct, but more tests are needed, but if one day, a theory can predict a kind of experimental phenomenon that people have not yet discovered, once the experiment verifies the prediction of the theory, then, the vast majority of scientists will immediately admit the correctness of the theory.
The special theory of relativity can explain many experimental phenomena very well, but the Nobel Prize was not awarded to Lao Ai, because the Nobel Prize committee believes that the theory needs more tests, but when Sir Eddington washed out the negative, there is a general theory of relativity predicted, when the starlight is deflected by the sun, Lao Ai immediately canonized God, which is the difference between prophecy and interpretation.
Professor Zhao is also a person who has stayed in the ocean and seen the world, although the superconducting materials in the dry ice temperature region are amazing, and they are still within the normal range that is acceptable to reason, but the emergence of theories that can predict copper oxides, or even any crystal superconductivity phenomenon, is shocking, and this can really frighten the old professor.
"The preparation of superconducting materials can be repeated",
"Of course, our laboratory is still continuing to standardize and organize the process, and the detailed papers will be available soon",
"You've come up with a new theory of superconductivity?" ,
"Of course, we came up with the concept of lattice frequency, predicted the existence of a series of superconductors, and calculated their critical temperatures, which were all confirmed experimentally", Wang Yinan nodded,
"A detailed paper is also being prepared, and you should be able to see it quickly."
As a rigorous scientist, Professor Zhao asked a lot of questions like a curious baby, and only after he had no doubts anymore did he say to Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing, "Congratulations, Lao Li finally has a successor".
"By the way, such a big result came to me before it was published, and said, what do you need me to do."
Therefore, it is refreshing to talk to smart people, Wang Yinan said his intention,
"You know that after graduation, I opened a company and have been doing it myself, and Li Wenjing was also there after he came out of the institute last year."
"Ronghe Company is a private enterprise, in a sense, it is a motherless child",
"I just thought, the unit column in the paper seems to be a little pale to write a look and the company, everyone is a so-and-so research institute or a so-and-so university laboratory, and it happens to have a good relationship with you, so I thought if I could come to Imperial Capital University to get a part-time job, in this way, when the author is signed, it will look better."
Wang Yinan said very implicitly, but Professor Zhao immediately understood what Wang Yinan meant, and he didn't think about plagiarism, after all, this is still rare, but simply thought that Wang Yinan was worried that there was no backstage, and the article would encounter trouble when it was reviewed and published.
According to the convention, the paper will have the name of the research unit to which it belongs, which is to sell the authorship of the research unit to the Imperial Capital University, the price code, it is to support Wang Yinan and them, and people money, and people to eliminate disasters, since it is a joint laboratory of Imperial Capital University, if someone questions the paper, the entire Imperial Capital University must be supported.
Professor Zhao didn't even think about whether the school would agree, only the school leaders with bad brains would refuse such a good thing sent to the door, how many universities and research institutions in China, how many academicians, how much research funds are spent every year, and how many Nobel Prizes are won? Until now, it's still a glaring zero, and of course, the literary prize doesn't count.
Now a Nobel Prize-level achievement is sent to the door, the condition is only two part-time professors, not to mention part-time, as long as the conditions are met, the title of two doctoral supervisors, Professor Zhao dares to bet that Imperial Capital University will not be reluctant.
Even if Imperial Capital University is reluctant, any famous university that thinks it has some qualifications will definitely give away the title that can be given away.
Professor Zhao himself will not suffer, Wang Yinan found him to contact the school, the meaning is already very clear, that is, this joint laboratory, the contact person of the school is Professor Zhao, with the title of this super bull X laboratory, it will be too easy for Professor Zhao and his students to post articles in the future.
Thinking about these joints, Professor Zhao patted Wang Yinan's shoulder and said three times in a row, "Good, good, good, thank you for your kindness, it's very ancient, Lao Li didn't mistake you."
"What is your relationship with the head of the physics department?" Clueless, Wang Yinan asked.
"The relationship is very good, and Director Liu usually takes good care of me", Professor Zhao replied,
"Then when we go to the principal's office, it's best to call him", Wang Yinan reminded,
"Oops, yes, I almost forgot", Professor Zhao patted his head, "The young man is good, his thinking is very clear". Wang Yinan's meaning is obvious, if the head of the department is not on the right path with Professor Zhao, then what should he do, now it is quite the right way, then bring it with him when he goes to receive the merit, and it will be beneficial in the future.
