CHAPTER 512: CHAPTER 162: JOYFUL EVENT AT THE DOOR

Compared to the restlessness of others in the laboratory, Liu Hao remained calm.

Those material properties that are easy to test can actually be achieved by ordinary materials, and there’s absolutely no need for such complexity.

Therefore, the most critical technical indicators of this intelligent material still lie in those that require time to measure.

Fortunately, the required time is not much. In about an hour, we can roughly judge the self-healing efficiency and fracture strength recovery rate for the next twenty-four hours.

As for the memory retention capability, it might take a bit longer, but it’s only about half a day.

In fact, if the first two performance indicators meet the requirements, the memory retention capability will surely not be too bad.

So there is no need to wait too long. Liu Hao even specifically waited for the third and fourth batches of materials’ critical technical indicators mentioned by Qiao Yu to be revealed.

"Indeed, for now, No. 3-3 and No. 3-4’s performance in all aspects is the most perfect. The fracture strength recovery rate in one hour exceeded 70%, which means it can reach at least over 80% after a day.

The self-repair performance also hit a new high in the lab’s history, estimated to be close to 90%. The key is that the average performance of all samples currently exceeds most of our previous results."

When the laboratory results were shown to everyone in the research group, the atmosphere in the lab was somewhat peculiar.

Everyone should be excited and happy, and indeed they were excited for a while. But after the excitement, everyone’s emotions were somewhat indescribable...

A very strange feeling, probably like cheating on an exam and getting a high score. After all, everyone had been working hard in the lab for so long without significant results.

In the end, someone just casually took the data for analysis, came over to guide the experiment, and the direction was found, which was quite magical.

Although this kind of situation happened before, when collaborating with other professors, they always directly provided a data analysis report.

Then they would adjust the experimental process based on the report. This time it was different, Qiao Yu didn’t even give them a report, but directly guided their experiments, and then it succeeded.

It felt like being a substitute hand.

"Alright, you all keep an eye on this. I’ll go report this good news to the boss. By the way, someone must stay in the lab 24 hours these days, discuss and make a duty roster."

Liu Hao instructed, then walked out of the laboratory.

...

As Zhang Zuolin returned to his office, he casually answered a call from Liu Hao.

One has to admit this call came at the right time, as he was just about to call Liu Hao to discuss something.

A project he applied for had recently been approved. The project aims to develop a more efficient catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals such as methanol and ethylene.

He plans to recruit another assistant responsible for the currently obscure intelligent materials project. Then, have Liu Hao assist him, focusing mainly on this funding project.

Although lateral projects are more profitable, the 46-year-old Zhang Zuolin still has some ambitions.

Huaxia is pursuing dual-carbon goals, and there is an urgent need for technology in carbon capture and utilization.

If significant achievements can be made in this area, perhaps it will be possible to achieve the title of Academician in the future.

Relatively speaking, Zhang Zuolin feels he has a chance. With the platform of Yanbei University, he already holds the title of Leading Talent in Technology Entrepreneurship.

Though not as prestigious as an Outstanding Youth, if he makes an effort in key national project directions and achieves results, with the school’s support, it might just happen.

After all, in terms of age, he has an advantage.

Trivia, when a platform recommends a professor for Academician, it’s often about cost-effectiveness.

After all, there are only so many spots for Academician supplements each year. Although there’s now an exit mechanism, rarely anyone exits.

What truly restricts an Academician’s ability to excel is receiving the title of senior academician at the age of eighty.

The official definition of senior academician differs from the description of a top-tier senior academician.

Because at this age, in principle, one can no longer serve in leadership positions within the Academy of Sciences or divisions, nor participate in nominations or elections for Academician candidates.

In other words, by the age of eighty, there’s not much power left to help the platform strive for various benefits.

So relatively, it’s more cost-effective to push a professor in their fifties for Academician than a professor in their sixties.

After all, the former can remain active in the academic world for more than twenty years, while the latter has only about a decade left.

This actually makes sense, as by the age of eighty, it’s difficult for the brain to accept new things and keep up with new scientific development directions.

After taking the call, Zhang Zuolin was thinking about how to bring up this issue with Liu Hao when he heard Liu Hao saying excitedly, "Boss, we have made a breakthrough in the project.

It won’t be long before our lab results meet the sponsor’s requirements! We’ve now produced six batches totaling thirty samples, with average performance levels meeting previous performance indicators.

Among them, ten percent of the samples have shown key indicators of considerable value. I estimate that in one or two months at most, we can produce the final product."

Such excitement, it’s impossible to be falsified...

But this is indeed good news.

This time, the cooperating sponsor is a major boss, and the research project itself is part of a larger project’s sub-project.

If they succeed, it means they’ll surely be the preferred choice for similar projects in the future.