Abstract: An imaging system includes an indicator installed around an antenna, wherein optical characteristics of the indicator change as a function of an electromagnetic field formed by the antenna, an imaging apparatus for imaging a change in optical characteristics of the indicator, a transmitter for radiating radio waves toward the antenna, and a receiver for receiving a signal from the antenna.

Abstract: A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbon aggregate and sulfur, a method for preparing the same, and a positive electrode and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a kit for half coating nanoparticles. According to the present invention, nanoparticles can be half coated in a relatively simple and economical process that can replace complicated processes, such as chemical synthesis, of a conventional Janus nanoparticle-preparing method.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring apparatus having a reduced size by a substitution of an optical measuring device. A measuring apparatus for measuring micro-fluid or floating particles therein according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a micro-tube containing the micro-fluid; an actuator vibrating the micro-tube; and a tuning fork converting vibration of the micro-tube into an electrical signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a microcantilever having a predetermined thickness that includes forming a liquid synthetic resin for cantilevers to a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the microcantilever on an upper surface of a base block having an adhesive base and a non-adhesive base, and curing the liquid synthetic resin for cantilevers via a boundary between the adhesive base and the non-adhesive base, wherein the adhesive base has stronger adhesivity to the cured synthetic resin for cantilevers than the non-adhesive base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a module type microfluidic chip comprising: (a) printing electrode patterns on a substrate using a conductive ink and inkjet printing; (b) cutting the printed electrode patterns; and (c) assembling the cut electrode patterns to manufacture the module type microfluidic paper chip. Unlike the traditional method for manufacturing printed circuit substrate using a patterning agent or device, the method of the present invention only incorporates a simple printing process using an inkjet printer, and thus patterning can be simplified and various types of chips can be manufactured depending on the assembly type of electrode patterns. Accordingly, inexpensive, economical, and highly utilizable microfluidic chips can be provided using the method of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound treatment device for HIFU and an ultrasound image, and to a control method therefor. The ultrasound treatment device comprises: a plurality of image converters disposed on one surface of a probe assembly to transmit ultrasound signals to a target and receive signals reflected by the target to create an ultrasound image; a plurality of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) converters disposed on the surface of the probe assembly so as to be located in different positions from the image converters, wherein the HIFU converters transmit ultrasound signals to a target to generate heat energy, thereby treating a tissue within a focusing area; and a control unit performing control such that the difference between apertures of converter arrays constituted by the image converters and the HIFU converters, respectively, is less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle synthesizing a carbohydrate product from carbon dioxide in vitro. In addition, the present invention relates to a unit or a composition carrying out carbon dioxide fixation in cyclic manner. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method to fix carbon dioxide or a method to produce glyoxylate from the carbon dioxide fixation cycle. The present carbon dioxide fixation cycle is not found in natural world, and we found that, when the novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle is used, only three ATP molecules are consumed to fix one carbon dioxide molecule, and thus novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle has an energy conversion efficiency approximately 2.5 times higher than that of the Calvin cycle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a monochrome permutation structured-light pattern and a structured-light system using the method, and the method for generating a monochrome structured-light pattern that is represented with two or more luminous intensities of a single color includes selecting two different luminous intensities of a single color, generating a stripe for each selected luminous intensity, apart from the two luminous intensities selected previously, generating at least one combination stripe by combining regions of two or more different luminous intensities that are identical to or different from the previously selected two luminous intensities, generating permutations using the generated stripes as elements, setting each permutation as a subpattern, and introducing permutation overlapping into the set subpatterns to generate a monochrome structured-light pattern in which each subpattern is connected in sequential overlapping manner.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma diagnosis system using multiple-reciprocating-path Thompson scattering. The plasma diagnosis system includes: alight source which supplies pulsed laser beams; an optical system which sequentially supplies a pulsed laser beam in a vertical polarization state and a pulsed laser beam in a horizontal polarization state; a collection optic system which measures a first collection signal scattered from the plasma when the pulsed laser beam in the vertical polarization state is focused and measures a second collection signal scattered from the plasma when the pulsed laser beam in the horizontal polarization state is focused; and a controller which measures a Thomson scattering signal for the plasma by using the first and second collection signals measured by the collection optic system, and the second collection signal is a background scattering noise signal.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma diagnosis system using multiple-path Thomson scattering, including: a light source which supplies pulsed laser beams; an optical system which includes first and second beam focusing units and supplies a pulsed laser beam in a vertical polarization state and a pulsed laser beam in a horizontal polarization state to the first and second beam focusing units; a collection optic system which measures a first collection signal obtained by collecting signals scattered from the plasma and a second collection signal obtained by collecting signals scattered from the plasma and measures the first and second collection signals; and a controller which measures a Thomson scattering signal for the plasma by using the first and second collection signals. The first and second collection signals are configured with one of a background scattering noise signal and a mixed signal of a Thomson scattering signal and the background scattering noise signal.

