Chapter 475 At Least It Must Be a Postdoctoral Fellow

As Lu Zhou previously mentioned at the conference of the Institute of Computational Materials, superconducting materials are always an insurmountable hurdle in order to overcome the problem of controllable nuclear fusion.

And technological breakthroughs are not enough. If they cannot be realized in engineering, even the greatest miracles can only stay in the laboratory.

Taking SG-1 material as an example, as a major breakthrough in the field of superconductivity, it has shown considerable prospects in the application field.

However, no matter whether it is domestic or foreign, there is no experience in the production of carbon-based superconducting materials, let alone applying it to engineering and research.

Therefore, for Lu Zhou, the problems to be overcome now are not only in the academic field he is good at, but also problems from outside the academic field that have to be solved.

But fortunately, he can distribute this part of the work to others...

Laboratory of the Institute for Computational Materials.

Standing in front of Lu Zhou at this moment is Qi Ganwei, the chief engineer of Baosheng Group.

As a subsidiary company of Huaguo Aviation Industry Group and a leading enterprise in the field of superconducting materials in China, Baosheng Group has cooperated with research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences many times to participate in major scientific research projects. As the chief engineer of the group, he also participated in most of these projects.

If one of the most prominent examples is given, it is probably the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BESlll) project.

It's hard to say what the future will be, but for now, BESlll superconducting magnet still holds the record of the largest single superconducting magnet in China.

In addition, including EAST, most of the construction units of superconducting magnets of several tokamaks in China can also see the figure of this enterprise.

After consulting Academician Pan, Lu Zhou immediately got in touch with the company and issued an invitation to cooperate in research and development.

After learning that Jinling Computing Materials Research Institute was the unit that sent him the intention to cooperate in research and development, Julius Baer Group sent the chief engineer of its own group without saying a word, and gave the highest priority to this project.

Regardless of the aura of the Nobel Prize and Lu Zhou's status in the field of materials science, the $1 billion national-level large-scale scientific research project can definitely be called a high-quality project.

However, after listening to Lu Zhou's request, Cao Gong soon realized that things were not that simple.

"A 50T superconducting magnet, if you plan to use it in a stellarator, I'm afraid it's not that easy."

To get a stronger electromagnetic field, junior high school students probably know what to do, just increase the number of turns of the electrified solenoid.

However, even though this is said, when the magnetic field exceeds the order of 10T, it is impossible to achieve it in engineering.

Lu Zhou: "Traditional materials are difficult to achieve, what if new materials are used?"

Cao Gong raised his eyebrows: "You mean SG-1?"

Although he is not from academia, since he is engaged in superconducting magnet engineering, he is still following up the latest research progress in the field of materials science.

Especially the results of SG-1 displayed at the MRS Autumn Conference, even though he has not read the relevant papers or been to the site, he still has heard about its magical performance.

Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes, in fact, SG-1 is exactly what I participated in the research."

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Cao Gong was surprised, but soon he returned to normal.

He had indeed heard before that the results of this research came from the Frick Chemistry Laboratory in Princeton. Considering that Lu Zhou is a professor at Princeton, it is not surprising that he participated in this research.

After thinking for a while, Cao Gong asked cautiously: "Is there a sample of SG-1 material here?"

Lu Zhou: "Not only samples, but also various experimental data can be seen here, come with me."

After all, Lu Zhou took Cao Ganwei to another laboratory, and at the same time signaled to Qian Zhongming, who was waiting in front of the computer, to retrieve various experimental data about the SG-1 material.

After struggling to read the data and charts displayed on the computer screen, Gong Gong frowned and thought for a long time before finally speaking.

"To be honest, it's the first time I've heard of the idea of ​​using carbon-based materials to build superconducting magnetic tracks in so many years."

Lu Zhou smiled: "Isn't science all about experimentation?"

"It's true to say that, but we are a company. Even if what you said sounds interesting, we have to consider the actual situation." Gong Gong rubbed his chin, staring at the paper about the resistivity of materials in the superconducting state. After looking at the graph drawn with the power-on time and the current for a long time, a look of interest finally appeared in the eyes, "...it seems feasible in theory, but at the price of graphene, you have to build such a project that is about the same size as the BESlll project." The magnets, I am afraid the cost is not cheap."

Lu Zhou: "There is no need to consider the issue of cost. Even if it costs more than a billion yuan, as long as the demo stack can be built, it will be worth it."

One billion dollars is just the first batch of investment. As long as he can produce enough outstanding initial results, I believe that many people will be willing to pay for his research.

"Since the cost is not considered, I think I can give it a try." At this point, Cao Gong paused, and asked cautiously, "Can I take a few grams of samples back for research?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said happily, "Of course, but the experimental data in the computer is not good. It involves some information that has not been made public. I can only trouble you to read it here."

Cao Gong nodded in understanding: "I understand."

After sending away the people from the enterprise, Lu Zhou found Yang Xu, the director of the Institute of Computational Materials.

"After the Chinese New Year, I plan to go to Germany."

Yang Xu: "Germany?"

"It's mainly for the stellarator," Lu Zhou nodded, and continued, "Just on the way, I plan to purchase a batch of new instruments with a budget of about 100 million U.S. dollars. I need you to make a list and list the required The equipment is written on it."

He will expand the scale of the research institute in the next year, and the related hardware must also keep up.

When he heard that it was the purchase of equipment, Yang Xu immediately showed a smile on his face, "It's easy to say, we just want to do research on superconducting materials, so let's get two transmission electron microscopes first."

Although there is already one in the institute, bringing in two more means that the same experiment can measure two more sets of data at the same time.

Especially the transmission electron microscope, an artifact of materials science, if the budget is sufficient, no one will think too much of it.

Lu Zhou agreed without blinking: "Write it down in the list and give it to me."

After a pause, he continued.

"In addition, I plan to recruit a group of researchers. The number will be more than 200. I will let Xingkong Technology contact the relevant headhunting company. As for the selection of talents, I will leave it to you."

Yang Xu nodded: "Don't worry about this, I will strictly check it. By the way, are there any requirements for the threshold?"

After thinking about it, Lu Zhou said.

"At least it must be a postdoctoral fellow."