I really just want to be a scholar

Qin Ke's heart moved, he was also very interested in the direction of material science.

The so-called materials science refers to the subdivision of disciplines that study the composition, structure, process, properties and performance of physical and chemical materials, focusing on material design and manufacturing, process optimization and practical applications.

Now when the media mentions great technologies that change human society, new energy is often the first to be mentioned, but Qin Ke believes that materials science is the great subject that truly affects social change. All physics and biotechnology are far from being applied to reality. Do not open the medium carrier of the material.

Taking battery technology such as lithium batteries, which are most inseparable from new energy sources, as an example, the key to determining battery capacity lies in materials science. Every scientific breakthrough in positive and negative electrode materials will lead to a leap in the quality of lithium battery storage.

Another example is that after the birth of new lightweight composite materials represented by carbon fiber composite materials (CFRP), the manufacturing process of the automobile industry has undergone a huge "subversion", and the durability and safety of automobile bodies and parts have been greatly improved. As a result, the overall cost has been continuously reduced.

Similarly, the innovation of additive manufacturing technology and thin film manufacturing technology has a profound impact on the development of small high-performance electronic products such as large-capacity storage, optical sensors, and smart electronics in the semiconductor industry.

The very popular direction of nanomaterials has been called "the driving force behind the development of most fields such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, medical care, and aviation."

Not to mention the chip project that Qin Ke is currently participating in. Without a new generation of material technology breakthroughs, it is basically impossible for chips to enter the era of quantum communication.

For Qin Ke, contact with materials science is a matter of time. Once the task of developing and perfecting the domestic EDA system is completed, he will obtain the S-level knowledge "A new type of carbon crystal composite nanomaterial production process suitable for 1nm chips" How to take this knowledge openly and apply it to the development and manufacture of quasi-quantum chips in the future has become a problem that Qin Ke must consider.

Now he has become a super genius in the eyes of everyone, but no matter how genius is, it is impossible for knowledge to appear out of thin air.

He and Ning Qingjun were able to guide the EDA research group as "Mr. Q" because of the two reasons of "developing the Lime operating system" and "far superior to ordinary people in mathematics and algorithms", even if The outstanding performance will not arouse the suspicion of Uncle Yang and Xu Qingyan who know the true identity of "Mr. Q".

However, if Qin Ke suddenly comes up with a top-level technology that transcends the times such as "a new type of carbon crystal composite nanomaterial suitable for 1nm chips", it will be difficult to explain it, because he has no achievements in materials science. .

For this reason, Qin Ke has long been thinking about participating in some topics in materials science, and will play an increasingly important role in them from the shallower to the deeper, so as to build up his reputation in the material world, and then he will take out "A Kind of Materials Applicable to The whole process of making a new type of carbon crystal composite nanomaterial for 1nm chips" is a matter of course.

Just like he announced the first three sets of expressions of the Riemann conjecture at the scientific breakthrough conference, no one doubted it, because his genius and strength in mathematics have long been recognized by the world.

What's more, if he doesn't have enough material science experience and depth of knowledge, Qin Ke doesn't think he can fully grasp the S-level knowledge "The whole process of making a new type of carbon crystal composite nanomaterial suitable for 1nm chips".

Now Professor He Liangfu's phone call, for Qin Ke, is like dozing off and someone brings a pillow, which is the best opportunity for him to intervene in materials science.

So He Qinke replied without hesitation: "Professor He, we are both very interested in materials science, so we only took your 'Composite Materials Science' course last semester. May I ask what you just said about computing materials?" What is the direction of the subject of study?"

"I currently have several topics in my hand, two of which I personally follow up, one is 'improving the flame retardancy of carbon nanotube fibers by covering them with oxide coatings', and the other is 'relaxor ferroelectric The improvement of thin-film materials' is related to high energy storage density lead-free dielectric materials. These two topics are national key topics."

Professor He Liangfu paused, and said sincerely: "To be honest, the progress of the two subjects is a bit slow. If you and Ning Qingyun have time, I would like to invite you two to join my two subjects. Experts who are good at mathematical modeling are needed to try to start from computational materials science to see if they can solve the difficulties faced in the subject. Of course, I will not let you work in vain. You can deeply participate in the two subjects, which will deepen your understanding. The knowledge and practice of materials science are very beneficial, and as for funding, I can also..."

