Abstract: The present invention is directed toward core-shell nanoparticles, each comprising a ligand-capped metal shell surrounding a plurality of discrete, nonconcentric, metal-containing cores. Methods of making and using these nanoparticles are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting information is disclosed, including: writing at least a portion of the information to at least one multicast Internet Protocol (IP) address field; and transmitting at least a packet according to the at least one multicast IP address field. Even when the wireless network environment is encrypted, information can be transmitted to desired devices in the sniffer mode.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward core-shell nanoparticles, each comprising a ligand-capped metal shell surrounding a plurality of discrete, nonconcentric, metal-containing cores. Methods of making and using these nanoparticles are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method that includes supplying a predetermined signal to a write head having side shields. The method also includes performing, by the write head, a recording operation on a surface of a data storage medium, when the predetermined signal is supplied to the write head, to provide a recorded magnetization pattern. The method further includes carrying out measurements on a portion of the recorded magnetization pattern influenced by a magnetization of the side shields. The measurements are employed to determine whether a reversed side shield magnetization condition is present in the write head.

Abstract: A mobile computing device dock is described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a support structure and first and second connection portions disposed on opposing sides of the support. Each of the first and second connection portions includes a respective connection device configured to form a communicative coupling to a mobile computing device. The first and second connection portions are configured such that movement of one of the first or second connection portions causes corresponding movement of the other one of the first or second connection portions to engage to or disengage from the mobile computing device.

Abstract: An exemplary base includes a heat absorber and clips attached to the heat absorber. The heat absorber includes a top surface and a bottom surface. A pair of receiving grooves is defined in opposite lateral sides of the heat absorber, respectively. Each receiving groove is located above a level of the bottom surface and below a level of the top surface. Each clip includes a positioning beam. The positioning beam is received in a corresponding one of the receiving grooves with a portion of the heat absorber adjacent to the positioning beam deformed and fixed in the positioning beam thereby fixing the positioning beam in the receiving groove. A heat dissipating module having the base is also provided.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming recesses in a semiconductor substrate; epitaxial growing a first SiGe seed layer with constant Ge content in the recesses; epitaxial growing a second SiGe layer with a constant Ge content higher than the Ge content of first SiGe seed layer on the first SiGe seed layer; epitaxial growing a third SiGe layer with a constant Ge content lower than the Ge content of the second SiGe layer; and forming a cap layer on the third SiGe layer.

Abstract: An ultrasound transducer and an ultrasound imaging system including an acoustic layer with a plurality of transducer elements and a dematching layer coupled to the acoustic layer. The dematching layer has an acoustic impedance greater than the acoustic layer and the dematching layer has a thickness that varies in order to alter a bandwidth of the ultrasound probe.

Abstract: A data writer may be constructed and operated as part of a data storage device. The data writer can be positioned proximal a data storage medium. The data writer may have a write pole positioned adjacent a writer coil with the writer coil having a plurality of turns. A controller that is connected to each turn can be adapted to selectively activate less than all the coil turns in response to the data writer being positioned over a first portion of a data storage medium and selectively activate all of the coil turns in response to the data writer being positioned over a second portion of the data storage medium.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a storage device including an interlaced magnetic recording (IMR) system, and a transducer head, including two writers, each writer including a write pole, wherein a width of a first write pole in a cross-track direction is substantially greater than a width of a second write pole in the cross-track direction, and wherein a down-track width of a front shield gap of the first write pole is substantially similar to down-track width of a front shield gap of the second write pole. In another implementation, the storage device includes an IMR system, and a transducer head, including two writers, each writer including a write pole, wherein a width of the first write pole in a cross-track direction is substantially greater than a width of a second write pole in a cross-track direction, and wherein a cross-track width of a side shield gap of the first write pole is substantially similar to a cross-track width of a side shield gap of the second write pole.

Abstract: A flexible chemiresistor (CR) sensor for sensing a molecule of interest in a fluid (liquid or gas) is provided. The flexible CR sensor comprises a flexible chemiresistor (CR) module. The flexible CR module comprises a flexible substrate such polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) or polyimide (PI), and a thin film nanoparticle assembly assembled on the flexible substrate. The thin film nanoparticle assembly comprises metal or metal alloy core, ligand-capped nanoparticles and molecular linkers connecting the nanoparticles. The flexible CR sensor and an intelligent pattern recognition engine can be incorporated in a handheld device that can detect a molecule of interest in a fluid (e.g., a liquid or gas) accurately, rapidly, and without false positives. Any sensing array nanomaterial, pattern recognition, and compact/or electronic hardware can be integrated to achieve a desired detection limit and response speed.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming recesses in a semiconductor substrate; epitaxial growing a first SiGe seed layer with constant Ge content in the recesses; epitaxial growing a second SiGe layer with a constant Ge content higher than the Ge content of first SiGe seed layer on the first SiGe seed layer; epitaxial growing a third SiGe layer with a constant Ge content lower than the Ge content of the second SiGe layer; and forming a cap layer on the third SiGe layer.

