God's Crown

"Professor." An Yan sat directly on the chair, looked at Professor Benson and said, "You called me today, is there something important?"

"Have you finished all the procedures yesterday?" The professor looked at An Yan and said with a smile, "Now that you have completed the procedures, you are now a student at the University of Zurich. How is the school? Is there anything you need to adapt to? "

The environment of the school is good, the facilities are good, and the sound insulation effect of the apartment he lives in is quite good.Anyway, he didn't hear Chen Tao talking to Liu Song in the middle of the night last night.He was reading a book quietly in the apartment alone. It wasn't until Chen Tao knocked on the door that he realized that the two of them hadn't slept yet, so he excitedly asked him to join in the chat.It was rejected by him. Although the papers he did today are all correct, there are still many places that he still only half understands.

He planned to use this time to read more books, and did not join in the chat with Chen Tao and Liu Song.After reading the book, he went straight to sleep. As for what those two people did, he was actually not very clear.

After all, he was going to see the professor so early this morning. After thinking about it, he smiled and replied to the professor, "Everything is fine, there is no special need, and it is already very good as it is now."

The professor nodded slightly, and continued, "Ann, I don't have any other requirements for you now. You have just entered university, and it is impossible for you to follow me to do some scientific research projects, or theoretical projects."

"Today, I came to you mainly because of some things about you in college." Professor Benson paused when he said this, and then continued, "Ann, you also know that you need credits to graduate. I Of course, I very much hope that you can graduate earlier and then study for a master's degree with me."

An Yan didn't speak, he knew that Professor Benson must have something else to say.

"So Ann, I want to ask you, do you plan to go to graduate school?"

"Of course there are." An Yan said without hesitation, "If I hadn't planned to study for a graduate degree or even a doctorate, I probably wouldn't have traveled so far away to study."

"Then I hope you can graduate from university within two years." The professor looked at An Yan while speaking, "Two years, I think, should be enough for you to obtain a bachelor's degree, right?"

"Should be...enough." An Yan thought for a moment, then replied to the professor, "Professor, do you mean that I can continue to study as a graduate student with you within two years after my bachelor's degree?"

"That's right." The professor nodded, and continued, "Ann, if you want to graduate, you need to have a graduation defense. If the graduation defense is too bad, I'm afraid..." The professor didn't continue, but An Yan knew what the professor meant. If the graduation defense was really bad, the professor would probably be embarrassed to accept him as his graduate student. After all, the professor is one of the top talents at the University of Zurich.

If the student's graduation debate is too bad, even if the professor wants to accept him, he will probably be corrected by others.

But An Yan is still very confident in himself, at least he doesn't think he will disappoint the professor during the debate. "Professor, don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint you." An Yan answered the professor's question firmly.

The professor just smiled slightly, "Then, I look forward to it."

"An Yan, this is your book. You haven't started class yet, so take a look at it first. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me." After finishing speaking, the professor waved to An Yan and said , "After school starts, you can choose to attend lectures or choose self-study. If I have some suitable research projects here, I will let you come and have a look. If you think it is suitable, you can follow suit. If you think it is not suitable, then you can Don't do it."

"My request to you is that in addition to the graduation thesis, there are at least two academic papers in journals." The professor said while pulling out a physics application and handing it to An Yan, "It is such an academic journal that needs to evaluate the impact factor .If the impact factor is too low, then it is not qualified."

The corner of An Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and he nodded slightly and said, "Good professor, I will definitely check the impact factors of academic journals before submitting papers."

"There is nothing else. Do you have any doubts? If not, then you can go back and read."

"I don't have any doubts for now, professor, then I'll go first!" An Yan took the book, said goodbye to the professor, and went straight back to the apartment.

Putting down the book, before he could read it, someone knocked on the door.You don't need to look at An Yan to know that it must be Chen Tao or Liu Song knocking on the door.Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw the blond boy standing outside the door.Smile at him.

