Abstract: Two types of blue light blocking contact lenses are provided and are formed by curing different compositions. The first composition includes a blue light blocking component formed by mixing or reacting a first hydrophilic monomer and a yellow dye, a first colored dye component formed by mixing or reacting a second hydrophilic monomer and a first colored dye, at least one third hydrophilic monomer, a crosslinker, and an initiator. The first colored dye includes a green dye, a cyan dye, a blue dye, an orange dye, a red dye, a black dye, or combinations thereof. The second composition includes a blue light blocking component, at least one hydrophilic monomer, a crosslinker, and an initiator. The blue light blocking component is formed by mixing or reacting glycerol monomethacrylate and a yellow dye. Further, methods for preparing the above contact lenses are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a use of a pharmaceutical composition including adenine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a manufacture of a medicament for treating diabetic ulcers, and the medicament can effectively accelerate and enhance wound healing of diabetic ulcers and prevent scar formation.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming a bottom electrode layer over the first IMD layer; forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) film stack over the bottom electrode layer; forming a first top electrode layer over the MTJ film stack; forming a protective mask covering a first region of the first top electrode layer, a second region of the first top electrode layer being uncovered by the protective mask; forming a second top electrode layer over the protective mask and the first top electrode layer; and patterning the second top electrode layer, the first top electrode layer, the MTJ film stack, the bottom electrode layer, and the first IMD layer with an ion beam etching (IBE) process to form a MRAM cell, where the protective mask is etched during the IBE process.

Abstract: A chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin composition, an extruded sheet and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin composition includes a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin and a plasticizing processing aid. The chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin has an amount of 80 parts by weight to 120 parts by weight, a degree of polymerization of from 500 to 1,100, and a chlorine content of from 60% to 75%. The plasticizing processing aid includes a vinyl chloride graft copolymer and an acrylic compound. A grafted functional group of the vinyl chloride graft copolymer is at least one of polyol ester and ethylene vinyl acetate.

Abstract: A composition and a manufacturing method of a highly flame-retardant and low-smoke extruded polyvinyl chloride pipe are provided. The composition includes a polyvinyl chloride resin material, a flame retardant additive and a carbon forming additive. The polyvinyl chloride resin material is in an amount between 10 PHR (parts per hundred resin) and 90 PHR. The flame retardant additive is in an amount between 0.5 PHR and 2.0 PHR, and is a phosphorus-containing flame retardant modified by a modifier. The carbon forming additive is in an amount between 0.2 PHR and 1.0 PHR. The carbon forming additive is at least one material selected from a group consisting of zinc chloride, zinc stearate, calcium stearate, zinc hydroxystannate, anhydrous zinc stannate, zinc phosphate and zirconium phosphate. A total added amount of the flame retardant additive and the carbon forming additive in the composition is not greater than 3 PHR.

Abstract: A composition and a manufacturing method of a highly flame-retardant and low-smoke injection-molded polyvinyl chloride pipe are provided. The composition includes a polyvinyl chloride resin material, a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin material, a flame retardant additive and a carbon forming additive. A first number-average degree of polymerization (DPn) of the polyvinyl chloride resin material is between 600 and 1,000. A second number-average degree of polymerization of the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin material is between 600 and 800. A difference between the first number-average degree of polymerization and the second number-average degree of polymerization is within 400. The flame retardant additive is a phosphorus-containing flame retardant modified by a modifier. A total added amount of the flame retardant additive and the carbon forming additive in the composition is not greater than 3 PHR.

Abstract: A PVC resin composition and a method for manufacturing a pipe having high heat resistance and transparency are provided. The PVC resin composition includes 100 phr of a PVC resin, 0.5 phr to 5 phr of a modifier, and 1 phr to 10 phr of a heat resistance improving agent. A degree of polymerization of the PVC resin is from 800 to 1,350. The modifier is a polymer containing a first monomer and a second monomer. The first monomer is ethylene or a derivative of the ethylene, and the second monomer is a polyester.

Abstract: A transition metal layered oxide is a P2 type transition metal layered oxide which is represented by following formula (1). Na0.67-2xM1xMgaCubMn1-a-bO2??(1) In the formula (1), M1 is selected from a group consisting of calcium (Ca), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), and lithium (Li), 0.01?a+b?0.5, 0.01?a?0.5, 0.01?b?0.5, and 0?x?0.2. A positive electrode material of a sodium-ion battery includes the above transition metal layered oxide.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes an insulation layer. A bottom electrode via is disposed in the insulation layer. The bottom electrode via includes a conductive portion and a capping layer over the conductive portion. A barrier layer surrounds the bottom electrode via. A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) is disposed over the bottom electrode via.

