Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method capable of improving processing uniformity of a substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a body configured to spin-rotate; a plurality of support pins installed on the body so as to support the substrate thereon; a plurality of chuck pins installed on the body so as to grip a side surface of the substrate; a chuck pin driver device configured to move the chuck pin from a stand-by position to a grip position when the substrate has been seated on the support pin; and a support pin spacing device configured to space the substrate and at least one of the support pins from each other while the chuck pin is gripping the substrate.

Abstract: Biochemical carriers are provided. Each of the biochemical carriers includes: biochemical molecules having a sequence into which digital data information is encoded; a carrier particle composed of a polymer matrix and in which the biochemical molecules are connected to the surface or inside of the polymer matrix; and an index code introduced into the carrier particle. Also provided is a method for fabricating biochemical carriers. The fabrication method includes: encoding digital data into a sequence of biochemical molecules; synthesizing the biochemical molecules based on the encoded sequence; mixing the biochemical molecules with a photocurable material; curing the mixture to obtain carrier particles including a polymer matrix; and introducing an index code into the carrier particles simultaneously with or separately from the curing. Also provided is a method for restoring digital data from the biochemical carrier.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment is for recovering a valuable metal from a waste electrode material of a lithium secondary battery by using lithium carbonate. An anode-cathode mixed electrode material that has been separated by draining, crushing, screening, and sorting a waste lithium secondary battery is preprocessed. A precipitation operation performed by adding lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) to a metal melt acquired by performing sulfuric acid dissolution using sulfuric acid. A valuable metal such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, and copper is recovered as a residue in the form of a carbonate composite, and a lithium sulfate (Li2SO4) aqueous solution including lithium is recovered as a filtrate.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material that contains lithium metal oxide particles, an anode facing the cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that contains a fluorine-based organic solvent and a lithium salt. A ratio of the number of moles of lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles to the total number of moles of metals excluding lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles is 1.05 or more. A content of the fluorine-based organic solvent is in a range from 5 vol % to 60 vol % based on a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device comprises a substrate comprising a conductive structure and an inner side and an outer side, a first electronic component over the inner side of the substrate and coupled with the conductive structure, a lid over the substrate and the first electronic component and comprising a first hole in the lid, and a thermal interface material between the first electronic component and the lid. The thermal interface material is in the first hole. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of recycling C-14 in a spent resin, the method includes: i) heating a spent resin raw material including 14CO2 in the presence of moisture by microwave irradiation; ii) refluxing, by condensation, water vapor in a first processing gas produced by the microwave irradiation and released from the spent resin raw material; and iii) removing water vapor from the first processing gas by the refluxing, and transporting a second processing gas including 14CO2, which is released from the spent resin raw material, to the outside, and to an apparatus for recycling the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst which can produce carbon nanotubes having a higher bulk density by supporting a catalyst component under pressurized conditions, and to a method for producing carbon nanotubes using the catalyst so produced.

Abstract: An electronic device and a voice recognition method thereof are provided. A voice recognition method of an electronic device includes receiving trigger voice, storing a characteristic of the trigger voice for voice verification by analyzing the trigger voice. When a user issues a voice command, determining whether the user voice command comprises the characteristic belonging to the trigger voice, and performing function of the electronic device corresponding to the user voice command based on the determination. Accordingly, users may easily use the voice recognition function of the electronic device.

