Chapter 974 "Time Comes Around" Professor Stanley (2/5)

Chapter 974 "Times Come and Go" Professor Stanley (25)

Although the lithium-air battery has not yet been born, the dawn of this coming out has already dazzled many people's eyes. Especially when a magnitude 8 earthquake hit the industry, the academic world was also affected.

Some people exclaimed in disbelief, while others were indifferent.

Some people were ecstatic, and naturally some were beating their chests and feet in regret.

On a larger scale, it is related to billions of research funding, and on a smaller scale, it is also related to whether countless doctoral and master students can successfully complete their graduation thesis.

After all, many projects related to lithium-air batteries have been cut or even cut off directly. Many doctoral supervisors who are working in this direction are not very happy, let alone the students they lead...

At the North American Materials Science Spring Meeting in downtown Boston, MA.

Materials scientists from all over the world gather here.

If there is no accident, the star of this spring meeting should be the research on molybdenum disulfide monolayer material funded by Microsoft, Intel and other companies. The material of choice for the future semiconductor industry other than silicon carbide.

However, it is clear that the accident has now happened.

Lithium-air batteries are hotter than anything.

At the first report meeting at the beginning of the spring meeting, Professor Stanley, who was wearing a tuxedo and stepped onto the podium, announced the advent of the era of lithium-air batteries in an impassioned tone, and how his cage-like carbon molecular material is so awesome...

It is precisely because of this that this year's Material Science Spring Conference almost became popular in the first session of the opening.

For those colleagues who threw leather shoes on the stage when they disagreed, or even rolled up their sleeves to fight, this guy's arrogant look really deserves a fight!

Although there was no fight, the entire report meeting was still full of conflicts.

Even when many laboratories have completed the repetition of the experiment, competitors from all walks of life are still rushing forward like crazy, mad at Professor Stanley, a living target.

Like Dr. Curtis from Argonne National Laboratory.

In collaboration with Professor Amin Salehi-Khojin of the University of Illinois at Chicago, they managed to find a revolutionary way to complete a lithium-air battery that can achieve up to 700 charge-discharge cycles in air.

After the lithium dendrite problem was solved, they tried to increase this number to 900 times. And up to now, this number has been advancing hard to 1000 times.

If it wasn't for the birth of this cage-like carbon molecule, which made this "bright future" research fall into the predicament of being cut off, it might be him who is standing on the stage pretending to be aggressive!

Cutting people’s fortunes is like killing their parents. Even Professor Curtis, who is usually gentle and gentle, is now red-eyed with anger. Something went wrong.

Of course, even he himself knew in his heart that his behavior was just a dying struggle...

The evening banquet will be held in a five-star hotel next to the venue.

Wearing a neat tuxedo, Professor Stanley, who made his hair smooth and shiny, had a happy smile on his face throughout the whole process, and raised his glasses to the scholars, colleagues, and representatives of the industry who took the initiative to chat with him. And exchange business cards.

In the previous report meeting, he could be said to have stole the limelight.

Because Lu Zhou did not come to the meeting, as the first discoverer of this material, he naturally became the focus of all attention.

Even if you get fire from fellow scholars because of this, so what?

Colleagues are originally enemies.

What I really need to make friends with are those big bosses waving money. Only they can pay for their own research. At most, those colleagues will only sympathize with him when he fails, and then they don’t know how to laugh at him behind his back.

In fact, up to now, Professor Stanley has already thought about it.

After all, thinking about it carefully, apart from being severely humiliated by the Chinese man named Lu Zhou, I don't seem to have a particularly big loss.

patent?

That thing was originally ExxonMobil's thing, and after signing the research and development agreement, the benefits I enjoyed were quite limited, at most it was a bonus, which is what it is like to cooperate with large companies.

The relationship with the backer of Exxon Mobil?

Industry reputation?

He has indeed suffered enough in the past six years, but now he has once again become a favorite in the eyes of major companies, and his status seems to be even further than before.

So, what does it matter?

Hearing people's compliments and watching those who once kept him at a respectful distance climbed back to lick him again, Stanley felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

The head of the Department of Chemistry at MIT, an old professor who had cooperated with him in the field of batteries, firmly held his right hand and said enthusiastically.

"Congratulations, Professor Stanley! After the popularity of lithium-air batteries, the Nobel Prize Committee will definitely consider this epoch-making discovery seriously, and award you and Professor Lu the first Nobel Prize in the field of batteries in history... Don’t you think about coming to MIT? We can provide you with the best experimental environment for your new topic! I guarantee you will be satisfied.”

Hearing Professor Lu's name, Professor Stanley's eyebrows twitched reflexively.