Abstract: A method includes forming Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) stack layers, which includes depositing a bottom electrode layer; depositing a bottom magnetic electrode layer over the bottom electrode layer; depositing a tunnel barrier layer over the bottom magnetic electrode layer; depositing a top magnetic electrode layer over the tunnel barrier layer; and depositing a top electrode layer over the top magnetic electrode layer. The method further includes patterning the MTJ stack layers to form a MTJ; and performing a passivation process on a sidewall of the MTJ to form a protection layer. The passivation process includes reacting sidewall surface portions of the MTJ with a process gas comprising elements selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor processing system including an overlay (OVL) shift measurement device. The OVL shift measurement device is configured to determine an OVL shift between a first wafer and a second wafer, where the second wafer overlies the first wafer. A photolithography device is configured to perform one or more photolithography processes on the second wafer. A controller is configured to perform an alignment process on the photolithography device according to the determined OVL shift. The photolithography device performs the one or more photolithography processes based on the OVL shift.

Abstract: An analysis cartridge and an analysis method, the analysis cartridge includes a first cover, a second cover, containers, a fluid tunnels and a rotary valve. The second cover has two opposite surfaces, a plurality of first through holes and a second through hole individually penetrate through the two opposite surfaces, and the first cover is attached to the second cover. The plurality of containers are disposed between the first cover and the second cover, with each of the containers being aligned to and filled in the first through holes. The plurality of the fluid tunnels is disposed on the first cover, and each of which is individually connected with a first pipette. The rotary valve is rotably disposed between the first cover and the second cover to correspond to the second through hole, and a flow channel disposed on the rotary valve is connected with the containers individually.

Abstract: A high-entropy transition metal layered oxide is an O3 type high-entropy transition metal layered oxide which is represented by the following formula (1): Na[NiaFebMncM1dM2e]O2??(1). In the formula (1), M1 and M2 are selected from a group consisting of V, Cr, Co, Cu, Zn, and Ti, a+b+c+d+e=1, 0.05?a?0.35, 0.05?b?0.35, 0.05?c?0.35, 0.05?d?0.35, and 0.05?e?0.35.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) apparatus for real-time detecting of one or more fluorescent signals. According to the apparatus, the PCR is performed by controlling heating and cooling intervals of a reagent container receiving space. With the aid of an added specific probe and fluorescent material, as well as a light source and a spectrometer, a generated fluorescent signal is detected. Meanwhile, the apparatus is also pre-loaded with an algorithm configured to analyze and quantify the fluorescent signal in a real-time manner.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a convective PCR apparatus by using a transparent conductive thin film to replace the traditional metal heater. The PCR reaction is activated when the container with reagents contacted the heated transparent conductive thin film and the temperature inside the container raised to initiate the convective circulation. Also, the present invention could apply for a quantitative PCR reaction by adding a specific probe, a fluorescent dye, a light source, or a photon receiver.

Abstract: A biofuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, and a microbial community. At least one of the anode and the cathode contains a biochar prepared from a Trapa natans husk as an electrode material, and the anode is located in the microbial community. By using the biochar prepared from the Trapa natans husk as the electrode material, not only can the power density of the biofuel cell be increased, but the economic benefits of waste recycling can also be achieved.

Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase. The steviol glycoside can be steviol-19-O-glycoside. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.

Abstract: A biofuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, and a microbial community. At least one of the anode and the cathode contains a biochar prepared from a Trapa natans husk as an electrode material, and the anode is located in the microbial community. By using the biochar prepared from the Trapa natans husk as the electrode material, not only can the power density of the biofuel cell be increased, but the economic benefits of waste recycling can also be achieved.

Abstract: An electrode material and a lithium-ion energy storage device are provided. The electrode material includes at least one material selected from the following structures: a Keplerate-type polyoxometalate containing molybdenum and iron; a Keplerate-type polyoxometalate containing molybdenum and vanadium; a bi-capped Keggin-type polyoxometalate containing vanadium; and a polyoxometalate containing vanadium and a transition metal, wherein the transition metal is nickel, cobalt, iron, or manganese. A lithium-ion energy storage device having the above electrode materials may still maintain higher capacity at higher current density, and may still maintain the original capacity after many cycles.