However, just when he was about to say hello, she spoke first.
In addition, considering the promotion of the technology, Lu Zhou also needs to perform multiple Coulomb cycles on the samples, and set up a control group of graphite anode batteries to compare the change curves of the two materials in various properties such as Coulomb efficiency.
Connie grinned: "Don't worry, Professor, I won't let you down."
So, before driving on the road, Lu Zhou finally said what he was holding in his heart.
The only thing that gave him a headache was that doing experiments was very time-consuming, especially when conducting dangerous goods experiments on expensive instruments, and someone had to be guarded in the laboratory.
"Well, be careful on the road, and go home directly after getting off the plane..." Lu Zhou thought about it, but still felt a little uneasy, "Forget it, how about you wait for me to buy a ticket, and I will take you back."
Lu Zhou: "..."
He consciously opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.
No matter how late I left the day before, I always showed up in the laboratory on time at 6 o'clock the next morning. I just barely had to lay the floor in the laboratory.
At this point, all preparations are finally in place, just waiting for the meeting to begin...
Xiaotong raised the corners of her mouth: "Don't worry, I will tell my mother so that she doesn't have to worry!"
Embarrassed by this enthusiasm, Lu Zhou held his hand and smiled kindly.
"Since this surprise really surprised me, I won't ask you where you found out about my flight."
After saying goodbye to Xiaotong, he stood on the roadside for a while, watching her walk into the airport.
In the next few days, he worked almost every day, traveling between the Institute for Advanced Study, the Frick Chemistry Laboratory, and the dormitory and apartment.
Professor Chiric said nonchalantly: "Just find a few with potential and train them. Don't worry about the rest. Maybe you won't see them as you read."
The young man named Connie extended his hand enthusiastically and looked at Lu Zhou with admiration on his face.
"Hello."
At this time, Lu Zhou also noticed her.
After driving her to the airport entrance, Lu Zhou helped her drag her suitcase out of the trunk.
However, coincidentally, just as he was waving, an acquaintance walked towards him not far away.
When these guys hand out offers, it's like a dealer dealing out cards. After the deals are done, people are left to fend for themselves.
…
In short, with the addition of Connie, he was finally freed from some tedious and boring repetitive tasks.
For example, reducing the scope of experiments in a probabilistic sense.
Patting Connie's shoulder hard, Professor Chilik laughed and said, "Okay, Connie, what needs to be done has been handed over to you. The person in front of you is the number one person in computational materials science at Princeton, followed by Professor Lu Study hard and don’t embarrass me.”
Fortunately, Professor Chilik helped him solve this problem.
Molina: "...?"
Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, then a relieved smile appeared on his face.
"Well, that's true. You should have grown up a long time ago. By the way, mom's side."
"… Any questions?"
Whether it can be called great or not is left to the world to evaluate.
This may sound like a hassle, but it's actually okay.
Perhaps it was because he had been sitting on the bench for too long with Professor Chilik, but in order to learn from Lu Zhou, this young man Connie worked very hard.
"No, no," Xiaotong waved her hands quickly and smiled shyly, "I'm not a child anymore, it's time to learn to take care of myself."
The next day Professor Chilik took his students to find Lu Zhou.
Obviously, she didn't expect Lu Zhou to show up here.
When Lu Zhou heard that he had brought more than a dozen master's students, he was almost shocked by the number.
…
After taking the suitcase, Xiaotong looked a little reluctant: "Brother, I'm leaving."
Of course, this is not entirely done to deal with those materials scientists who “do not understand mathematics”.
"A dozen master's degrees? Can you manage so many students?"
Because she had never mentioned to anyone which flight she took to return to school.
Opening the door, Lu Zhou sat in the driver's seat, took out his keys and was about to start the car, when he suddenly hesitated.
