Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probes and a method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a communicator connected with a plurality of different wireless probes through a wireless communication method by receiving pairing reception signals from the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; a controller configured to control the communicator to wirelessly connect the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus with the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes and to wirelessly receive status information regarding the connected plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; and a display configured to display a user interface (UI) indicating the received status information regarding the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes.

Abstract: A prelithiated negative electrode, and a secondary battery including a prelithiated electrode, including a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer present on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes high-capacity artificial graphite having no carbon coating. The negative electrode active material layer is prelithiated, and the content of lithium intercalated to the prelithiated negative electrode active material layer is 3% to 5% based on the lithium content intercalated when the negative electrode is charged to 100%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for producing an aerogel blanket, and a method for producing an aerogel blanket. The device for producing an aerogel blanket according to present invention is a device for producing an aerogel blanket, including a supply part, which supplies a fiber containing sol, and a conveyor belt which moves the fiber supplied from the supply part, wherein the conveyor belt is provided in multiple levels to move the fiber while reversing the fiber, and a start time at which the conveyor belt reverses the fiber is before fluidity of the sol is completely lost.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for producing an aerogel blanket, and a method for producing an aerogel blanket. The device for producing an aerogel blanket according to present disclosure is a device for producing an aerogel blanket, including a supply part, which supplies a fiber containing sol, and a conveyor belt which moves the fiber supplied from the supply part, wherein the conveyor belt is provided in multiple levels to move the fiber while reversing the fiber, and a start time at which the conveyor belt reverses the fiber is before fluidity of the sol is completely lost.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an aerogel composite, wherein the method includes impregnating a catalyzed silica sol into a fiber mat in a volume ratio of 0.1 to 1:1 (catalyzed silica sol:fiber mat) and then performing gelation thereon S10. The present disclosure also relates to an aerogel composite manufactured by the disclosed method.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aerogel blanket, wherein a surface modification process is performed under acid conditions while using a non-toxic catalyst. Under such a process, a solvent substitution process or a washing process may be omitted to simplify the manufacturing process. Further, collapse of a gel structure due to shrinkage is prevented and the efficiency of surface modification is high even when atmospheric pressure drying is performed, so that an aerogel having excellent thermal conductivity and degree of hydrophobicity may be manufactured. Also provided is an aerogel blanket manufactured by the method, thereby having low thermal conductivity and a low moisture impregnation rate since a hydrophobic group is uniformly formed inside a substrate.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a lift pin comprising: a body which is inserted into a through-hole in a susceptor; and a head provided at the end of the body to come into contact with the underside of a wafer, wherein the top surface of the head is formed to have a concavoconvex structure.

Abstract: An anchor for an embolic coil, and an embolic coil including the same are provided. The anchor for an embolic coil includes a hollow main body and a central shaft arranged in the hollow main body, wherein the hollow main body is made of a braided composite filament including a polymer filament and a first alloy filament, and the central shaft includes a second alloy filament that is a material different from the first alloy filament.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerogel blanket including an aerogel structure and a substrate for a blanket, wherein the aerogel structure includes a three-dimensional network structure formed by a plurality of aerogel particles aggregated or bonded, and an average aerogel structure size (D50) measured by spraying 10 ml of dry powder of the aerogel structure with air at a pressure of 15 psi, and using laser diffraction of 780 nm wavelength is 5 ?m to 10 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a method for drying a wet-gel blanket which can have an excellent heat insulation performance by minimizing shrinkage of a gel network structure that occurs during drying, and has excellent drying efficiency versus time, and a method for producing an aerogel blanket using same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aerogel blanket, the method including 1) introducing a catalyzed sol and a substrate for a blanket into a reaction vessel to impregnate the catalyzed sol into the substrate for a blanket, and 2) rotating the substrate for a blanket into which the catalyzed sol is impregnated to perform gelation, wherein the catalyzed sol includes a silica precursor composition, and the silica precursor composition includes a silicate containing a hydrophobic group and a tetraalkyl silicate, wherein a molar ratio of the silicate containing a hydrophobic group and the tetraalkyl silicate is 60:40 to 98:2.

Abstract: Provided is a supercritical drying method for a silica wet gel blanket, and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket including the same, the supercritical drying method being capable of improving drying efficiency. The supercritical drying method improves the efficiency of a supercritical drying step by reducing carbon dioxide usage without additional equipment investment and energy input, thereby drying a silica wet gel blanket in a more economical manner.

Abstract: Provided is a silica sol, a silica aerogel blanket using the same, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a hydrophobizing agent, a base catalyst, an organic solvent, and water are included in a catalyst composition when manufacturing the silica aerogel blanket, so that a wet aging step which is performed under high-temperature conditions and increases the amount of a solvent used, and a surface modification step which uses a large amount of an organic solvent and an expensive surface modifier, resulting in a process that is complex and long and thus inhibiting economic feasibility and productivity, can be omitted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aerogel blanket exhibiting excellent hydrophobicity at high temperatures and an aerogel blanket produced thereby. The present invention uses a mixture of silica sol and a hydrophobic aerogel powder as an aerogel precursor and thus can achieve hydrophobicity in the internal structure as well as on the surface of the aerogel included in the aerogel blanket. Accordingly, the aerogel blanket can attain high hydrophobicity and thus can exhibit excellent hydrophobicity retention ability even in high-temperature applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket, the method comprising recovering a supercritical waste liquid generated after performing a step of supercritical drying, neutralizing the recovered supercritical waste liquid by adding an acid thereto for recycling, and reusing the recycled supercritical waste liquid, and a silica aerogel blanket produced thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket, the method comprising recovering a supercritical waste liquid generated after performing a step of supercritical drying, neutralizing the recovered supercritical waste liquid by adding an acid thereto for recycling, and reusing the recycled supercritical waste liquid, and a silica aerogel blanket produced thereby.

Abstract: Provided is a supercritical drying method for a silica wet gel blanket, and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket including the same, the supercritical drying method being capable of improving drying efficiency. The supercritical drying method improves the efficiency of a supercritical drying step by reducing carbon dioxide usage without additional equipment investment and energy input, thereby drying a silica wet gel blanket in a more economical manner.

Abstract: Provided are a preparation method of a silica aerogel-containing blanket which includes mixing a water glass solution, a polar organic solvent, and a silazane-based surface modifier to prepare a sol, preparing a silica gel-base material composite by immersion and gelation of a base material for a blanket in the sol, and drying the silica gel-base material composite, and a silica aerogel-containing blanket prepared by using the preparation method. A silica aerogel-containing blanket having a high degree of hydrophobicity as well as excellent physical properties, particularly, low tap density, high porosity, and excellent mechanical flexibility can be prepared by the minimal use of a surface modifier without a surface modification step by the above method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a health functional food composition and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and alleviating depression, both compositions using an extract of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. fruits, which are Korean natural resources, so as to be safely usable without toxicity and side effects.

Abstract: In the present invention are provided a method for preparing a silica aerogel-containing blanket, and a blanket which includes a silica aerogel and is manufactured using the same, wherein the method includes a step for preparing a reaction solution by reacting a silazane-based surface modification agent with an alcohol-based compound, a step for preparing a silica gel-base material composite by adding a silica precursor, water, and a polar organic solvent to the reaction solution to prepare a silica sol, and then immersing a base material for a blanket in the prepared silica sol to gelate the silica sol, and a step for drying the silica gel-base material composite.