Abstract: A flexible display device including a substrate, a light emitting layer, a first insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The substrate includes a bent region and a non-bent region. The light emitting layer overlaps the non-bent region. The first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer. A sidewall of the first insulating layer includes a first tapered surface. The first tapered surface includes at least three curved surface portions continuously arranged with one another.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a power supply a current measurer, a controller, and a sensor. The display panel includes pixels connected between first and second power lines. The power supply applies power voltages to the first and second power lines. The current measurer measures a current applied to the display panel from the power supply through the first and second power lines. The controller outputs a first sensing control signal indicating whether to sense a voltage-current characteristic of the light emitting element of at least one of the pixels based on a measured current. The sensor senses the voltage-current characteristic of the light emitting element in response to the first sensing control signal.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline silicon film on the substrate; and a first buffer film between the substrate and the polycrystalline silicon film and having one surface contacting the polycrystalline silicon film and another surface opposite to the one surface, wherein the one surface of the first buffer film has a first root mean square (RMS) roughness range, and the first RMS roughness range is 1.5 nm or less.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and an electronic device including the conductive structure body.

Abstract: A display device including: a first substrate; a transflective layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate; a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the transflective layer; a capping layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer, a first polarizing layer disposed on the capping layer; and a second polarizing layer disposed on the other surface of the first substrate. The first polarizing layer and the second polarizing layer have different polarization directions.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for receiving a reference signal. A wireless user device may determine, based on a synchronization signal (SS) block index and based on an index associated with a time interval, an initialization value associated with a reference signal for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The wireless user device may receive, based on the initialization value and based on a frequency domain shift value, the reference signal via at least one resource element (RE). The reference signal may be mapped, based on the frequency domain shift value, to the at least one RE. The wireless user device may receive the PBCH.

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods of forming an integrated circuit device may include forming a first insulating layer and a via contact on a substrate. The substrate may include an upper surface facing the via contact, and the via contact may be in the first insulating layer and may include a lower surface facing the substrate and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface. The methods may also include forming a second insulating layer and a metallic wire on the via contact. The metallic wire may be in the second insulating layer and may include a lower surface that faces the substrate and contacts the upper surface of the via contact. Both the lower surface of the metallic wire and an interface between the metallic wire and the via contact may have a first width in a horizontal direction that is parallel to the upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A payment method for purchase of digital currency includes receiving selection information for selecting a specific payment type among a plurality of different payment types related to digital currency, in relation to a user account; registering a payment condition corresponding to the specific payment type to the user account by using the selection information; and starting an electronic payment process to purchase the digital currency for the user account in response to occurrence of a payment event related to the payment condition at the user account.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyester and a method for preparing same, the polyester including a repeating unit derived from dihydroxyalkyl tetrahydrofuran obtained from biomass; and a repeating unit derived from short-branched aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. Thus, the polyester has a carbon reduction effect and may be utilized as a novel biomass polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for packaging, by having excellent transparency, impact resistance, flexibility and elastic modulus compared to conventional PET.

Abstract: Provided is a heterogeneous catalyst for preparing a dicarboxylic acid aromatic heterocyclic compound, the heterogeneous catalyst including an active metal; and a basic metal oxide carrier capable of carrying the active metal and forming a complex by coordinate bonding with the dicarboxylic acid aromatic heterocyclic compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel catalyst material used to produce polyester having improved molecular weight and color from a dicarboxylic acid aromatic heterocyclic compound or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester polymer having improved heat discoloration and at the same time, having a high molecular weight.

Abstract: A digital currency payment method for performing a payment related to digital currency used in contents viewing includes monitoring occurrence of a payment event related to a preset payment condition for purchase of the digital currency, in relation to a user account; starting an electronic payment process for purchase of the digital currency with respect to the user account when the payment event has occurred at the user account as a monitoring result; and supplying the digital currency to the user account when the purchase of the digital currency has been completed through the electronic payment process.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.

Abstract: Provided is a high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the high-strength steel sheet is a material suitable for automobile structural members and has excellent moldability, such as hole expandability, through the improvement of ductility, while having a low yield ratio and high strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing 1,3-cyclopentanediol by adding a ruthenium catalyst, from which the surface oxide layer is removed, to 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone. The method is simple since 1,3-cyclopentanediol can be prepared in a single step through the use of the catalyst, without forming 3-hydroxycyclopentanone, which is a reaction intermediate, and moreover, the method can not only shorten a reaction time, but can also improve a yield of 1,3-cyclopentanediol.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing a welded structure capable of effectively suppressing welding LME cracks generated during spot welding of a zinc plated steel sheet having ultra-high strength, and a welded structure manufactured using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester or polyurethane polymer comprising a biomass-derived 1,3-cyclopentanediol monomer, and a method for preparing same.

Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a cup part configured to accommodate an electrode assembly formed by stacking electrodes and separators, wherein the cup part includes: a bottom portion configured to form a bottom; an outer wall configured to form a side surface and meet the bottom portion; a punch edge configured to connect the bottom portion to the outer wall; a thickness edge configured to connect two adjacent outer walls to each other; and a corner formed by connecting the two adjacent punch edges to the thickness edge, wherein at least one of the punch edges is rounded, at least one of the thickness edge is rounded, at least one of the corner is rounded and has a curvature radius different from that of each of the punch edge and the thickness edge.