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Chapter 188 The most perfect superconductor in the world today!

"Hmm? Springer?"

Hearing this name, Xu Jiajie's eyes widened immediately.

Springer is one of the largest publishers in the world, especially in the field of science. A considerable number of well-known journals are distributed and published by Springer.

For example, the famous "Nature" and its series of sub-journals are journals under Springer. In addition, there are quite a lot of SCI journals, involving about more than 3,000 types. It can be regarded as a monopoly company in the international scientific publishing industry.

Of course, in addition to publishing journals, it also publishes various types of books, such as academic monographs, textbooks, reference books, etc.

Therefore, books like Xiao Yi's "Principles of Experimental Analysis" are also among those published by Springer.

However, Xu Jiajie never expected that Springer would take a fancy to the book "Principles of Experimental Analysis" just after it was published.

Even want to publish globally?

After thinking carefully for a moment, Xu Jiajie's eyes lit up.

When it comes to textbooks, not many books in China have enjoyed the privilege of being published globally.

In almost every profession, people say: If you have the ability, read this book written by a foreign author; their books are better written.

Basically, few people would say: The books written by this domestic author are better than those written by foreign authors.

Nowadays, there are few textbooks on experimental analysis, and there are no classics. So...

Wouldn't it be possible for them to have such a textbook in their country, which would become another classic among the world's textbooks?
Textbooks are different from any other books. They are meant for students to learn from.

Moreover, based on the current performance of "Principles of Experimental Analysis", it is not only helpful for students' learning, it can also bring inspiration to almost all professors. After all, the methods used in it are completely innovated by Xiao Yi, and they are new knowledge for those professors.

In addition, the disciplines covered in "Principles of Experimental Analysis" are quite extensive, and any field that requires experiments can get some inspiration from it.

After all, various experimental instruments and equipment, except for a few specific instruments, can basically play a role in major natural science disciplines, such as microscopes.
Moreover, in addition to instruments, the data processing methods mentioned in "Principles of Experimental Analysis", as well as analysis methods such as charts and spectra, are also treasure-level methods for various professions.

Therefore, "Principles of Experimental Analysis" may become one of the most widely used textbooks in all natural sciences.

After thinking about it, Xu Jiajie immediately understood the significance of this matter, and immediately said to the phone: "Of course there is no problem with this matter, Mr. Tang, when can you come over?"

"Haha, that's good!" Peter Thomas, President of Springer Nature Greater China, whose Chinese name is Tang Enping, said with a smile.

"I will come to your school the day after tomorrow. When the time comes, please ask President Xu to contact Professor Xiao Yi. I need to discuss the translation matter with him." Tang Enping said.

"Okay, I'll contact him."

After the two discussed what to do the day after tomorrow, they hung up the phone.

Xu Jiajie immediately started making phone calls and reported the matter to the school, which immediately attracted the attention of a number of school leaders including Principal Bao Hexin.

Although their HKUST Press has published many textbooks, basically none of them are particularly good. If they can now reach a cooperation with Springer, it will naturally be an opportunity for HKUST to become famous worldwide.

After contacting the school leaders, Xu Jiajie contacted Xiao Yi.

As the author of "Principles of Experimental Analysis", Xiao Yi's authorization is required for both global publication and translation.

……

When Xiao Yi received the call, he was at the construction site of the Science Island Laboratory, wearing a white engineering hat on his head, preparing to inspect the laboratory that was about to be built.

As the phone rang, he recognized it was Xu Jiajie's call.

During this period, because of the publication of "Principles of Experimental Analysis", he and Xu Jiajie had a lot of contact.

He quickly answered the phone and greeted with a smile: "Principal Xu, what's the matter?"

Later, after learning from Xu Jiajie the other party's purpose, Xiao Yi was also a little surprised.

"Springer? World Publishing? OK, I'll come over the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, he began to think.

It seems that the influence of my book is quite unexpected, even Springer has taken a notice of it.

Of course, Xiao Yi would be very happy if he could help more people learn knowledge.

This is also an important reason why science has been able to develop to this point today.

Putting down his phone, he turned his attention back to the completely completed white building in front of him.

The completely square shape looks full of geometric beauty.

The windows on each floor are square, and the design of the main entrance makes it very symmetrical.

There were only a few words written on the top: Science Island Laboratory.

