I Have a Research Support System

After bragging a lot in front of Gong Yuanjiang, Wei Xingsi started to get down to business, discussing the application of key projects.

Xu Qiu made preparations in advance. He took out the USB flash drive, plugged it into the big computer in the office, and showed Gong Yuanjiang, Cao Si and the others the current progress of the experiment through the projector.

In fact, it is to re-tell the content reported in the previous group meeting, including the data of the Y-series receptors and stacked devices.

Here, there is no need to worry too much about Gong Yuanjiang and the others secretly seizing Xu Qiu's academic achievements after hearing the report.

On the one hand, the two parties are now in the honeymoon period of cooperation. Wei Xingsi and Gong Yuanjiang are also friends who have known each other for many years, and they know each other well;

On the other hand, although the scientific research circle values ​​academic achievements, it also pays more attention to reputation.

Especially for a "Yangtze River" scholar like Gong Yuanjiang, if he wants to be further selected as an academician, he must have a high reputation in the industry.

If it is revealed that you have plagiarized the achievements of your peers, your reputation will basically be stink.

Scholars are different from capitalists. When capitalists make a fortune in the early stage, their reputation almost doesn't matter. When they have money later, they can use public opinion guidance, charitable donations, etc. to whitewash themselves.

In essence, it is also because most of the people are mortals, and their thoughts are relatively easy to be manipulated.

Scholars don't have so many channels for whitewashing, and those who can become professors in colleges and universities are basically human beings. It is very difficult to wash whitewashing in such a circle.

However, having said that, it is still a bit difficult to be awarded an academician just by relying on the achievements in the field of organic photovoltaics.

If Gong Yuanjiang, a "Yangtze River" scholar, does not have any particularly outstanding performances, he is basically done.

Because the academicians of the Academy of Sciences focus on research in basic science, and the academicians of the Academy of Engineering focus on research in applied science.

Organic photovoltaics are neither basic science nor a field that can generate high application value in the short term. Compared with other fields, organic photovoltaics are not very competitive in the selection of academicians.

Moreover, the more important reason is that the number of academicians in the country is now saturated, and it is basically "flying up" to leave one in order to replace one from below.

This can also be regarded as a bonus for the "front waves". They had almost filled up the pits ten or twenty years ago, and the "back waves" basically had to wait in line eagerly behind if they wanted to get a position.

The current situation in China is that not only the bottom layer is rolling, but the top layer is also rolling.

The reason is actually very simple. When there is no ability to harvest other countries’ resources and no major breakthroughs and innovations, the entire country is playing an approximate zero-sum game.

In this case, rolling up is an inevitable result. Everyone wants to kill other competitors, so that they can get more resources.

As far as the selection of academicians is concerned, although the country does not have a minimum age requirement, only an upper limit of 65/70 years old, but in actual selection, those who were elected as academicians under the age of 40 are basically rare.

Because many people who are eligible to be elected as academicians are still queuing up, and they may also hope that the incumbents will "fly up" as soon as possible to make room for them.

Now a newcomer suddenly appeared and wanted to jump in the queue? Of course there is no way.

The key point is that scientific research is difficult to compare across fields.

Those who do graphene have published a few articles in "Nature", and their contribution must be higher than those who do basic physics research and put forward some theories, but can't publish any articles? Not necessarily.

At present, the youngest member of the florist was elected at the age of 38. This person's resume is quite legendary:

0 years old, born in Huachi, Gansu Province in 1965;

16 years old, go to university;

20 years old, graduated from Jinling University of Technology in 1985;

25 years old, received a doctorate in engineering from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990;

30 years old, became a doctoral supervisor;

32 years old, served as the director of the State Key Laboratory;

At the age of 35, he became the director of the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

38 years old, elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003;

40 years old, was arrested on the spot for prostitution and prostitution in Qinhuangdao Ocean International Resort [cross out];

43 years old, elected as a member of the German Academy of Sciences;

At the age of 52, he was elected as an academician of the National Academy of Engineering of the beautiful country;

At the same time, this academician is also on the rise in his official career.

53 years old, the official rank of deputy minister, can be called a generation of legends.

However, this is an example from more than ten years ago.

Now, with the construction and development of the domestic scientific research circle, there are more and more scientific research talents, and the number of academicians is almost constant, which makes the selection of academicians more and more difficult.

As long as the rules for academician selection remain unchanged, the record of "38-year-old elected academician" will become increasingly difficult to break.

This may also be the reason why some high-end scientific research talents choose to leave the beautiful country-the domestic pits are too crowded, which greatly restricts their development.

Of course, this approach also preserves the gold content of the academicians. The vast majority of academicians have real power, or have had real power.

