Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, and a pouch member in which the electrode assembly is accommodated and a sealing portion is formed on an edge of the pouch member, where the sealing portion protruding on one side surface extends in a diagonal direction towards the other side surface adjacent to the at least one side surface.

Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; and a pouch member comprising an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, a sealing portion formed at an edge of the accommodating portion, and an indent portion formed of a cutting edge cut at a plurality of angles and a rounded edge cut to connect the cutting edges adjacent to each other in a portion of the sealing portion corresponding to a vertex of the accommodating portion.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a skin-attachable device to be attached to a skin of a user to acquire user data, an electronic device that supplies power to the skin-attachable device, and a connection device including a first cable connected to the skin-attachable device and a second cable connected to the first cable and detachably attached to the electronic device.

Abstract: For applications in drug delivery, “smart” materials have been designed to respond to conditions within microenvironments of tissues or cells. The present invention features stimuli-responsive cross-linked hydrogels that respond to specific metabolites of disease. For example, protein-polymer materials of the present invention are configured to release their drug cargo upon encountering the higher lactate concentrations within tumor microenvironments.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a pouch-type secondary battery. According to embodiment of the present invention, the pouch-type secondary battery includes: an case configured to house an electrode assembly from which electrode tab are drawn out; sealing parts formed by adhering the case along outer peripheries of the electrode assembly; and folding parts formed by folding the sealing parts of surfaces on which the electrode tab drawn to an outside of the case is not formed, wherein a length of the folding part has a relationship with a thickness of the electrode assembly as the following equation: H?T/2 (wherein, H is the height of the folded folding part, T is the thickness of the electrode assembly, based on a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the electrode tabs of the electrode assembly are drawn out).

Abstract: Provided are a pouch case for a pouch type secondary battery in which one corner is in close contact with a cooling plate and a pouch type secondary battery including the same. In the pouch case, by controlling a shape relation among a forming portion formed to have a non-zero depth determined in advance at a center to accommodate one side of an electrode assembly, a receiving portion in surface contact with a side surface of the electrode assembly at the time of sealing the pouch case, and a sealing portion for sealing opposing ends of the forming portion and the electrode assembly, a size of a sealing protrusion formed after the electrode assembly is packaged through mechanical properties of a metal laminate sheet and a simplified die and punch may be minimized.

Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; and a pouch member comprising an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, a sealing portion formed at an edge of the accommodating portion, and an indent portion formed of a cutting edge cut at a plurality of angles and a rounded edge cut to connect the cutting edges adjacent to each other in a portion of the sealing portion corresponding to a vertex of the accommodating portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a multifunctional implantable structure, the method having: preparing an implantable base; coating a polymer layer on the base, wherein the polymer layer is partially curable; curing the polymer layer such that the polymer layer has cured and non-cured portions; and dry-etching the polymer layer to remove the non-cured portion thereof, to allow the polymer layer to have a nano-turf structure having pores defined therein.

Abstract: Provided is an in vivo implantable nerve stimulation platform which includes: a light source emitting light having a plurality of wavelength bands; and a photoelectric generator generating electricity for stimulating a nerve or a tissue by the light emitted from the light source, in which the light source and the photoelectric generator are implanted in vivo.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, a housing member in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated, and a multilayer member provided between the plurality of secondary battery cells, at least a portion of the multilayer member in a first direction being formed of a material having a thermal conductivity lower than that of other portions thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a case, a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the case, and a flame blocking member including a plurality of exhaust passages connecting an inside and an outside of the case together, and a partition wall part disposed between the plurality of exhaust passages.

Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency-selective signal damper including: a viscous polymer exhibiting non-Newtonian fluid behavior; and hydrogel exhibiting sol-gel phase transition. The viscous polymer exhibits shear thinning in a damping region or a noise region, and the hydrogel has a sol phase in the damping region or the noise region. The viscous polymer is gelatin, and the hydrogel is chitosan.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anisotropic mechanical expansion (anisotropic Poisson's ratio) substrate and a crack-based pressure sensor using the same. The substrate having an anisotropic Poisson's ratio includes a first layer having linear concave and convex patterns arranged in parallel to each other on a surface thereof; and a second layer having linear convex and concave patterns respectively engaged with the linear concave and convex patterns of the first layer on a surface thereof, wherein the first layer and the second layer are stacked with each other so that the linear convex and concave patterns of the second layer are respectively engaged with the linear concave and convex patterns of the first layer, wherein an elastic modulus of the first layer is different from an elastic modulus of the second layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a pouch-type secondary battery. According to embodiment of the present invention, the pouch-type secondary battery includes: an case configured to house an electrode assembly from which electrode tab are drawn out; sealing parts formed by adhering the case along outer peripheries of the electrode assembly; and folding parts formed by folding the sealing parts of surfaces on which the electrode tab drawn to an outside of the case is not formed, wherein a length of the folding part has a relationship with a thickness of the electrode assembly as the following equation: H?T/2 (wherein, H is the height of the folded folding part, T is the thickness of the electrode assembly, based on a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the electrode tabs of the electrode assembly are drawn out).

Abstract: Disclosed is a zero Poisson's ratio structure including a central pillar; at least two branched connectors extending radially from a lower end of the central pillar, wherein each of the branched connectors includes: a first segmental portion extending inclinedly upwardly or downwardly from the central pillar; and a second segmental portion extending inclinedly downwardly or upwardly from a distal point of the first segmental portion, wherein the extension directions of the first and second segmental portions are opposite to each other; and each leg extending perpendicularly downwardly from a distal point of each of the second segmental portions, wherein due to a force pressing the central pillar, each of an angle between the central pillar and the first segmental portion, an angle between the first segmental portion and the second segmental portion, and an angle between the second segmental portion and the leg is variable.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly capable of suppressing the occurrence of a short of a battery including an insulation film, a secondary battery including the electrode assembly, a battery module, and a battery pack. The electrode assembly includes an electrode laminate in which a cathode and an anode are alternately stacked with a separator as a boundary, a porous insulation film surrounding four or more sides of the electrode laminate, in which two of both ends of the insulation film are adhered on a side surface of the electrode laminate.

Abstract: An information providing method is provided, the method including acquiring a request information set by an electronic apparatus, transmitting a request information sub-set corresponding to at least a portion of the request information set to a reference server, transmitting the request information sub-set to a development server, receiving a first response set including a first response to the request information sub-set from the reference server, receiving a second response set including a second response to the request information sub-set from the development server, and providing comparison information of the first response set and the second response set.

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: Disclosed are an anisotropic mechanical expansion (anisotropic Poisson's ratio) substrate and a crack-based pressure sensor using the same. The substrate having an anisotropic Poisson's ratio includes a first layer having linear concave and convex patterns arranged in parallel to each other on a surface thereof; and a second layer having linear convex and concave patterns respectively engaged with the linear concave and convex patterns of the first layer on a surface thereof, wherein the first layer and the second layer are stacked with each other so that the linear convex and concave patterns of the second layer are respectively engaged with the linear concave and convex patterns of the first layer, wherein an elastic modulus of the first layer is different from an elastic modulus of the second layer.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a substrate, a patterned circuit, and a conductive material layer. The patterned circuit, formed on the substrate, includes a first-path part and a second-path part of which at least a part is formed at a predetermined gap from at least a part of the first-path part. The conductive material layer, resiliently disposed on the patterned circuit, has protrusions. The conductive material layer deforms to determine a contact area between the protrusions and the substrate, and upon deformation of the conductive material layer to contact the first-path part, the gap between the first-path part and the second-path part, and the second-path part, the first-path part electrically connects to the second-path part.