Abstract: Provided are a precursor solution, and a modified layer and a lithium-based battery prepared by using the same. The modified layer is formed on the negative electrode, the positive electrode and/or the separator of the lithium-based battery by using the precursor solution through photo-polymerization reaction or thermal curing. The lithium-based battery comprising the modified layer effectively promotes the charge and discharge capability, cycling life, and safety. The modified layer can be applied to a roll-to-roll process. The formation of lithium dendrites in the lithium-based battery comprising the modified layer is significantly suppressed or reduced during the charge-discharge cycles. The shuttle effect is effectively suppressed or reduced in lithium sulfur batteries and lithium iodine batteries. All the above effects are beneficial to increasing the product value of lithium ion batteries, lithium metal batteries, anode-free lithium batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, and lithium iodine batteries.

Abstract: A sensing module includes a first coil, a control component coupled to the first coil, and a shielding component positioned at least on a first side of the first coil. The control component is configured to drive the first coil to transmit a first emitting electromagnetic signal, and to receive an induction signal generated from the first coil induced due to a first feedback electromagnetic signal. The shielding component shields at least a portion of the first emitting electromagnetic signal transmitting toward a first direction.

Abstract: An asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which includes a structure represented by formula (I). Formula (I) is defined as in the specification. A use of the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which is used as a photocatalyst. A hydrogen production device, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group. An optoelectronic component, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group.

Abstract: A three-dimensional resistive random access memory structure includes a base layer, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer. The first layer includes two first conductive layers and a first via. One of the two first conductive layers is electrically connected between the base layer and the first via. The second layer includes three second conductive layers and two second vias. Two first resistive elements are formed between one of the two second vias and two of the three second conductive layers. The third layer includes three third conductive layers and two third vias. Two second resistive elements are formed between one of the two third vias and two of the three third conductive layers. The fourth layer includes a fourth conductive layer. The fourth conductive layer is electrically connected to the two third vias.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cyclopeptide and a cyclopeptide preparing by the method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: (a) providing compounds represented by formulas (I-1) and (I-4); (b) performing a reaction between the compounds of formulas (I-1) and (I-4) to obtain a compound represented by formula (I-5); (c) performing a reaction between the compound of formula (I-5) and the compound represented by formula (I-6) to obtain a compound represented by formula (I-7); (d) performing a cyclization reaction of the compound of formula (I-7) with a catalyst of formula (II) and deprotection to obtain a compound represented by formula (III), wherein the compounds of formulas (I-1), (I-4) to (I-7), (III) and the catalyst of formula (II) are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A robot for interacting with a target object includes a robotic manipulator, a calibrating image, a camera and a processor. The robotic manipulator corresponds to a robotic manipulator coordinate. The calibrating image is disposed on the robotic manipulator. The camera corresponds to a camera coordinate and for shooting the target object and generating a picture. The processor is configured to move the robotic manipulator such that the calibrating image moves towards the target object and enters the picture. The processor records robotic manipulator coordinate datasets and camera coordinate datasets of the calibrating image as the calibrating image moving towards the target object, and uses the robotic manipulator coordinate datasets and the camera coordinate datasets to execute a hand-eye calibrating algorithm to obtain a calibrated mapping between the camera coordinate and the robotic manipulator coordinate.

Abstract: A hardware/software co-compressed computing method for a static random access memory (SRAM) computing-in-memory-based (CIM-based) processing unit includes performing a data dividing step, a sparsity step, an address assigning step and a hardware decoding and calculating step. The data dividing step is performed to divide a plurality of kernels into a plurality of weight groups. The sparsity step includes performing a weight setting step. The weight setting step is performed to set each of the weight groups to one of a zero weight group and a non-zero weight group. The address assigning step is performed to assign a plurality of index codes to a plurality of the non-zero weight groups, respectively. The hardware decoding and calculating step is performed to execute an inner product to the non-zero weight groups and the input feature data group corresponding to the non-zero weight groups to generate the output feature data group.

Abstract: Provided is a simple, portable, real-time, and in vivo THz imaging device for imaging a target, e.g., a tooth in the subject. Moreover, the scanning based THz imaging device is much sufficiently sensitive as compared with the common X-ray imaging device. Therefore, the scanning based THz imaging device has the potential to operate in the density for early detection problems such as dental caries or demineralization of the enamel in the teeth. Also provided is a method for diagnosing or imaging the target in the subject by using the scanning based THz imaging device of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A healable and recyclable polyimide polymer resin includes a chemical structural unit represented by formula (I), which is defined in the description. The chemical structural unit represented by the formula (I) bonds to at least one condensation-polymerizable monomer, so as to form the healable and recyclable polyimide polymer resin, and the condensation-polymerizable monomer is a diamine monomer or a dianhydride monomer.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes: forming an initial reference layer in an annular shape, wherein the initial reference layer includes an anti-ferromagnetic layer and a ferromagnetic layer; performing a heat treatment on the initial reference layer, wherein the ferromagnetic layer is magnetized to have a magnetization direction oriented along a vortex path during a heating step of the heat treatment, and an exchange bias oriented along the vortex path is induced at an interface of the anti-ferromagnetic layer and the ferromagnetic layer during a cooling step of the heat treatment; patterning the initial reference layer to form separated reference layers, wherein the reference layers are respectively formed in a annular sector shape, and the reference layers are arranged along the vortex path; forming spacer layers and free layers to form magnetoresistive devices; routing the magnetoresistive devices to form the magnetoresistive sensor.

