From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 76 confirms it: near-superconductivity at room temperature! That's called foresight!
"Hurry up, don't delay! Go to the testing lab right away and take a look!"

"Didn't we already provide samples for the acceptance test? You guys go ahead and do your work; research is more important!"

Tan Yanming shouted.

Zhu Bingkun immediately realized what was happening, and without paying any attention to the inspection team, he rushed into the testing room first.

Xue Kun and Fang Huimin followed closely behind.

Zhang Minghao followed him inside, also wanting to see what the created 'topological insulating state' material actually looked like.

Chen Shuai hesitated for a moment, looked left and right, and moved a few steps toward the testing room.

He was about to enter when Tan Yanming stopped him.

Tan Yanming asked uncertainly, "Professor Chen, are you also involved in this research?"

"This, this..."

Chen Shuai was immediately a little embarrassed.

He didn't participate in the experimental research, but he's still a researcher in the lab, so how could they not let him in?

At the same time, I was also very angry.

"really!"

"Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun, those two scoundrels have left me behind again!"

"They're doing their research, leaving me out..."

"Last time it was the 'Zhang phenomenon,' what major achievement is it this time?"

Behind Chen Shuai, Meng Zhiyang, Hong Zhenyu, and other members of the inspection team were also very curious.

Meng Zhiyang moved forward a little, wanting to stand outside the door and take a look, but Tan Yanming stopped him.

Tan Yanming explained, "I'm sorry, Academician Meng."

"This research has nothing to do with acceptance testing. It needs to be kept confidential until the research is confirmed!"

Tan Yanming spoke with absolute certainty.

Zhang Minghao whispered one sentence in his ear: "100% conductive material at room temperature."

That one sentence is enough.

Achieving 100% conductivity at room temperature is equivalent to room temperature superconductivity, making it an absolute top-tier international research achievement.

Even if we don't actually develop it, just getting "close enough" to it would be enough to win a major international award.

With such significant research achievements, there's no need for expert review panels or even review projects; they're no longer important.

No one is allowed to enter, and no one is allowed to disturb us!
The inspection team stood outside the door, exchanging glances, all somewhat bewildered.

Judging from their posture, it was clear that they had completed some major research.

Meng Zhiyang simply said, "There's nothing else to see here. We already have the materials, let's take them back for testing."

Wang Guiyuan was also a little curious. He was an administrative staff member and didn't care about research. He stepped in to smooth things over and said, "Academician Meng, please go to the administration office."

"We haven't looked into the funding situation for this project yet."

Project acceptance also requires accounting for the use of funds, and fund accounting is an important part of the acceptance process.

Every expenditure is recorded, and the total expenditure of each part must be carried out in accordance with regulations, with no single item exceeding the prescribed proportion.

However, most projects will not have problems with the use of funds, and the review of funds is just a formality.

Or, even if there were problems, they would be resolved by the time of acceptance.

The entire inspection team seemed distracted.

They were all wondering what kind of research the other had completed that warranted such a large-scale event.

They've even abandoned the inspection team?

Aren't they afraid the inspection team will find some problems and delay the acceptance process?

Upon closer reflection, I'm actually not afraid!
The other party's research results were clearly displayed there, and a large box of high-tech future materials was prepared.

In this situation, who would dare to refuse to pass the inspection?
Even if you try to find some problems, they're only minor details and have nothing to do with the research itself.

As long as there are no problems with the research, if they hold the acceptance test against it, Jiangzhou University and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology will step in, and then things will escalate.

Therefore, as long as there are research results, the acceptance team is not a big deal.

What research did they actually complete?

"I overheard it a bit, it sounded like they were talking about insulation or something..."

"Insulation? You mean semiconductors?"

The group was still very curious and couldn't help but discuss it in hushed tones.

Hong Zhenyu and Cao Wang had their own guesses, and they were quite accurate.

insulation?

It should be a multilayer tinene thin film stacked material, right?

In other words, by creating a 'three-dimensional' material consisting of multiple layers of tinene films and measuring its insulating properties, topological edge states in a 'three-dimensional' sense can be realized.

To put it simply, achieve 100% conductivity at room temperature!
The only truly significant achievement in the direction of their research can be this.