An Yan was stunned for a moment, "Senior Brother Roger, what can I do for you?" Although the name sounded like a Chinese name, this postgraduate student was indeed an out-and-out European.He smiled and said, "Hello, Ann! The professor asked me to come."

"Eh..." An Yan looked at Roger, blinked and asked, "Does the professor have anything else to say?"

Roger stood outside the door and asked with a smile, "Ann, why don't you invite me in?"

"Brother Roger, please!" An Yan avoided his body and let Roger enter the apartment, and the two sat on the sofa.An Yan held the cup and asked, "Brother Roger, do you want coffee or...?"

Roger smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't bother."

"I was called by the professor to ask you, how much do you know about graphene?"

Hearing a relatively unfamiliar term, An Yan thought for a while before remembering it.This thing seems to be discovered last year, that is, in 04, by physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of the University of Manchester in England, and it is called one of the revolutionary materials in the future.

And the two physicists also won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene.

Graphene has very important application prospects in terms of optical, electrical, and mechanical properties, as well as in materials science, micro-nano processing, energy, biomedicine, and drug delivery.

An Yan nodded slightly and said, "I remember it was a revolutionary material that was only discovered a few years ago."

"That's right." Roger breathed a sigh of relief. "Recently, the professor is also researching the application of graphene. What he means is that if you know something about graphene, you can join the research group."

"This..." An Yan rubbed her hands, although she was looking forward to it, she still said politely, "I just joined the research group in less than a day, isn't it too... a little too soon? "

Roger is a straightforward person. Hearing what An Yan said, he didn't even know that An Yan really wanted to join, but he just said something politely.

After hearing An Yan's words, he said, "It's okay if you don't want to join, then I'll tell the professor directly, are you not ready to join?"

"No." An Yan heard Roger say that, and saw Roger stand up, as if he was about to turn around and leave.He hurriedly said, "Brother Roger, I think it's actually quite good to join this research group."

"I don't know what direction the professor is researching?"

"Currently the application of graphene is in high technology, but it hasn't been long since graphene came out. So we are still doing basic research. The professor also said that if you are interested and want to join the research group. Then you may You have to make up for the basic research direction and method of graphene, as well as the method of making graphene. You need to pass both before you can enter the research group." Roger said seriously, "At present, there are four people in our research group. They are all graduate students of the professor. Including you, there are only five people in total. The professor assigned us to do this project. Whoever can research it the fastest will naturally be able to publish a work in an academic journal, and the corresponding author will write the name of the professor That's it."

"Ann, I think you seem to be quite interested in graphene."

"Then when can I take the exam? I mean I can pass the exam of the research group and join the research group to study the basic research of graphene."

"Next Friday." Roger said after thinking for a while, "You try to master more information and papers about graphene within two weeks. So that you won't be ignorant when operating. Fucking."

"Thank you, Brother Roger." An Yan sent Roger to the gate, and Roger suddenly said, "Ann, don't let the professor down, the professor is very optimistic about you. Although, I don't know why the professor is so optimistic about you You. At least, before this, it was impossible for a person who has not obtained a bachelor's degree to participate in this cutting-edge topic."

"Thank you, Brother Roger, for your reminder." After saying goodbye to Roger, An Yan took a deep breath.Unexpectedly, when he first arrived at the University of Zurich, he would start such cutting-edge research. Thinking about it, he still felt a little excited.After all, this kind of cutting-edge research is extremely rare even in China University of Science and Technology or Beijing University.

Graphene is a new material that has just been developed in the past few years. Whether it is domestic or foreign, there are very few studies.It can even be said that there are many people who pour water, but very few people can really apply graphene in practice.

It is precisely because of this situation that graphene is a good argument for scholars around the world to pour water in academic journals.

Since he wants to study graphene, he has to go to the library to borrow a lot of literature and research materials about graphene in addition to reading books.

However, it was the first time I came into contact with such a cutting-edge subject experiment, and I felt a little excited when I thought about An Yan.The corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, which meant that he was very happy now.

As soon as Chen Tao went out, he saw An Yan standing stupidly in front of the gate, laughing.