These words were written by the top leader himself, expressing his importance to the Science Island Laboratory.

After such a long time, the Science Island Laboratory has been built.

Standing in front of Shushan Lake, its white facade is sparkling even when reflected in the lake.

The surrounding green belts have also been prepared, and you can see that many trees have been transported here and are waiting to be planted.

"Professor Xiao, do you think we should go in and take a look now?"

Next to him, Manager Wang, who was in charge of the Science Island laboratory project, said to Xiao Yi.

Manager Wang is from the engineering bureau of Huajian Group, which is responsible for the construction of laboratory projects. It can be said that there is basically no need to worry about quality.

Xiao Yi nodded: "Then let's go in and take a look."

Afterwards, Manager Wang walked in front and took Xiao Yi in through the main entrance and entered.

The outside is square, but the design inside is quite extraordinary. It mainly includes Xiao Yi's ideas for each different laboratory inside, and separate designs have been made according to the characteristics of these different laboratories. The most important thing is to serve the experimental equipment that will be moved in later.

After reading all of this, he found that they basically met Xiao Yi's requirements.

Floors 1-2 are laboratories, and floor 3 is mainly an office building, including offices, data rooms, lounges, computer rooms, etc.
The total area is about 17 or 18 acres, and the effective area of ​​each floor is about 10,000 square meters. As a laboratory alone, it is already quite large, but compared with the research institute, it still lacks some equipment.

At least not in the researcher dormitory.

This matter will be considered later when the expansion is completed.

Soon, after looking at the entire building, Xiao Yi finally nodded and said, "Manager Wang, thank you for your hard work."

"Haha, it's not hard, not hard at all." Manager Wang said with a smile: "I still like to undertake projects like this from laboratory research institutes. Thinking that some major scientific achievements will be born in your laboratory in the future and contribute to the glory of our country, I also feel a sense of participation."

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded, then said: "After the subsequent project acceptance is completed, I will sign as soon as possible and transfer the money."

"Okay, okay." Manager Wang nodded repeatedly.

……

The next step is the project acceptance process, which will probably take some time, so Xiao Yi did not pay attention to this matter.

And so, time came to the third day.

Today is the time to discuss the global publication of "Principles of Experimental Analysis" with people from Springer.

Xiao Yi arrived at the USTC Press. Xu Jiajie was already inside, chatting happily with several foreigners.

As Xiao Yi came in, they all stepped forward. The foreigner stretched out his hand first and said in Chinese with a smile: "Professor Xiao Yi, nice to meet you. I am the president of Springer Nature Greater China. You can call me Tang Enping."

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows. This foreigner speaks Chinese quite well.

Then he smiled and stretched out his hand to shake the other party's hand, saying, "Mr. Tang, hello."

Tang Enping nodded, then pointed to another foreigner next to him and said, "Let me introduce you to another person. This person is our Springer Nature's special consultant, Professor Oplai from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. It was he who recommended your book Principles of Experimental Analysis to me."

Then, Professor Ople nodded to Xiao Yi and said in Chinese: "Professor Xiao Yi, nice to meet you."

After some explanation, Xiao Yi and the others finally understood why Springer discovered the potential of "Principles of Experimental Analysis" so quickly. It turned out that it was because Professor Ople was currently on a visiting scholar program at Tsinghua University, and he happened to be proficient in Chinese. So, of course, he knew about the new book that had caused a sensation at Tsinghua University.

He also used his connections to get a copy, and after a quick read, he was immediately struck by its beauty.

For those who are engaged in natural sciences, this book is simply a magical book!

So, he, who was also a special consultant to Springer, told this matter to Tang Enping.

"…your Principles of Experimental Analysis is definitely the best textbook on experimental analysis that I have ever read."

“I believe your book will be helpful to any students and even professors around the world!”

Professor Opley praised Xiao Yi's book to the skies, almost calling it the Bible.

Perhaps, it was precisely because of his attitude that Tang Enping attached so much importance to him.
"Then Professor Xiao, let's discuss the publication."

Tang Enping said to Xiao Yi with a smile.

As one of the world's largest publishers, Springer has a wealth of experience in this area.

Generally speaking, for books published domestically, authors can get 5 to 10 points. As for books published globally, the money an author can get is even less, and two or three points is considered good. After all, publishers are not only responsible for printing, but also for publicity, channels and other aspects.

