Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Natural Chemistry Editorial, two technical editors are processing newly received contributions.

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

While half of these destinations are in the trash, there is also a lack of high-quality papers.

At this point, Kevin, who was checking the manuscript, suddenly made a whispering shout.

“Incredible… someone claimed to have solved the lithium branch crystal?! ”

Kevin's voice immediately attracted the attention of colleagues next door.

Only Krieman, sitting at the next table, stood up with his coffee, stuck up next to his computer, looked at the paper on the screen and pushed his glasses, and said with interest: “It's incredible… if this is true, the battery industry will launch a new technological revolution. ”

This assertion is not exaggerated.

The current technical bottleneck that constrains lithium batteries is the problem with lithium branches. Whether it's a portable bomb or a high-performance battery, the question is who can solve it, the "silver fork” that pierces the diaphragm. Although it's just a small anode material, its application is far too broad.

Of course, everything presupposes that it's true.

Two editors have been staring at this paper for a long time, and no one can decide.

There are no problems with the format of the paper, there are no obvious gaps in the wording, and the sensationality of the research results is absolutely matched by Nature. But the problem is, this technology is inevitably too black. Everyone is studying how to suppress the growth of lithium branches, and you solve this problem directly?

So the two editors hesitated.

Krieman, standing behind Kevin, thought for a moment, asked, "What do you think of this article? ”

Kevin frowned: “I don't know, there's nothing wrong with the text itself. It's definitely groundbreaking research progress in the lithium battery field, but... I can't guarantee the correctness of the text itself. ”

"Contributors come from Princeton," Krieman warned. ”

Kevin sighed and said with a headache: “I know, and I'm still a math professor, and I won the Crawford Prize in Sweden not long ago. But the only connection he had with material science, and I searched it and found that there was only one paper on computational material. ”

Krieman hesitated and said, "With Professor Ark's academic reputation, I don't think he would have made an honesty mistake. ”

Kevin asked, "So what's your opinion? ”

“My opinion is that since the text itself is fine and meets the requirements of our journal, let the academic editor worry about it, and if the experts feel fine, I think it's okay.” Krieman said.

Anyway, journals don't backpack.

“Who do you think is more appropriate?” Kevin asked.

“The research team of Professor Moungi G. Bawendi of the Massachusetts Polytechnic University is deeply researched in the battery field, and he himself is a battery expert and authoritative enough that I think it would be more appropriate to contact him.” Krieman paused for a moment and continued, "and Professor Ark's previous paper on computational materials was also written by him, and I think his opinion should be critical. ”

Kevin nodded, thinking that there seemed to be no better way to do it than to do it.

“Then… do as you say. ”

……

More than a week after the paper was uploaded, good news came from Nature, and the paper was reviewed by technical editors and entered the peer review process.

When I heard the news, the ark was finally relieved.

At the very least, his thesis was not echoed by the arguments of "incompatibility with the reader's interests” and “research is not innovative enough in this field”, like 90% of rejected authors.

Although Nature is not the only option and there are many more professional organic chemistry journals to consider, the purpose of the Ark is to extend this technology. In this regard, none of the journals has the same impact as even the outside world has the two top issues of interest.

Now that the paper was in the hands of professionals, the next thing was much better, and he trusted that his peers in the field would give him a pertinent assessment of his research.

Time passes quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it's July 15th.

At the request of the Ark, three master's degrees received offers arrived on time at Princeton University campus.

The three freshmen are Vera Puyui from Berkeley, Qin Yue from Kaiyue University in China, and Hardy Clive from Columbia University.

Among them, Vera Pujoy's Ark was a bit impressive, and the way he saw it at Berkeley didn't change much, she was a charming but strong little girl.

Qin Yue wore a pair of boxed glasses, just like he did during the interview. He was polite, but not very good at expressing himself. However, his mathematical talents and abilities were well recognized by the Ark and, after all, had been tested at the time of the interview.

As for another Brazilian guy named Hadi, his mathematical talents may be inferior to those of Vera and Qin Yue, but he is also a talent who stands out from those ten resumes.

For each of them, the Ark has different requirements and training plans.

To be honest, there aren't many mentors as responsible as him.

Over the course of the afternoon, the Ark helped three people solve their enrollment and dormitory problems, and then called them to their offices to begin scheduling their work for the next month.

“Your talents and abilities are good, but to be honest, my demands on you are far short. ”

The Ark watched carefully, when he said this, three people did not object, even someone, looking at themselves with a worshipping look...

He coughed softly, cleared his voice and continued.

“… Until September, I will not let you touch my subject, and at your current level, even if you are involved in my subject, you will only be able to make me a cup of coffee at most. However, I will develop a learning task for you, and if one of you can pass my exam at the end of August, I will allow him to join my subject. ”

“This subject will accompany your entire master's career, and I do not necessarily ask you to solve it completely, but at least the results you produce must be worthy of publication in the Mathematical Yearbook. Of course, I'm going to work with you, just to do the main work or to do it by you, and I'm just going to give you guidance and some ideas on how to solve some of the problems. ”

This trick was learned from Bachelor Lu, who felt he could learn from it.

But the thesis is not challenging, and Princeton naturally uses the Princeton standard.

At the time of the interview, the Ark warned them not to expect to get a diploma for studying for a master's degree at their place, and he would make them live a full day.

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

If you can't pass the assessment to participate in the project, you don't even have a chance to graduate?

Opportunities for public study were not easy, and his primary concern was naturally reality.

The ark thought about it and said in a relaxed tone: "Then you can only learn while you can, and you can make coffee for others until you pass my exam. But I think you can be a little more confident that since I chose you as my student, it must be that you can fulfill my requirements. ”

Compared to Qin Yue's caution, Hadi showed a little too much confidence. It appeared that he did not take the test a month later to heart. Raise his hand and ask: “Professor, can I ask what the subject is? ”

However, the ship did not answer the question directly, but smiled slightly.

“It's about hail. ”