"There is no need to mention the funding, Professor He. Qingyun and I are willing to join your two research groups." Qin Ke no longer looks down on the hundreds of thousands of scientific research rewards, and can deeply participate in such a nationally important research project. Opportunities are the most precious.

What's more, Qin Ke is really interested in these two topics.

As we all know, carbon nanotubes are typical carbon materials. One of the bad characteristics is that they are flammable, especially in high-temperature aerobic environments. If their flame retardancy can be improved, the life of carbon nanotubes will be greatly expanded applicability.

The second topic should be about dielectric energy storage material technology.At present, the advantages and disadvantages of the dielectric energy storage technology represented by lithium battery technology are obvious. The advantages are fast charging and discharging speed, strong voltage resistance, and high power density. The disadvantage is that the energy storage density is low.If lead-free dielectric materials with high energy storage density can be developed, it will undoubtedly have a huge boost to the energy storage industry, and the miniaturization and integration of energy storage devices will also lead to the birth of many smaller smart wearable devices.

Professor He Liangfu was very satisfied with Qin Ke's straightforward reply: "Okay, then it's settled, are you at school now? You can come to my laboratory with Ning Qingyun at noon..."

"Sorry, Professor He, I've been on leave for the past three days and I'm not at school, and I won't be able to return to school until four days at the earliest. If it's convenient, you can encrypt the data and send it to my email. Let's study it here, and when I go back to school, I will bring Qingyun to pay a visit to you, how about that?"

"no problem."

After the two parties exchanged email addresses, they exchanged some polite words before ending the call.

Speaking of which, no matter whether Qin Ke joined Professor Hu Qingfeng's research group before or now joins Professor He Liangfu's research group, the process is extremely simple, as long as the two parties can communicate verbally, it is not at all like ordinary students joining the tutor's research group. It is necessary to write an application and to be approved and filed by the school.

Probably in the eyes of Professor Hu Qingfeng and Professor He Liangfu, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are no longer students, but researchers worthy of attention.

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Qin Xiaoke's Chinese test in the morning was relatively smooth. Anyway, Qin Ke was very relieved to see that she had added two bowls for lunch and there was no look of trouble on her little face.The test in the afternoon was mathematics, which is a subject that Qin Xiaoke is good at now. According to the little girl, "I will try my best to get in the top five in mathematics, and I won't embarrass a math genius like you!"

Qin Xiaoke's talent in science is not high, but because of "The Wonderful Mathematics Journey of Kitty Lemon and Puppy Keke" and Qin Ke's careful guidance for nearly four months through the "Thinking Resonance" function, she has made great progress in Science has made rapid progress, and the mathematics in junior high school is relatively simple. Currently, Qin Xiaoke's science scores are in the top three in the class. If you work hard and be more careful, your math scores really have a chance to squeeze into the top five in the grade .

In the afternoon, just as Qin Xiaoke was sent to the examination room, Qin Ke accidentally received a call from Zhou Shutao, general manager of Lime Technology.

Zhou Shutao brought good news that all six new patented technologies for tomato breeding have been applied for!
Under normal circumstances, a patent needs to go through a long process such as application, formal review, publication of application documents, substantive review, passing the review, going through the formalities of receiving the patent, and obtaining the patent certificate. It is not surprising that it took two or three years for a patent to be applied for.

Lime Technology was able to complete the entire process in just two months, naturally because of Uncle Yang's key care, Secretary Lu Xinping personally urged all links to speed up the process.

Zhou Shutao excitedly asked for instructions: "Mr. Qin, the three largest listed seed companies in China have also sent us consultation letters. They want to know about our patents. Take a look..."

"Manager Zhou, you can take full responsibility for the negotiation. My only requirement is that the final price of the seeds should not exceed the average selling price of tomato seeds on the market."

The original intention of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to do this plant breeding project is to promote new technologies, help farmers increase their income and production, alleviate the food crisis, and let urban white-collar workers experience the fun of "balcony vegetable gardens". Making money is second.

This price requirement will become the default clause for the "landing" of all their plant breeding scientific research achievements.

"Understood, I will let the patent negotiation team and lawyer team follow up, and I will inform you of the latest news in time."

Zhou Shutao made a vigorous statement.

Now Lime Technology is booming, the morale of the whole Lime Technology is high, and they also know that half of the profits of Lime Technology will be donated to the Lime Education Foundation to help children in poor mountainous areas improve their schooling conditions , which added to their sense of honor and centripetal force towards their work, so even if Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun didn't spend much time on the company, the company still operates efficiently.