During Xu Qiu's report, Gong Yuanjiang also raised several questions, including: "How to ensure that the different transmission layers and effective layers in the laminated device will not interact with each other?", "Why is the Y series receptor design Is the central government going to design a DAD structure?" Wait, Xu Qiu answered one by one.

After the report, Wei Xingsi looked at Gong Yuanjiang: "Yuanjiang, how is our preliminary work doing?"

"Great!" Gong Yuanjiang responded with a smile: "I was only 50% sure of the declaration of this key project, but now I am more than 80% sure."

"I'm relieved when you say that." Wei Xingsi also smiled: "Then let's officially start the project matchmaking... Mo Wenlin, go and call Wu Feifei over."

Wu Feifei had just picked up Feng Shengdong from the airport and arranged for him to go to Yanyuan Hotel. When she got back to 216, she was summoned again before her butt was hot.

The personnel gathered together to officially start the project docking.

The first is the financial budget. When it comes to the budget plan, the funds need to be split into two parts of 200W and 100W.

This aspect is still quite important. If the budget is not done well, not to mention the impact on the review results. Even if the project application is passed, it may lead to a cut of the actual funds issued. For example, if you apply for 300W, the result will only be 268W. of.

This part is mainly in charge of by Wu Feifei and Cao Si. Both of them are equivalent to the big stewards of the research group, responsible for helping the tutor manage the research group's expenses.

Then, in terms of scientific research plans, Wei Xingsi is mainly responsible for "development of non-fullerene acceptor materials" and "manufacturing of stacked devices", while Gong Yuanjiang is mainly responsible for "development of small molecule donor materials".

The two sides have had preliminary contacts before, and the general direction has been determined, and there will be no major problems.

Now the main thing is to read the text a few more times to find out if there are any typos, grammatical errors, repeated words, logical illiteracy and other problems.

Finally, in terms of preliminary work, Gong Yuanjiang's side is relatively simple, and they directly put up several published articles on small molecule donor materials.

On Wei Xingsi's side, Xu Qiu posted the latest "Natural Energy" article to support the scene.

Although this article is not highly relevant to the key projects they applied for, they can always be found by force.

The Y series receptors and IDIC-4F can also be said to be homologous, both of which are derivatives based on ITIC.

In addition, Xu Qiu also put the experimental data of the latest Y series and stacked devices.

There is a certain risk in doing so, because when others review the book, the reviewer can see the content. If the work is not officially published, it may be followed by others.

However, Xu Qiu is not very false. The data he put up is only the first generation of Y-series receptor materials and the first generation of stacked devices.

Even if he is followed by others in a few months, by that time, his own research will definitely make further progress, and what others imitate is only himself a few months ago.

In fact, Xu Qiu very much hopes that the results of either the Y series or stacked devices can be implemented before the declaration of key projects.

It is best to come to a CNS, so that the success rate of key project applications can be raised further.

But thinking about it carefully, it is still a little difficult. The declaration of key projects will be in March next year, which is only more than three months away from now.

Even if a system is made right now, and the efficiency exceeds 15% or 16%, it will take a month or two to sort out the experimental data and write the article. After the manuscript is submitted, it still needs to be reviewed and revised. half a year.

Applied science, whether it is the output of results or the publication of articles, is usually relatively long. It is common to delay half a year, or even one or two years, to publish CNS.

There is a Ph.D. from Shanghai University of Technology. He started a project in his second year of Ph.D. and made a breakthrough in his third year of Ph.D. He wrote an article and submitted it to Nature.

Because I had to wait for the publication of the "Nature" article in hand, it was finally postponed for one year.

As for basic science, if it is really a very important discovery, the cycle of both the output of results and the publication of articles is relatively short.

For example, if someone discovers a new fundamental particle, or overturns a certain basic law of physics and chemistry before, it is estimated that CNS will be accepted/rejected for this level of work.

The boss accepts it in seconds, and rejects it in seconds, probably like this.

Of course, it is still relatively difficult to really achieve such a major breakthrough.

Now the research of basic science in human society has entered a bottleneck period.

Similar to what people jokingly call "fusion is always 50 years away from practical application", many problems in the basic field are indeed delayed by "50 years" and "50 years".

As for why it is "50 years", it is probably because the life of a scientific researcher is 50 years.

Setting a 50-year horizon is a bit like dangling a carrot to the front of a donkey, lest the donkey lose momentum.

Therefore, if someone claims to have solved the century-old problem in basic science, there is a high probability that it is not true if there is any major discovery.

However, as the saying goes, "the master is among the people".

Every year, the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be visited by a large number of civilian scientists, claiming that they have proved the "Goldbach Conjecture" or other mathematical problems.

Then I looked at the method they used, it was elementary algebra, and I inquired again, the education was elementary school graduation...