However, they simply couldn't believe it.

"impossible!"

Cao Wang and Hong Zhenyu exchanged a glance and discussed, "Professor Hong, you know how difficult this is."

"It must be admitted that the tinene samples they produced were of high quality, but they were still not out of the ordinary. The stacking of multilayer tinene films requires the tinene films to grow stably."

"That's not something we can build right now, and it won't be possible even in ten years!"

Hong Zhenyu nodded thoughtfully.

He knew Cao Wang was right, but what else could it be?

……

Electromagnetic application laboratory, testing room.

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Zhang Minghao stared at a sheet of material on the test bench.

It was a small, thin piece of material, only the size of an adult's thumb, clearly cut from a prepared multilayer tinene film, and very similar to some standard samples.

"Do not worry!"

Fang Huimin stood behind the three of them and said, "The parts I cut were all areas where the insulation properties could not be measured, and I dared not touch the inner parts at all."

Zhu Bingkun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Professor Fang, we all believe in you."

Fang Huimin rolled her eyes.

Judging from Zhu Bingkun's expression just now, he must have suspected that he had damaged the material structure.

Multilayer tinene thin film materials, of course, cannot be cut arbitrarily.

The material is composed of multiple neatly stacked tinene films. Tinene films have a single-atom-layer structure, and the material's physical properties may be affected by even slight physical contact.

Direct physical cutting would be even more serious.

That would cause the edges of the material to lose their inherent properties.

But the materials also need to be cut.

If the location of the insulating properties was not measured, the atomic layer arrangement must be irregular.

To make the entire material exhibit topological edge state characteristics and achieve 100% conductivity at room temperature, it is necessary to "cut" at the neatly arranged edges of the atomic layers and remove all the irregularly arranged parts.

This would be a major operation on the materials, or perhaps a minor research project.

"Let's go to the Light Institute!"

After understanding the situation, Tan Yanming suggested, "Your equipment is not precise enough."

"Go to the Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, use ultra-high precision equipment, and design a solution." ...

The group took the materials and went to the equipment room of the Optical Research Institute.

They studied the material carefully and designed an extremely precise material segmentation scheme, and then consulted equipment expert Wang Haitao based on the scheme.

Wang Haitao said, "There is no problem with this plan, but it requires very precise operation. It may not be possible to rely on Engineer Deng alone."

Deng Jiashan was the best engineer at the industrial research institute and a master of operating high-precision equipment.

If he can't solve it by himself, then we'll have to find someone else.

Tan Yanming simply communicated with the School of Mechanical Engineering and found Zhang Yuanqi, an engineer from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering.

Zhang Yuanqi is also a craftsman, highly skilled in high-precision operations.

Deng Jiashan and Zhang Yuanqi studied the plan together, then divided the work and began cutting the materials.

This is a huge project.

Zhu Bingkun, Zhang Minghao, and others waited outside until nightfall, but no one left, not even Tan Yanming.

He didn't want to miss the moment of 'witnessing a miracle'!

100% conductivity at room temperature is equivalent to room temperature superconductivity.

What an amazing achievement!
Even if only a small piece of room-temperature superconducting material is produced, it will become a unique treasure in the field of scientific research.

In the field of scientific research, the most difficult research is going from 0 to 1, that is, from nothing to something.

The fact that a small piece has been manufactured now means that a second piece can be manufactured. With improvements in processes and technology, there will eventually be a day when mass production will take place.

This research finding is even more valuable than the Nobel Prize in Physics.

At 9:30, the door to the equipment room finally opened.

Zhang Yuanqi came out and casually said, "I've just put it on the table. Take a look and see if it's okay."

The group immediately went into the room.

Deng Jiashan was finishing up his work. He pointed to the glass tray on the table and said, "That's the one, the T-shaped one."

A thin layer of material in the shape of a small T is placed on a glass tray.

Several people went over to take a closer look.

Compared to the original finger size, the cut material is more than half the size, about the size of a fingernail.

Zhu Bingkun picked up the glassware as if it were a precious treasure, and covered it with a plastic cover to prevent it from being bumped or knocked over.

They took the materials back to the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory for a very important test—resistivity.