However, after all, he is an old fox who has been in academia for so many years.

Although the wound in his heart seemed to be torn open again, he quickly controlled his emotions, shook the hand of this old friend who had just contacted and had the need to continue to make friends with a forced face, and politely declined.

"Thank you for your kindness... But Binghamton University is ready to nominate me as the head of the Department of Chemistry, and the laboratory is also being relocated... I still don't plan to make trouble in the short term."

Although it's a bit regrettable, I really can't offer better conditions here, so I can't give up my position, can I?

Nodding his head in understanding, the dean of the Department of Chemistry at MIT let go of his right hand and said in a regretful tone.

"I understand, after all, for us students, a stable environment is more important than anything else, and no one likes to toss around... But if you have an idea of ​​coming to MIT in the future, please contact me."

Stanley raised his forehead slightly and nodded slightly.

"must."

If it was normal, he would definitely not speak so coldly to the dean of the Department of Chemistry at MIT. After all, this big guy is also a permanent member of the American Chemical Society while serving as the dean of the department.

But now, his coffee position is not lower than him, so naturally there is no need to humble himself.

Just when Professor Stanley was intoxicated with the feeling of being the focus of the entire banquet, a travel-stained figure walked into the banquet hall quickly, looked around the entire venue, and non-stop thinking about Stanley's side come over.

Meeting the eyes of this person, Stanley froze for a moment, and said in surprise.

"Woods? My dear friend, how did you...become like this."

I haven't seen him for six years. The man in front of him is far from the man with sharp eyes and strong aura in his impression. Instead, there are wrinkles engraved on his cheeks, as well as aging and haggard.

"Something happened." Taking a deep breath, Woods stared into Professor Stanley's eyes, "Listen, although there was some misunderstanding between us before and your subject was cut off, but now—"

"Stop," Professor Stanley, who had a premonition of what this guy might say, quickly interrupted him, "Just tell me, what exactly do you want to do."

"Exxon Mobil hopes you will come back," Woods said sincerely, "You are the inventor of the caged carbon molecule, and we all know that this honor should all belong to you, instead of most of it being given away by that Chinese man .We need a compound with a similar function, at least one that can bypass their patented..."

After listening to Woods' description, Professor Stanley was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed faintly.

"Give up, Woods, I know you are very unwilling, but we are not his opponent."

Unexpectedly, he would say such words, Woods froze for a moment, then said anxiously.

"Is it just watching them, riding on our heads all the time? Controlling the future of our energy lifeline? The nuclear power plant in California will be built soon, and the lithium-air battery market will win a blowout! Everyone wants to Use cleaner and cheaper energy, but how many people have thought that the drop in oil prices will cause countless American families to lose their jobs! If we cannot master the patent of lithium-air batteries, we have no room to fight back!"

Putting countless American families out of work...

Isn't it you greedy capitalists?

Of course, this sentence was just muttered in Stanley's heart, and of course he couldn't say it to the potential patron.

Coughing lightly, Professor Stanley straightened his face, looked at the emotional Woods seriously, and continued.

"Listen, I understand your feelings, Mr. Woods, but what can we do in this situation? The patent law is written in black and white on the ownership of patent expediency, unless you have a way to persuade Lu Zhou to sell the patent Here it is, otherwise I suggest you... think of something happy."

"Besides, you have also seen that I am living a good life now. Let the past six years pass. At least he has kept the things that should belong to me. As for you asking me if I hate it, a few days ago I gritted my teeth with hatred, wishing I could take a gun and go to Huaguo to destroy him, but now..."

"I've already thought about it."

Not just thinking about it.

It was also because Stanley was really scared.

He didn't know if Lu Zhou had accounted for everything that happened today, but the only thing he knew was that his academic career had been stagnant for six years because of that cunning Chinese man.

Now that he has finally made it through, relying on that guy's latest research results, he is finally turning around, and he really doesn't want to go against that guy again.

After all, he is not young anymore.

Another six years of delay, maybe he will have to wait in the coffin!

Shrugging his shoulders, looking at Woods with a dull face, Professor Stanley said comfortingly.

"... As for the unemployment rate, that's something for the gentlemen on Capitol Hill to think about, not us."

Woods watched in a daze as Stanley patted himself on the shoulder, then turned around and left lightly, and turned into the next circle, chatting and laughing with the big cows in the same field.

He stood there for a long time with blank eyes.

Suddenly, his shoulders moved, and he lowered his eyebrows slightly and stared at the floor.

As if thinking of something, a few words were chewed repeatedly between those dry lips.

"Capitol Hill……"

"That's a question for the gentlemen on Capitol Hill to think about..."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!"