"In addition, I plan to recruit a new group of researchers, the number of whom will be about two hundred or more. I will ask Star Technology to contact the relevant headhunting companies, and I will leave the selection of talents to you."
Lu Zhou: "Not just samples, but all kinds of experimental data can be seen here. Come with me."
Therefore, for Lu Zhou, the problems that must be overcome now are not only in the academic field in which he is good at, but also from problems outside the academic field that have to be solved.
Although there is already one in the institute, getting two more means that the same experiment can measure two more sets of data at the same time.
In addition, including EAST, this company can also be seen in most of the domestic tokamak superconducting magnet construction units.
If you want to get a stronger electromagnetic field, junior high school students probably know what to do. They only need to increase the number of turns of the energized solenoid coil.
Gong Cao raised his eyebrows: "You mean SG-1?"
And technological breakthroughs alone are not enough. If they cannot be realized in engineering, no matter how great a miracle is, they can only stay in the laboratory.
Even putting aside the halo of the Nobel Prize and Lu Zhou's status in the materials science community, a US$1 billion national-level large-scale scientific research project can definitely be regarded as a high-quality project.
Especially for transmission electron microscopy, an artifact of materials science, if the budget is sufficient, no one will think it is too much.
Lu Zhou: "Traditional materials are difficult to achieve, what if we use new materials?"
However, after listening to Lu Zhou's request, Cao Gong quickly realized that things were not that simple.
Lu Zhou smiled: "Isn't science about experimentation?"
After sending away people from the enterprise, Lu Zhou found Yang Xu, director of the Institute of Computational Materials.
After struggling to read the data and charts displayed on the computer screen, Zhuogong frowned and thought for a long time before finally speaking.
"That's true, but we are a company. Even if what you say sounds interesting, we have to consider the actual situation." Zhuogong rubbed his chin and stared at the picture about the resistivity of materials in the superconducting state. After looking at the graphs of power-on time and current flow for a long time, interest finally appeared in his eyes, "... It seems feasible in theory, but at the price of graphene, you have to build such a thing that is about the same size as the BESllll project. Magnets are probably expensive to make.”
Lu Zhou agreed without blinking: "Write it down in the list and give it to me."
"After the New Year, I plan to go to Germany."
When he heard that he was purchasing equipment, a smile suddenly appeared on Yang Xu's face, "That's easy to say. We just want to do research on superconducting materials, so let's get two transmission electron microscopes first."
Although he is not an academic, since he is engaged in superconducting magnet engineering, he is still following up on the latest research progress in materials science.
After thinking about it, Lu Zhou said.
It’s hard to say what the future holds, but for now, BESllll superconducting magnets still maintain the record as the largest single superconducting magnet in China.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Gong asked cautiously: "Are there any samples of SG-1 material here?"
Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes, in fact, I participated in the research on SG-1."
Cao Gong nodded in understanding: "I understand."
He had indeed heard before that this research result came from Princeton's Frick Chemistry Laboratory. Considering that Lu Zhou was a professor at Princeton, it was not surprising that he was involved in this research.
"At least he must be a postdoc."
Lu Zhou smiled and said happily, "Of course you can, 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."
However, even though this is said, when the magnetic field exceeds the level of 10T, it is impossible to achieve it in engineering.
However, neither at home nor abroad, there is no experience in the production of carbon-based superconducting materials, let alone its application in engineering.
Standing in front of Lu Zhou at this moment was Zhao Ganwei, the chief engineer from Baosheng Group.
"It's mainly about the stellarator," Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "Just in time, 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 of the needs. Write down all the equipment.”
Yang Xu: "Germany?"
Fortunately, he can share this part of the work with others...
After a pause, he continued.
As Lu Zhou previously mentioned at a conference of the Institute of Computational Materials, if we want to overcome the problem of controllable nuclear fusion, superconducting materials are always an unavoidable hurdle.
"If you plan to use a 50T superconducting magnet in a stellarator, it might not be that easy."
One billion US dollars is just the first batch of investment. As long as he can produce outstanding enough interim results, I believe many people will be willing to pay for his research.
To cite the most prominent example, it is probably the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BESllll) project.
After learning that the unit that had sent it its intention to cooperate in research and development was the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, Baosheng Group sent the chief engineer of its own group without saying a word, and gave the highest priority to this project.
In the next few years, he will expand the scale of the research institute, and the related hardware must keep up.
As a subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Group and a leading enterprise in the field of domestic superconducting materials, Baosheng Group has cooperated with research units such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences on many occasions and participated in major scientific research projects. As the chief engineer of the group, he is also involved in most of these projects.
"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 bring a few grams of samples back for research?"
After that, Lu Zhou took Cao Ganwei to another laboratory. At the same time, he signaled Qian Zhongming who was waiting in front of the computer to retrieve various experimental data on the SG-1 material.
Yang Xu nodded: "Don't worry about this, I will strictly control it. By the way, are there any requirements for the threshold?"
Especially the results of SG-1, which were displayed at the MRS Autumn Meeting, even though he had not read the relevant papers or been to the site, he still heard about its magical performance.
Taking SG-1 material as an example, as a major breakthrough in the field of superconductivity, it has shown considerable prospects in the field of application.
"To be honest, this is the first time I have heard of the idea of using carbon-based materials to build superconducting magnetic tracks in so many years."
Laboratory of Computational Materials Institute.
Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Cao Gong had a look of surprise on his face, but he soon returned to normal.
After consulting Academician Pan for his opinion, Lu Zhou immediately contacted the company and issued an invitation for cooperative research and development.
Lu Zhou: "There is no need to consider the cost issue. Even if it costs more than a billion, as long as the DEMO demonstration pile can be built, it will be worthwhile."