It's not that I don't look down on elementary algebra and elementary school education. In fact, many scientific problems have thresholds.

"Goldbach's conjecture" is very simple in expression, that is, "any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers", but simplicity does not mean that there is no threshold.

In addition to the field of mathematics, the field of physics has also been occupied by civilian scientists.

Among them, the most representative one is the perpetual motion machine. Every year, many people claim to have created a perpetual motion machine, but without exception, all of them are fake.

Perhaps this is a manifestation of people's general desire to "get something for nothing".

However, there is a toy called "drinking bird", or "drinking duck", which can achieve "perpetual motion" under certain circumstances, which is quite interesting.

The head and body of the "drinking bird" are two thin-walled glass balls (referred to as "upper ball" and "lower ball") respectively, which are connected by a glass tube and filled with ether liquid to form a closed container.

A layer of absorbent cloth is wrapped around the bird's head, and a glass of water is placed in front of the bird's body to ensure that it can "drink water" when the bird's body is dumped.

In the initial state, the bird's body leans slightly forward, maintaining balance under the action of gravity, and the bird's head does not touch the water cup in front of it.

At this time, because ether has a boiling point of about 34.5 degrees Celsius and is easy to volatilize at room temperature, the inside of the closed container will be filled with saturated vapor of ether.

When starting, drop a little water on the bird's head, the water on the cloth will absorb a lot of heat when it evaporates, so that the saturated ether vapor in the upper ball will reduce the temperature and reduce the pressure at the same time, resulting in the saturated air pressure in the lower ball being greater than the air pressure in the upper ball. The ether liquid in the lower ball presses up along the glass tube, so the center of gravity of the whole bird moves up, thus breaking the balance state of the fulcrum.

The body of the bird gradually leans forward with the rising ether liquid. When the bird’s beak touches the liquid surface, the upper and lower balls are just connected through the glass tube. Part of the gas in the lower ball enters the upper ball, and the two parts of the gas mix. When the pressure in the upper and lower balls is the same At this time, the liquid that has lost the gas pressure support will flow back to the lower ball under the action of its own gravity, and the center of gravity of the drinking bird will move down again, so it will gradually stand upright and return to the initial state.

Because when "drinking water", the bird's beak touched the water surface and wet the cloth covering the bird's head, so it would start again.

The overall performance is that you only need to start to dip some water on the head of the "drinking bird", and the "drinking bird" will keep raising and lowering its head repeatedly to make "drinking water" movements.

It seems that the "drinking bird" is a bit like a second-type perpetual motion machine that utilizes heat energy in the environment, but in fact it is just a heat engine that obeys the laws of thermodynamics and is realized through a single-component phase transition.

The reason it keeps nodding its head and drinking water is because it uses some complicated physics.

And there is not much practical value, because the conversion efficiency of this heat engine is too low, so it can only be used as a toy, or for popular science.

The "drinking bird" has existed for a long time. As early as 1936, the "Fun Physics Sequel" written by Beleliman of the Maozi League had already mentioned this toy. A scientist applied for a patent for it in the beautiful country.

Because the preparations in the early stage were relatively sufficient, the docking of key projects went smoothly, and the preliminary version was quickly obtained.

After the end, Mo Wenlin went back with Gong Yuanjiang and Cao Si, saying that she wanted to report on her recent work. After all, Gong Yuanjiang was also her nominal mentor.

Exchange students like Mo Wenlin will also have two mentors when they do graduation projects.

Not long after Gong Yuanjiang and his party left, Feng Shengdong came over.

Xu Qiu also met Feng Shengdong's true self. They communicated through voice calls before, and now they are considered to be officially face-to-face.

Feng Shengdong's appearance is slightly different from Xu Qiu's imagination. He looks like a model of an honest person, more refined. Feng Shengdong's Chinese is relatively smooth, which may be due to the relatively short time he spent abroad.

Generally, after staying abroad for a long time, there will be an adaptation period when speaking Chinese when returning to China, and often subconsciously mix Chinese and English, just like Wei Xingsi did before.

Wei Xingsi and Feng Shengdong greeted each other, and subconsciously stretched out their hands to the printed "Natural·Energy" article on the desk.

Then, Wei Xingsi suddenly thought that Feng Shengdong was also on the list of authors, so he retracted his hand again.

Seeing Teacher Wei's actions, Xu Qiu almost burst out laughing on the spot, but managed to hold back.

Because we usually communicate a lot, there are not many topics to talk about, so Feng Shengdong resigned after chatting casually.

Wei Xingsi didn't hold back either: "Okay, then you go back to rest first, and remember to come out for dinner together at six o'clock in the evening."