After finishing the call with Zhou Shutao, Qin Ke sent a WeChat message to Ning Qingyun, informing Ning Qingyun that the patent had been settled, and said: "Jun'er, our paper on tomato breeding is ready to be submitted, and it will be submitted to the core of domestic biological sciences." Journal "Xia Guo Biological Journal."

Ning Qingyun was supposed to be in class, and half an hour later she replied.

The little green bamboo will grow taller: "Okay. Does the communication unit write 'Lime Plant Cultivation Laboratory'?"

Invincible: "Yes, Wei Xueming, the on-site director of the laboratory, will hang up a second work, and the rest of the team will hang up a third work."

The little green bamboo will grow taller: "Well, I will submit the manuscript at noon."

I only chatted with Ning Qingyun for a while, and Ning Qingyun was in class again, so Qin Ke didn't bother her, opened his mobile phone mailbox, and checked the latest report of the plant cultivation laboratory.

At present, the research progress of the three groups is considered smooth.

The cross-breeding of rice, corn, wheat and rape that the first group is in charge of is progressing steadily according to the plan formulated by Qin Ke. It is expected that from the end of this year to the beginning of next year, five to seven new varieties of seeds will be bred one after another.

The second group is responsible for the research and development of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and nutrients. Because of the technical and material issues involved, the experiment is more difficult and the progress is relatively slow. This is also because Qin Ke did not directly give the exact formula.In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Qin Ke only gave more than a dozen formulas with some differences, and slowly guided the second group to conduct experiments in the right direction through the feedback from the experiment report.The final result is certain. Although it will take more time, it is the most logical way to get the correct formula.

The third group is responsible for collecting sweet potato seeds of different varieties from all over the world and familiarizing themselves with the cultivation methods of sweet potatoes.

The latter is relatively smooth, and they have begun to try to carry out cross-breeding of sweet potatoes and accumulate experience.

However, the progress in collecting seeds has been a bit slow. At present, nearly 30 kinds of seeds have been collected, and about [-] more than that need to be imported from foreign countries. If we want to collect most of the existing sweet potato varieties in the world, we need at least three or four. months.

In general, Qin Ke is quite satisfied with the work results of the plant cultivation laboratory.

The only pity is that the collection of sweet potato seeds has been slow.

However, Qin Ke changed his mind and decided to use three or four months, especially during the mid-summer vacation, to devote all his energy to solving the EDA and two material science issues. The upbringing of the sweet potato.

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The first day of Qin Xiaoke's high school entrance examination ended smoothly. Qin Ke took advantage of the time waiting for her examination to read most of the two subject materials sent by Professor He, and forwarded them to Ning Qingyun.

Knowing that Qin Ke agreed to join Professor He Liangfu's two materials science projects, Ning Qingyun was also very interested, but was a little worried about his energy.

The little green bamboo will grow taller: "Qin Xiaoke, now we have three topics at hand, one is 'hail conjecture', one is 'domestic EDA perfection', and the other is 'plant breeding', now add these two materials science Subjects, as well as normal class exams, can we be busy?"

Qin Ke was full of confidence, and he replied: "'Hail conjecture' take your time. This is very difficult and can only be fought for a long time. It will be great if we can have the main idea at the end of the year. The engineering library algorithm of 'EDA' Optimization is a long-term work. We set a goal every day, and we can complete three algorithms per capita. "Plant breeding" is the easiest. We are just guiding, and we don't need to implement the specific work, so it should be no problem to add two topics of materials science. The problem, at most, is to suspend these topics during the exam week."

Little Green Bamboo is about to grow taller: "Well, I'll listen to you. By the way, how did Xiao Ke do in today's Chinese and math exams?"

Invincible: "I think her mentality is better than mine. She always smiles after the exam and compares me with 'yeah'. I wonder if she won't be sent to the exam tomorrow and just go back to the capital. .”

Little Green Bamboo wants to grow taller: "No, Xiao Ke still needs more care and company during such a critical moment of the senior high school entrance examination."

Invincible: "But I miss you. Not seeing you every day is like three autumns. Do you miss me?"

The little green bamboo will grow taller: "I think about it."

Invincible: "I don't believe it, unless you 'Mua' kiss me."

Ning Qingyun, who was studying with her room in the library, couldn't help but think of Qin Ke's conversation when he was in Princeton at the beginning of the year.

She pursed her lips lightly, and playfully replied with a line of text: "Mua~"