Chapter 455 Are You Really Not Considering Going Public?

Around the beginning of the year, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero's laboratory made remarkable achievements in the graphene superconductivity research project, which opened up a new platform for superconductivity research.

That is, when the overlapping rotation angle of two sheets of graphene is close to 1.1°, the energy band structure will be close to a zero-dispersion energy band, causing this energy band to transform into a Mott insulator when it is half-filled.

At that time, this research result caused quite a sensation.

Although in the eyes of many laymen, the superconducting transition temperature of 1 Kelvin is really not very good, but in fact this project is full of potential.

As for why, a very basic concept must first be clarified, that is, the superconducting transition temperature is proportional to the carrier concentration of the material.

Therefore, in theory, as long as the carrier concentration of the material can be increased, the upper limit of the superconducting transition temperature can be increased.

To make a very simple data comparison, the carrier concentration of graphene under the aforementioned conditions is only 10^11cm^-2, but the transition temperature reaches 1K.

In contrast, the superconducting transition temperature of copper oxide is about 100K, while the equivalent carrier concentration of two-dimensional materials is on the order of 10^14cm^-2.

Even if you don't know chemistry, you can intuitively feel the superiority of graphene materials in the field of high-temperature superconductivity research compared with traditional copper oxide materials through numbers.

As for how to increase the carrier concentration of graphene, there are many methods. From the doping target, it can be divided into N-type doping and P-type doping. From the doping material source, it can be divided into metal doping and small molecule doping. Doping, substrate doping, lattice doping, etc.

And the advantage of graphene material is exactly here.

Atomic-scale sheets of two-dimensional materials can be stacked and combined arbitrarily to form new structures, and these new structural materials often have new properties. And this almost infinite possibility also means infinite possibility.

As for the downside, it might be expensive.

However, for academic research, there is no need to consider such things as cost.

How to cut costs, how to produce products, and how to make profits from them are all things that the industry needs to consider.

But this time, Lu Zhou sincerely hopes that the industry can find a way to commercialize his research results a little faster.

The time left for him by the system is very tight.

To build the "DEMO" nuclear fusion prototype before 2025, a simpler superconducting material in the engineering sense is essential.

After all, it is impossible for him to build this "DEMO" magnetic confinement device as big as the European Hadron Collider...

On the night when the results of the experiment came out, Lu Zhou invited Connie, Professor Chiric, and his two assistants to have a drink at the best bar in Palmer Square.

As for the money, of course it comes from the research grant.

Anyway, this research funding was paid by Lu Zhou himself.

"To be honest, why are you suddenly interested in superconducting materials? There is obviously no money for batteries to do research on superconducting materials." Professor Chiric, who was sitting next to Lu Zhou, ordered a cocktail and asked.

Although there is nothing to discuss about the research direction, and some people are researching in the unpopular direction, but Lu Zhou used to study electrode materials, and now he suddenly turned to the research of superconducting materials, which really confuses Professor Chiric His reason for doing it.

After all, although superconducting materials are not popular, they are definitely not popular.

Lu Zhou joked, "If I say it's for poetry and distance, would you believe me?"

"You drink too much," Chiric looked at the bartender behind the bar, and continued, "Bartender, give him a Bloody Mary."

"Don't listen to him, replace Bloody Mary with Tequila Sunrise, you have to drink that tomato juice yourself." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "Well, to be honest, it's just because of my experiment A larger confinement electromagnetic field is needed, and the magnetic field strength that traditional copper oxide superconducting materials can provide in the engineering sense has reached the limit, so I have to find a way out in new materials."

Professor Chiric: "For theoretical physics experiments?"

He seemed to have heard the story of Lu Zhou and 750GeV from somewhere.

Picking up the Tequila Sunrise on the bar, Lu Zhou took a sip slowly and replied ambiguously.

"That's right."

"Okay... research for the sake of research, this reason is barely passable," Professor Chiric made a helpless expression as he shook the cup in his hand, and lifted his glass slightly, "For your feelings, I A toast to you."

"thanks."

He also raised his wine glass, and Lu Zhou lightly clinked the glass with him.

The bar in Palmer Square is nothing interesting, except for the residents of the town, the guests here are basically Princeton students or professors.

The kind of shots that usually appear in American dramas are hard to see here, unless you go to a more biased place.

According to Connie, if you want to play something more exciting, you have to go to Philadelphia next door.

But for Lu Zhou, alcohol is enough to relax his tired nerves.

It is worth mentioning that although the atmosphere here is not very warm, the people are very warm.

Just when Professor Chiric slipped to the toilet with too much alcohol, he may have noticed that Lu Zhou was sitting alone at the bar, and a young and beautiful Asian lady came over and sat next to him, smiling to him. He wants a phone number.

But Lu Zhou quickly recognized that this guy seemed to be a student who had attended his class, and he had left his phone number and email address on the blackboard more than once.

Obviously, it is impossible for her not to know her phone number.

Although I don't know what excitement she came here for, but most likely she wanted to make fun of herself.

After being exposed by Lu Zhou, she really showed a surprised expression on her face, and then walked away in despair...

After playing wildly until almost early morning, a group of drunk old men went back to their respective homes after crossing the road.

The next day, Xingkong Technology North America Branch sent a professional team of lawyers from Philadelphia to help solve the patent application problem.

Only after obtaining the patent number can the paper be published.

If this order is reversed, it is likely to cause the patent application to be rejected due to novelty issues.

In order to urge the completion of the application for the patent number as soon as possible, White Sheridan, the CEO of the North American branch, came here in person.

After receiving the completed patent application materials from Lu Zhou, Sheridan glanced at the patent description and couldn't help but say.

"Seriously, aren't you considering going public?"

Lu Zhou: "Listed?"

Sheridan seriously persuaded: "Yes, if we only rely on patent income, except for the one-time buyout authorization, our annual profit will be less than 100 million U.S. dollars. But if we are listed on the NASDAQ board, we will With the market share in the lithium-sulfur battery field and the future development potential of the new energy industry, you can become a billionaire in less than a year."

Have to say, this sounds attractive.

However, when he heard the word tens of billionaires, Lu Zhou just smiled, and said indifferently: "The market value and everything are imaginary. If it can all be turned into cash, I can consider it, but if not, I will I don’t want to have a board report every time I set up a project.”

His original intention of establishing Xingkong Technology was to facilitate his focus on research work. If he violated this original intention, then the cart before the horse.

As for the tens of billionaires...

To be honest, if it was pocket money, he would not know how to spend the hundreds of millions of dollars in his account.

"Well...Although I think that even if your shareholding ratio is only 1%, there is absolutely no idiot who will stop you from doing experiments."

Sheridan made a helpless expression.

There are not many people who still hold such stubborn ideas in this era.

Still, he had nothing to complain about.

After all, even though Lu Zhou has a strong desire to control the ownership of the company, his salary is quite generous.

This reason alone is enough to dispel his extra thoughts.