Chapter 876: Using a Nature article as bait (4k)
“Metal?”
Li Yabo was obviously stunned for a moment.
His previous research, including the paper that is currently refining the experimental data, focused on carbon fiber reinforced composite (CFRP) panels of different thicknesses, and Chang Haonan has never mentioned changing the research subjects before. Why did it suddenly change to a metal material?
Looking at Li Yabo who looked confused, Chang Haonan smiled and explained:
"I was initially planning to continue my original thinking and study the processing of carbon-based composite materials."
"But recently I have been thinking about it for a while and found that according to the energy transfer theory of electrons and crystal lattice, laser and The relationship between the materials being processed will be affected by characteristic parameters such as electronic thermal conductivity, lattice thermal conductivity, and electro-acoustic coupling coefficient. However, carbon fiber, even after multi-layering, is still too anisotropic. This is a huge trouble for controllable processing. "
"On the contrary, metals, including alloy materials, have been studied relatively clearly, so they are more suitable as the entry point for our research, first easy and then second. It’s difficult...”
Actually, he has another reason that he didn’t say—
At this moment, even industry leaders such as the United States, Japan, and Germany are not in CFRP. The application fields of materials are also relatively conservative.
Especially in the aerospace field, it is almost always the icing on the cake. .
Huaxia’s research accumulation in the field of CFRP materials is even weaker, and its commercialization level is almost completely blank.
Except for some low-grade test products, aviation-grade products are almost 100% dependent on imports.
Relevant papers and patents are also in a relatively chaotic state.
In this case, spending great efforts to develop a new processing method for CFRP will not have much effect, at least in a short period of time.
But metal is different.
Not to mention anything else, the air film holes in the turbine and combustion chamber walls of the turbofan 10 are still waiting for new processes to improve production efficiency.
As for why Li Yabo didn't know about this...
Because Chang Haonan figured out this layer while waiting for the right temperature window in Hailar.
I haven’t had time to inform him yet.
"But my paper has basically been finished..."
Li Yabo felt a little at a loss:
"Should we also use metal materials as the research object and add some content?"< br>
"That's not necessary. Send me the article for a look. If there are no big problems, submit it as soon as possible."
Chang Haonan waved his hand:
"The most important role of your paper is to meet the graduation requirements and to make the industry misjudge our specific research direction."
Hearing this, Li Yabo and Yao Mengna looked puzzled at the same time.
Chang Haonan had not told anyone the second reason before.
But now.
No need to hide anymore.
"This subject will make a lot of noise next, and it will definitely not be hidden."
Chang Haonan explained:
"Our country's hard power in the laser field is compared to developed countries. It’s still a lot weaker. If others can judge our technical route in a short period of time, they will most likely be able to catch up to us.”
Previously, his research on laser processing was basically just an interest. As well as technical reserves, so naturally it is based on the strength of this laboratory and at most Jinghang University.
But now that this topic has been linked to the finalization of the production of the turbofan 10, as the model chief engineer, he must mobilize all relevant resources in his hands.
However, the technical reserves in this area within the Aerospace Power Group, or the entire Science and Technology Commission system, are relatively weak.
It will definitely involve the Chinese Academy of Sciences and even universities in other systems.
The implications are huge, even if it is as high as two bombs and one star, the news will definitely leak out.
Moreover, the act of secrecy itself is also a kind of message——
“You must be doing something big if you are sneaking around like that!”
Instead of doing this, it is better to openly admit that we are studying laser processing.
As long as you provide some guidance in more detailed areas, you may be able to achieve better results.
"But..."
Yao Mengna next to her raised her eyebrows:
"That paper...isn't it going to be published in Nature?"
Causing trouble to competitors in the same industry through papers or patents is not a particularly rare thing in academic circles, especially in academic fields that are closely related to applications.
As long as you don’t engage in academic fraud, others can’t say anything.
But to do this with a nature article...