However, considering Xiao Yi's identity and the current value of the book, Tang Enping boldly gave it 10 points, which can be regarded as a good relationship with Xiao Yi.

For them, it doesn't matter if they lose a little as long as they have a good relationship with a top scientist like Xiao Yi.

However, Xiao Yi expressed different opinions on the issue of translation.

"You want to translate it yourself?"

Tang Enping said in surprise.

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "There are some differences between Chinese and English. In order to avoid misunderstandings by the translator you invited, it would be better for me to translate it myself."

What else could Tang Enping say? He finally nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work. It seems that my 10-point share is worth it."

And just like that, it was decided.

Tang Enping and his team began preparing the contract and completed the signing the next day.

Then, Xiao Yi started the translation work. In this way, time passed quickly.

Xiao Yi spent half a month to complete the translation. After handing the translated content to Springer, on the other side, the acceptance work of the Science Island Laboratory was completely completed. Then, he started to move various things into it.

Of course, the most important thing is the experimental equipment and instruments that have already been ordered by the major companies.

In this way, it took almost another month to move all the things in.

Science Island Laboratory is officially opened!
……

"Wow... what a new Bruker Dimension Icon!"

In the microscope room, Sun Lina, Xu Ming and others gathered in front of an atomic force microscope, all showing expressions of amazement.

Liu Chao couldn't help but ask, "This one will cost 200 million, right?"

Xu Ming said: "You are ignorant, look at this, the latest model of 2022, all top configurations, at least 250 million!"

Sun Lina narrowed her eyes and looked at the microscope room, which was considered to be the best in Fei City.

What made her want to do experiments?

According to what Xiao Yi said at the beginning, the team she led would enjoy priority use rights here in the future. At the same time, at the invitation of Xiao Yi, she herself had also taken on the role of a researcher at the Science Island Laboratory.

After all, Xiao Yi had borrowed their laboratory for such a long time, so he naturally had to repay the favor.

but……

hateful!

She had just completed a Nature-level project some time ago, and in the next period of time——

She really just wants to lie down!
Of course, it’s not just Sun Lina and the others.

In the spectral analysis room on the other side, Academician Shen Gensheng, the dean of the School of Physics, was also there. He stood in front of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and said in surprise, "Is this the Nicolet iS50 FTIR spectrometer from Thermo Fisher Scientific?"

A professor next to him nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is the iS50, and it is the top configuration... I even contacted Thermo Fisher Scientific to ask for a quote, and the top configuration costs 100 million!"

They all showed envious expressions.

Even Fourier transform infrared spectrometers are so expensive...

It’s just that!

For a moment, they all thought about whether they should just live here.

In addition to the microscope room and spectral analysis room, other functional rooms such as the sample preparation room, thermal analysis room, chemical analysis room, etc., are also visited by people.

It cost 500 million just to build a laboratory. If you count the land under your feet, the cost would be 800 to 900 million.

The standards were so high that they couldn't help but envy Xiao Yi for a moment.

Of course, there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that they will have the opportunity to use this laboratory in the future.

The bad news is that it will take some time before it can be used, because Xiao Yi said that he will concentrate on solving one of his projects in the next period of time.

Therefore, until his project is completed, no one else can rent these laboratories.

……

Xiao Yi, the director of the Science Island Laboratory, was also walking around the laboratory.

"Very good, starting tomorrow, we will officially start the research and development of high-temperature superconducting materials!"

Thinking of this, a confident glow appeared in his eyes.

Over the past year or so, he has conducted countless experiments in order to write "Principles of Experimental Analysis".

Through [Material Mastery], he has almost reached a new mechanism of understanding of high-temperature superconductivity.

All that remains now is to conduct more detailed experiments.

This condensed matter-materials laboratory, which is considered to be the best in the world, was built for this original purpose!

At this moment, he suddenly glanced up and saw Sun Lina and her students.

After thinking about it, he also needed assistants to do experiments. He didn't need many, just a few would be enough. Perhaps he could borrow Xu Ming and others from Sun Lina.

He walked up and greeted him, "Professor Sun."

"Professor Xiao." At this moment, Sun Lina was about to leave this place which was full of temptation for her. After seeing Xiao Yi, she had to stop.

Xiao Yi made his meaning clear.

