Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Around the beginning of the year, the Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Laboratory produced quite remarkable results on the Graphene Superconducting Research project, opening up new platforms for superconducting research.

That is, when the overlapping corners of the two tablets of graphene approach 1.1 °, the energy band structure will be close to a zero-color dispersed energy band, resulting in this band being transformed into a Mott insulator when semi-filled.

The results of this study at the time caused quite a stir.

While Kelvin's superconducting transition temperatures are not as brilliant as they seem to many outsiders, the project is in fact full of potential.

As to why, it is important first to clarify a very basic concept that the superconducting transition temperature is proportional to the concentration of the material carrier.

Theoretically, therefore, the upper limit of the superconducting transition temperature can be raised as long as the carrier concentration of the material is increased.

For a very simple comparison of data, graphene downloaded only 10 ^ 11cm ^ -2 in the aforementioned conditions, but the transition temperature reached 1K.

In contrast, the superconducting transition temperature of the copper oxide is about 100K, while the equivalent two-dimensional material carrier concentration is at an order of magnitude of 10 ^ 14cm ^ -2.

Even if you don't understand chemistry, you can feel it through digital intuition, the superiority of graphene materials over traditional copper oxide materials in the field of high-temperature superconducting research.

There are also many methods for increasing the carrier concentration of graphene, which can be divided into N-type doping, P-type doping, metal-doping, small molecule doping, substrate doping, lattice doping, and the like from a source of doped material.

And the advantage of graphene material is that it's here.

An atomic sheet of two-dimensional material can be combined in any stack to form a new structure, which often has new properties. And that near-limitless possibility means limitless possibilities.

As for disadvantage, it could be expensive.

For academic research, however, there is no need to consider the cost of this kind of thing.

How to cut costs, how to commercialize them and how to profit from them are all things industry needs to consider.

This time, however, the Ark sincerely hopes that industry will find a way to commercialize his research slightly faster.

The system left him with a very tight time.

The construction of a "DEMO” nuclear fusion prototype by 2025, a more concise superconducting material in the engineering sense, is essential.

After all, he couldn't have built this “DEMO" magnetic restraint device the size of a European Johnson collider...

On the evening of the experiment, the Ark invited Connie and Professor Chirick, as well as his two assistants, to the best bar in Palmer Square for a drink.

As far as money is concerned, it comes naturally from research funding.

Anyway, this research fund was paid for by the Ark itself.

“Honestly, why are you suddenly interested in superconducting material? There are obviously no batteries to pay for doing research on superconducting materials.” A cocktail was ordered and Professor Chirick, sitting by the ark, asked.

Although there is nothing to discuss in the direction of the study, and there are people studying the direction of the cold gate, but what the Ark used to study was electrode materials, and now it's suddenly turned to the study of superconducting materials, so Professor Chirick really doesn't understand why he did it.

After all, this piece of superconducting material, although it can't talk about cold doors, it definitely can't talk about vast amounts of money.

The ark joked, "If I say it's for poetry and distant places, do you believe it? ”

“You're drunk,” Chirick looked at the bartender behind the bar, continuing, “Bartender, give him a bloody Mary. ”

“Don't listen to him, Bloody Mary for Tequila Sunrise, you have to drink that tomato juice yourself," paused for a moment, and the ark continues, "Well, to be honest, it's just because my experiment needs to use a bigger constrained electromagnetic field, and the strength of the magnetic field that traditional copper oxide superconducting material can provide in the engineering sense has reached its limits, so I have to find a way out of the new material. ”

Professor Chirick: "For theoretical physics experiments? ”

He seems to have heard the story of the Ark and the 750GeV from somewhere.

Picking up the tequila sunrise on the bar, the ark slowly tasted its mouth and answered with ambiguity.

“Kind of. ”

“Well… for the sake of research, the reason barely passed,” Shaking the cup in his hand, Professor Chirick made a helpless expression, lifting his glass slightly, "I toast you to your sentiment. ”

“Thanks.”

Likewise lifted his glass and the ark touched him gently.

The Palmer Square bars are not much fun, and guests here are basically Princeton students or professors, except for the residents of the town.

The kind of footage that usually appears in an aesthetic show, which is hard to see here, unless you're going to a more biased place.

According to Connie, if you want to play something more exciting, you have to go to Philadelphia next door.

But for an ark, alcohol is enough to relax his weary nerves.

It's worth mentioning that the atmosphere here is not very intense, but it's very enthusiastic.

Just as Professor Chirick snuck off to the toilet, perhaps he noticed that the ark was sitting alone at the bar, and a beautiful young Asian lady came and sat beside him and asked him for his phone number with a smile.

But the Ark quickly recognized that this guy seemed to be a student in his class, and he left his phone number and mailbox on the blackboard more than once.

Obviously, she couldn't have been unaware of her phone.

I don't know what excitement she's looking for, but mostly she wants to have fun with herself.

After being exposed by the Ark, she did show a surprise look on her face and then slipped away...

Until almost early in the morning, a group of drunk elders returned home after crossing the road.

The next day, Starscream North America sent a team of professional lawyers from Philadelphia to help solve patent applications.

You can only publish a paper once you have the patent number.

If this order is reversed, it is likely that the patent application will not pass due to the novelty issue.

White Sheridan, CEO of the North American branch, came personally to urge the application for a patent number to be completed as soon as possible.

After receiving the completed patent application materials from the Ark, Sheridan looked at the patent instructions and couldn't help but say.

“Seriously, don't you consider listing? ”

Ark: “Listed? ”

Sheridan earnestly persuaded: "Yes, if we rely solely on patent revenues, we make less than $100 million a year, in addition to a one-time buyout authorization. But if it's listed in the Nasdaq sector, with our market share in the lithium-sulfur battery sector and our potential for future growth in the new energy industry, you'll be billionaire in less than a year. ”

I have to say, this sounds appealing.

However, when it heard the word billionaire, the ark just laughed and said less carelessly: “The market value is nothing. If it can all turn into cash, I can think about it, but if I can't, I don't want to have a board report every time I make a project. ”

He founded astral technology to facilitate his focus on research, and if it goes against that original intent, it would be reversed.

As for the billionaire...

To be honest, if it was pocket money, the hundreds of millions in the account, he didn't know how to spend it.

“Well... although I think that even if your shareholding ratio were only 1%, no fool would ever stop you from doing the experiment. ”

Sheridan made a helpless expression.

There are really not many people in this age who still have this stubborn idea.

But he has nothing to complain about.

After all, even though the Ark had strong control over the ownership of the company, it offered him a fairly generous salary.

This reason alone is enough to dispel his superfluous thoughts.