Abstract: A systems and methods for tracking a position of an electrode. The system may include: a notching controller configured to store pitch information of a unit electrode and to acquire electrode coordinate information of the electrode in a roll-to-roll state during a notching process and a cell identification (ID) of the unit electrode; a calculator configured to calculate coordinates of the cell ID from the pitch information and the cell ID; a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map based on the electrode coordinate information transmitted from the notching controller; and a mapping part configured to compare the coordinates of the roll map with the coordinates of the cell ID to derive an electrode position of the electrode during the electrode manufacturing process from which the unit electrode originates.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a roll map of a merge-wound electrode includes a position measurement device configured to acquire coordinate value data for a longitudinal position of an electrode according to an amount of rotation of the rewinder. The apparatus includes an input device configured to input an input signal indicating a start of merge-winding or an end of merge-winding, a seam detector configured to detect a seam, a reference point detector configured to detect a plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode, and a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map for simulating the merge-wound electrode moving in a roll-to-roll state based on the input signal of the input device, and to display the longitudinal coordinate values of the electrode, the electrode coordinate values of the seam, and the electrode coordinate values of the plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode on the roll map.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner for minimizing the leakage of air through a dual blocking structure between upper and lower flow paths, and having a dual blocking structure. An air-conditioning case having an inner air flow path is divided into an upper flow path and a lower flow path. A heat exchanger for cooling and a heat exchanger for heating are provided in the air flow path of the air-conditioning case. A member having through-holes is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger for heating in the flow direction of air and allows the air that has passed through the heat exchanger for heating to pass therethrough. The member having through-holes has a horizontal member dividing the upper flow path from the lower flow path. A leakage-preventing means is overlapped with the horizontal member so as to prevent the air in the upper flow path and the lower flow path from mixing.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a pixel including a driving transistor and a light-emitting element, and a sensing line connected to the pixel. A sensing driver senses a first sensing signal corresponding to mobility of the driving transistor through the sensing line, and processes the first sensing signal to output first sensing data. A driving controller receives the first sensing data from the sensing driver, generates mobility compensation data and kickback compensation data based on the first sensing data, and converts image data into compensation image data by the mobility compensation data and the kickback compensation data. A data driver converts the compensation image data into a data signal and provides the data signal to the pixel.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method for etching a specific region on a substrate. The substrate treating method includes supplying a treating liquid to the substrate; and irradiating a laser to the specific region to locally heat the specific region; and wherein at the irradiating the laser, the laser is irradiated a plurality of times within the specific region, and the laser is irradiated to a region which does not overlap on the substrate, but which overlaps within the specific region.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a shelf seating protrusion and a separate shelf seating member. The shelf seating protrusion is not formed at an approximate mid-point, height wise, of a storage space defined by an inner casing. The shelf seating member may be coupled to the inner casing to support a shelf assembly. An arrangement of the shelf seating protrusions and the shelf seating member is configured to reduce deformation and cracking of the inner casing due to thermal impact in a manufacturing process or when items are stored on the shelf assembly.

Abstract: A cutting insert may include a coupling part, a cutting part, a connection part, a clamping part, and a recess part. Also, the cutting part may include a cutting body part through which the clamping part passes and a cutting edge disposed along an outer circumference of the cutting body part, and the cutting edge may include a main cutting edge provided in plurality to cut the workpiece, a corner cutting edge provided in number corresponding to that of the main cutting edge and extending curvedly from the main cutting edge, a minor cutting edge provided in number corresponding to that of the corner cutting edge and extending from the corner cutting edge to cut the workpiece, and an inclined cutting edge having one end connected to the minor cutting edge and the other end connected to the main cutting edge.

Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate, a first voltage line in a first metal layer on the substrate, a first transistor including a drain electrode in an active layer on the first metal layer and electrically connected to the first voltage line, an active region adjacent to the drain electrode, a source electrode adjacent to the active region, and a gate electrode in a second metal layer on the active layer, and a first capacitor including a first capacitor electrode integrally formed with the gate electrode of the first transistor and having a closed-loop shape, and a second capacitor electrode in the first metal layer and overlapping with the first capacitor electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes first touch cells disposed in a first touch sensing area, the first touch cells each including a first touch pattern and a first dummy pattern, and second touch cells disposed in a second touch sensing area, the second touch cells each including a second touch pattern and a second dummy pattern. An area of a first dummy pattern area in which the first dummy pattern is disposed is greater than an area of a second dummy pattern area in which the second dummy pattern is disposed.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane of a membrane-electrode assembly including an electronic insulation layer, which greatly improves the durability of the electrolyte membrane, and a method of preparing the same. The electrolyte membrane includes an ion exchange layer and an electronic insulation layer provided on the ion exchange layer, and the electronic insulation layer includes one or more catalyst complexes, and a second ionomer Particularly, each of the one or more catalyst complex includes a catalyst particle and a first ionomer coated on the entirety or a portion of the surface of the catalyst particle, and the one or more catalyst complexes are dispersed the second ionomer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of identifying dementia by at least one processor of a device. The method includes performing a first task that causes a first object to be displayed on a first region of a screen displayed on a user terminal; and when a preset condition is satisfied, performing a second task that causes at least one object, which induces the user's gaze, to be displayed instead of the first object on the screen of the user terminal.