Sun Lina nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course no problem, Xu Ming and the others are yours now."

Xiao Yi thought about it and felt a little embarrassed that he had borrowed someone else's laboratory for such a long time and was now borrowing someone else's laboratory. So he said, "How about this, Professor Sun, you can come here during this period of time. If I don't need these instruments, you can do your experiments."
Sun Lina took a deep breath in her heart.

Xiao Yi actually came to seduce her!
She absolutely could not agree, otherwise these brand new experimental instruments would inevitably drag her to carry out new projects. She immediately waved her hands and said, "No, no, I have something to do now. My friend asked me to go monster hunting. I'm leaving first. Xu Ming, you guys stay here and listen to Professor Xiao's instructions."

After saying that, she ran away quickly.

Xiao Yi and the others were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Xu Ming shrugged at Xiao Yi and said, "Teacher Sun is like this."

Xiao Yi shook his head helplessly.

It seems that without Luo Mingya, there is really no one who can restrict Sun Lina.

"Xiao Shen, tell me, what topic do you want to lead us on?"

At this time, Xu Ming and the others rubbed their hands and looked at Xiao Yi with anticipation.

This is the first time I work on a project with Mr. Xiao. It must be a particularly important topic, right?
Xiao Yi smiled and said to them: "Synthesize a high-temperature superconductor, and my goal is to make this high-temperature superconductor replace niobium-titanium alloy!"

Xu Ming and the others suddenly widened their eyes: "Ah?"

……

For Xu Ming and the others, they never expected that Xiao Yi would make such a big move right from the start.

Can this really be done?
However, the one who thought of leading them to do the project was the invincible Xiao Yi!
They couldn't help but fantasize about someone who was even more awesome than their senior sister.

Maybe it really works?
And so, their experiment began the next day.

Various types of high-temperature superconductors were prepared again and then measured using these new devices.

Xu Ming and the others are indeed very good assistants. This is also thanks to Luo Mingya's training, which made her fellow junior brothers and sisters all good at doing experiments.

Just like that, after getting a bunch of new experimental data.

Xiao Yi activated [Material Mastery] again.

When his vision once again entered the microscopic world, his eyes lit up.

"This is……!"

With the experimental results having a higher resolution than before, Xiao Yi seemed to see a perfect world.

The various microscopic structures of materials are almost invisible to him.

Here, the atomic arrangement of the crystal is like exquisite jewels, and the regular lattice structure sparkles with indescribable symmetrical beauty; here, the grain boundaries are like mysterious frontiers, separating countless orderly grains, revealing the secrets of the material's toughness and fragility.

Point defects are like black holes in the starry sky, interstitial atoms are like sudden meteors, and dislocations dance on the slip planes, weaving a magnificent chapter of material deformation.

The roughness and irregularities at the nanoscale resemble mountains and rivers in nature, and the brilliance of surface plasmon resonance allows metal nanoparticles to display fascinating colors and optical properties under the illumination of light.

There is also the mysterious quantum phenomenon, which is like a dream here. The transition of electrons in the energy band is like flowing light, the light emitted by quantum dots is like stars in the night sky, and the tunneling effect reveals the mysterious path of electrons through obstacles.

……

"This is really..."

Xiao Yi was in shock for a moment.

"So beautiful."

But he soon recovered from the shock.

What arises in my heart is a stronger sense of self-confidence.

Being able to directly observe such a perfect world, he has a high degree of confidence in synthesizing the high-temperature superconductor he wants.

Just like that, after observing for a while, he reluctantly withdrew from this world. He smiled slightly and said to Xu Ming and the others, "Prepare for the experiment!"

……

Time passed quietly.

Just one month later.

In the mechanical properties testing room.

Xu Ming looked at the data sheet in his hand and exclaimed: "The critical superconducting temperature is 92K, but the critical current density is as high as 10^7A/cm^2, and the critical magnetic field intensity is as high as 27T!"

“In addition, it has good mechanical strength, environmental resistance, and easy processing!”

“Probably, the only problem is the trouble with the manufacturing process.”

Xiao Yi smiled slightly. At this moment, he was holding a metal wire in his gloved hand.

"It's okay. Although it's troublesome, it's within an acceptable range."

"There is no doubt that this silver-doped hexagonal close-packed FeSe is the most perfect superconductor in the world today."

(End of this chapter)