If you can get a piece of " Invisible Clothes ", what would you do with it?
On January 16, 2009, the authoritative American academic journal " Science " published a scientific research result: the "Invisible Clothes" has been successfully developed! As soon as the news of
came out, it immediately caused a sensation around the world, and the developers behind it also became the focus of countless people's attention.
Unexpectedly, this mysterious character is not a senior expert or scholar from the United States, but a young man from Xi'an, China, named Liu Ruopeng .
Liu Ruopeng's research results will bring unexpected changes to the whole world. Everyone in the scientific research community knows it well.
In order to keep him, the United States even used a lot of means.
However, in the end, Liu Ruopeng broke through all obstacles and brought his team back to China.
So what kind of growth experience did Liu Ruopeng have? How did he develop the "invisible cloak"? What's going on after returning to China?
Harry Potter fan and physics "genius"
Liu Ruopeng was born in 1983, Xi'an, Shaanxi.
At that time, the clarion call of reform and opening up had sounded, and Shenzhen, as the earliest special economic zone to open up, also underwent earth-shaking changes in just a few years.
More and more people have left their hometowns to come to this city in order to realize their dream of making big money.
Liu Ruopeng's parents are also one of them.
In 1990, 7-year-old Liu Ruopeng went to Shenzhen under the guidance of his parents. The moment he got off the train, he felt an unprecedented impact.
Compared with other cities, there are high-rise buildings everywhere, shops one by one, with various billboards posted, and many photos of Hong Kong female celebrities posted on the walls.
People stand on the street and make phone calls and sing K in the park. The girls dress fashionable and beautifully, talking and laughing while walking.
"I felt the same as going abroad!"
html recalled this experience more than 0 years later, and Liu Ruopeng was still unforgettable.When he saw the thriving scenes in front of him, he felt as if he had come to modern society, which is completely different from the mainland.
After living in Shenzhen, Liu Ruopeng was arranged to enter the local Jingbei Primary School. During this period, he often had to run back and forth in Xi'an and Shenzhen.
Considering that the family will most likely stay in Shenzhen in the future, In 1994, Liu Ruopeng's parents decided to officially settle here.
No need to run back and forth between the two places, Liu Ruopeng can complete his studies more attentively.
It was during this period that he developed a strong interest in the novels in the "Harry Potter" series.
The little boy is always curious about everything unknown. Every time he comes home from school, he will read this novel.
Every time he was immersed in it, fantasizing that he could have Harry's magic and magical tools, especially Invisible Cloak .
's understanding of the "Invisible Clothes" has laid the foundation in his heart since then.
In 1999, 17-year-old Liu Ruopeng entered Shenzhen Middle School with excellent grades. This is a key school that parents want to send their children to.
Here, he found his favorite subject - Physics .
When other students were worried about not understanding the principles of the formula experiment, they were already immersed in it and showed great interest.
Every time after the exam, Liu Ruopeng not only ranked before the exam, but also had the best science scores.
. While he is excellent, he will also invite students who are also interested in physics to join the group, and everyone will gather together to study unsolved physics problems.
After hearing that the high school Olympic competition will be held in the whole country, Liu Ruopeng took a few classmates to participate without saying a word.
result does not disappoint everyone’s expectations. In the end, all three people, including him, won the first prize.
Liu Ruopeng's love for physics is seen by every teacher, and his physics teacher Niu Zhihong is even more proud.
She admires this student with a spirit of study and is willing to answer his doubts.
When Liu Ruopeng was determined to study the general physics courses of college by himself, Niu Zhihong would give sincere suggestions without reservation.
Just like that, before the high school studies were over, Liu Ruopeng was successfully admitted to Zhejiang University .
After some hard work, he was selected to Zhu Kezhen College to study for electronic information engineering.
study abroad and developed the invisible clothing
Zhejiang University Zhu Kezhen College mainly implements "elite training" for outstanding undergraduate students.
That is to say, students who join can get the best resources and can also access more authoritative academicians, scientists or professors.
While studying in the college, Liu Ruopeng was still as usual, with a very serious spirit in physics and often engaged in scientific research with his classmates.
Over the past four years, his horizons have been greatly improved, and his studies have become better than before.
Whether it is a teacher or a classmate, he feels that his future development will be limitless.
is indeed the case.
After graduating from university, Liu Ruopeng made another major decision - went to Duke University in the United States to continue studying for a master's degree and a doctorate .
Duke University is also a school with a history of 100 years. It not only has a high status in the United States, but also has better alumni from all over the country.
includes the former US president Nixon , the current Apple CEO Tim Cook , and , Microsoft , industry with impressive achievements.
After getting what he wanted, Liu Ruopeng joined the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering and studied under Professor David Smith .
This professor has made certain achievements in researching " metamaterial ", but because this concept has appeared for too short, the outside world is not very convinced, and some people even call it "pseudoscience".
Liu Ruopeng had been exposed to this subject as early as in college and was very interested, so during his PhD, he devoted a lot of time and energy to research "metamaterials".
During the period, he also met many like-minded friends.
, such as Zhao Zhiya and Luan Lin, PhD in the Department of Statistics Ji Chunlin , and Zhang Yangyang, PhD in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Oxford University, etc.
