Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Solving the superconducting phenomenon from the perspective of carbon nanomaterials is a very novel idea.

Although no one has done this research, so far no particularly prominent results have been heard.

Therefore, there is no bottom line in the mind of the Ark as to whether this idea works or not.

However, the vast majority of scientific research begins with speculation. He decided to put up a flag first, like all the other bosses, whether it worked or not.

After determining the direction of the study, Ark and Sarat made a telephone call to repeat what Zhao Xu had previously said to him.

After listening to the ark, Sarott opened his eyes and said, "Superconducting material? Why do you suddenly want to study this direction? ”

Ark: “Because I think it's funny, can't it? ”

Sarott: "No, I mean, research in this direction is close to blank, and we have to start from scratch. ”

Ark: “So what? ”

“So it's probably only after many stages that we can achieve an outcome that meets the patent application criteria," Sarott persuaded, “Why don't we continue to make batteries? The industry is looking forward to continuing to improve HCS-2 materials to bring them more capacity batteries. ”

After hearing this, the Ark laughed.

“There is absolutely no expectation in the industry that we will continue to improve HCS-2 materials, and in fact we have produced these technologies that industry has been digesting for some time. ”

“As for patents, you don't have to worry about that. I don't use patents as the only criterion for your performance appraisal, just follow that direction. ”

“Well, since you don't mind losing money.” Sarott shrugged her shoulders and stopped persuading her.

Though he could not understand the boss's motives, someone was willing to pay him to experiment, an opportunity he would not refuse.

After a moment of pause, Sarott continued: "Actually, if you're not very concerned about patent issues, we can work with other research teams to accelerate the phased output. As far as I know, there's a research team at MIT that does the same thing, and we can work with them. ”

Ark: “Their names? ”

Sarotto: "The subject group of Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, headed by a bull in the field of graphene. ”

The ark frowned slightly, questioning: "Will this bull be willing to work with us? ”

“It depends on who is proposing to cooperate, and if I send an email, he probably won't listen to me," Sarott shrugged, "but if Hoffman Medal winner, the proponent of the theoretical model of electrochemical interface structure, and the first person in computational material science emailed him, I don't think he would refuse either. ”

emmmm…

All of a sudden, the Ark felt that, although this guy's story was a little strange, it always made sense.

“Well, I'll try to contact him. ”

Hanging up the phone, the Ark opened its laptop and began searching for information on the Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Subject Group using the Princeton University database.

Academic circles are small, and it's easy to know what a person is researching, simply by investigating the big papers he's recently published.

Soon, the ark found out what he wanted.

The study of the superconductivity of graphene materials in this panel can even be traced back 10 years.

They published a paper on "Bipolar Supercurrent in Graphene” in Nature in 2007, and a research paper on "Graphene Quantum Spin Hall State” in Nature in 2014, and the most recent one, Nature, on the ferromagnetic properties and heterostructure of single-layer van der Waals crystals, is quite interesting.

After writing down the correspondent's mailbox, Ark quickly searched through Google for Professor Pablo Herrero, the subject group leader's personal blog.

From his updated blog content, as Sarott said, they're doing an interesting research —— on the superconducting properties of graphene in cryogenic conditions.

If they are right, they will provide new ideas for research on superconducting materials.

“Materials is really cattle. ”

In my heart I was saddened, and the ark opened the mailbox and started editing the mail.

[… Hello Professor Pablo Herrero, I am an ark working at Princeton University. After reading your paper in Nature, I am very interested in the direction of your research, and if you don't mind, I would like to collaborate with you on the study of graphene superconducting properties. I don't know what you think.

After sending the mail, the Ark did not immediately close its mailbox, but leaned against the chair and waited for a while.

In his experience, most people spend their morning tracking the activity of their peers on Arxiv, as well as checking their work email addresses and responding to emails.

Not surprisingly, that Professor Pablo Herrero should be sitting in front of the computer at the moment, and he's already seen his mail.

In fact, the ark guessed exactly.

After about five minutes, he waited for a response.

There is only one word in the message.

[I have no problem, do you have a more specific cooperation plan?

Seeing this email, the corner of the ark's mouth raised a smile and began to edit the reply.

[Of course…]

……

Cooperation agreements have been reached at a faster pace than imagined by the Ark.

Most professors are still willing and able to collaborate on projects with low patent conversion rates.

Under a cooperative research agreement between the two sides, a researcher will be sent to visit and communicate with them to guide them in their computational materials methodology, while a researcher will also be sent from their side to interact with each other on research.

The two parties jointly conducted research on the subject of the superconducting properties of two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials and jointly signed the resulting paper.

The next day, the Ark found Connie after he did his doctorate here.

Compared to Jericho, who is still in the learning stage, Connie, who has obviously been working for him for some time, is better suited to the task.

“I need you to go to Boston.” When Connie was found, the ark opened its doors to meet the mountain lane.

“Boston?” Connie, who was doing the experiment, stopped working and looked at the ark and asked.

Ark: “I recently reached an agreement with the Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Subject Group at MIT to conduct a collaborative study on the superconducting properties of two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials. I need you to visit and communicate there for a while, which can take weeks or months, which is not good. Of course, I'll reimburse you for travel and expenses, mainly to see if you have any scheduling issues? ”

“My side is perfectly fine, Professor," Connie grinned, clapping his chest and said, "I'll take care of this... when are we leaving? ”

Access to communication is a great opportunity to open your eyes, especially with a generous boss who doesn't have to pay for it.

Any diligent student will not be easily spared such an opportunity.

Seeing Connie say yes, the ark nodded satisfactorily and said with a smile.

“You can get ready now and leave in three days! ”