Chapter 130 Problems with Molecular Beam Epitaxy Technology
Hearing Xu Zhou’s words, Liu Xu also smiled and said:
“That’s right! Ning Chen, keep working hard and publish three articles a year. "Nature" may not be your limit. And the same goes for you, Mr. Xu, who has taken on two major projects from Piati. It really makes me feel hopeful that we have two talented people like you!"
Before this, Liu Xu had never thought that the School of Materials Science and Technology of Shengzhou University would have such a day.
According to the ranking of materials majors in universities across the country, Shengzhou University’s materials major can only rank among the top ten in the country at most.
But according to this trend, maybe in a few years, the materials major of Shengzhou University can really compete with the big brothers in front of it.
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With the release of the next official issue of "Nature", Ning Chen's three papers on superconductivity will also be officially published.
This news has attracted great attention from the academic community, because Ning Chen discovered 9 new superconducting materials at once and constructed a new superconducting material system.
Even if only one superconducting substance is found, it is enough to publish a good paper.
These achievements of Ning Chen are like smashing a huge stone into the water from high altitude, causing huge waves in the academic world.
After learning about Ning Chen’s results, some materials scientists have accurately tried to reproduce Ning Chen’s experiments.
Many experts are also analyzing the theories in Ning Chen's achievements, trying to find some more fundamental superconducting mechanisms.
When these news come out of the academic circle, they will naturally be embellished and processed by some unscrupulous media.
"Shocked! Chinese scientists have discovered a variety of new superconductors, and the era of room-temperature superconductivity may be coming!"
"Publish three "Nature" articles in a row! Let's reveal the bizarre life experience of the paper madman!"
"Lock the Nobel Prize seat! China's first Nobel Prize winner in physics is about to be born!"
Fortunately, Ning Chen never pays attention to these online messages, because no matter whether these messages praise or disparage him, they have no positive effect on Ning Chen.
After learning that the paper was successfully published, Ning Chen was only briefly happy for a while, and then continued to devote himself to new research work.
However, in the process of trying to synthesize FeSe single-layer films, Ning Chen has not made a substantial breakthrough.
This technology is far more complicated than Ning Chen imagined. Ning Chen tried a variety of methods, but never succeeded in synthesizing the ideal FeSe monolayer film.
"How about... try and see if Xiaozhi can't help?"
Ning Chen doesn't want Xiaozhi to directly help him complete this research. After all, with Xiaozhi's current situation At most, his ability can only help Ning Chen play a supporting role in scientific research.
But after continuous learning and training, Xiaozhi now has stronger abilities in intelligent search and problem solving, and his areas of expertise are not limited to mathematics.
Ning Chen also wanted to try it out to see what level Xiaozhi has evolved to.
After returning home in the evening, Ning Chen came to the computer, described to Xiaozhi the question he wanted to ask, and asked Xiaozhi to conduct a smart search.
After receiving Ning Chen’s mission, Xiaozhi quickly searched for many relevant documents for Ning Chen and summarized the core content of each document for Ning Chen.
"Yes, after these days of training, your ability has improved a lot."
With Xiaozhi's help, Ning Chen's efficiency in finding and reading literature has improved. Improved a lot.
After some reading, Ning Chen really found some possible methods.
"Molecular beam epitaxy technology... This method seems to be just right!"
The so-called molecular beam epitaxy technology refers to the process of removing atoms or molecules from the atmosphere at a certain thermal speed under ultra-high vacuum conditions. A method of spraying onto a substrate in a blast furnace to perform crystal epitaxial growth and prepare single crystal films.
However, the technical requirements designed are very high and require the most sophisticated instruments in the world. Ning Chen is not sure whether the current Shengzhou University has the ability to conduct such an experiment.
The next day, after Ning Chen came to the laboratory, he asked Xu Zhou about this matter.
"Molecular beam epitaxy technology? We at Shengzhou University should not be able to do this experiment now." Xu Zhou didn't know much about this technology, but according to Xu Zhou's impression, Shengzhou University should There are no instruments that implement this technology yet.
After thinking about it, Ning Chen decided to find a way to ask Shuimu University and Yanjing University if they had such technical capabilities.
Ning Chen originally wanted to contact Qiu Chengtong, but thinking that Qiu Chengtong must be very busy, Ning Chen told Feng Lan about it.
At Yanjing University, Ning Chen contacted Song Xiyun and Lin You to see if they could help him inquire first.
What makes Ning Chen a little disappointed is that neither Shuimu University nor Yanjing University currently has the ability to conduct this experiment.
If you want to do this experiment, I'm afraid you can only go to a few top universities abroad.
After being frustrated on this issue, Ning Chen could only temporarily stop his exploration and first focus on the horizontal issue of silicon-based anode materials.
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Hua Academy of Sciences.
Tao Wei is sitting at his desk, reading the latest issue of "Nature".
"Amazing! What an amazing discovery! The significance of this research to the field of superconductivity is really huge!"
After reading the three papers published by Ning Chen in this issue of "Nature" , Tao Wei couldn't restrain his excitement.
As a top expert in the field of superconductivity in China and even the world, Tao Wei knows how significant the significance of this research is.
Although Ning Chen has only discovered a few low-temperature superconductors so far, if the research continues, it is likely to continue to discover more superconductors and break the record of the critical temperature of superconducting materials.
If the new superconductor can break through the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, its application space will be huge.
In his excitement, Tao Wei really wanted to go to Shengzhou University in person and have a good chat with this young scholar.
After thinking about it, Tao Wei first called his assistant Luo Fang over.
"Teacher Luo, try to help me contact the author of these three papers - Ning Chen from Shengzhou University. I want to go to Shengzhou University and have a good chat with him about these three papers. Content.”
After all, many things cannot be reflected in the paper. If you want to have a more comprehensive understanding of Ning Chen’s entire research process, it is definitely better to talk in person.
“Okay, Academician Tao, I will contact you right now.”
Luo Fang quickly found the relevant staff of the School of Materials Science and Technology of Shengzhou University through the contact information published on the official website of Shengzhou University.
When it was learned that Tao Wei wanted to contact Ning Chen, the staff also paid great attention to it and said that they would convey the news to Ning Chen immediately.
At this time, Ning Chen was conducting experiments on three-dimensional porous silicon materials in the laboratory.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the laboratory.
Ning Chen turned around and saw that he knew the person outside the door.
This person's name is Jiang Yue, a teacher in the Propaganda Department of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shengzhou University.
Ning Chen and Jiang Yue had several contacts before when they were dealing with some college procedures.
"Ning Chen, are you busy?"
"Yes, we are doing experiments. Teacher Jiang, please come in."
Ning Chen knew that Jiang Yue came to look for her. He must have something to do, so he immediately invited Jiang Yue over.
(End of this chapter)