Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a catalyst for hydrocracking reaction of high molecular weight components in bio-oil, a method for preparing the same and a method for bio-oil upgrading using the same. The catalyst includes a zeolite carrier; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru) and cerium (Ce) supported on the carrier. The catalyst promotes the hydrocracking of high molecular weight compounds contained in the bio-oil, but also inhibits the polymerization reaction of the decomposed product, thereby more effectively enhancing the hydrocracking reaction of the bio-oil.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a stack structure including a horizontal recess over a substrate, forming a blocking layer lining the horizontal recess, forming an interface control layer including a dielectric barrier element and a conductive barrier element over the blocking layer, and forming a conductive layer over the interface control layer to fill the horizontal recess.

Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.

Abstract: An ultrasonic image providing method of the present disclosure includes: receiving ultrasonic images; measuring a plurality of similarities for a plurality of measurement items for at least one of the ultrasonic images; comparing the plurality of similarities with corresponding default thresholds, respectively; when none of the plurality of similarities is greater than the corresponding default threshold, selecting a measurement item maintaining the greatest similarity among the plurality of similarities for a reference time; and providing an ultrasonic image for the selected measurement item as an ultrasonic image.

Abstract: A sensor device includes: a support structure having a cantilever shape extending in a first direction and having a first end fixed; a sensing element having a surface and a resonant frequency changing according to contaminants adsorbed to the surface and disposed at a second end of the support structure; a frequency detector configured to detect the resonant frequency of the sensing element; and an actuator disposed at the one end of the support structure and configured to move the support structure so that the second end of the support structure moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A protection unit includes: a protection member including a metal; and a protection film attached to the protection member. A length of the protection member in a first direction is greater than a length of the protection film in the first direction, and the protection film has grooves at respective edges.

Abstract: There is provided a method for collecting and reusing an active material from positive electrode scrap. The method of reusing a positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes (a) thermally treating a positive electrode scrap comprising an active material layer on a current collector in air for thermal decomposition of a binder and a conductive material in the active material layer, to separate the current collector from the active material layer, and collecting an active material in the active material layer, (b-1) washing the active material collected from the step (a) with a lithium compound solution which is basic in an aqueous solution, and drying, (b-2) grinding the active material dried from the step (b-1), (b-3) adding a lithium compound to the active material ground from the step (b-2), and (c) annealing the active material having the lithium precursor added thereto, to obtain a reusable active material.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a wavelength conversion member disposed on a surface of the light guide plate; and a housing which houses the wavelength conversion member and is fused to the light guide plate.

Abstract: Provided is a suspended type nanowire that is fixed and electrically connected to each of a first electrode disposed on a substrate and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode and suspended on the substrate. Here, a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the suspended type nanowire includes at least one curved part, and the curve part includes a reference surface and at least one side surface extending downward from the reference surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel disposed above the backlight unit, where the backlight unit includes a light guide plate, a housing which is disposed at one side of the light guide plate and accommodates a wavelength converting member, and a flexible glass film which covers one side of the housing, and a first laser welding part is disposed between the flexible glass film and the housing.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a wavelength conversion member disposed on a surface of the light guide plate; and a housing which houses the wavelength conversion member and is fused to the light guide plate.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a wavelength conversion member disposed on a surface of the light guide plate; and a housing which houses the wavelength conversion member and is fused to the light guide plate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing an inorganic electrolyte membrane and a composition for manufacturing an inorganic electrolyte membrane, the method including: (a) mixing primary inorganic particles (<50 nm), a dispersant, and a solvent and dispersing the primary inorganic particles, thus preparing a dispersion of secondary inorganic particles having a hydrodynamic diameter of 120 to 230 nm, determined using DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering), (b) adding and mixing the dispersion of secondary inorganic particles with a binder, (c) applying a mixed solution composed of the dispersion of inorganic particles and the binder and drying the mixed solution, thus forming a green sheet, and (d) firing the green sheet, thus forming an electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A light source unit includes: a light source circuit board; light sources disposed on the light source circuit board and which emit light; a wavelength converter disposed on the light sources to be spaced apart from the light sources and to partially overlap with the light sources; a first glass disposed between the light sources and the wavelength converter; and a second glass disposed on the wavelength converter and at least partially in direct contact with, and coupled to, the first glass.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a first wavelength converter containing a first wavelength converting material; a second wavelength converter containing a second wavelength converting material different from the first wavelength converting material; a first container member providing a space for accommodating the first wavelength converter; and a second container member facing the first container member and providing a space for accommodating the second wavelength converter. The first container member and the second container member may be at least partially fusion-bonded with each other.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a bottom member including a bottom part facing the display area, a side part extending from the bottom part toward the display panel, and a support part extending from the side part to face a portion of the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light sources on the bottom part to emit light, and a light guide member between the support part of the bottom member and the display panel to guide the light incident from the plurality of light sources toward the display panel.

Abstract: A display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel disposed above the backlight unit, where the backlight unit includes a light guide plate, a housing which is disposed at one side of the light guide plate and accommodates a wavelength converting member, and a flexible glass film which covers one side of the housing, and a first laser welding part is disposed between the flexible glass film and the housing.

Abstract: A curved display device includes a display panel which is curved with respect to a central axis of the curved display device to define a display surface which is curved with respect to the central axis of the curved display device; a first adhesion member attached to an edge area of a bottom surface of the display panel; a mold frame which is curved with respect to the central axis of the curved display device, the mold frame defining a stepped portion on which the display panel is seated; and a second adhesion member attached to a top surface of the stepped portion and to the first adhesion member which is attached to the edge area of the bottom surface of the display panel.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a first wavelength converter containing a first wavelength converting material; a second wavelength converter containing a second wavelength converting material different from the first wavelength converting material; a first container member providing a space for accommodating the first wavelength converter; and a second container member facing the first container member and providing a space for accommodating the second wavelength converter. The first container member and the second container member may be at least partially fusion-bonded with each other.