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A major event happened in the chemical community in June.

Or it can be said to be two.

In the latest issue of "JACS", two heavy papers were published.

In particular, "A cage-like carbon molecule and sulfur elementary composite cathode material" written by Professor Stanley's research team has caused an earthquake not only in the field of materials science, but also in the entire new energy field.

Already a month ago, after the patent number was down, the materials science laboratory at Binghamton University released relevant news, and now the materials science and industry have finally seen the true content of this paper.

Although there are doubts about whether Professor Stanley really solved the technology of lithium-sulfur batteries, the academic community generally holds an optimistic view.

After all, Professor Stanley is a big bull in the field of lithium battery. With the support of Exxon Mobil, the credibility of the paper is still quite high.

Many research institutions have begun to repeat experiments on experimental results.

Maybe it won't be long before lithium-sulfur batteries will leave the laboratory and completely change people's lives ...

As for another heavyweight paper, it is the controversial "Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure".

Prior to this, the theoretical chemistry community did not have a perfect theoretical model that could thoroughly clarify the microscopic essence of various electrochemical processes occurring at the "interface".

If this theoretical model proves to be effective, it will help advance the study of the electrochemical interface structure in the entire theoretical chemistry community.

However, this theory is really too novel and can even be said to be quite advanced.

It is for this reason that the publication of this paper has caused widespread controversy in the theoretical chemistry community.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it was not for the weight of the Crawford Mathematics Award and Adams Chemistry Award, JACS would never have been so easily passed, and the reviewers and academic editors would have been at a loss for a while.

Although mathematical propositions can be judged as true or false through logical self-consistency, research outside the field of mathematics, especially when it comes to the application level, cannot simply use "whether logic is self-consistent" as the main reason for judging the truth of a proposition.

And the most difficult thing is that few people can analyze whether Lu Zhou's mathematical model is logically consistent from a mathematical perspective.

It may not be difficult to find a mathematician who is proficient in theoretical chemistry, but it is quite difficult to find a Crawford-level mathematician in chemistry.

As for testing through factual arguments, it sounds like a good idea, but the difficulty is still not small.

After all, this is not something that any laboratory can afford. Especially the supercomputing that specializes in molecular dynamics simulation, even the rent is not cheap.

The reason why "Anton" can dominate the field of computational chemistry for so many years is not because there is no opponent who can fight.

However, considering Lu Zhou's influence in the field of mathematics and materials science, many people have begun to test whether this theory is reliable.

There are scholars in theoretical chemistry and scholars in applied mathematics.

According to rumors, the Max Planck Society for the Promotion of Science (MPG) in Germany has set up an interdisciplinary research group, which has gathered several scholars in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, and condensed matter physics, and proposed this theory to Lu Zhou. The model is tested.

Maybe it won't be long before everything is clear.

But now it looks like the controversy will continue for a while.

However, compared to the outside world, Lu Zhou himself, who is at the center of the vortex, is more calm, and is still doing the next experiment without hesitation.

On the third day of the new issue of "JACS", the second subject of his joint research with the D.E.Shaw Institute came to an end, and the molecular dynamics simulation of the interface between carbon-sulfur materials and organic electrolytic solutions finally came to fruition.

After sending these multi-million-dollar experimental data to Yang Xu, who is far away from Jinling Institute of Computing Materials, Lu Zhou was preparing to turn off his laptop and happened to receive a video call from Salot.

Probably guessed what the professor found for himself, Lu Zhou clicked and connected.

Sure enough, Sarote, who appeared at the other end of the video, had a somewhat awkward expression.

He was silent for a while before he said shamefully.

"Sorry ... I live up to your expectations."

After hearing this, Lu Zhou didn't blame him too much.

"It's okay, you don't need to feel guilty. You have already done what you should do as I told you."

Scientific research is not farming. Seeds sown will have results. There is no need to blame researchers too much.

Just as the nuclear weapon "Anton" in the field of computational chemistry has been crushing research in the same field, Professor Stanley, as the director of the Materials Research Institute of Binghamton University, has academic resources that unimaginable to Salot.