Abstract: A multiplexer for controlling a fluid in a microchannel by controlling pneumatic pressure in the microchannel in a microfluidics chip includes: a first pneumatic channel; and a second pneumatic channel forming a cross point which is in communication with the first pneumatic channel, wherein the cross point is in communication with the microchannel of the microfluidics chip, and predetermined pneumatic pressure is provided to the microchannel by using a combination of providing of the pneumatic pressure to the first and second pneumatic channels, channel closing, or channel opening.

Abstract: An electro-osmotic pump using a reversible electrode reaction is provided, the electro-osmotic pump using a reversible electrode reaction comprising: a membrane that allows movement of a fluid; and first and second electrodes that are arranged on both sides of the membrane, respectively, and composed of a porous material or structure to allow the movement of the fluid, and a material to cause a reversible electrochemical reaction, wherein the first and second electrodes are alternately and reversely supplied with a voltage to make the electrochemical reaction repeat alternately forward and backward, and as a result, the alternate change of the movement direction of the fluid generates a pumping force to repair the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A method for performing, by a UE, precoding using a codebook in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a reference signal for channel estimation from an eNB; estimating a channel through the received reference signal; determining a precoding matrix related to the estimated channel in a codebook; and feeding back, to the eNB, a precoding matrix index (PMI) corresponding to the determined precoding matrix, wherein the codebook is generated in consideration of at least one of a region to which the UE belongs and the position of the UE.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microcantilever having a cantilever and a functional probe provided on the cantilever may include steps of: providing a probe mold which accommodates a liquid probe solution in which quantum dots for the functional probe are mixed, and has a groove corresponding to the shape of the functional probe; bringing a cantilever into contact with the probe mold on which the groove is formed to correspond to the location of the functional probe; forming the functional probe on the cantilever by curing the probe solution accommodated in the groove in a state where the cantilever contacts the probe mold; and separating the cantilever from the probe mold.

Abstract: An image haze removing apparatus includes at least a transmission coefficient generator, a low pass filter, a particle size parameter estimator, a transmission coefficient divider and a real image estimator. The transmission coefficient generator generates a transmission coefficient based on a captured image. The low pass filter outputs a low frequency image, which includes a low frequency component of the captured image. The particle size parameter estimator estimates a particle size parameter based on the low frequency image. The transmission coefficient divider divides the transmission coefficient based on the particle size parameter to generate first to third divided transmission coefficients, which correspond to red, green and blue data of the captured image, respectively. The real image estimator estimates a real image by applying the first to third divided transmission coefficients to the red, green and blue data of the captured image, respectively.

Abstract: An ultrasonic device provides a wider image to a user of the device and includes a transducer for transmitting a plane wave; and a processor for controlling the transducer to sequentially transmit plane waves in a plurality of different travelling directions and thereby extend a transmission range in which the plane waves travel, where the transducer receives a plurality of ultrasonic signals which are reflected from an object by each of the transmitted plane waves, and the processor synthesizes the plurality of received ultrasonic signals so as to image at least a predetermined partial region in the extended transmission range.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a synthetic image. In the method, image data is generated using a receiving dynamic beamforming method, image data is generated using a synthetic aperture beamforming method, and the image data generated using the receiving dynamic beamforming method and the image data generated using the synthetic aperture beamforming method are synthesized with being applied with weighting factors according to advancing distances of ultrasonic waves. By using a zone blending method, in which image data according to a receiving dynamic beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having a predetermined depth or less, and image data according to a synthetic aperture beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having any other depth, a grating lobe and distortion of image brightness are eliminated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC may include a capacitor-resistor hybrid digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and apply a low-power switching method and an input signal range scaling method to the DAC, thereby significantly reducing surface area and power consumption.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a microchannel resonator capable of measuring a mass and characteristics of an object using a principle in which a resonance frequency is changed according to a mass of a moving material, the method including: providing a silicon substrate; forming a cavity channel inside the silicon substrate; forming a hollow silicon oxide structure on the inner wall surface of the cavity channel by oxidizing the inner wall surface of the cavity channel; and partially removing the periphery of the hollow silicon oxide structure such that the hollow silicon oxide structure can resonate with respect to the silicon substrate.