Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll having a first electrode tab protruding upward and a second electrode tab protruding downward, a battery can configured to accommodate the jelly-roll through a top opening and electrically connected to the second electrode tab, a first current collecting plate coupled to the first electrode tab at an upper portion of the jelly-roll, an insulating shrink tube having a first cover portion for covering at least a part of the first current collecting plate and a second cover portion for covering a top end of an outer circumference of the jelly-roll, and a top cap electrically connected to the first current collecting plate and configured to cover the opening.

Abstract: Provided is an antibacterial composition comprising at least one compound including a quaternary ammonium structure having an acrylate group or a methacrylate group, and having an antibacterial strength A of 90% or more against at least one strain selected from Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, and an acute oral toxicity dose LD50 of 300 mg/Kg or more, where the antibacterial strength A equals (1?Asample/AReference)×100, where Asample equals an absorbance of an inoculated medium solution incubated with the antibacterial composition, and AReference equals an absorbance of an inoculated medium solution incubated without addition of the antibacterial composition.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric grains, and at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains has a core-dual shell structure having a core and a dual shell. The dual shell includes a first shell surrounding at least a portion of the core, and a second shell surrounding at least a portion of the first shell, and a concentration of a rare earth element included in the second shell is more than 1.3 times to less than 3.8 times a concentration of a rare earth element included in the first shell.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes first binder particles, second binder particles, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are mostly dispersed in a first surface region of the porous coating layer, and the second binder particles are mostly dispersed in a second surface region of the porous polymer substrate, in which the first surface region faces the porous polymer substrate and the second surface region is an opposite surface region to the first surface region. The inorganic particles have a larger weight per particle than each respective weight per particle of the first and second binder particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes a battery case having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is mounted, and a sealing portion formed by sealing an outer periphery thereof; an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode tab included in the electrode assembly and protruding out of the battery case via the sealing portion; and a lead film located at a portion corresponding to the sealing portion in at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the electrode lead, wherein a gas discharge guiding unit is inserted in the lead film, the battery case includes a cover portion extending from the sealing portion, and the cover portion is located on the lead film and protrudes in an outer direction of the battery case.

Abstract: Provided are a plenoptic microscope system having a structure in which a microlens array (MLA) is installed between an object and a microscope optical system and a general microscope camera is used as an image sensor, and an image processing apparatus for performing plenoptic imaging with information acquired from the same. In the plenoptic microscope system, an MLA including at least one microlens having a number of apertures (NA) similar to that of an objective lens of a microscope optical system is positioned at the front end of an incidence part of the microscope optical system and the objective lens is positioned at a focal length of the MLA or on an image plane of the MLA. The plenoptic image processing apparatus generates Plenoptic 1.0 and/or 2.0 images.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulating film disposed on a substrate and having a first trench. A first lower conductive pattern fills the first trench and includes first and second valley areas that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The first and second valley areas are recessed toward the substrate. A second interlayer insulating film is disposed on the first interlayer insulating film and includes a second trench that exposes at least a portion of the first lower conductive pattern. An upper conductive pattern fills the second trench and includes an upper barrier film and an upper filling film disposed on the upper barrier film. The upper conductive pattern at least partially fills the first valley area.

Abstract: The present application relates to a peptide having protective activity against cell damage caused by particulate matter, and to uses for the peptide.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a lateral side meeting the first surface, and an inclined surface between the lateral side and the second surface, a light-emitting element layer above the first surface of the substrate, dams surrounding the light-emitting element layer in plan view, an encapsulating layer covering the light-emitting element layer and the dams, and an organic planarization layer above the encapsulating layer, covering the encapsulating layer and the dams, extending to be adjacent to an edge of the substrate, and having a lateral side that forms an inclination, and that is spaced inwardly from the lateral side of the substrate, wherein a distance between the lateral side of the organic planarization layer and the lateral side of the substrate is less than a planar width of the inclined surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes a first display substrate including a light emitting element which emits light of a first color or light of a second color different from the first color, a second display substrate including in order toward the first display substrate, a layer including both a bank layer defining an opening and a wavelength control pattern in the opening, a capping layer covering the wavelength control pattern and the bank layer, and a color absorbing layer which corresponds to the bank layer and blocks the light of the first color and the light of the second color. The capping layer includes a first area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, the bank layer includes a second area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, and the first area of the capping layer is between the color absorbing layer and the second area of the bank layer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for executing tracking and monitoring manufacturing data of a battery are disclosed. One method includes: receiving, by a server system, sensing data of the battery from a sensing system; generating, by the server system, mapping data based on the sensing data; generating, by the server system, identification data of the battery based on the sensing data; generating, by the server system, monitoring data of the battery based on the sensing data, the identification data, and the mapping data; and generating, by the server system, display data for displaying a simulated electrode of the battery on a graphical user interface based on the monitoring data of the battery.

Abstract: An embodiment sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is provided in which the sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is represented by a chemical formula M·(A1·Cl(4-x)Fx)z·ySO2. In this formula, M is a first element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Ca, and Mg, A1 is a second element selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, Ga, and Cu, x satisfies a first equation 0?x?4, y satisfies a second equation 0?y?6, and z satisfies a third equation 1?z?2.

Abstract: An aperture module includes a reference plate, including a protruded pivot pin; a first-stage blade unit including a pair of first blades forming a first-diameter aperture having a diameter smaller than that of the central opening when pivoted about the pivot pin; a second-stage blade unit including a pair of second blades, wherein the second-stage blade unit is disposed on a second planar surface different from a first planar surface of the first-stage blade unit, and the pair of second blades forms a second-diameter aperture having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the first-diameter aperture when pivoted about the pivot pin; and an aperture driver including a driving pin configured to insert into the guide slot, the first blade slot, and the second blade slot, and move along the guide slot. A curvature of the first blade slot and a curvature of the second blade slot form different angles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound usable in an organic light-emitting device and to an organic light-emitting device comprising same, wherein [chemical formula A] is as described in the detailed description of the invention.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly having an electrode lead attached thereto, a case comprising a receiving portion in which the electrode assembly is received and a sealing portion comprising a sealant resin and configured to seal the electrode assembly, a lead film configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of the electrode lead and interposed between the electrode lead and the case, a vent area disposed in at least a portion of the case, and a vent member comprising a first layer comprising a resin having lower melting point than the sealant resin, and a second layer disposed on at least one surface of the first layer and comprising an adhesive material. The vent member may be inserted into the vent area. A thickness of the second layer may be equal to or smaller than 5 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of ROCK1 and/or ROCK2 having the formula I: Also provided are methods of inhibiting ROCK1 and/or ROCK2 useful for the treatment of disease.