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Lei Zhou
Post Doctoral Researcher
Biomedical Imaging Technology Center		  
Office:
531 Asbury Circle
Suite 531
Atlanta, GA 30322-4600
Tel:404.712.2696(shared with others)
Fax:404.712.2707(whole office)
mailto:lzhou5@emory.edu
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Woodruff Memorial Building
1639 Pierce Drive, Suite 2001
Atlanta, GA 30322-4600

Maxims:

1. The principle(or say, the universe, the God) does everything for nothing.
道 常 无 为 而 无 不 为。
2. One will only be great if he never struggles for being great.
以 其 终 不 自 为 大 ， 故 能 成 其 大。
3. The spirit (or say idea) may be accepted over the world without the body's travelling around.
足 不 出 户 而 道 行 于 千 里 之 外。

 
Wisdom is born on a planet. However, wisdom will finally take a born from the womb of the mother planet, and sets steps into the universe. So do we human being on the earth. And this will happen within several hundred years.
Opinions on hot scientific spots:
Item:Benefits:Disadvantages:Predictions:
Nano-meter technology
  1. Very uniform solid
  2. Chemically extremely active
  3. Molecular size structure and mechanics
  1. Very low production speed
  2. Costly quality control
  3. Automatically annealing/oxidation
  1. Generally no market value until very creative mass production procedure is developed.
  2. Chemical additive - small market
  3. Special bulk material - small market
  4. If the production turns biologically programmable in the future, some new key industries will base on it - large market
High Tc superconductors
  1. Zero resistance
  2. "Permanent" strong magnet
  3. Low noise sensors
  4. Long range quantum effects
  1. Cooling cost
  2. Performance decay
  3. Catastrophic break-down
  1. Infrared/SQUID senosrs - medium market
  2. Special usages like short range huge current power transfer - small market
  3. Special superconducting magnet for medical or science - small market
  4. Others, like energy storage, long distance energy storage, intergraded devices, etc. - hopeless
  5. Its theoretical understanding is a Nobel Physics Price candidate
Colossal magnetoresistance materials
  1. Special magnetic property
  1. Might be used in storage hardware - medium market
Single crystal growth
  1. Size and speed
  1. Doping and fault control
  1. Already be key technique for many industries - large market
  2. IC, optics, mechanics, and biology, etc., will depend on and demand more and more single crystal - huge market
Intergrated Optics
  1. Take the advantage of the low wave length of light
  1. The microscope manufacture of coherence optical devices
  2. Limitation from the wavelength of laser
  1. Semiconductor laser device is a must-have technology - medium market
  2. Limited by the wavelength of light, the possible market value will not be too big - medium market
Bioinformatics
  1. Take the advantage of producing particular large moleculars.
  1. Potential bio hazard
  1. Now still in very beginning stage
  2. Food industry - huge market
  3. Health product - large market, but the importance for pharmic industry will decrease when the mystery of Chinese medicine is uncovered.
  4. Chances for several Nobel Prizes
Computer Science
  1. CPU speed increasing will hit quantum wall.
  2. Integration scale will hit the atom limit and thermo-barrier.
  1. Parallel and distribution technique will play major roll in the future.
  1. Must have technology in everywhere - huge market
  2. Future computer will be much different with existing styles
Micro-sensor Technology
  1. A must-have technology in many industries
  1. large market
Communication Technology
  1. Band width limitation.
  2. Radiation hazard.
  3. Routing strategy.
  1. A well turned network of both wire and wireless - huge market
Information Technology
  1. Outer brain.
  2. Base of any artificial wisdoms and specialist systems.
  1. Knowledge explosion.
  2. Copyright.
  1. Must have technology in everywhere - huge market
Closed circle zoology
  1. Must-have technology for space era.
  2. Greatly reduced the cost for environment maintenance.
  1. Very limited users on earth - small market
  2. An important expected feature for space stations - medium market
Bionics
  1. New generation of mechanics - huge market
Battery technology
  1. Energy buffer.
  1. Low energy/weight ratio.
  2. Low energy/volume ratio.
  3. Chemical hazard.
  4. Potential explosion hazard for high energy batteries.
  1. Already well used everywhere - large market
  2. Usage will be more important when clean electricity becomes mainstream - large market
Solar power
  1. Cleanest energy.
  1. Low energy density.
  1. Must-have technology for space stations - huge market
  2. The importance in energy supply will increase - large market