From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 319 Lin Xiao is going to study superconductivity!

"You... this is really scary."

Zhao Xian couldn't help but said.

Lin Xiao smiled: "This is nothing to be afraid of."

"It hasn't been long since you studied superconductors, right? Isn't it terrible that you have come up with such an achievement?" Zhao Xian said: "It seems that those of us who study superconductors as I just said can prepare to lose their jobs , not at all wrong."

As he spoke, he showed an expression of enlightenment, and said, "No wonder you suddenly asked me just now, if room-temperature superconductors appear, will people who study superconductivity in the world be unlucky, it seems that you are ready."

Lin Xiao: "...don't talk nonsense, I don't, I'm not."

I sue you for slander!You're slandering me—

It's just that people who say that must not have been slandered.

Lin Xiao really thought so just now.

If he really made room-temperature superconductors, would it be a devastating blow to so many people who study superconductors.

Of course, there is no need to worry so much, and he will not give up just because of the food and clothing of Million Cao Gong.

Needless to say the importance of room-temperature superconductors to human society, it is still a question whether he will announce the room-temperature superconductors after he develops them.

If this thing is really made, they must keep it a secret first, and those people can still continue to study it for a while.

However, considering the changes brought about by room temperature superconductors, it is estimated that if you really want to hide it, you can't hide it for too long.

After all, normal-temperature superconductors can be used wherever electricity is used. By then, many places in Huaguo will be changed. It is impossible to master normal-temperature superconductors.

Without thinking too much, he stood up and said, "Well, Academician Zhao, I'm here today, and I'm going to go back."

"Yes." Zhao Xian nodded: "Send out the paper earlier, we in the superconducting world need you to add a little stimulant to it."

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Wait until I synthesize YBCO with this topological structure, and then conduct experiments to confirm the actual results. Now it is only through software simulation, which is still a bit inappropriate."

"That's right."

"Ah."

Lin Xiao nodded, and then did not stay any longer, bid farewell to Zhao Xian, and then said goodbye to Fang Zhong by the way, and left the Institute of Physics.

As for the synthesis of this new structure of yttrium barium copper oxide, of course he will carry it out at the Dingguang Institute.

After all, it costs money to study this kind of thing, and the money spent may cost millions. It is impossible for the Institute of Physics to give him millions of funds so generously.

What's more, if this thing is produced, at least it will be an article in "Science" and "Nature". Even if Lin Xiao separates the contents, one article introduces the increase of the critical current density of yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen after topological transformation, and the other The first article introduces his use of mathematical methods to prove that the topologically transformed yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen has more electron pairs suspected of being Cooper pairs, so this is an article in "Science", "Nature" and an article in "Physical Review Letters".

This kind of achievement must be best left to them at the Dingguang Research Institute.

So soon, he returned to his research institute, first of all, he arranged for people to build a superconducting laboratory.

However, after he arranged it, it was a little confusing that his design requirements for this superconducting laboratory also included research on the application of practical high-temperature and room-temperature superconductors.

This is very strange.

How can there be such a practical high-temperature superconductor now?
Not to mention room-temperature superconductors.

In the current global superconducting material market, niobium-titanium alloy, a low-temperature superconductor, occupies as much as 80% of the market.

However, as the director, Lin Xiao made such a decision, and the people under him naturally wouldn't say anything, just do it honestly. As for the money issue, naturally, he should apply directly to the country.

When the country heard that Lin Xiao wanted to study superconductors, of course it was [-]% agreed.

For a scientist like Lin Xiao, the state is not afraid that he will ask for money, but that if he does not want money, he will show up badly.

After all, every brain cell that Lin Xiao died was a brain cell of the country.

So it didn't take long for the funds for the construction of the superconducting laboratory to be credited directly, and then a piece of land was found near the current Dingguang Research Institute, and the construction of the superconducting laboratory was started. At the same time, various experimental instruments were also started. Orders, such as the ARPES that Lin Xiao saw in the superconducting laboratory of the Institute of Physics, and other low-temperature pipes, these low-temperature pipes are naturally used to hold liquid nitrogen, liquid helium, and other things that are used to maintain the superconducting state of materials .

The most important reason why researching superconductors is expensive is because maintaining the superconducting state of these conductors is very expensive. A large amount of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium are used. It is very expensive to do a CT, and this is the main reason.

Of course, although it is expensive, it is also for scientific research.

Looking at all human investments, the investment with the highest profit rate is the investment in scientific research. If it is not for investment in scientific research, how can modern people enjoy a more comfortable life than ancient emperors?

