Abstract: A light modulating device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulating device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light modulation layer, and a retardation film, wherein each of the first and second substrates has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first and second surfaces are disposed opposite to each other, wherein the first surfaces of the first and second substrates face each other, wherein the light modulation layer is disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the retardation film is formed on the second surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, and wherein the retardation film has an in-plane phase difference in a range of 100 nm to 300 nm for light having a wavelength of 550 nm. The light modulating device can be control omnidirectional light leakage in a black mode while having excellent optical properties and mechanical properties.

Abstract: A sludge treatment process including: adjusting sludge to a particle diameter of more than 2 mm to 45 mm or less; a step of pyrolyzing the adjusted sludge in a low-oxygen or oxygen-free atmosphere and at a temperature of 350° C. to 500° C.; and a step of combusting a gas generated in the pyrolysis. Such process may be used to decompose harmful compounds and maximize the efficiency of the process.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor and method of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material precursor includes a particle having a first region, a second region, and a third region, a composition of the particle is represented by the following Formula 1 or Formula 2: [M1aM2bM3cM4d](OH)2??[Formula 1] [M1aM2bM3cM4d]O·OH??[Formula 2] M1, M2, and M3 are different from each other and independently selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Mn, M4 is at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Zn, Ga, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta, and W, and 0<a<1, 0<b<1, 0<c<1, 0?d<1, and a+b+c+d=1, wherein the first region is at a center of a particle, the second region is disposed on the first region, and the third region is disposed on the second region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously preparing an ester-based composition, the method increasing a preparation yield by optimizing pressure of a reactor as a process variable of each reactor of a reaction unit in which a plurality of reactors are connected in series.

Abstract: Provided are a novel metallocene-supported catalyst and a method of preparing a polyolefin using the same. The metallocene-supported catalyst according to the present disclosure may be used in the preparation of polyolefins, it may have excellent activity and excellent reactivity with comonomers, and it may prepare olefinic polymers having a high molecular weight and a low molecular weight.

Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: X1 to X3 are each independently is N or CH; at least two of X1 to X3 are N; Y is O or S; R1 to R6 each independently is hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen group, a nitrile group, or a substituted or unsubstituted: alkyl, silyl, aryl or heteroaryl group; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; L1 and L2 each independently is a direct bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or heteroarylene group; Z is a nitrile group, a halogen group, or a substituted or unsubstituted: alkyl, silyl, aryl or heteroaryl group; n is an integer of 0 to 2; and a and b are an integer of 0 to 5, and an organic light-emitting device including the same.

Abstract: A plasticizer composition and a resin composition including the plasticizer composition. The resin composition addresses limitations associated with conventional plasticizers by improving various properties such as plasticization efficiency and mechanical properties including migration properties, volatile loss, tensile strength and elongation rate. The plasticizer composition is also capable of improving properties such as elongation retention and cold tolerance.

Abstract: Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: one of A1 and A2 is a substituent of Chemical Formula 2: and the other one is a cyano group; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R4 to R7 are each independently a hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted: silyl, alkyl, amine, arylamine, alkylamine, aryl, or heteroaryl group; R1 and R2 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and (1) at least one of R1 to R3 is a substituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group or C10 or higher aryl group; or (2) R7 is deuterium and d is 1 or greater, and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a holographic optical element, including: irradiating a first surface of a photosensitive substrate with a first layer, and irradiating a second surface of the photosensitive substrate with a second laser. The light emitted by the first laser is spread in an irradiation direction and the light emitted by the second laser is collected in the irradiation direction to form a plurality of groups and a plurality of overlapping angles formed by a progress direction of the light emitted by the first laser and the progress direction of the light emitted by the second laser at a predetermined location of a photosensitive area, and each of the plurality of the overlapping angles are different from each other. A display device including the holographic optical element measured using this method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxy resin composition for molding a semiconductor having excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties and also having improved visibility while having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and thus exhibiting improved warpage characteristics, and a molding film and a semiconductor package using such an epoxy resin composition for molding a semiconductor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode for electrolysis and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein an electrode coating layer for electrolysis is provided in plurality, and the tin content in each coating layer is configured to increase as the distance from a substrate increases, and the titanium content therein is configured to decrease as the distance from the substrate increases, so that excellent performance is maintained, and also delamination and the like does not occur during firing, so that excellent durability may be implemented.

Abstract: The present application relates to a resin including a unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a method for preparing the same, a resin composition including the same, and a molded article including the resin composition.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a method for preparing the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises heating a mixed solution to combust the mixed solution into a powder, wherein the mixed solution includes a first fuel, a second fuel, a metal raw material, and water, and heat treating the powder wherein the first fuel is least one first fuel selected from the group consisting of urea, glycine, carbohydrazide, oxalyldihydrazide, and hexamethylenetetramine, the second fuel is at least one second fuel selected from the group consisting of citric acid, oxalic acid, sucrose, glucose, and acetylacetone, and the metal raw material includes a lithium raw material, a nickel raw material, a cobalt raw material, and a manganese raw material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chain transfer agent including an organozinc compound, a preparation method thereof, and a method for preparing a block copolymer using the same. A chain transfer agent prepared by a preparation method including preparing a Grignard reagent containing styrene residues, and reacting the prepared Grignard reagent with alkyl zinc alkoxide, which is a zinc compound, has not catalyst poison and by-products, and contains 96 wt % or more of a target compound. A block copolymer polymerized using the chain transfer agent and a resin composition including the block copolymer have excellent mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ester-based composition, the method configured to sequentially operate a plurality of batch reactors and control pressure in each reactor, and the ester-based composition is semi-continuously prepared to have high productivity as well as stability of the batch reactors.

Abstract: Provided is a silica aerogel blanket capable of preventing deterioration of heat insulating performance while reducing dust generation, and method for manufacturing the same. The method manufactures a low-dust silica aerogel blanket by separately adding a silica sol to prevent an opacifying agent from being exposed to the surface of the silica aerogel blanket.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recycling supercritical waste liquid generated during a process of producing a silica aerogel blanket, and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket reusing supercritical waste liquid recycled thereby. The method for recycling supercritical waste liquid and the method for producing a silica aerogel blanket reduce the production costs and prevent the deterioration in thermal insulation performance of a silica aerogel blanket by adding a metal salt to the supercritical waste liquid by the recycling method.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and the method provides excellent productivity while having reduced amount of a volatile organic compound generated so as to provide the vinyl chloride-based polymer suitable for an eco-friendly material, and improved foaming and viscosity properties of a plastisol including the prepared polymer, by adding a carbonate-based metal salt and a transition metal catalyst together, and controlling input time and amount of the transition metal catalyst.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adhesive film for a semiconductor and a dicing die-bonding film the same, and particularly, to an adhesive film for a semiconductor, which may reduce electromagnetic interference generated in a semiconductor package by including a polymer matrix in which a magnetic filler including a core and a coating layer formed on the surface of the core is dispersed, and a dicing die-bonding film including the same.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrophobic silica aerogel precursor, and a hydrophobic silica aerogel produced using the same. In the methods, a linear silane crosslinking agent containing a PEG-derived unit is introduced when preparing a hydrophobic aerogel precursor, resulting in the production of a hydrophobic silica aerogel having improved high-temperature thermal stability and improved physical properties.