Professor Zhang Chenhui, Director of Lubrication Institute of Our Institute, Won the First "Scientific Exploration Award" of Tencent Foundation"

On September 20, the Tencent Foundation and the Secretariat of the "Scientific Exploration Award" announced the list of winners of the 2019 "Scientific Exploration Award". Professor Zhang Chenhui, Professor of the Department of Mechanics of Tsinghua University and Director of the Institute of Lubrication Technology of the High-end Institute, won the first Tencent Foundation "Scientific Exploration Award".

Professor Zhang Chenhui of the Department of Mechanics of Tsinghua University is the research direction of "Liquid Super-slippery Mechanism and Application Research". "Super-slip" is a leading direction in the field of tribology, which means that the coefficient of friction between two objects in contact with each other and moving with each other is on the order of 0.001 or less, making it possible to "near zero friction and near zero wear. The realization of "super-slippery" is of great significance for equipment energy saving and life extension, as well as human health. Professor Zhang Chenhui has been engaged in the research of super-slip for a long time, and his realization of many indicators of liquid super-slip is in a leading position in the world, and reveals the mechanism of water-based liquid super-slip based on fluid action and hydration. In the future research plan, based on the mechanism of liquid super-slip, Professor Zhang Chenhui puts forward the innovative idea of designing electronegative surface to realize large-scale water-based super-slip. It is expected to promote the application of ultra-slip in high-end equipment, biomedicine and other fields.

Professor Zhang Chenhui is the leader of the Institute of Lubrication Technology of our institute. The research team is composed of the State Key Laboratory of Tribology of Tsinghua University and Tianjin High-end Equipment Research Institute. He has long been engaged in theoretical research on nano-tribology, water-based lubrication, super-slip and application technology development of ultra-precision surface processing. One of the main goals is the research and development and application promotion of water-based metalworking fluids, lubricants and core additives.

What is the Scientific Exploration Award"

The "Scientific Exploration Award" was jointly initiated by Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent and founder of Tencent Foundation, and Rao Yi, professor of Peking University, together with Yang Zhenning, Mao Shude, he Huawu, Wu Hequan, Li Peigen, Chen Shiyi, Zhang Yitang, Shi Yigong, Gao Wen, Xie Kechang, Cheng Taining, Xie Xiaoliang, Pan Jianwei and other scientists.

At the same time, Xu Kuangdi, Wang Zhizhen, Xu Guanhua, Pan Yunhe, Xu Zhihong and other scientists with high reputation at home and abroad will serve as consultants to provide guidance for the future operation of the "Scientific Exploration Award.

The most important thing is that the award funds of the "Scientific Exploration Award" will adopt the way of enterprise investment and public welfare operation, without seeking commercial returns, and will continue to operate for a long time. At the same time, various activities around the "Scientific Exploration Award" will continue to be held to help build an interdisciplinary exchange platform for young scientific and technological workers.

According to the "Administrative Measures for the Implementation of the" Scientific Exploration Award ", the" Scientific Exploration Award "review committee adhered to the principles of fairness, fairness and openness, and conducted preliminary screening, preliminary review, review and final review of applicants. In the end, 50 winners stood out in the presence of the award's supervisory committee.

List of Awards for Scientific Exploration in 2019

On November 9 last year, Tencent announced that the Tencent Foundation will invest 1 billion yuan in start-up funds to fund the "Scientific Exploration Award". Each year, 50 young scientific and technological workers will be selected in nine major fields of basic science and cutting-edge core technology.

The upper age limit of the winners is 45 years old, and each winner will receive 600000 yuan per year for 5 consecutive years, mainly in the hope of inspiring generations of young people to participate in scientific exploration.

The 14 initiating scientists published an open letter, sending a message to young scientific and technological workers: