In various science fiction movies, we often see a magical device-the invisibility cloak. Simply put, wearing this device will make you invisible, making it difficult for other people and creatures to detect you. Most of the equipment in science fiction movies is imaginary. Only invisibility cloaks are equipment that modern scientific researchers are working hard to realize, because the skill of "invisibility" can play a huge role in future battlefields. Just think: What an advantage it is if your enemy can't see you. Nowadays, there is a Chinese scientist who is leading the world in research on invisibility cloaks. After overcoming the technical problems of invisibility cloaks in the United States, he was strictly monitored and banned from returning to the country. He is known as the "Chinese Musk" Liu Ruopeng.
Liu Ruopeng, among Chinese scientific researchers, he should be regarded as a "young man". Born in September 1983, a typical post-80s generation. In middle school, Liu Ruopeng's grades in mathematics and physics were particularly outstanding. In 2002, Liu Ruopeng, who was still only 19 years old, was qualified for admission to any of the four top universities in China. In the end, Liu Ruopeng chose one of the top five universities in the country. Zhejiang University. In 2006, after four years of studying at Zhejiang University, Liu Ruopeng received a full scholarship from Duke University (top ten in the United States and top twenty in the world) to continue his studies in the United States.
Just three years later, in 2009, the name Liu Ruopeng caused a sensation in the entire American technology community. This year, he led his team to successfully develop the "invisibility cloak". The principle is to develop cutting-edge materials called "metamaterials" by scientists around the world. This material can guide microwaves to "turn" to prevent objects from being Discover. This result was published in Science magazine, with Liu Ruopeng as the first author, causing a sensation. John Pendry, a British physics expert in the same field, predicts that the military is expected to use this technology within five years to prevent ships and tanks from being detected by radar microwave detection systems. In other words, whoever gets the research results of the "invisibility cloak" first will be the fastest to use this technology in the military. Liu Ruopeng, who was still in the United States at the time, was quickly "on the radar" of the United States.
The United States is interested in recruiting Liu Ruopeng, but does not want him to take this technology out of the United States. But in the end, with the efforts of all parties, Liu Ruopeng returned to his motherland. Returning to China with him were several core members of the team. Soon after returning to China, the five people began to raise money to start a business. Now the technology company founded by Liu Ruopeng has become a global group. Data shows that since the establishment of Liu Ruopeng's company, the total number of patent applications has exceeded 3,000. Among them, the patents applied in the field of "metamaterials" accounted for 86% of the total number of patent applications in the world's metamaterials field in the past 10 years. The number of patents in this field has already More than the United States.
Just imagine, if Liu Ruopeng had not returned to China, it would be difficult for all of this to happen. After receiving the May 4th Medal, Liu Ruopeng once said: "I am not a person who wants to be a superman, but I hope to turn everyone into a superman." I don’t know if he can realize this dream in the future. Today, Liu Ruopeng has more identities. He is a rich man on the Forbes list and a young chairman of a listed company. However, we still prefer to see the scientific researcher Liu Ruopeng. We look forward to him and his team bringing us more surprises.