Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anode for a secondary battery manufactured thereby. The anode for a secondary battery includes a first adhesive member and a second adhesive member to which a plurality of electrolytes are fused, a first case configured to be fused to the first adhesive member, and a second case configured to be fused to the second adhesive member and the first case and into which an anode active material and a liquid electrolyte are injected. The anode has an effect of maximizing a reaction area because an electrolyte is exposed at both surfaces of the anode for a secondary battery.

Abstract: There are provided a quantum dot light emitting diode based on a quantum dot of which a surface is passivated with a short chain ligand, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Provided are an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The present invention provides an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including: a carbon based particle; a first carbon coating layer positioned on the carbon based particle and including pores; a silicon coating layer positioned on the pores and/or a pore-free surface of the first carbon coating layer; and second carbon coating layer positioned on the silicon coating layer, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same.

Abstract: A pixel of an image sensor, which is capable of resolving a depth error occurring in high-speed charge transfer, includes a detector including a plurality of doped regions configured to receive light and transfer generated electrons; and a demodulator configured to receive the electrons from the detector through a plurality of transfer gates and demodulate the electrons, wherein a first doped region from among the plurality of doped regions is doped to have a first pinning voltage, and a second doped region from among the plurality of doped regions is located adjacent to the first doped region and doped to have a second pinning voltage higher than the first pinning voltage, wherein the plurality of transfer gates is located adjacent to the second doped region.

Abstract: A photoacoustic-ultrasonic (i.e. dual mode) endoscope includes: an optical fiber; a light diffuser configured to diffuse a laser beam delivered through the optical fiber to a target point of an object to be examined; and an array transducer through which the diffused laser beam passes and configured to generate ultrasonic waves or detect ultrasonic waves generated in the object to be examined.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing single crystal ingot of barium zirconium oxide. The method includes preparing a cylindrical BaZrO3 ceramic by pulverizing a BaZrO3 compound into a powder and sintering the same into a cylindrical ceramic form, ii) fixing two cylindrical BaZrO3 ceramics to an optical floating zone furnace, joining the two cylindrical BaZrO3 ceramics together and melting the junction at a temperature of 2,600 to 3,500° C. using light emitted from a xenon lamp or laser, and after the melting, moving the two cylindrical BaZrO3 ceramics in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation thereof, enabling the molten junction to be solidified, and thereby growing a single crystal.

Abstract: Provided are a fusion protein including glutathione-S-transferase and a protein having binding affinity for a target cell or a target protein, and use thereof as a drug delivery carrier and a pharmaceutical composition. The fusion protein and the drug delivery carrier including the same according to an aspect may sustain an in vivo residence time, and may also have improved target cell-targeting ability, and thus may be effectively delivered to target cells. Accordingly, it may be usefully applied to a targeted therapeutic agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon dioxide utilization system capable of recharging and undergoing reactions. The system includes a cathode unit provided with a first aqueous solution accommodated in a first accommodation space, and a cathode at least a part of which is submerged in the first aqueous solution; an anode unit provided with an alkaline second aqueous solution accommodated in a second accommodation space, and a metal anode at least a part of which is submerged in the second aqueous solution; and a connection unit provided with a connection channel connecting the first and second accommodation spaces in open communication, and a porous ion transfer member, disposed in the connection channel, for blocking the movement of the first and second aqueous solutions but allowing the movement of ions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnesium alloy material and a method for manufacturing the same. The magnesium alloy material comprises, with respect to the total of 100 wt % thereof: Sc of 0.01 to 0.3 wt %; Al of 0.05 to 15.0 wt %; and the balance being Mg and other unavoidable impurities, wherein the magnesium alloy comprises a secondary phase compound comprising Al and Sc in the alloy in which a Volta potential difference between the secondary phase compound and a magnesium base is less than 920 mV.

Abstract: A triboelectric generator includes first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other, a first charging object on a surface of the first electrode facing the second electrode, a second charging object provided between the first charging object and the second electrode, and a grounding unit configured to intermittently interconnect the second charging object and a charge reservoir due to motion of the second charging object. The first charging object is configured to be positively charged due to contact. The second charging object is configured to be negatively charged due to contact.

