MIT, School of Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory.

Professor Jeffrey Grossman stared at the computer screen while turning the signature pen in his hand, but he was thinking about a difficult problem encountered in the experiment.

As a big shot in the field of materials chemistry, he is now in a hot period.

Two years ago, after he obtained harvests from polyamide composites, he did not strike while the iron was hot and continued. Instead, he turned to solar thermal energy storage new materials. In less than a year, he published a new material paper in the journal Nano Express.

This new material can store and release heat energy on demand. Moreover, the heat storage equipment made of this material not only has a high energy storage density, but also has the characteristics of low cost, convenient transportation and long energy storage time. It can be said that it has created a new way to capture and store solar energy.

Although this technology is still a long way from productization and industrialization, it goes without saying that its potential must be promising.

You know, since the 1970s, scientists have been looking for a material that can store solar energy in chemical form rather than convert it into electricity, but related research was not until last year: 2009 that he made progress! Therefore, Professor Grossman is in the limelight recently, and a bunch of Silicon Valley high-tech companies came to work for cooperation, but he ruthlessly rejected it.

Because like before, he returned to the research on seawater desalination treatment.

After rubbing the greasy hair, it was obvious that Professor Grossman was stumped by the problem.

Like Liu Feng, Grossman was not satisfied with continuing his research on polyamide composite materials, because he also found that no matter how he continued to go deeper in this regard, the cost of reverse osmosis membranes remained high. After all, polyamide, composite, when you hear these words, it means troublesome, synthesis method and price.

Therefore, he had the idea of ​​creating a new and cheap seawater desalination treatment material, and he had already developed a general direction.

At this moment, there was no good solution to the difficulties encountered in the experiment, so Grossman simply stopped thinking and wanted to make a cup of coffee to relieve it.

But at this moment, his email suddenly received an email from "Natural Chemistry".

"Huh? Polyamide composite reverse osmosis membrane?"

Looking at the emails on the screen, Professor Grossman, who had just stood up, sat down again, with a look of interest on his face.

He threw the cup aside, then turned to his assistant and ordered: "Danucci, help me make a cup of coffee!"

“OK, Doctor!”

The white guy with long bangs stood up and came to Professor Grossman, took his cup and walked outside. After a while, he heard the water dispenser gurgling sound. Then the white guy named Danuchi walked in and brought the coffee to Grossman's computer desk.

Professor Grossman continued to browse the papers he downloaded from the email while enjoying his coffee.

To be honest, there are not 50 or more research results on polyamide composite materials over the years. Although he did not continue to study this area last year, he believes that continuing to study will not make breakthrough progress. It is almost impossible to reduce the price of seawater desalinated reverse osmosis membranes to a large-scale promotion. It is already a shocking result.

Even the previous year, he only reduced the cost by about 2%, but there was no significant improvement in the efficiency of seawater desalination and desalination rate.

These papers are yes, not just one, but they dare to say that they have improved the efficiency of processing efficiency and the efficiency of several other influencing factors, and even generally reduced the cost between 10% and 20%. One paper even reduced it by 30%!

This was simply unimaginable! Which material was developed by a great man? Professor Grossman was very interested.

I looked at the first author of the paper, Feng Liu.

Feng  Liu? Who? I don’t know you at all! Chinese people?

Grossman frowned. It was obvious that he did not know the experts in China in this regard, but at least he still knew the name, and there was no one named Feng Liu!

Let’s look at the second author, Xue Duan? Well, he has heard of this person. He has studied functional intercalation materials very deeply and is a powerful person. Therefore, he can barely read the following papers.

Keep watching.

As his research on the paper gradually deepened, Professor Grossman's facial expression went from being slightly interested to being completely devoted to it at the beginning, and then finally to being shocked; his mouth was wide open, and his eyes were even more incredible.

"Through the polymerization of a variety of aromatic compounds, the material's tolerance to free chlorine can be effectively improved... It can effectively reduce the pressure required during transmission and reduce energy consumption... This, what did this guy think of it?!"

There is no doubt that these papers are relatively novel, and the data and tables are not incorrect. According to his previous experience in polyamide composite materials, he did not find any obvious falsification in the papers. In other words, these papers should be feasible!

Moreover, what surprised Professor Grossman the most was that judging from the results of these papers, this guy almost made the reverse osmosis membrane of the polyamide composite material! In the future, other teams would not say that they could develop polyamide composite materials that exceeded these results, even if they could achieve half of the effect of these materials, it would be almost difficult to get it out!

If these papers are true, once they are published, I don’t know how many people’s jobs will be destroyed. Professor Grossman shook his head. This guy is simply going his own way and leaving others with no way out!

Thinking of this, a feeling of gratitude suddenly surged in his heart.

If he had continued to study this aspect, he would probably have one more person among the people who were ruined. At that time, he wasted everything without saying anything, and it would be even more impossible to achieve results in the storage of new materials for solar thermal energy!

It seems that God still prefers Him!

After breathing a sigh of relief, Grossman couldn't help but make a cross on his chest.

Fortunately, Professor Grossman has been thinking for a long time but still cannot easily draw conclusions. He has always been rigorous and cannot confirm the authenticity of the paper by just looking at the data.

Therefore, Grossman turned his head and ordered his assistant not far away: "Danucci, I will send you a few pieces of the experimental content to your email address later. You can continue to do all of these contents. It just so happened that our experiment has not progressed. OK, let it go temporarily, maybe it is a good thing!"

“OK, Doctor!”

Professor Grossman nodded with a smile as he watched Danucci walk out of the office.

Danucci is also a doctoral student he led, and he is naturally in the direction of materials. He has been following him for two years. Speaking of which, during the period when the research results of polyamide were released the year before, this guy also made a lot of contributions. Last year's research on new materials for solar thermal energy storage played a vital role.

Therefore, his evaluation of Danuchi is that he is talented, diligent, able to calm down and willing to work hard; the young man is a talent for scientific research!

These papers are not very difficult to experiment, and can be verified within two or three days. At that time, he will see if these materials really have such an exaggerated effect!

As half of his colleagues, Professor Grossman has been waiting and seeing.

Just as Professor Grossman's team was verifying the experiment in Liu Feng's thesis, Liu Feng was already standing in the school's auditorium, wearing a bachelor's uniform, and was receiving the graduation ceremony held by Principal Tan for him alone.

"From today, you have become a glorious bachelor's degree, and you are a double bachelor's degree in physics and chemistry. I hope you can inherit the indomitable spirit of the University of Chemical Technology, be virtuous and knowledgeable, and be a craftsman in the chemical industry! Come on! Young man!" President Tan also wore a crimson doctoral suit and a gilded doctoral hat on his head. He solemnly handed the graduation certificate and degree certificate to Liu Feng, and gave his heartfelt remarks.

"Thank you, Principal, the students will fulfill their mission and carry forward our spirit of transformation!" Liu Feng took the certificate and then solemnly replied.

So, time froze in the year when he was 18 years old. That year, the scholar's enthusiasm was full of vitality...
Chapter completed!