Chapter 532

In an office in the southeast corner of MIT.

Within 10 minutes, 12 people had returned to their workstations, including a colleague who was on vacation and about to go to Hawaii for a trip.

The large office was intertwined with everyone's whispers. Some people had blank expressions, while others had complex expressions, whispering something to the people beside them.

And the person in charge, Professor James, was standing in the corridor on the phone, and one could vaguely hear that his tone seemed somewhat irritable.

Neck belonged to the blank side and couldn't help but ask, "Oh, can someone tell me what happened?!"

"You don't know yet?"

A colleague had a strange expression and reminded, "You should probably look at the news about Xu Qingzhou's research group."

Neck was stunned, and Barnes had already taken out his phone to search for relevant news. Then, he saw Barnes's expression freeze instantly, as if he had seen something terrifying.

"What happened!"

Neck leaned over strangely, and when he saw the text on the screen, his pupils condensed.

Jc(12T)——2.0×10^6 A/cm²

Tc fluctuation——±0.2K

Surface roughness (RMS)——0.7nm

Neck stared and shouted out, "No, this is impossible!"

"This is the fact. Their superconducting thin film performance has reached commercial grade, and, substrate-free NbSn thin film, atomic-level controllable growth, stability under extreme magnetic fields..."

The colleague sighed helplessly.

"Damn, how did they do it?!"

Someone next door asked indignantly.

Someone suspected, "Could it be a gimmick thrown out, just wanting to get some experimental funding?"

Xu Qingzhou and the others only disclosed the latest research results; the key experimental data belonged to core secrets, so of course, they wouldn't be stupid enough to expose it.

Someone else shook their head: "The possibility is not high... Although this kind of thing is common in the scientific research community... throwing out a concept to attract investors and those guys sitting in offices, but I looked at the partial data they published; the data curve is more perfect than the sweater my grandma knitted."

"Having such an opponent is too terrifying."

Barnes was still immersed in surprise. They were just joking about whether Xu Qingzhou was preparing to give up.

"Actually, we don't need to be so pessimistic. After all, our superconducting thin film Jc has reached 2.5×10^6 A/cm², and Tc is also stable, ±0.1K. My meaning is, we are still in a leading position..."

"Hi, everyone, don't have this expression; Mendes is right!"

They have the most advanced laboratory, a first-class team...

Look at Xu Qingzhou again.

In the four-person team, two of them are still sophomore undergraduates.

Professor James walked in, and the office quieted down. His gaze swept across everyone's faces. "It seems everyone has already seen the news. Alright, everyone, now we should formulate a new experimental plan..."

Princeton, the Maxwell team was also holding an emergency meeting. Although some research institutes in the Xia country, Japan, etc., were also doing research in this area, there was still a gap compared to them. The originally competitive teams could be counted on one hand: them, MIT, Jianqiao.

Three legs standing, maintaining balance.

As a result, such a dark horse suddenly appeared, disturbing all the chess games.

Even, there was a trend of leaving everyone behind.

Now, even top laboratories like theirs began to panic.

March 8th.

Xu Qingzhou and the others' experiment was like a bomb thrown into the water, setting off huge ripples in the superconducting thin film field.

Those small research groups were dumbfounded, shocked by Xu Qingzhou's terrifying chasing speed.

Of course, besides surprise, more was naturally eating melons.

Even without Xu Qingzhou, they could only follow along to drink some soup.

Princeton's Maxwell team, Jianqiao's Avery Laboratory, etc., felt as if a mountain had suddenly pressed down on them, and they all began to frantically catch up on progress.

The superconducting field was very lively, hot and noisy, but the culprit was happy to be idle, lying on the sofa petting a cat.

Outside the window, the gloomy weather finally cleared up. Although the sun was bright, the piled-up heavy snow began to melt, and the temperature was actually two degrees lower than the previous few days.

Xu Qingzhou squinted, his thoughts gradually drifting. The experiment had reached this stage, so it was time to consider the paper.

The title had already been thought of: 【Cross-scale Superconducting Material Design: From Atomic Interface to Engineering Application】

Integrating topological interface engineering, nano-doping, radiation-resistant design, and large-scale preparation technology, proposing a "Material-Device-System" full-chain R&D framework.

The framework of the paper had already been completed.

Roughly including how to enhance superconducting coherence length and pinning force through atomic-level interface regulation, how to use topological materials to induce non-local pinning effects...

More complex than what Carson and the others wrote.

"Must hurry up; it's best to finish it within this month."

Xu Qingzhou thought in his heart.

It was just organizing his past plans and combining them with experimental data; the workload wasn't large, and it just happened to be able to free up time to help Song Yao perfect the short-selling model.

However, his thoughts were quickly interrupted, his gaze falling on the girl on the yoga mat in the living room.

The temperature had dropped sharply these two days, and it was very cold outside. The wind blowing on the face was like a knife cut, and Song Yao was too lazy to go out to exercise, simply learning to practice yoga at home.

One big step back with the right foot, the left lower leg perpendicular to the mat surface, straighten the right leg and inhale, stretch the right arm upward, place the left hand on the back of the right thigh, and twist the body to the left.

Xu Qingzhou watched with great interest, sighing that it was worthy of being the school beauty Song; her body flexibility was first-class. If it were him, Xu Qingzhou substituted himself, he estimated his hands and feet would be twisted together.

He shook his head, throwing away the strange picture in his mind.

Sports bra, white loose home pants.

To a certain extent, it could be said that this loose outfit had more flavor than yoga pants.

It was this kind of vague, hidden appearance that made people imagine even more.

Song Yao felt very uncomfortable being watched by this guy, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Are you very idle?"

"Obviously, yes."

Xu Qingzhou changed to a comfortable posture and couldn't help but sigh again: "In a few days, it will be a pile of troublesome things again... now of course I have to rest well."

Commercial-grade superconducting thin films were out; some people should be unable to sit still and would come to send money—to be precise, to buy patents.

Jc(12T)=2.2×10^6 A/cm² superconducting thin film.

You have to know that although the laboratory data could already reach 3.0×10^6 A/cm², what could truly achieve complete commercial production was only between 2.0×10^6 and 2.5×10^6.

This was just a phased achievement, and the market prospect was broad. He believed many people would be tempted. As for how much the patent fee was... if nothing unexpected happened, it would be to the extent of temporary financial freedom.

Xu Qingzhou said sincerely, "You practice yours, I watch mine; it doesn't affect you, right? Is there anything in yoga that needs assistance? I'm very happy to help."

"..."

Song Yao pouted, too lazy to pay attention to this person, thinking to herself, watch if you want; you'll get used to it after watching too much, just like when your leg was touched at the beginning.

Xu Qingzhou watched for a while. After Song Yao finished her first yoga training and prepared to take a shower, he got up, sat in front of the computer again, and wrote the paper for an afternoon; it was time to change his brain.

(End of chapter)