A conductivity of 100% at room temperature indicates that the material's resistance is zero.

However, in reality, there is no material with zero resistance.

Even if the material is in a low-temperature superconducting state, the resistance is only theoretically zero, and must be negligible.

The applied electromagnetics laboratory has instruments capable of precisely measuring resistance.

When using precision measuring instruments to measure materials, several people stared at the values ​​displayed on the instruments.

0.0001...

After a few seconds, the value remained unchanged.

Zhu Bingkun clenched his fist excitedly, exclaiming, "Now we can be sure!"

"The theory of tinene thin films is correct; they can indeed achieve 100% conductivity at room temperature!"

Xue Kun added, "It shows the minimum value, which means the resistivity is less than 0.001 microohms, less than one-thousandth of that of conventional conductive metals!"

"This material achieves almost 100% conductivity at room temperature!"

"We actually built it!"

Tan Yanming walked over and looked at the data, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "The resistivity is really low, it must be so low that it can't be measured anymore, right?"

"Impressive!"

He was also amazed for a long time, and after calming down, he said, "The materials still need to be taken for detailed testing."

"We can cut off another small thin slice and take it to the provincial testing technology research institute. Then, we can get detailed data."

"Also, can you make a second one?"

Zhu Bingkun said, "We spent more than ten days on this part. We have enough funds, and building another one shouldn't be a problem. It all depends on luck."

Xue Kun and Fang Huimin nodded in agreement.

Tan Yanming then looked at Zhang Minghao, who thought for a moment and looked melancholy. "If we conduct large-scale experiments, the probability of successfully creating it will be higher. However, we still need funding, and our lab's funding is almost exhausted."

"Dean Tan, look at this amazing achievement! Shouldn't the university support it?"

Tan Yanming knew that Zhang Minghao was asking for funding, and he found it somewhat amusing, but he still said, "I can guarantee that the school will definitely support us 100%. Not only the school, we can contact the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and even higher levels, they can provide full support."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of a question and immediately asked, "By the way, the tinene material you produced is different from the one given to the acceptance team, isn't it?"

"It's different."

Xue Kun said, "This isn't from the project; Zhang Minghao researched it himself."

"What do you mean?" Tan Yanming didn't understand.

Zhu Bingkun explained with a smile, "Our current tinene manufacturing technology was not developed through a project, but rather through Zhang Minghao's personal research. The technology has an ownership of the results."

"Zhang Minghao's personal research?"

Tan Yanming was taken aback, then immediately realized, "Zhang Minghao, aren't you still a doctoral student? How will the ownership of the research results be determined?"

Zhang Minghao nodded and said, "I signed an agreement with the school, and the ownership of the research results and technology has been determined."

It took Tan Yanming a while to understand, "Results are results, and technology is technology, right?"

"In other words, any future revenue from technology transfer or material patents will be distributed according to the contract."

"For research results, the application process should proceed as normal. Is my understanding correct?"

"Correct!"

The others nodded in agreement.

Tan Yanming was taken aback. He noticed the inexplicable unity among them on this issue and felt a little strange. He asked suspiciously, "In the agreement you signed with the school, you don't all have ownership of the technology, do you?"

The group smiled sheepishly.

No need to ask, I already know.

Tan Yanming pointed at the group, both amused and exasperated, and said, "They're all slippery characters."

He then pointed at Zhang Minghao, "Especially you, the youngest and the most cunning..."

Zhang Minghao immediately corrected him, "It's not being cunning, it's having foresight, otherwise there would be disputes."

"Good, good, you're right, you really had foresight!"

Tan Yanming shook his head with amusement.

He admired this 'foresight'; the technology for the stable growth of tinene films would surely lead to the creation of new materials, which might involve future conflicts of interest.

With an agreement in place beforehand, disputes can be resolved in advance.

Consider also the multilayer tinene thin film material with 100% conductivity at room temperature; the interests involved are likely even greater.

First, there is its scientific research value; many research institutions would want to study such materials.

In addition, it will also have considerable application value.

Even if mass production is not possible, resulting in high material costs, production in small quantities can still be used in key components in high-tech fields.

With nearly 100% conductivity at room temperature, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the performance of key components.

(End of this chapter)