Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Although Princeton’s chemistry major is not as famous as physics and mathematics, it is also ranked in the global 15 name. If it is accurate to the organic field, the ranking has to rely on a little bit forward.

In particular, the Frick Chemistry Lab, built after 11, is one of the top chemistry laboratories in North America. Although the big bulls in the field can’t compare with TOP1’s MIT, the hardware conditions will not fall behind too much.

Many people think that Princeton has no labs, but it is just a beautiful misunderstanding. In the Ivy League school, Princeton’s alumni association is definitely rich and expensive. And this can be seen from Lu Zhou’s 40 million dollar salary.

Under Witten’s introduction, Lu Zhou met Princeton University’s Paul J. Chirik Professor.

Although the Professor looks very young, in the field of Organic Chemistry, it is definitely a big cow. And just this year (16 year), he just won the US President’s Green Chemistry Challenge Award for his thesis in Science.

The “1+1” of Goldbach’s conjecture in number theory is well-known, and similar problems exist in organic synthesis, such as the famous “2+2” problem.

The olefin cycloaddition reaction is very common in organic synthesis. The well-known Diels-Alder [4π+2π] cycloaddition reaction is a six-membered ring formed by a diene (4π) and an olefin (2π) under thermal conditions.

However, another seemingly simpler [2π+2π] olefin cycloaddition reaction to form a cyclobutane ring is not so easy. Due to the limitation of orbital symmetry, this reaction often requires photochemical reaction conditions to activate, but this reaction pathway tends to be inefficient and poorly specific.

The issue of Chiric Professor, who contributed to Science in 15, proposed a completely new approach to solving this problem by using iron catalysts to convert simple feedstock olefins to cyclobutane structures under mild heating conditions.

It is reported that the industry is full of interest in this technology, and the related patents have also brought millions of dollars in return for this Professor.

When he learned that Lu Zhou was interested in computing Material Science, Chiric Professor immediately showed a strong interest in him and invited him to his lab.

In the magical place of Princeton, there may be historians who have been attracted to mathematics or physics, but there is hardly any mathematics professor at the top of the subject contempt chain, willing to go and study other things, even if many things are more money than mathematics.

“The status of this emerging subject of computing materials is rising, but many people who have studied this piece have gone to Silicon Valley for graphic processing. Why are you interested in this direction?” Handed Lu Zhou a cup of coffee, odd When Rick Professor invited him to sit down, he asked curiously.

“Because mathematics is an interesting thing, I intend to try to make it shine in a broader field, not just the ivory tower of number theory.” Lu Zhou said with a smile.

“Your opinion is unique,” Chiric leaned back in his chair and smiled teased. “Every time I argue with the Institute of Higher Education, they will tell me that the mathematics should be pure.”

“They’re right, the mathestics are really pure. But in my personal opinion, the tools developed by pure research don’t have to be used to solve pure problems,” Lu Zhou said with a smile. I took my own point of view and paused for a while. I continued. “In fact, I had participated in similar projects before I went to North America. I just couldn’t continue because I was too busy. In order to complete my research, I would like to borrow some experimental equipment. ”

In fact, mainly to write thesis, the design method of the target product has been registered patent, and even similar experiments have been completed in the laboratory of National Quemoy University.

But he is now Princeton’s Professor, and he must do the experiment again for the credibility of thesis. Materialsis’s thesis is different from mathematics, and the location of the experiment and the number of the experimental equipment must be marked in thesis.

If he uses data from a year ago and is still on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, he is likely to be suspected of fabricating data and failing to pass the review. Because the academic editor responsible for peer review is not responsible for “repetitive experiments”, it is only strictly necessary to check these details.

After all, you can’t ask others to take the time to help you review the manuscript, and also help you to do the experiment again.

All reviews are based on the fact that the contributor is absolutely honest with the data he provides and is backed by his or her academic reputation. So occasionally there will be some of thesis published, sensational, and more attention from peers, but finally the case of retraction by the journal.

This situation is most common in the field of biology, because many biology experiments are really close.

Looking at the list of equipment that Lu Zhou took out, the Chiric Professor opened the drawer generously.

Because the laboratory equipment and materials listed in the list are not dangerous, after learning that Lu Zhou had experimented with experiments, he was confident that he would leave the key in his hands.

“No problem! Take it, but remember to be careful when doing the experiment.”

Put the key into his pocket, Lu Zhou said with a smile: “I promise you what the equipment you borrowed from before the experiment, what it looks like after the experiment.”

“No, I mean, don’t break yourself,” Chiric played with said with a smile. “I would rather have a problem with the instrument, and don’t worry about it. Otherwise, the people of the Institute will definitely Tear me away.”

Lu Zhou haha ​​laughed, leaving a “must not”, he got up and said goodbye to him.

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The related experiment Lu Zhou has been done once, and repeating it is just a matter of getting used to it.

Design the test process, collect data, label the material number used, and even the location and time of the experiment.

Strictly speaking, this is Lu Zhou’s first attempt to write Material Science thesis.

In the past, although the SCI of the calculated material was issued, in the strict sense, it is just a thesis of applying the mathematics. It is only a mathematical model calculated by the calculation of the mixing ratio of the cement material and the carbon nanotube material, and does not involve specific Experimental part.

However, many things are actually connected.

As long as the format is learned, for Lu Zhou, the writing of thesis is not a very difficult thing.

After two days, I did two sets of experiments day and night. On the third day, Lu Zhou slept until the big noon. After getting up, she sat at the desk and started editing thesis against the computer.

[Title: A Polydimethylsilane Stabilized Interface Film for High Performance Lithium Battery Anodes]

【Abstract: This paper considers a polydimethylsilane raw material, through the etching of hydrofluoric acid, to obtain an improved polydimethylsiloxane nanoporous film, which is coated on the surface of the negative electrode material by spin coating. . Through SEM electron microscopy, it is found that the PDMS film has a nanopore structure, which can provide an effective transmission channel for lithium ions and effectively suppress the growth of lithium dendrites…]

Looking at the beginning of thesis, Lu Zhou was satisfied with nodded.

Although with the sensational effect of this invention, he can write more exaggerated points, but the cowhide is too big to easily give the reviewer a bad impression.

What’s more, he is still a newcomer in the field of Material Science. People who do material research really don’t necessarily know him.

After writing the title and abstract, Lu Zhou began writing the body part.

This is different from mathematics thesis, which writes and frowns. When entering the proof process of the mathematics problem into the computer, Lu Zhou occasionally rethinks it again, thinking about whether the “obvious” question is “obvious”. of.

But the science of thesis, the experimental process he has understood, the data is also unchangeable, writing is naturally flowing.

After spending three days, Lu Zhou finally finished writing thesis and checked it from start to finish, confirming that there were no major problems.

As for the choice of submitted journals, after careful consideration, he finally chose the Nature (Nature-Chemistry) (Nature-Chemistry) (Nature-Chemistry) as the target of submission, affecting the factor 25.87.

This kind of professional article is more appropriate in the journal than the main journal that is biased towards the science.

The legendary “Nature” has a rejection rate of 90%, and only one person can successfully publish the magazine.

Even at this rejection rate, Lu Zhou felt that it was necessary to challenge himself.

After logging in to the submission website, fill out the personal information and click Upload.

Thinking of the influence factor of more than 20, Lu Zhou couldn’t help but smile.

Undoubtedly, this is the highest impact factor among all the journals he has voted on.

But soon, Lu Zhou’s brow could not be slightly frowned.

I don’t know if it is an illusion, he always feels…

I seem to be losing money?