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Chapter 485 This will be a very good deal

At 4 p.m. at MIT Laboratory, the equipment debugging was completed.

Xu Qingzhou has also roughly checked the other equipment in the laboratory. Although some of them are old, they can be used after a little tinkering and can meet the experimental needs.

Seeing that the equipment was running smoothly, everyone left the laboratory and went to the office next door.

Xu Qingzhou asked in a deep voice: "Carson, does your physics department have many portable Raman spectrometers?"

Carson immediately understood what Xu Qingzhou meant. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It's troublesome to apply for new equipment, but the equipment in the warehouse that is almost outdated should be available for use."

Xu Qingzhou wanted to get some equipment. This office is quite big and it would be a pity to leave those seats empty.

For example, a desktop ellipsometer that can directly measure the thickness of ALD-deposited films, a portable Raman spectrometer, a small ultrasonic cleaning machine, an oscilloscope that monitors low-voltage signals, etc., these devices can actually be installed in the office.

"I have to go to the Research Administration Office."

Xu Qingzhou decided to go find Wilson from the Research Management Office. The laboratory had already been lent to him, so it should be no problem to borrow some small equipment.

He estimated that this way, 80% of routine testing and debugging of office equipment could be completed.

He got down to work right away and asked Carson to take the two newbies to monitor the equipment operation while Xu Qingzhou went to do the real work.

It takes two days just to debug the ALD process.

For example, optimizing the purge time requires repeated testing. If the purge time is too short, the quality of the membrane layer will be reduced, while if the purge time is too long, the production capacity will be reduced. Multiple adjustments are required to find a balance.

Just as Xu Qingzhou expected, Wilson agreed to the equipment request immediately. In addition to the old equipment, he even gave a brand new desktop ellipsometer.

"Thank you, Mr. Wilson."

Xu Qingzhou was quite touched, and said before leaving: "You will find that this will be a very cost-effective deal in the future."

Wilson smiled helplessly and didn't take it seriously.

Make money?

He doesn't believe this project can make money.

When Xu Qingzhou walked out of the office, he noticed a white-haired old man standing outside the door, staring at him.

He could only nod politely, and before leaving, the old man looked at him deeply again.

"Sigh~"

Xu Qingzhou took a few steps and couldn't help but look back. The old man had already entered Wilson's office.

"Strange, why does this old man look a little resentful?"

Xu Qingzhou shuddered. The degree of openness in some aspects in foreign countries is even more than that in Chengdu. Boys still need to protect themselves when they are outside.

"Mr. Vasquez, please take a seat. You look like you're still worried about students switching jobs?"

Wilson smiled.

That’s right, this person is Carson’s mentor, Balde Vasquez.

Balde Vasquez sighed and said helplessly: "Carson is my most outstanding student. His talent should not be wasted on an illusory subject."

"Young people are full of energy and can't sit still. It's normal for them to want to do something."

Wilson comforted.

Balde Vasquez said: "The enthusiasm of youth is useless. Just like the cloning of Dolly the sheep, many projects were being worked on at the time, but it was useless. Only those who published the results first would be praised by everyone. Everyone only cares about the results and doesn't care how hard they work. The scientific research world is so cruel."

“I hope they can surprise us like the Riemann hypothesis.”

Although Wilson said this, he felt that it was impossible. The competition in the superconducting film field was too fierce, and the investment was in the tens of millions. Xu Qingzhou's funds were totally insufficient.

This research group is more like young people playing house.

"Okay, now let's get down to business. What's your problem?" "Funding for Phase 3"

"Oh, that damn funding again!"

An autumn rain fell in early September, and it seemed as if we had entered autumn overnight. The red leaves and ancient buildings along the Charles River complemented each other.

Xu Qingzhou went to the classroom first, and Wilson led Sun Simin and Mars to do the final debugging.

There are 26 people taking this course, but there are at least more than sixty people in the classroom.

As Xu Qingzhou walked in, the classroom gradually became quiet. He looked around and said, "Good morning, everyone. Welcome to my class. Before class, please allow me to explain my class rules."

Everyone may be talking about Xu Qingzhou's experiment on superconducting films, but no one doubts Xu Qingzhou's mathematical ability.

There are four mathematical conjectures.

A mathematician who has won both the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize.

His classes are certainly very popular.

If you can't get a class, you can only come and take a look, ask a question or something like that.

Even some scholars of oscillation integrals would come to listen, to see if there are any new ideas, or to exchange ideas at the end.

For example, just like playing games, taking math classes is like listening to top players talk about their playing methods, which places are easy to be stolen, what to do at each node, and shaping the way of thinking about problems.

The first lesson is introduction and basic concepts.

Today we will mainly explain the definition and classic example of oscillatory integral: \int e^{i\lambda \phi(x)}\psi(x) dx∫eiλ(x)ψ(x)dx.

Of course, Xu Qingzhou still increased the difficulty a little bit and added some physical motivations, such as wave equations and phase oscillations in quantum mechanics.

At eleven o'clock, after finishing the first oscillation integral course of the new semester, he ate a burger on the way and went straight to the laboratory.

Last Wednesday, the small equipment was installed in the office. The originally small office suddenly became crowded, but it looked more formal and felt like an experiment.

Xu Qingzhou changed his clothes and entered the laboratory. Carson had already completed the final debugging.

Xu Qingzhou checked all the data and nodded slightly when he saw that there was no problem. "Okay, let's officially start the experiment."

"it is good."

After spending a week in the laboratory, Sun Simin and Mars no longer felt the novelty they had before, so they opened their notebooks and prepared to record the experimental steps.

Today I plan to start with graphene preparation, which will take about 8 hours.

The CVD system is the Cambridge NanoTech Savannah S200, a system commonly used by MIT. In order to use it normally, the parameters have been adjusted during this period.

Xu Qingzhou put on goggles and carried out the first step of copper foil pretreatment. He ultrasonically cleaned the copper foil with acetone, isopropyl alcohol, and deionized water in turn, and then dried it with nitrogen.

Half an hour passed.

"Watching Professor Xu do his experiments is more interesting than the Super Bowl."

Wilson sighed and said, all the steps were done in one go, without any unnecessary movements, it was so smooth.

He's used to it too.

Xu Qingzhou seemed to know everything and was terrifyingly skilled at it.

Mars was a little yearning: "When will I be able to be so awesome?"

Wilson rolled his eyes and said, "Don't ask me such difficult questions."

He was wondering when he would be as proficient as Xu Qingzhou.

(End of this chapter)