Abstract: A decoder includes a demultiplexer and a number (P) of ADCs, where P?2. The demultiplexer receives a to-be-decoded data signal that is in a PAM-2M format, and demultiplexes the to-be decoded data signal into a number (P) of demultiplexed data signals, where M?2. The ADCs respectively receive the demultiplexed data signals. One of the ADCs is an (M+1)-bit ADC, and converts the corresponding demultiplexed data signal into a digital first decoded signal that contains an M-bits wide data portion and a one-bit wide error portion. Each of the other one(s) of the ADCs is an M-bit ADC, and converts the corresponding demultiplexed data signal into a digital second decoded signal that contains an M-bits wide data portion.

Abstract: A device includes a detector, a sensing pad, a ring structure, a control circuit, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The sensing pad is electrically connected to the detector. The ring structure is over the sensing pad and includes an upper conductive ring and a lower conductive ring between the upper conductive ring and the sensing pad. The first transistor interconnects the upper conductive ring and the control circuit. The second transistor interconnects the lower conductive ring and the control circuit.

Abstract: A spin orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memory (SOT MRAM) includes at least a spin current source alloy layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, and an insulation layer. The spin current source alloy layer is a nickel-tungsten alloy layer. The ferromagnetic free layer is located on the spin current source alloy layer. The insulation layer is located on the ferromagnetic free layer. Since the nickel-tungsten alloy layer has favorable perpendicular magnetic anisotropic and can maintain a high spin Hall angle, it is suitable as a spin current source for the SOT MRAM.

Abstract: A power generating device and a power supplying method thereof are provided. The power generating device includes a battery set, a charge storage device, a charger and a voltage converter. The battery set has microbial fuel cell and/or solar battery, and is configured to generate a supply voltage. The charger generates a charging voltage according to the supply voltage, and provides the charging voltage through a first resistor to charge the charge storage device. The voltage converter converts a storage voltage provided by the charge storage device to generate a driving voltage, and provides the driving voltage to drive a load.

Abstract: A plant microbial fuel cell includes a planting container, a plant, a cathode and an anode. The planting container has a culture medium therein, and a microbial population is in the culture medium. The plant is grown in the culture medium in the planting container. The cathode is disposed on a surface of the culture medium, and the anode is arranged in the culture medium close to roots of the plant. The anode includes a porous carbon material prepared from coffee grounds, and thus the overall cost of the plant microbial fuel cell may be greatly reduced, and the porous carbon material is easy to process and has high biocompatibility.

Abstract: A single-material-double-process parametric laser-wavelength converter includes a pump-laser source, a nonlinear optical material, a first optical reflective element, and a second optical reflective element. The pump-laser source is configured to emit a pump-laser pulse light. The nonlinear optical material receives the pump-laser pulse and generates a signal-laser pulse and a partially depleted pump-laser pulse through optical parametric amplification. The first optical reflective element is configured to reflect the signal-laser pulse back to the same nonlinear optical material. The second optical reflective element is configured to reflect the partially depleted pump-laser pulse back to the same nonlinear optical material. With an appropriate adjustment on the reflecting path lengths, the nonlinear optical material is configured to receive the temporally synchronized signal-laser pulse and the partially depleted pump-laser pulse to generate an idler output through difference frequency generation.

Abstract: A fabricating method of a non-enzyme sensor element includes a printing step, a coating step and an electroplating step. In the printing step, a conductive material is printed on a surface of a substrate to form a working electrode, a reference electrode and an auxiliary electrode, and a porous carbon material is printed on the working electrode to form a porous carbon layer. In the coating step, a graphene film material is coated on the porous carbon layer of the working electrode to form a graphene layer. In the electroplating step, a metal is electroplated on the graphene layer by a pulse constant current to form a catalyst layer including a metal oxide.

Abstract: A block-based inference method for a memory-efficient convolutional neural network implementation is performed to process an input image. A block-based inference step is performed to execute a multi-layer convolution operation on each of a plurality of input block data to generate an output block data and includes selecting a plurality of ith layer recomputing features according to a position of the output block data along a scanning line feed direction, and then selecting an ith layer recomputing input feature block data according to the position of the output block data and the ith layer recomputing features, and selecting a plurality of ith layer reusing features according to the ith layer recomputing input feature block data along a block scanning direction, and then combining the ith layer recomputing input feature block data with the ith layer reusing features to generate an ith layer reusing input feature block data.

Abstract: A system includes a control module and a microfluidics chip. The control module includes electromagnets. The microfluidics chip includes two bead sets, a substrate, a channel layer disposed on the substrate, and a flow-control layer disposed on the channel layer. The channel layer has a central recess, channels in communication with the central recess, and cavities in communication with the channels. The flow-control layer has through holes aligned with the cavities of the channel layer. The through holes and the cavities cooperatively form wells. The flow-control layer includes micro-valves corresponding in position to the channels, and magnetic components connected to the micro-valves. A sample is disposed in one of the wells, and the bead sets are coated with aptamers and attach to another two of the wells. The electromagnets control the micro-valves to allow flow of the sample and to allow the sample to be mixed with the bead sets.

Abstract: A material processing apparatus is disclosed. This material processing apparatus is particularly developed to utilize a quasi-traveling microwave to conduct heat treatment for a thread-type article like fiber, silk, artificial fiber, and artificial silk. The material processing apparatus comprises a primary waveguide tube, a microwave blocking plate, a secondary waveguide tube, and at least one microwave absorbing member disposed of in the primary waveguide tube. By such design, a microwave source supplies a microwave to the secondary waveguide tube and the primary waveguide tube, such that the microwave travels in the two waveguide tubes so as to become a quasi-traveling microwave. Therefore, in the case of a thread-type article being be fed into the primary waveguide tube via the secondary waveguide tube by a thread-type article transferring mechanism, the thread-type article is steadily and evenly heated by the quasi-traveling microwave in the two waveguide tubes.