It is particularly rare.
After all, if you just write a random paper, there is a high probability that you will not get into nature at all.
And if you invest too many resources in this direction that you know is wrong, you will injure the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred to yourself.
However, Chang Haonan nodded:
“It is because everyone has this kind of thinking inertia that it is easier to take advantage of them. The longer they are misled, the longer they are misled. , the deeper it is, the better it will be for our future development.”
“Furthermore, this paper did not involve too much energy. The equipment was not in place during this period, and it was not very productive. In-depth experiments, as for the previous investment, just treat it as training for Li Yabo..."
"..."
"..."
Yao Mengna and Li Yabo were speechless at the same time.
Practice and write a Nature chapter. Who are you going to talk to to reason with this?
In fact, for a normal research group, even for the Torch Laboratory, the investment from the school headquarters is not low.
But whether it is low or not is all relative.
Now that laser processing has climbed onto the big tree of the Turbofan 10 project, the previous expenditure of millions is naturally nothing.
Even if you just use it as a bait, you can still make a lot of money.
……
One month later.
London, UK.
Macmillan Publishing Company.
For China, the 2001 Spring Festival holiday has just begun, and most people, including Chang Haonan, have gone into rest.
But Europeans are not celebrating the Spring Festival, and the Christmas holiday is already over.
Therefore, the Nature editorial department has returned to its usual busy scene.
As one of the two most prestigious journals in the field of natural sciences in the world, it receives a large number of submissions from various research institutions around the world every day.
After all, there is almost no scientific researcher who has never dreamed of publishing in Nature.
The number of papers in each issue of Nature and the number of publications in the journal itself are strictly limited.
This is still true even after entering the digital age.
This is in sharp contrast to some journals that, in order to earn page fees, have crazily increased their volume after realizing electronicization and no longer being restricted by the length of the paper version.
This greatly ensures the influence and authority of the journal,
But for editors, it's not good news.
Because with the opening of online submission channels, the number of submissions has increased by almost an order of magnitude in recent years.
And among them, not even one in a thousand can break through many thresholds and finally be published...
This is because the field of natural science has high requirements for experiments, which inherently excludes most of them. Some civil sciences.
Otherwise it may be even lower...
Therefore, for the editorial staff, it is actually a bit boring...
“Alas...”
Senior Editor Paul Nicholson threw the 20th paper he read today into the recycle bin, then sighed and got up to get it for himself. A cup of black tea.
“What’s wrong?”
Fanny Black, who was sitting opposite, raised her head:
"Have you received any ridiculous request for publication again?"
Nature is indeed a top journal. But no matter how top it is, it is still part of the academic circle.
Although there are few cases where the editorial department is required to directly accept manuscripts due to external factors such as personal connections, financial interests or political pressure, it is by no means unheard of.
This is what Blake is talking about.
"That's not the case."
Nicholson returned to his seat holding the cup:
"It's just that I have seen 10 articles in a row this morning claiming to have discovered a single-layer carbon atom material. Thesis..."
"..."
Blake did not answer, but just showed a helpless smile.
She has also encountered similar experiences.
If you want to publish in Nature, it is definitely impossible without some groundbreaking content.
But some authors put too much groundbreaking work in the abstract instead of the conclusion...
Looking at the abstract, you can see Nobel Prize-level results per person.
Look at the content again...
Even if these editors are not professional researchers, they can see that it is full of loopholes.
While talking, Blake also clicked on a submission classified as "carbon-based materials", and then quickly scanned the abstract.
“Here…I have an article here too.”
“Although I did not discover a single layer of carbon atoms, I also said that I have solved the problem of laser thermal effects in the process of processing carbon-based composite materials. Unpredictable..."
However, at this point, her voice stopped abruptly.
Nicholson raised his head and cast a questioning look.
"Wait..."
Blake raised his hand and pushed back his blond hair that was originally hanging down.
This is her habitual action when thinking.