Professor Zhao didn't delay, it seems that he has a really good relationship with the head of the department, and he directly took Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing with the guys, of course, this time there was an extra multimeter, and rushed to the office of Director Liu of the Department of Physics, there was not much dry ice methanol, so he didn't give him a demonstration, but when Professor Zhao explained things clearly in a few words, although it was hard to believe, Director Liu did not doubt what Professor Zhao said.
In this kind of thing that is easy to expose, Professor Zhao will not dare to fake even if he eats the leopard's gall, otherwise after today, he can leave the academic circle of Huaguo forever.
So the group chatted in the office of the head of the department, while waiting for the president's ten minutes, the head of the department is worthy of being a political cadre, and quickly found out the background of Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing clearly, and also issued a warm invitation by the way, specially approved two regular professors, without the presence of Imperial Capital University, our physics department still has this permission!
When it was almost noon, Professor Zhao's phone rang, it was the president's secretary, "The meeting with the guests on Hong Kong Island will end in about 20 minutes".
"Come over now, the principal is going to the airport at noon, give you ten minutes before leaving."
So the group came to the president's office, the office building of the Imperial Capital University is the same as the office building of the Department of Physics, it is also the kind of very old building, thick brick walls, as if in a wordless telling of the vicissitudes of history, the president's secretary arranged for them to wait in a large living room, the wall of the living room, hung with photos of outstanding alumni, and even portraits.
What these guests didn't expect was that it didn't take long for the photos of Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing to be hung.
The secretary emphasized again that there was only ten minutes to go, and then turned around and walked out, and not long after, she walked in with a middle-aged man with glasses and a suit, not so much like the principal of the highest university in China, but more like a successful businessman.
The middle-aged man walked in with the secretary, and while untying the neatly tied tie, he said, "I have to wear formal clothes for foreign affairs activities today, it's really uncomfortable." Raising his eyes and seeing a room of people in the reception room, Principal Lin was obviously taken aback, and he must have thought that Professor Zhao was alone.
Secretly frowned, President Lin was a little unhappy, originally thought that Professor Zhao had some personal matter for him to help, for the sake of decades old professors, small things would be handled for him, but now that so many people are coming, it is clear that they can only do business.
"Director Liu is also here, Lao Zhao, you only have ten minutes, these two young people are... , obviously he doesn't know Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing.
Director Liu understands very well that being able to stay here now can be regarded as a good reward for Professor Zhao, otherwise why would people take him, he would be very satisfied to show up, and he consciously gave up the stage to Professor Zhao.
Now is not the time to be modest, Professor Zhao nodded, "These two are Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing, who graduated from the Department of Physics of N University, and they have opened a laboratory in the imperial capital, and they have some of the latest research results.
With the consent of Principal Lin, he motioned for Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing to start building an experimental environment on the coffee table on the side.
"President Lin knows about the recent high-temperature superconductivity research competition," said Professor Zhao.
"Of course, I also read the literature two days ago, and the current leader seems to be the 140K critical temperature of the solar country", President Lin was born as an academician of the Department of Chemistry, and he is no stranger to high-temperature superconductivity.
"Then I don't have to waste time introducing background materials", Professor Zhao pointed to Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing, "the two of them proposed a new theory, which can not only explain the results of superconductivity experiments on copper oxides, but even predict the existence of new superconductors and calculate their critical temperatures".
"Wait, I heard it right, copper oxides, that's not a simple extension of the BCS theory", President Lin's academic level is not covered, otherwise how can he be the president of the Imperial Capital University for so many years,
"Yes, the new non-BCS theory, applicable to copper oxides and any crystals", confirms Prof. Zhao.
"It's not a phenomenological theory", the stakes are very high, although I think it is most impossible, Principal Lin still asked,
"No, the results of theoretical calculations at the lattice level, I don't know the specific theory, I only know that it is very difficult and difficult, and the mathematical tools are completed with the help of Qiu Lao and Professor Tao of UCLA."
"Two Fields Medal winners?" , Principal Lin gasped,
"That's right".
Taking off his glasses, Principal Lin pressed the thumbs of both hands on his temples for a long time, he waved his hand to stop the secretary who wanted to come up to help, and after a while, his voice trembled a little,
"You are saying that these two proposed new theories to explain the superconductivity of copper oxides and predicted the existence of new superconductors",
"Yes, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing," Professor Zhao said.
Principal Lin recited these two ordinary names several times, and from this moment on, these two names were no longer ordinary.
"Now, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing hope to cooperate with Imperial Capital University, that is, this achievement can be signed Imperial Capital University?" ,
"That's right".