Chapter 968

The next game of chess...

Can't you just say something human?

It was getting late outside the window.

Sitting at the desk in the study, facing a blank computer with a bit of a headache, Lu Zhou stared at the flickering cursor for a long time, then suddenly shook his head dumbfounded.

Without disclosing "commercial secrets", or even preferably without involving any specific academic details, publish an academic paper that can release the news that "Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has made a major breakthrough in lithium-air batteries!" ...

The most important thing is that the greater the influence of the submitted journal, the better...

How do you write it "casually"? ? ?

After so many years in academia, it was the first time that Lu Zhou was embarrassed by such a strange request.

Ren's thoughts diverged freely, and when he was grabbing his hair and almost giving up, the corner of his eye suddenly fell on the test tube that he casually placed on the corner of the table.

In an instant, inspiration rushed to my heart like a fountain.

Sitting up straight from the chair suddenly, Lu Zhou shouted excitedly.

"...There is!"

Since the specific technical details of lithium-air batteries cannot be involved, it is better to focus on the mathematical model of the paper, or simply publish an article on computational materials science, starting from the research of lithium-air batteries, but For the lithium-air battery itself, avoid the important ones!

Thinking of this, his eyes became brighter and brighter, his hands resting on the keyboard moved like the wind, and instantly typed a line of title in a blank text——

"Research on the transport function of a kind of cage-like carbon molecules to oxygen molecules in modified PDMS materials and the application prospect of this property in the field of lithium-air batteries"

Looking at the title of this line, Lu Zhou couldn't help but praise himself.

"I'm such a genius!"

The patent of this cage-like carbon molecule is ready-made. Although he has adjusted several large π bonds on the cage-like carbon molecule, he has not let go of related patents. As early as when he was still teaching at Princeton At that time, a professional patent attorney was entrusted to register.

The experimental results are all ready-made, not to mention that he can write this kind of paper, he can just find a master student from among his students and write one.

It took about two or three hours, and Lu Zhou successfully completed the writing and typesetting of the thesis.

After converting the file to pdf format, add it to the email attachment, looking at the column of the recipient's address, Lu Zhou tapped the mouse lightly with his index finger, thinking about where to submit this manuscript for comparison Suitable.

"Nature"?

"Science"?

It seems that it is not suitable.

It is estimated that this kind of research result, which is somewhat of a fried rice, will have to wait in line for a long time. The most important thing is that he doubts whether this thing can achieve the expected sensational effect.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou also made a decision in his heart.

Since it was written casually, it is better not to consider "Nature".

After thinking twice, Lu Zhou sent the prepared email to the mailbox of the "JACS" editorial department.

Although it is not as famous as the two top journals in the scientific world, and its impact factor is not so terrifying, the influence of "JACS" in the fields of materials science and chemistry is quite impressive, and it can be said to be one of the top journals in this field.

Lu Zhou's paper on "Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure", which won the Nobel Prize, was submitted to "JACS".

Because he reviewed several manuscripts for this journal later, his relationship with this journal is not bad, and his paper should be arranged as soon as possible.

After finishing these things, Lu Zhou stretched himself, pushed away the chair, stood up, walked out of the study, took a shower and went to sleep.

...

Just when Lu Zhou had almost fallen asleep, North America, far away on the other side of the earth, was in daylight with a clear sky.

In the editorial department of "JACS", there was a sudden cry as if they had discovered a new world.

"Jesus! Karnov, guess what I received in my mailbox? It's Professor Lu's paper!"

Looking at the editor-in-chief Eglis who pushed aside his chair and stood up, Karnov just muttered in his heart, "Didn't you let me guess?" attracted.

"Wait, what are you talking about? Professor Lu's thesis? He's back in the field of materials science?"

When Eglis smiled happily: "What is regression? He was originally from the field of materials science. Even if you forget who the founder of computational materials science and the theoretical model of electrochemical interface is, don't forget the Nobel Prize in 2018!"