“The data in this article... seems to be really fit?”
"Ah?"
Nixon, who was about to open the next paper, immediately put down his tea cup and walked around behind Black.
Then he was stunned.
The fitting of this curve to the data is too good to be true.
“Isn’t it after data adjustment?”
Nixon frowned immediately.
Theoretically, editors and even reviewers are not responsible for the authenticity of the data in the paper.
But if you encounter something that is particularly outrageous, you should still pay attention to it.
“Let’s first take a look at who the author is?”
He suggested again:
"If there have been results in this field before, it should still be credible."
Black clicked on the first author's personal information column.
In fact, Nature’s review results are also highly affected by the author’s past scientific research results.
In other words, even if the content of the paper remains completely unchanged and a well-known professor in the industry submits it as the corresponding author, the difficulty of submitting the manuscript will be greatly reduced.
This is not entirely due to academic hegemony, but in most cases, natural science research itself is a step-by-step process.
There was no movement before, but now there will be a big one.
The possibility is not to say impossible, at least very small.
"YaboLi... is a complete newcomer, completely blank."
Blake shook his head, and then clicked on the corresponding author.
The content loaded on the screen made her stunned:
"Huh?"
Nixon leaned in front of the screen:
"Haonan Chang... has published good papers, but it seems to have nothing to do with materials science... Don't come here "Isn't it hard?"
"No..."
Black raised his hand to stop Nixon from continuing:
"Is this person the one who was very popular last year...one of the two people who solved the Poincaré conjecture?"
"It seems..."
Nixon's tone was also serious Get up:
"I'm going to check..."
He quickly returned to his seat and started tapping on the keyboard.
A few minutes later, the result was obtained:
"The Chang Haonan from last year was a professor at a Chinese university called Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. His contact email address is...so is it really him?"
Black He nodded somewhat nervously.
However, Nixon relaxed:
"Then just leave it to the reviewers. For an author of this level, whether he can pass the manuscript or not is not something we can decide. ”
"That's the problem."
Blake showed a distressed expression:
"This paper... is said to be about materials science, but it is about 1/3 of the length, and at least half of it is The innovation lies in elaborating basic physical laws and performing mathematical calculations. I couldn’t think of anyone to review for a while..."
"Professors of materials science most likely cannot understand mathematics and theoretical physics, and professors of physics cannot He may not understand mathematics, and the mathematics professor does not understand the actual situation of materials science... I always feel that this paper is awkward no matter which field it is classified into. "
Chang Haonan added a lot to this paper. Computational materials science content.
But computational materials science is not considered a prominent subject here, so even if Black is an editor for Nature, it feels a bit numb for a while.
"To put it inappropriately, it seems more suitable to invest in PhysicalReview..."
She casually complained:
PhysicalReview founded by Cornell University Although the series is not as well-known to the public as Nature and Science, it is definitely an extremely important journal.
In the past half century, 60% of the Nobel Prize-winning papers in physics were published on it.
"But if you really dare to reject the paper, the editor may kill someone..."
Nixon said half-jokingly:
"This kind of truly groundbreaking paper can only be published if We only have Science in Nature.”
Black ignored Nixon’s joke about using the names of his own and friend’s journals, and just started looking through the list.
“Yes!”
After a full hour, she suddenly raised her head, and her sharp voice startled Nixon, who had almost forgotten about it.
The black tea was spilled.
“Henry Jeske is a materials physicist, but his research field is more theoretical, so he doesn’t have much contact with us. He published an article of a similar style in Physical Review about two years ago.”
"Even so..."
The cup of tea just happened to be spilled in a very bad place, so Blake quickly grabbed a piece of paper and started to wipe his pants:
"How many other reviewers do you need?"
But Black no longer cared about this and started writing an email directly:
"It doesn't matter, let Professor Jeske recommend it to us. "
"The content of this paper should be of interest to him..."
(End of this chapter)