"This is the Connie I'm telling you about. He's pretty good at organic materials, applied mathematics, and computers. He just came to me last year to study for a Ph.D., and he should be able to help you." After entering the door, Chilik The professor introduced it to Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou nodded and said in a joking tone: "Thank you very much, Ms. Prosecutor, for your kindness."
"Hello, Professor Lu, nice to meet you!"
As for the control sample No. 7, no PDMS material was used, and the copper foil had been filled with wildly growing lithium dendrites and was completely scrapped. From this, we can intuitively see how amazing his research results are.
This young man looks tall and strong, not like a researcher, but a bit like a rugby player.
After Xiaotong returned to China, Lu Zhou's life gradually returned to normal.
Although she thought his statement was a bit strange, Molina was in a good mood and didn't take it to heart.
"By the way, I was actually here to send my sister back to China just now."
Seeing that Professor Chilik said this, Lu Zhou smiled and stopped explaining.
The boss usually doesn't do this work himself, and usually leaves it to his younger brother. But Lu Zhou's job is as a mathematics professor, and the three students he teaches are all math majors, so they can't help him at all.
For a mathematician, especially a mathematician whose research involves mathematical physics, it is simply too easy to know the results and infer the mathematical model.
With her imagination wide open, Molina smiled and walked straight in the direction of Lu Zhou.
After passing Lu Zhou, Molina quickly stuffed the suitcase into the open trunk and closed the trunk lid at the same time.
Sure enough, a good scholar is not necessarily a good mentor.
Although a regular mathematical model cannot accurately predict the physical properties of an unexperimented material sample, it can provide a certain reference for the experimenter.
Lu Zhou coughed slightly and said, "I can't say that I am the first person. I just did a small job."
The academic community focuses on breakthroughs, while the industry focuses on a series of production issues such as cost and safety. Preparing more materials will help increase your leverage in patent negotiations.
At the same time, Xiaotong, who had been playing in Princeton for two weeks, was ready to report.
Molina, who was dragging her suitcase out of the airport, was slightly stunned after noticing Lu Zhou's waving gesture.
The autumn wind dyed the treetops yellow.
Seeing Lu Zhou standing outside the car looking straight at her without any reaction for a long time, Molina couldn't help but froze for a moment and frowned in confusion.
It was obvious there was a misunderstanding.
In order to establish a logical and self-consistent mathematical model and complete his PPT at the same time, he needs more experimental samples.
"Thank you, I really didn't expect you to come to pick me up."
The results are very gratifying. There are no exceptions among the six groups of samples. Except for small wrinkles in the cross-section of the negative electrode material, no group has lithium dendrites.
However, with Professor Chilik as a reference point here, Lu Zhou didn't find it too strange.
"No, no, no, please don't be modest," Professor Chilik waved his hands and said seriously, "There have been many papers published in Nature in the past ten years, but the number of papers that can cause such a sensation can be counted on both hands. Come on, it is no exaggeration to say that you have changed this industry. If this is just a small job, then what kind of job can be said to be great?"
In this way, two and a half months passed in a busy time.
Finally, before Black Friday in November, Lu Zhou got six sets of samples of lithium anode batteries that had completed 1,000-2,000 Coulomb cycles.
Looking at his sister waving goodbye to him, Lu Zhou smiled and raised his head to wave.
Looking back at him, she gently shook her beautiful blond hair, pursed her lips and smiled.
After coming back to his senses, Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "No problem, I'm about to go back to Princeton..."
When he reached the entrance of the airport and stopped, Xiaotong turned around and waved vigorously.
He has many students. Except for a few apprentices who often take him to meetings and do experiments, the rest are basically idle.
With the arrival of September, students who had been on vacation for more than three months began to return to campus one after another. As the students returned to school, Princeton, which had been empty for many days, finally became lively again.
Although it was okay to take people back along the way, Molina had also sent him to the airport before, but in order to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings, he felt that he still needed to clarify.
Anyway, the helper was finally found.
Lu Zhou suddenly felt that as a boss, he was a bit too strict...