Chapter 142 This time the goal is very ambitious
In fact, Xu You's achievements are very outstanding even among the professors at Ji University.
In order to enable Xu You to better carry out scientific research, the school decided to allow Xu You to obtain a status equivalent to an intern researcher.
In this way, Xu You can carry out his research project more smoothly, and at the same time this can better protect Xu You's scientific research results.
"Right now the school can't apply for a laboratory for you, but no matter what field you want to study, the school will try its best to satisfy you. This time it's not just me who's backing you up, the entire school is your strong backing."
In fact, Jiang Hong has not revealed some details.
In this matter, it is not just Jida that is pushing it forward, there is a more powerful force behind the scenes that is making this happen.
"Thank you to the school and the dean. I will definitely continue to work hard!"
"Well, we are all assured of this. And now you are equivalent to an intern researcher, you need to decide on a research direction. Of course, this is just a title, it does not mean that you can only study in this direction in the future. You can think about it carefully when you go back, and tell me when you have made up your mind."
After coming out of the dean's office, Xu You also began to think about this problem.
Xu You knew clearly that although he had achieved some results last semester .
But in fact, I don’t have any clear direction.
Most of the time, after encountering a topic, I will start to learn related knowledge and then conduct more in-depth research.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Xu You.
After all, it is not easy to be exposed to scientific research when you are just a freshman.
Being able to produce several results was something beyond our plan.
At this time, Xu You also felt that it was time to plan for the future direction.
After much thought, Xu You still felt that he was more interested in superconductivity.
The ultimate goal in the field of superconducting research is undoubtedly to achieve room-temperature superconductivity.
If this goal can be achieved, it will bring about earth-shaking changes for all of humanity.
Of course, such a goal is too big and may not even be achieved in our lifetime.
Xu You still decided to approach this goal step by step.
"Let's start with the superconducting critical temperature of 195K as our target and as a breakthrough point."
The reason why Xu You chose 195K as the target is because the temperature of 195K is the sublimation point of dry ice.
In the superconducting world, a superconductor is defined as one with a critical temperature higher than 77K, which is considered a high-temperature superconductor.
This is a somewhat funny thing. The high temperature in the superconducting world is much lower than room temperature.
Because the boiling point of liquid nitrogen is 77K, as long as the superconducting critical temperature is higher than 77K, liquid nitrogen can be used as a refrigerant without the need to use more expensive liquid helium.
If the superconducting critical temperature of a superconductor can be successfully raised to above 195K, lower-cost dry ice can be used as a refrigerant.
In this way, the cost of creating a superconducting environment will be greatly reduced, which will be of great significance to many industries.
Of course, the premise is that extremely high pressure environments cannot be used.
Because the creation of an extreme high-pressure environment requires huge costs, it is even more difficult to create than a low-temperature environment.
Even though the research on high-pressure superconductivity is meaningful, it has no practical value, at least for now.
The study of superconductivity is a branch of condensed matter physics.
Xu You finally decided to make condensed matter physics his main research direction.
Of course, according to Jiang Hong, this direction is only nominal and will not limit Xu You's research direction.
After making the decision, Xu You told Jiang Hong about this matter.
"Condensed matter physics? That's great. Two of the papers you published last semester were in this field. OK, I'll help you apply. Your status as an intern researcher will be confirmed in a few days. If you want to do a research project in the future, you can apply directly to the school without having to go through other teachers."
In this way, Xu You will fully retain the intellectual property rights of his research results.
If Xu You stays in school to continue doing scientific research in the future, this will also be of great significance for Xu You's future professional title evaluation.
"Okay, thank you, Dean."
Because Qiao Sen is the main person in charge of condensed matter physics at Ji University, Xu You is familiar with Qiao Sen, and it will be more convenient for him to do some experiments at Qiao Sen in the future.
However, Xu You felt a little guilty towards Wang Xiangwu for not choosing quantum physics.
Although Xu You is not a formal student in Wang Xiangwu's laboratory, Wang Xiangwu can definitely be said to be Xu You's enlightenment teacher in scientific research, and his help to Xu You is also very great.
But Xu You still didn't want to let these emotions affect his choice.
Wang Xiangwu had said before that no matter which direction Xu You chose in the future, he would fully support him.
Xu You believed that this was not a statement he made against his will.
In future scientific research, Xu You will definitely continue to do research in quantum physics and repay Wang Xiangwu's kindness.
A few days later, Jiang Hong informed Xu You that Xu You's new identity had been confirmed.
Xu You also told this matter to Qiao Sen and Wang Xiangwu separately, and explained the special nature of his identity.
Before this, Qiao Sen already had a basic understanding of this matter and welcomed Xu You to come to the laboratory to start new projects at any time.
Wang Xiangwu was truly happy for Xu You, and told Xu You that quantum physics and condensed matter physics have many connections, and that his laboratory was always open to Xu You.
"Now it's time to think about how to carry out the next research work."
Xu You has basically completed his theoretical research on the topic of atomic cluster superconductivity. He just needs to wait for Xu Zhou to complete the material preparation before conducting experimental measurements.
Compared with these relatively simple experiments, Xu You also needs to create new theories to support his next scientific research plan.
"If we blindly measure and search for high-temperature superconductors among many materials, this method can only be regarded as a bad idea."
Blindly measuring various materials is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Xu You thinks that we should start with the mechanism first.
Nowadays, there are mainly two theories about the mechanism of superconductivity: BCS theory and GL theory.
These two theories can respectively explain the existence of Type I and Type II superconductors.
But so far, the theoretical mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity has not been completely completed.
If the theory of high-temperature superconductivity can be perfected.
It will not only make it easier to discover high-temperature superconductors.
It is also possible to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Thinking of this, Xu You couldn't help but feel excited.
Of course, since this is a problem in the physics community, it has not been solved for many years.
Naturally, it won’t be solved so easily.
Thinking of this, Xu You immediately dragged his suitcase and strode out of the dormitory.