2009, there is still one year before Liu Ruopeng got his doctorate degree.
At this time, he gathered with his friends and developed a new invention based on the "metamaterial" theory - "Invisible Clothes" .
When Liu Ruopeng wrote this research into a paper and published it in the journal Science, it quickly caused a huge sensation across the United States and even around the world.
, especially the loyal fans of Harry Potter novels, are even more crazy. They can't believe that someone can actually make it.
From Liu Ruopeng's paper, people can learn that this "invisible cloak" looks yellow, like a bath towel.
It has 50.8 cm long, 10 cm wide, and less than 2.5 cm high. The material of
"Invisible Clothes" consists of thousands of "metamaterials" similar to artificial glass fiber . The principle used by is to "steer" microwaves, avoid instrument detection, and prevent objects from being discovered.
In fact, this research is not perfect. Liu Ruopeng admitted in his paper that it has not yet made people "look at nothing".
How to transform from the microwave stage to the optical band will take some time to study.
Although Liu Ruopeng's words were very modest, the outside world still praised him.
A British physicist who is also doing this research even predicted that within 5 years, if the military can make good use of this technology, it can greatly enhance the country's military capabilities.
Although this is the case, as a pioneer in this field, Liu Ruopeng has no intention of staying.
As early as when he was studying for a doctorate, he often discussed a question with several of his friends: will stay in the United States or return to China in the future? After discussing
, they unanimously felt that staying in the United States is not necessarily an excellent choice. If this scientific research result is shelved, their efforts will be in vain.
Instead of doing this, it is better to bring this technology back to the motherland. By then, China will definitely lead the advanced countries in this high-end field.
However, "metamaterials" are also a very new thing for China. How can we develop it?
At first, Liu Ruopeng and several people discussed that it would be better to go to a university to set up a research center or a research institute.
However, considering that the subversiveness of "metamaterials" is too strong, everyone finally decided to do scientific research and start their own business.
And the location they selected is Shenzhen, which has developed very prosperously.
resolutely returned to China. What is the current situation?
After making a decision, In 2010, Liu Ruopeng packed his luggage and said goodbye to the professor and left the United States.
Some of the like-minded doctoral friends who left with him at that time were also some of the previous ones.
learned of this situation, and the United States immediately sent someone to stop it. Even so, it could not resist their departure.
Once again set foot on a familiar city. Seeing that Shenzhen has changed more than before, Liu Ruopeng was surprised and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
It was obvious that he had only left for seven or eight years, and the development here was beyond imagination. Even the landmarks he had previously been familiar with were replaced, which was unexpected.
After walking around Shenzhen, Liu Ruopeng took a fancy to Coast City .
Although it has just been built, it has an excellent geographical location and beautiful scenery. The key is that there is a lot of room for development in the future.
Liu Ruopeng fantasized that while his team was doing scientific research, he could also open the window to see the sea outside and relax.
, however, ideals are full and reality is very backbone.
Returning to China means starting from scratch, and there must be some ups and downs in the process.
At that time, Liu Ruopeng and his doctoral friends raised 200,000 yuan in funds, jointly established a private non-enterprise research institute, and named it "Guangqi" .
The reason why such a research institute was actually because of the need for a lot of cutting-edge technologies for research on "metamaterials".
. Before doing cutting-edge technology, there is still a lot of basic research to do. The existence of
Research Institute can help them obtain certain support, such as policy and funding.
The innovation atmosphere in Shenzhen was still OK at that time. After learning about their scientific research team, the local municipal government made an exception and gave them the title of public institution.
, however, they cannot get preparation and funding.
Fortunately, not long after, capitalists also took a fancy to this platform and invested a lot of money in it, and in total it can reach about 100 million.
With so much financial support, Liu Ruopeng led the scientific research team behind him to gradually grow and grow "light Qi".
If they were to rent chain hotel offices in the past, buy second-hand equipment for scientific research, and even debugging equipment, they needed to go to the underground garage or unfinished community, and they were so tired day by day that they were half dead.
So now they not only have a good scientific research environment, but also the number of scientific researchers is increasing, and the scale is also expanding.
The number of relevant patents they apply for is also leading the world.
The local government has always been paying attention to the series of achievements made by "Guangqi". In In 2012, they finally recognized "Guangqi" as a real scientific research institution and continued to provide a lot of support.
As the scientific research conditions are relaxed again, the research results of "Guangqi" are also increasing, ranging from the Internet to payment methods to the space field.
However, during the research and development process, Liu Ruopeng has been thinking about a question: How can let "Guangqi" go on the road of commercialization?
No matter which research result it is, if it is not undertaken by a real industry and business model, it may not be able to continue to develop steadily.
In view of this, Liu Ruopeng re-planned "Guangqi" to allow technology to play a role in application and then become an irreplaceable existence.
Now, under the operation of all scientific research teams, "Guangqi" has been successfully launched.
If others take five steps, then they just take twenty steps. Only in this way can the company grow bigger and stronger.
As one of the founders, Liu Ruopeng has always adhered to this concept.
Now, he has been listed on the Hurun rich list with a net worth of 9 billion, and will lead "Guangqi" to go further and further, exploring more mysterious unknown areas...
