Chapter 325: Adams Chemistry Award!

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If Lu Zhou were to know what Professor Stanley was thinking, he would look at him with a smile.
Heaven and earth conscience, he really didn't take so much thought to play with such boring things.
Because, it is not necessary for him at all ...
Rested in the room for one night and nothing for the night.
The next day, the Organic Chemistry Symposium held by the American Chemical Society was officially held.
Participating scholars came from all over the world, including native American scholars and Chinese nations across the Pacific.
At 9 am, there was a crowd of people in the wide conference hall.
Although there is still an hour before the opening ceremony officially begins, many people have already sat there early.
The biennial Roger Adams Chemistry Awards ceremony is the highlight of the opening ceremony of the Organic Chemistry Symposium. Every scholar who comes to this academic conference will not easily miss it.
As the first Chinese scholar to receive the medal, this award ceremony also attracted much attention from all walks of life.
On the way to the backstage preparation, Lu Zhou just met the CTV reporter ambushing halfway.
Looking at the younger sister who greeted him with a microphone, Lu Zhou unexpectedly felt a little familiar. At this moment he suddenly remembered that the last time he seemed to interview himself at the Crawford Awards ceremony in Stockholm.
I have to say that fate is really a wonderful thing.
With a smile on her face, Miss Journalist asked in a nice voice: "Hello Professor Lu, may I take up five minutes of your time?"
There is still one hour left before the opening ceremony, and five minutes are still available.
Coupled with Lu Zhou's good mood, he said happily, "Of course."
Ms. Journalist handed out the microphone: "Excuse me, how do you feel now?"
Lu Zhou replied humorously: "This question seems to have been asked too early, and the medal is still in the hands of Professor Burstein."
Miss Reporter pouted and smiled, and continued, "Then I change the question. You are the first Chinese scholar to receive this honor. I believe that at this moment, your heart must be full of excitement, right?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I'm really excited, but that was just two months ago when I was notified of the award."
Miss Journalist continued to ask, "Most of the public's impression of you comes from your proof of Goldbach's conjecture and the honor of the Crawford Award. For you as a mathematician, you won the Adams Chemistry Award Many people will be surprised. What is it that makes you interested in chemistry? "
Lu Zhou thought for a while, instead of answering this question directly, but asked with a smile: "Remember what I said to you on a similar occasion in Stockholm?"
The reporter's elder sister gave a slight stun, and then smiled, "I remember Professor Lu said that the significance of mathematics lies in changing science."
"Yes, the significance of mathematics lies in changing science," Lu Zhou nodded approvingly, and praised the young lady's memory. "And what I am doing now is trying to change chemistry."
...
The interview lasted only five minutes.
As the opening ceremony progressed, it was time for the awards.
In applause, Lu Zhou stepped onto the award stage and received a golden medal and a silver watch from the hands of Professor Bruce E. Bernstein, president of the American Chemical Society.
Giving silverware to winners is the tradition of awarding Adams Chemistry Awards, and each time the bonus is different.
This silver watch looks small, with the acs emblem engraved on the back. In addition to the elaborate patterns, this watch should be very valuable, but compared to the glory of the Adams Chemistry Award, this preciousness seems insignificant.
He shook hands with Lu Zhou, Professor Burstein said solemnly.
"The development of new energy is related to the fate of all of us and the future of our civilization. Thank you for your contribution to the world, and your research results have won more time for our future."
It turns out that this watch still has this meaning.
Taking the honor solemnly from the old professor, Lu Zhou gladly said, "Thank you."
There was applause in the venue.
The applause ended with thunderous applause.
However, although the award was over, the award ceremony did not end.
In accordance with the convention of the Roger Adams Chemistry Award, the winners will also give a lecture of no more than sixty minutes.
Compared to the mere award ceremony, the content of this part is obviously more concerned.
Under the watchful look of those expectant eyes, Lu Zhou straightened the microphone and began to speak slowly.
"Materials, energy, and information technology are the three pillars of modern technology. However, in addition to information technology, in the past half century, our research in the two fields of materials and energy has progressed slowly."
"However, in fact, the academic world is not as indifferent as the outside world has misunderstood. Every day, new technologies are born in laboratories in some corner of the world. I believe that all of you here have a deep understanding. There is no lack of new materials, but it lacks what we need. "
"I think the reason is because we lack a systematic theoretical basis, and we can only find the materials we need based on the scientific intuition of researchers."
"And this is also my motivation for studying computational materials science," he paused for a while, watching the scholars in the venue, Lu Zhou continued, "I think that under strict calculations, the products we need can actually be expected. .By calculating, we can save a lot of cost and time. "
Hearing this sentence, the professors and scholars at the scene suddenly felt nervous.
Well, this guy isn't going to start selling his mathematical proof again, right? !!
"... Next, my report will be semi-academic."
After hearing this sentence, many scholars in the audience were relieved, especially the chemistry professors who were not good at mathematics, and they were even relieved.
There is no doubt that computational materials science is a promising research direction, and the general academic view also recognizes its value, but the theory proposed by Professor Lu is too difficult to understand.
Although many professors who study crystal chemistry and nanomaterials have some understanding of the principles of geometry and topology, this understanding is far from deep. It is just a superficial understanding because of professional needs ~ EbookFREE.me ~ But now it seems that their worries are superfluous.
Lu Zhou said that this is a semi-academic lecture, and he will definitely not talk about those difficult things when he comes up.
"... When I was studying the influence of the pore size and specific surface area of ​​carbon nanospheres on the diffusion rate of polysulfide compounds, I used polyaniline? Polypyrrole copolymers as precursors, and polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride as Pores, in a simple carbonation reaction, made a series of products I needed. "
Speaking, Lu Zhou picked up the chalk from the podium, drew a simple molecular model on the blackboard behind him, and marked the specific surface area, pore size and other data next to it.
Up to this point, everything is very easy to understand.
However, just when everyone was relieved, Lu Zhou stopped the chalk in his hand and thought for a moment before continuing.
"During the research of these products, I found something very interesting ..."
Soon, he wrote the first line of calculations.
Then, out of control ...
Sitting in the back row of the lecture hall, Woods glanced a little bit nervously.
Prior to becoming a CEO at ExxonMobil, he was an engineer and was not unfamiliar with research in the chemical industry. Even if you haven't done research, you can still understand the dissertation.
But now, what is on the blackboard is giving him the illusion that his doctorate is false.
Taking a deep breath, Woods looked at Professor Stanley sitting next to him and asked with a low voice.
"Are semi-academic reports so difficult to understand?"
Professor Stanley's expression was a bit subtle, and he hesitated for a long time before reluctantly speaking.
"Not normally ..."
But obviously.
This is not normal.
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