Chapter 314 At This Great Moment, We Need a Party

Since 1995, the Roger Adams Award has been awarded by the American Chemical Society every two years to a scholar who has made outstanding contributions in the field of organic chemistry.

As one of the highest awards in the field of organic synthesis, many world-class mechanical chemists and Nobel laureates have won the Adams Award.

A very concise data is enough to reflect the gold content of this award.

Of the 29 winners of the Roger Adams Prize up to the last time, 11 were Nobel Prize winners in chemistry.

Although the Adams Prize in Chemistry is only for the field of organic synthesis and does not represent the entire chemical community, it is still regarded by many as the vane of the Nobel Prize.

After receiving this letter, Lu Zhou's first reaction was "Fortunately, I checked the mail."

As for the second reaction is...

Grass, will you really give me a Nobel Prize? !

Just when Lu Zhou was disturbed by this sudden accident, the door of the office suddenly opened, and Hardy, who finally became a senior, came in with Jericho and Wei Wen.

Looking at the letter in Lu Zhou's hand, and then at Lu Zhou's expression, Hardy was stunned for a moment, then yelled.

"My God, Professor, you actually received a love letter?"

Lu Zhou, who was still immersed in the joy of the big prize from the sky, almost didn't drop the letter paper in his hand.

Hold the grass, what the hell? !

Willa, who was walking near the door with a sandwich, happened to hear Hardy's voice, her heart tightened, and she walked nervously to the door.

However, it seems that it was just a false alarm...

Lu Zhou gave Hardy a hard look, and said unceremoniously: "If you make fun of my personal feelings again, I guarantee that you will be busy throughout the spring break."

As soon as he heard this threat, Hardy's face suddenly revealed an uncomfortable expression.

"Oh, please don't, I've already planned it out with my—"

Qin Yue coughed heavily, pulled his arm, and interrupted the guy's speech.

Because I always feel that if I let him continue talking, something not so good will happen.

Not only Hardy has planned, but he has also planned to travel to the Great Rift Valley with his girlfriend this spring break to experience the style of the Great West.

Hearing that it wasn't a love letter, Vera felt much better. Looking at the letter, she couldn't help asking curiously, "Professor, what is that?"

Lu Zhou: "Nothing, it's from the American Chemical Society."

Hardy muttered in a low voice: "God, what year is this, and people still use paper letters?"

Wei Wen's focus was a little different, he was slightly taken aback and said, "Chemistry Society?"

Putting the envelope back in the drawer, Lu Zhou said casually, "Well, didn't I publish a paper in "Nature" some time ago, and they plan to award me the Adams Prize in Chemistry."

The office suddenly fell silent.

Everyone stood there silently, staring at Lu Zhou blankly.

Especially Wei Wen, his mouth was open and he didn't close it for a while.

For Lu Zhou, apart from the three grand prizes, there is no higher honor in the mathematics world to praise his contribution. Even if he goes back and wins an award like the Ramanujan Prize, it is just icing on the cake.

However, this Adams Chemistry Award is a recognition from another field besides mathematics.

Wei Wen doesn't know chemistry very well, and he doesn't know much about lithium dendrites, but now he clearly understands that not only in the field of pure mathematics, Lu Zhou is also terrible in applied mathematics.

I don't know why, it's obviously something to be happy about his mentor being awesome, but he feels a little indescribable in his heart.

Jericho swallowed and said, "Professor, that computing material, do you plan to offer courses in this area? I mean, can I choose this direction?"

Applied mathematics is one of MIT's strong majors, and Jericho has a degree in organic chemistry after completing his major in applied mathematics.

The reason why he reported Lu Zhou's functional analysis was that he was interested in this direction on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to study computing materials with Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "If you earnestly complete the learning tasks I assigned to you, I will tell you about this aspect, but I have not yet perfected the theory of calculation materials, so the help to you may be quite limited. .”

No one in the material science community can understand his theory yet, and in the field of mathematics, there are not many people interested in this direction.

Of course he would be very happy if someone could understand his theory.

But at Jericho's current level, researching these things is a waste of time.

Jericho said helplessly: "Professor, you are too modest. If you feel that your theory is not perfect, I am afraid that no one would dare to claim that they understand computing materials."

"It's not modesty, it's scientific rigor," Lu Zhou corrected, "The mathematical model of the modified PDMS material is just an isolated case, and this set of theories does not have the extension to other fields. The real computational materials science , should be able to use a unified set of mathematical tools to perform mathematical calculations on all the materials we need."

"A theory that cannot be generalized, whether powerful or not, is imperfect."

This is not only the ultimate goal of computational materials, but also the ultimate goal of computational chemistry.

Use effective mathematical approximations to calculate the properties of molecules, such as total energy, dipole moment, quadrupole moment, vibration frequency, reactivity, etc., and use them to explain some specific chemical problems.

If such a test system is established, the impact on the entire industry will be at the level of nuclear weapons. Experimenters only need to set the properties of the required materials, and then they can deduce the molecular structure through complex calculations. Even if there are only hundreds of possibilities, or a general direction, it will save millions of research funds .

This may sound whimsical, but it is not impossible to achieve at the current speed of computer development.

Perhaps in the near future, supercomputing will become the standard configuration of every large material science laboratory, and purchasing computing services from supercomputing centers will appear on the budget list of various large, medium and small research institutes.

After hearing these words, Jericho was shocked.

What Lu Zhou described seemed to open a door in his heart, leading to an unprecedented new world.

If he is really successful, he will undoubtedly completely change the face of the discipline of chemistry.

Jericho is now more and more fortunate that he chose Lu Zhou as his mentor.

Wei Wen, who was standing beside him, had a complicated expression on his face.

He has been studying applied mathematics, but he has never thought about extending theory to the field of application, and he doesn't care about things other than mathematics.

Perhaps, I should make some changes.

"A theory that cannot be promoted, no matter how strong it is or not, is not perfect." Vera recited these words in a low voice, her blue pupils faintly flickering with excitement.

I don't know if I found inspiration from Lu Zhou's words, or I have a new sense of mission for the work I am doing. In short, the little girl seems to be more motivated than before.

With their own thoughts, the students in the office fell into silence.

In the end, it was Hardy who broke the silence.

He looked serious and came to a conclusion.

"A mathematician has won a grand prize in chemistry, there is no doubt that it is a great moment."

"I think we need a party to celebrate at this point!"