Abstract: The embodiments of present invention disclose a direct type backlight module, comprising a backplate and a plurality of strip lamps provided on the backplate, each of the strip lamps is provided with a lamp set composed of a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The direct type backlight module further comprises a plurality of wires, the lamp set of at least one strip lamp of the plurality of strip lamps is electrically connected to the power supply via the plurality of wires. The lamp set of the at least one strip lamp has two terminals, i.e., positive/negative terminals, the positive/negative terminals of the lamp set of the at least one strip lamp are electrically connected to the corresponding wires via a pair of mated connectors.

Abstract: A touch control apparatus, a control method thereof and an electronic device having the touch control apparatus are disclosed, which belong to the technical field of touch control. The touch control apparatus comprises: a panel (1); a transmitting antenna (2) arranged on the panel (1) and configured to transmit a detection wave for detecting whether the panel (1) is being touched; at least three resonant circuits arranged on the panel and configured to sense the detection wave and generate resonant waves; and a control processing unit (6) configured to control to process the resonant waves and position information of the resonant circuits to obtain corresponding touch information comprising at least a touch pressure and a touch position. The touch control apparatus, the control method thereof and the electronic device enable touch control of the panel by a general object through utilizing the resonant circuits.

Abstract: A device, method and computer program product are provided for unlocking a touchscreen. In response to entering a touchscreen unlocking interface, a slide-to-unlock button is displayed on a touchscreen at its initial position, wherein the slide-to-unlock button is divided into two portions. In response to pressing a first portion of the slide-to-unlock button and sliding the slide-to-unlock button along a specified trace, information about a position of the slide-to-unlock button on the specified trace is displayed on a second portion of the slide-to-unlock button. In response to performing a first action on the pressed first portion of the slide-to-unlock button, information about a position of the slide-to-unlock button on the specified trace when the first action is performed on the first portion of the slide-to-unlock button is received.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to a field of liquid crystal display technical, and relates to a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The backlight module includes a backplane and a light source arranged on the backplane, and further includes a position-limiting unit. The position-limiting unit is arranged on the backplane, and is capable of limiting a liquid crystal panel at a set position. The backlight module according to the present invention is a direct-type backlight module. The advantageous effects of the present invention are as follows: as compared with a direct-type backlight module in the prior art in which a plastic frame is used to fix positions of respective components, the backlight module according to the present invention reduces the cost of the backlight module effectively and enables assembling of the backlight module to be easy due to employing a configuration without a plastic frame.

Abstract: A flexible chemiresistor (CR) sensor for sensing a molecule of interest in a fluid (liquid or gas) is provided. The flexible CR sensor comprises a flexible chemiresistor (CR) module. The flexible CR module comprises a flexible substrate such polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) or polyimide (PI), and a thin film nanoparticle assembly assembled on the flexible substrate. The thin film nanoparticle assembly comprises metal or metal alloy core, ligand-capped nanoparticles and molecular linkers connecting the nanoparticles. The flexible CR sensor and an intelligent pattern recognition engine can be incorporated in a handheld device that can detect a molecule of interest in a fluid (e.g., a liquid or gas) accurately, rapidly, and without false positives. Any sensing array nanomaterial, pattern recognition, and compact/or electronic hardware can be integrated to achieve a desired detection limit and response speed.

Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure provide a recording medium for heat-assisted-magnetic-recording (HAMR). The recording medium may include a substrate. The recording medium may further include a recording layer. The recording medium may also include a thermal control layer between the recording layer and the substrate. The thermal control layer may have a thermal conductivity that increases with increasing temperature.

Abstract: A supported catalyst is prepared by a process that includes establishing shell-removal conditions for a supported catalyst intermediate that includes capped nanoparticles of a catalyst material dispersed on a carbon support. The capped nanoparticles each include a platinum alloy core capped in an organic shell. The shell-removal conditions include an elevated temperature and an inert gas atmosphere that is substantially free of oxygen. The organic shell is removed from the platinum alloy core under the shell-removal conditions to limit thermal decomposition of the carbon support and thereby limit agglomeration of the catalyst material such that the supported catalyst includes an electrochemical surface area of at least 30 m2/gPt.

Abstract: An exemplary base includes a heat absorber and clips attached to the heat absorber. The heat absorber includes a top surface and a bottom surface. A pair of receiving grooves is defined in opposite lateral sides of the heat absorber, respectively. Each receiving groove is located above a level of the bottom surface and below a level of the top surface. Each clip includes a positioning beam. The positioning beam is received in a corresponding one of the receiving grooves with a portion of the heat absorber adjacent to the positioning beam deformed and fixed in the positioning beam thereby fixing the positioning beam in the receiving groove. A heat dissipating module having the base is also provided.