Section 224

Liu Xiaodong was even more moved.

In the original place, he only had a share of being squeezed, but here, he obviously did not make any important contributions, and as a result, he was able to get one article and one author.

How could he not be excited by this huge difference?

So he knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Dong, I've been wandering for half my life, and I haven't met my master yet. If I don't give up, I would like to be my adoptive father."

Xiao Yilian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What? You just want to stab your adoptive father."

Suddenly, the laboratory was filled with a happy atmosphere.

"Okay, let's break up and relax for a few days." Xiao Yi suddenly thought of something again and said: "Oh, by the way, when you go back, sort out all your previous experimental data and bring them to me. I will have to sort them out later. one time."

"good!"

…

A few days passed.

In Xiao Yi's office.

"Brother Xiao, this is my data on carbon nanoporous materials."

Liu Xiaodong walked in holding a pile of A4 paper.

His main task at the beginning was the experiment on carbon nanoporous materials, so he compiled the data and handed it over.

"Well, okay, just put it over there." Xiao Yi nodded.

"Okay." Liu Xiaodong responded, and then placed the pile of A4 paper where Xiao Yi pointed, but then he took out a piece of experimental data from it, walked to Xiao Yi, and said to him: "That's right. "Brother Xiao, this part of the data seems a bit strange to you?"

"strangeness?"

Xiao Yi took the data doubtfully and then read it.

But soon, his eyes narrowed.

This data is mainly a dI/dV spectrum data chart, which mainly measures the relationship between tunnel current and voltage changes at different time points.

According to this data chart, in some holes of the carbon nanoporous material, the speed of electrons is abnormally fast, even reaching more than ten times the normal speed.

He frowned and said, "What about the other data? Are there any similar situations?"

"There seems to be some, but relatively few. I'll look for them."

Liu Xiaodong said, then turned his head and searched again among the pile of data he brought. After a while, he took out a few more, came to Xiao Yi and said, "There seems to be some information in these data." ”

"I thought it was an experimental error before, but when I was sorting it out over the past two days, I suddenly found that the data were a bit strange, but I couldn't see any patterns."

"Could it be...that there's something wrong with the connection of that STM?"

Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case."

He looked at the data carefully, and a brainstorm started in his mind.

It seems that these electrons with abnormal speed appear irregularly, just like pure experimental errors, but in fact, in his eyes, there is a pattern.

Although this rule seems a bit forced.

"All occur between 20-30nm pore size..."

"Well... to be more precise, it should be closer to 26nm."

"But most of the time, the speed of electrons passing through these apertures remains normal."

"That means the size of the pore is not the only factor."

"What direction do the electrons go in?"

"Or is it the voltage on both sides?"

"Or maybe..."

Various speculations kept popping up in Xiao Yi's mind, but there was still no definite option.

"The amount of data is still too small."

Finally, he shook his head and said to Liu Xiaodong: "At the moment, I can't tell anything at the moment."

"Of course, this can be an alternative topic. If you are interested in studying it later, you can study it as your next topic. It may produce great results."

"I probably haven't had time to study this recently."

Next, he had to think about the topic he had taken on at the Plasma Institute.

Has Greenwald reached the limit?

Hearing what Xiao Yi said, Liu Xiaodong hesitated.

"This subject... shouldn't be difficult to study, right?"

Xiao Yi said with a smile: "It does not seem to be easy to study. It may cost a lot of money. After all, we must first prepare a large amount of carbon nanoporous materials and obtain data through continuous experiments to see if we can conclude The rules come.”

"But, maybe this is a very important discovery, comparable to the quantum anomalous Hall effect."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaodong suddenly took a breath of air. The quantum anomalous Hall effect is a Nobel-level discovery.

Is his discovery so important?

"I...want to try it!" he said.

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Go ahead. After all, scientific research requires a spirit of courage to explore."

Hearing Xiao Yi's encouragement made Liu Xiaodong's heart cheer up during this period.

That's right!

Scientific research requires a spirit of exploration. If you are hesitant, you may miss important discoveries.

So Liu Xiaodong immediately said: "Okay, Brother Xiao!"

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded.

But at this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.

I took a look and saw that it was Principal Bao Hexin calling?

Is there something going on...

He answered the call, and then heard Bao Hexin on the other side smiling heartily: "Professor Xiao, congratulations!"

Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment: "Congratulations? Congratulations for what?"

"Oh, don't you know? Just now, the list of this year's Yangtze River Scholars has come out, and you are among them." Bao Hexin laughed.

For any university, it is a matter of celebration when a professor is selected as a Yangtze River Scholar. Therefore, when the Yangtze River Scholars are confirmed every year, principals like them will pay special attention.

After finding out that a professor from our school had been selected, he immediately sent congratulations.

Xiao Yi was stunned when he heard the news.

"Yangtze River Scholar? Today?"

The selection of Yangtze River Scholars has been confidential since 2018. The selection process is confidential and the selection results will not be made public.

Of course, although it is not public, the relevant public list cannot be found online. For people in academic circles, it is still easy to get the list.

After all, as the title second only to academician in China, it cannot be truly kept private in terms of honor and status.

However, as to why Bao Hexin knows now...

After all, he is also the principal, so it is normal for him to know the news so early.

"Yes!" Bao Hexin said with a smile: "You should receive the notification soon, but don't forget to treat us to dinner! The youngest Yangtze River scholar in history."

Xiao Yi, who is only 20 years old this year, is almost discounted in age compared to other Yangtze River scholars.

Of course, considering that he was almost the same when he was selected as an outstanding player, it doesn't seem surprising at all.

"Okay, definitely." Xiao Yi also came back to his senses at this time, and then said with a smile.

Bao Hexin said with a smile: "Well, okay, I won't tell you more. There is another professor in our school, Chang Yuelai, who has also been evaluated. I have to call him."

"Okay, you're busy." Xiao Yi said.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yi was still a little surprised.

It’s surprising that the Yangtze River was mentioned so quickly.

Well, it was indeed a bit of a surprise.

Of course, although it is unexpected, it is also reasonable.

Even if he is elected as an academician, it is reasonable.

Soon, his mentality calmed down.

But although he calmed down, the other person in the office could not calm down.

Liu Xiaodong, who had not yet left the office, looked at Xiao Yi in shock.

"Xiao Xiaoxiao...Brother Xiao! Have you commented on the Yangtze River?!"

Xiao Yi smiled slightly: "Well, it should be so."

This should be it!

Principal Bao called me, how could it be fake? !