In the history of "JACS" since its inception, many Nobel Prize-level achievements have been published, but for the editor-in-chief Eglise, the Nobel Prize in 2018 is the only one in his career. The Nobel Prize-level achievements that have passed the review and published!

This achievement alone is enough to leave a small line of his name in the chronicle of the journal "JACS", and this thing is enough for him to brag about for a lifetime.

A little unable to bear the character of his editor-in-chief, Karnov muttered in a low voice, "But he probably doesn't think so."

"It's not important! The important thing is what we think! Let's not talk nonsense, let me see what amazing research results are," Eglise casually dismissed his colleague, after reading the paper carefully. , the eyes instantly became a little different.

Seeing the unusual reaction on Editor-in-Chief Eglise's face, Karnov hesitated and asked curiously.

"What's written on it?"

"About a class of cage-like carbon molecules that transport oxygen molecules in modified PDMS materials...God, it's a lithium-air battery!" Taking a deep breath, Eglis quickly flipped through the paper, "I seem to have heard However, the Institute of Computational Materials at Jinling Institute for Advanced Study is working on a lithium-air battery project, and the academic leader is a Chinese man named Yang Xu!"

Hearing the not-unfamiliar name Yang Xu, Kanov's expression gradually became a little moved.

"The signature of this paper is Lu Zhou..."

"Yes," swallowed excitedly, the editor-in-chief Egris squeezed the right hand of the manuscript, and unconsciously tightened it, "My dear Mr. Karnoff, guess what this means? It means that they may It has worked!"

It was also a self-answering question, but this time, Karnoff was slightly taken aback.

However, he was only stunned for a moment, and he quickly realized why the editor-in-chief Eglise made such a bold guess.

According to the experience of academic editors of these journals, the general proposition is relatively tall and popular in the academic world. Even after the research team engaged in the project has achieved certain results, it is often not immediately. The staged results obtained in the experiment are fully revealed.

And taking a ten thousand step back, even if the article is published under "performance pressure", it usually selectively releases some less important achievements, at least not inspiring competitors.

For example, Yang Xu has not published a single paper in the past year, but he would not believe it if he said that the research team he led had not produced anything in the past year.

Now Lu Zhou suddenly released this paper...

And it was straight to the point, throwing out such a crucial result.

Then there is only one possibility to explain it, that is, the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has obtained the patent of this technology, and even completed the follow-up research!

Only this kind of explanation can make sense why they can throw out such a heavyweight paper with ease...

Posting is no problem.

The only thing left to think about is who will review the manuscript.

There was quite a tacit understanding on this point, and the editor-in-chief Agris and Kanov exchanged glances before asking.

"Who is still working in this direction now?"

After thinking for a while, Karnoff tried to propose: "Professor Jeff Dahn of Dalhousie University in Canada, a pioneer in the industrial application of ternary materials LiNixMnyCozO2, has made great achievements in the field of lithium batteries, and Science has published countless articles... I mean Yes, he probably could."

After thinking about it for a while, Editor-in-Chief Eglise shook his head: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult. He seems to be working on an IBM project recently, and he may not be free. Besides, we have to find big names in the same field, but not contributors." potential competitors."

"That would be a little difficult."

After scratching his head and thinking for a while, a name suddenly popped up in his mind, his eyes lit up and he said.

"I know someone! There is no one better to review this manuscript!"

Editor-in-Chief Eglise immediately looked at him and asked, "Who?"

"Professor Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University! His thesis on titanium sulfide cathode is very impressive. Shocking..."

It took about three seconds to reminisce about his student days. Seeing the impatient expression in the eyes of the editor-in-chief Egris became more and more obvious, Karnov quickly ended his memories of the past and spoke quickly.

"I noticed that the citation part of Professor Lu's paper happened to cite an article about a caged carbon molecule published by Professor Stanley six years ago."

"It must be no problem for him to review this paper!"

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(Thanks to the leader of "IAG_ Qishen" for the reward~~~~ Speaking of Qishen, it's already June, is it really okay not to review?)