Feng Shengdong is a native of Shanghai, and he also graduated from the comprehensive university of Shanghai before, so he is quite familiar with this place, so he doesn't need to entertain him.

Moreover, both parties have co-published so many articles, so they are not considered outsiders.

Afterwards, Xu Qiu did not participate in the visits of other teachers, after all, they were not very familiar with each other.

Xu Qiu returned to room 216 and continued to prepare for the conference report. Through the wall, he could hear the sound of opening and closing the door of room 218 next door, vague conversations, and Wei Xingsi's hearty laughter.

He was a little curious, whether the newly printed "Natural Energy" article that Mr. Wei printed later was of any use?

Most likely it was used.

At six o'clock in the evening, Wei Xingsi led a large group of people to the restaurant on the third floor of the headquarters. He had already reserved a private room with three large tables in advance.

In addition to Ma Weiwei, Gong Yuanjiang, Feng Shengdong and other teachers who came in advance, Wei Xingsi also invited Fang Guangwu, the deputy dean of the Department of Materials, Zhou Mathematics, the director of the Teaching and Research Office of Materials Chemistry, Sun Zheng from the Department of Chemistry, and Tang Yunkun from the Department of Physics.

In addition, the dinner time this time happened to be very close to New Year's Day, so it was also regarded as the year-end dinner of the research group, and all members of the research group were present.

Add up a total of more than 10 teachers, about 15 students.

The teachers sit at the same table and the students sit at the same table.

Xu Qiu originally wanted to sit at the student table with Han Jiaying, but Wei Xingsi stopped him: "Xu Qiu, sit at the same table with us."

"...Okay." Xu Qiu probably knew that Teacher Wei was building up momentum and paving the way for him, and passing on his network resources to him, so he didn't refuse. He spread his hands at the junior girl and made a "I also Very helpless" action.

Han Jiaying smiled at Xu Qiu, as if to say: "I'm fine, you go, don't worry about me..."

Although Xu Qiu sat at the teacher's table, his qualifications were still relatively young, so he sat opposite Wei Xingsi.

Meals are pre-ordered, and the restaurant prepares side dishes according to the standard. There are a total of more than a dozen dishes, all of which are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. Xu Qiu saw the familiar big pot of fish head soup again.

The process of eating is also similar to last year's year-end dinner.

It's just that the scale is bigger this time, more teachers are visiting, Xu Qiu also drinks Moutai, and life is getting better and better.

As the only student who mixed into the teacher group, Xu Qiu naturally became one of the focuses of people's attention at the dinner table.

Some teachers who were not very familiar with Xu Qiu before now have a deeper impression of him.

After all, in domestic academic circles, when an article is published, although people will pay attention to the first author, they will pay more attention to the corresponding author.

When people refer to an academic achievement, they usually don't say "the work of the first author", but "the work of the research group of the corresponding author".

Therefore, in the past year, the group has published a lot of big articles one after another, and Wei Xingsi's reputation has been spread. This is the influence that comes with publishing articles.

Much of Xu Qiu's current reputation, or influence, was generated under the promotion of Wei Xingsi.

For example, when Wei Xingsi went out to brag about a big article in the group, he would always mention: "This is Xu Qiu's job in our group."

In the student stage, the accumulation of influence will indeed be a bit slow.

However, for Xu Qiu, these are not a problem. If he can publish a few CNS articles in the future, his influence will be maximized in an instant.

But Wei Xingsi didn't know that Xu Qiu could cheat, he just considered from the standpoint of normality, and tried his best to strive for the greatest benefit for Xu Qiu without compromising his own interests.

After the evening dinner, the teachers who lived in Shanghai basically went home, and Wei Xingsi took the other teachers out to exercise.

At the same time, the research group also had a half-day holiday, and Xu Qiu and Wu Feifei took a group of students out to play board games.

On Monday, because Wei Xingsi needed to entertain other teachers who came, he informed everyone that there would be no group meeting today.

Xu Qiu didn't go to Wei Xingsi's side to join in the fun, he stayed in Caiyi 216 and continued to prepare for the conference speech.

It is impossible to say that you are not nervous. This is the first time Xu Qiu participated in such a high-standard meeting as a reporter, and it was an unscripted speech. If you get stuck at the scene, it will be embarrassing.

Others in the research team are also making preparations for the conference, including ordering boxed fruits, helping Wei Xingsi prepare the curtain call, receiving disposable cups, preparing bottled drinking water and other miscellaneous things.

In addition, teachers like Gong Yuanjiang who have been here once did not show up again today. For example, Gong Yuanjiang took Cao Si to Shanghai Jiaotong University to visit friends there.

Researchers are generally busy. Scholars at the "Yangtze River" level usually visit several research groups at the same time when they travel far away, and they can be called masters of time management.