Coupled with the support of capital forces, if it really gives Sarote the top spot, then it is called a lottery.

However, as Lu Zhou guessed at the beginning, no matter who developed the technology, it had no effect on him.

Zarrot looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief, and finally couldn't help asking his confusion.

"I don't understand why you look like ... it doesn't matter. It's a lithium-sulfur battery project. You have invested a lot in this project, right?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "Of course, I invested a lot of money in your laboratory. Your experiment is also instructive for the study of HCS-1 materials, but when did I say that Cage carbon molecules are the key to solving the problem of lithium-sulfur batteries? "

The moment he heard this, Salot froze.

Although Lu Zhou has always instructed him, he must do everything possible to solve the laboratory synthesis method of that cage carbon molecule, and the HCS-1 material is indeed a by-product that was born when studying which cage carbon molecule.

But to say when Lu Zhou said that the cage-like carbon molecule is the key to solving the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries ...

He suddenly realized that Lu Zhou didn't seem to say that.

With his eyes widened, even if he was slow, Sarote responded.

"Wait, you mean ..."

"That cage-like carbon molecule is an interesting material, both in terms of its geometric structure and its physical and chemical properties. However, no matter which layer is interesting, it has nothing to do with lithium-sulfur batteries." There was a cube of sugar in it, and Lu Zhou smiled and said, "As for what it does, I will tell you later."

Salot swallowed: "That is, the paper published by Professor Stanley in JACS ..."

"They're probably anxious now like ants on a hot pot," Lu Zhou smiled, with a bit of sympathy in his tone. "But it will become like this, they are also hard to ride a tiger."

Similar things have not happened.

And compared with active academic fraud, Professor Stanley's thesis can be interpreted as an honest mistake, even if it proves to be problematic, and the plot is not so serious.

Lu Zhou speculated that in order to get ahead of himself, Professor Stanley probably "modified" some data so that the paper could be published as soon as possible. However, these data are not completely fabricated, and can only be said to be "less reliable."

For example, according to the mathematical model of "the influence of the pore diameter and specific surface area of ​​hollow carbon spheres on the diffusion of polysulfide compounds," this cage-like carbon molecule may have a small inhibitory effect on the "shuttle effect", and this It has also been confirmed in Professor Stanley's experiment.

However, this so-called point is just one point.

In terms of practical application value, its value may not even be comparable to HCS-1 published by Lu Zhou as a phased result ...

After learning the truth of the matter ~ www.readwn.com ~ Sarrot didn't want to say anything except a "tween".

What is a cow?

Isn't this awesome ...

When you thought you had dug into the corner, in fact, you just held the Mao pit back and hugged it in your arms and licked it.

From Salot's point of view, all this was clearly arranged by Lu Zhou in advance.

Everyone, including Ricardo, who stole the data, was unconsciously involved in the show under the boss's calculations.

If it weren't for Lu Zhou's own piercing, he would still be caught in the drum even now.

What Salot doesn't know is that the truth of the matter is not as complicated as he imagined.

However, I am afraid that even if Lu Zhou explained it to him honestly, he probably would not believe it ...

"By the way, withdraw from the Ricardo lawsuit." With a smile, Lu Zhou continued, "helping us so much, and holding his pigtails a little too much."

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is a big favor, but now that the most competitive opponents have been killed, the pressure at the Jinling Institute of Computing Materials is naturally less.

Coupled with the fact that he indirectly promoted himself to one level of credit, Lu Zhou did not bother to pursue it any more, and simply dropped the case.

After saying this, Lu Zhou originally thought that Sarote would be reluctant to make his own decision. What he didn't expect was that instead of showing any reluctance, he looked at himself with admiration.

"Okay, boss!"

Can't help but he took another sentence later.

"Well, this strategy is really wonderful ..."

Lu Zhou: ...?

What strategy?

What a hell?

I don't know if it's my own illusion.

Lu Zhou always felt that he seemed to have misunderstood something.