……

In the following time, while waiting for the construction of the superconducting laboratory, Lin Xiao began research on the synthesis method of the new structure yttrium barium copper oxygen.

Although this new structure of yttrium barium copper oxide has basically the same properties as the original yttrium barium copper oxide, which refers to various properties such as chemical formula, molar mass, density, melting point, solubility, etc., but the structure Different, the original synthesis method must not be able to prepare compounds with different structures.

It is still quite difficult to study, and it will take a certain amount of time.

So, time passed slowly like this.

October passed, and November came with it.

The news that Lin Xiao started researching superconductors disappeared. Of course, it didn't fly too far, and it just spread a little bit in the academic circle.

So the academic circles started some discussions.

For example, can Lin Xiao come up with something, or come up with an important superconductor material.

But apparently, most people don't quite believe it.

"He has created a lithography machine, or an X-lithography machine, and now he wants to make superconductors? Do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway."

"I don't believe it either. People have limits, unless they stop being human. Now that the lithography machine is out, he should take a rest, right?"

"I believe at most that he came up with some theories, and it is impossible to directly solve the problem of superconductors, which is really crazy."

"Lithography machines and so on, there are already cases. Although he is engaged in X-lithography machines, the only difference is that the light source is different from EUV lithography machines. Who doesn't know how difficult superconductors are? He never Maybe the superconducting mechanism will be solved as soon as it comes?"

"Hey, even if he solves the superconducting mechanism, you may not be able to know it. It is definitely impossible to tell you this kind of thing. It can be regarded as a state secret. I heard others speculate that the RDX pure silicon crystal material that Lin Xiao made , it must be because he came up with a key theory, but he didn’t publish it.”

"Fuck, is it true or not? Is it a theory that can be used to calculate the unit cell structure of RDX pure silicon crystal? This RDX pure silicon crystal is the only thing I don't understand. Why can I be sure that this RDX crystal can It regularly diffracts X-rays, and can even zoom in and out. What does its molecular structure look like? It can’t be just luck, can it?”

"It's just a guess, and it's very strange indeed."

"However, don't you think that if Lin Xiao can even figure out this thing, why can't he figure out a superconducting mechanism?"

"Pinch the cat, don't talk about it, the more I talk about it, the more I feel that Lin Xiao is going to make me, who has been studying superconductors for ten years, unemployed."

"..."

Obviously, people now have great doubts about RDX pure silicon crystals, and at the same time, they also feel a sense of oppression when Lin Xiao starts to study superconductors.

The end point of superconductor research that can be seen now is the birth of civilian-use room-temperature superconductors. If room-temperature superconductors appear, the research on superconductors will probably move to thermal superconductivity and chromatic superconductivity. However, that is completely another field.

Therefore, it can be said that the research on superconductivity is a winner-take-all situation, that is, whoever develops a superconductor that can be used on a large scale at room temperature and pressure at low cost will be able to finally research on electrical superconductivity.

And Lin Xiao's joining seemed to put a lot of pressure on them.

However, it is impossible for them to stop Lin Xiao from studying, so they can only work harder and study their own.

In addition to the superconducting world, the semiconductor world in Huaguo is now in full swing and has begun to develop violently.

The X-lithography equipment production company responsible for the production of X-lithography machines established a production line and began to accelerate the production of X-lithography machines. As for the orders, all of them belonged to Huaxia Chip Manufacturing Company.

As for the five X-lithography machines built in the X-ray project, they have also been classified as Huaxia Chip Manufacturing Company, including the workshop where they are located.

Of course, the land where the workshop is located still belongs to the Dingguang Research Institute, and Huaxia Chip Manufacturing Company temporarily rents the land of the Dingguang Research Institute, and has to pay for it.

Now these five X-lithography machines and their production lines are mainly responsible for the production of Huawei's Kirin 9000 chips and the development of new processes. Now, according to the 5nm process given by Lin Xiao, the R&D personnel are developing the corresponding 7nm chips. Craftsmanship, this kind of retrograde research and development, does have a certain degree of difficulty, which is probably the same as reverse engineering. Of course, the difficulty is not too high.

As for the new Kirin 9000 chip they developed, Huawei naturally paid to place an order, and then named it Kirin 9000S, preparing for the release of the next model.

Today's Huawei was rescued by accident and began to be reborn from the ashes.

For such a situation, the fans of Warwick have been waiting for too long.

(End of this chapter)