An Yan is pretty handsome, even pretty, even if she is to be a star, it is enough.But the way he smiled gave goosebumps all over his body.He came to An Yan's side and shook his hand in front of him.An Yan came back to her senses, looked at Chen Tao and said, "What's wrong?"

"You still ask me what's wrong, and I want to ask what's wrong with you!" Chen Tao said angrily, "Why are you laughing at the door alone?"

"Ah?" An Yan touched the bridge of his nose, he seemed to have done something stupid because of his imagination.

"No, nothing." He shook his head hastily and said, "It's just good news."

"What good news?" Chen Tao sized An Yan up, "Do you know how scary your smile was just now, and it gave me goosebumps."

"Oh, is that so?" An Yan looked at Chen Tao after returning to normal, "Where are you going?"

"Library." Chen Tao raised the book in his hand and said, "I've finished reading this book, Theory of Functions of Simple and Complex Variables, and I'm planning to return it to the library and borrow it to read."

"What about you? Why are you standing at the door without sleeping in broad daylight?"

"I'm also planning to go to the library to look up documents and materials, let's go together." An Yan pulled Chen Tao to the library.

Chen Tao was dragged to the library by An Yan for no reason, and asked in a low voice, "What materials do you want to borrow?"

"You don't know even if you tell me." An Yan ignored Chen Tao. After telling the administrator, he followed the administrator's instructions and collected documents while checking whether he missed anything.

"I'm going, are you looking at graphene information?" Chen Tao muttered, "Can you do it?"

"Why can't it work?"

"There are too many subjects involved in graphene. If you want to study graphene, I suggest you read all the subjects involved. However, time is definitely not enough. I heard that the research group There should be a result within this year, is it Professor Benson who let you join the graphene research group?"

"Hey, you also know about this?"

"Because this research group has a lot of connections with our Department of Mathematics, especially the research group with Professor Jesse. I have also heard about it. The graphene research group here has not achieved any results so far. Without any decent results, it is very likely that this research group will have to be dismissed. After all, graphene is a new material that has just been discovered a few years ago. There is no particularly big breakthrough in this material.”

When it comes to graphene, Chen Tao seems to know very well, "In recent years, the academic community generally believes that graphene is a revolutionary material in the future, which can be applied to many aspects. But the problem is that scholars think that this new material It can be applied to many disciplines and even high technology, and so far there has been no breakthrough. It is a bit embarrassing to still be doing basic research.”

"I heard that Ugly Country has started to study the practical application of graphene, but the chance of success is not too great."

"Know so much?" An Yan was somewhat surprised. Graphene was discovered in a physics textbook by accident.Unexpectedly, Chen Tao knew much more about this matter than he did.

"Nonsense." Chen Tao raised his eyebrows, "Do you think I read mathematics every day? You must know that purely theoretical mathematics is not popular, unless I can enter some research-oriented universities. And the mathematics department is among the best in the world. OK."

"The mathematics department of our school seems to be among the best, right?" An Yan replied to Chen Tao while looking for information.

"Actually, I think Princeton might be more suitable for me."

"Princeton?" An Yan thought for a while, shaking his head and said, "It's too far away, I don't dare to think about it, I dare not think about it. It's already pretty good to graduate from the University of Zurich."

"Humans always have some dreams. What if they come true?" Chen Tao took the textbook he was going to borrow and looked at An Yan and asked, "How is it? Have you finished finding the materials here?"

"Wait, I'm still looking for a method to prepare graphene." An Yan took out the documents, looked at the documents piled up on the ground and said with a smile, "Okay."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Chen Tao took the literature that An Yan had found and walked outside the library.An Yan also took the remaining documents and left the library.

Back in the dormitory, An Yan put down the documents.I looked at the physics textbook on the table, and then at the literature I just brought back.

An Yan suddenly felt that this is where science really begins.It is estimated that he will not want to sleep well in the past two weeks.

He had to read all these documents.Of course, there are not many irrigation works in it, but he still needs to read all these documents.