Abstract: A triboelectric generator includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other, a first charging part on the first electrode, a second charging part on the second electrode, and a grounding unit. The first charging part and the second charging part may be configured to contact each other through a sliding motion. The grounding unit may be configured to intermittently connect a charge reservoir to the second charging part. The grounding unit may be configured to vary the electric potential of the second charging part so as to amplify current flowing between electrodes of the triboelectric generator.

Abstract: An amorphous silicon-carbon composite, a method for preparing the amorphous silicon-carbon composite using a pyrolysis method, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a porous silicon-based negative electrode active material comprising: mixing a porous silica (SiO2) and an aluminum powder; oxidizing all or part of the aluminum powder as an aluminum oxide while at the same time reducing all or part of the porous silica as a porous silicon (Si) by heat-treating a mixture of the porous silica with the aluminum powder, a negative electrode active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes determining a first quantization value by performing log quantization on a parameter from one of input activation values and weight values in a layer of a neural network, comparing a threshold value with an error between a first dequantization value obtained by dequantization of the first quantization value and the parameter, determining a second quantization value by performing log quantization on the error in response to the error being greater than the threshold value as a result of the comparing; and quantizing the parameter to a value in which the first quantization value and the second quantization value are grouped.

Abstract: A device for cooling a living tissue is disclosed. The cooling device solves severe patient's waiting and clinic work load due to time-consuming anesthesia required by conventional therapies. The cooling device also significantly reduces psychological burden and pain of the patient for ocular anesthesia. The cooling device includes a cooling unit configured to cool a target area and a heat dissipating unit configured to dissipate heat from the cooling unit. The heat dissipating unit is also configured to regulate internal air flow to increase heat dissipating efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a parathyroid sensing system, and includes: a modulator for generating a modulation signal having a predetermined frequency; a lock-in amplifier and a light source which receive information on the modulation signal; an excitation filter for transmitting, among light emitted from the light source, only excitation light that excites parathyroid glands; an emission filter connected to a probe and selectively transmitting only fluorescence emitted from the parathyroid glands; a near-infrared sensor for sensing the autofluorescence that has passed through the emission filter, and converting the sensed autofluorescence into an electric signal; and a speaker for generating an alarm through the electric signal. Through the present invention, the locations of the parathyroid glands may be precisely identified even when lights are turned on in an operating room, and convenience may be provided by alerting a surgeon by means of an alarm when the parathyroid glands are detected.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor configured to sense a touch event in association with the electronic device or a deformation in a physical shape of the electronic device. The sensor includes a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode, and a third sensor electrode. The first sensor electrode extends in a first direction. The second sensor electrode extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The second sensor electrode overlaps with the first sensor electrode in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The third sensor electrode extends in a fourth direction different from the second direction. The third sensor electrode overlaps with the second sensor electrode in the third direction. The first sensor electrode, the second sensor electrode, and the third sensor electrode are insulated from one another and are disposed on different layers than one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stand-alone buoy with a seawater battery, which includes a main body formed to have a predetermined buoyancy so as to float on seawater and provided with a seawater space therein and an inlet formed to introduce the seawater into the seawater space, a position notification part installed on the main body and configured to notify a user of a position of the main body, a solar cell part installed on the main body and configured to generate electricity using sunlight, and a seawater battery unit installed in the seawater space to be submerged in the seawater introduced into the seawater space and configured to react with the seawater to store the electricity provided from the solar cell part and to provide the stored electricity to the position notification part so as to operate the position notification part.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) spring array device that is connected to an end effector of a mechanical impedance estimating robot so as to verify reliability and accuracy of the mechanical impedance estimating robot, the 3D spring array device including a fixed body having an internal space therein, a moving body positioned in the internal space, and at least one spring configured to connect the fixed body to the moving body in the internal space.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nano membrane. The nano membrane includes an insulating layer having a thickness corresponding to a diameter of each of metal nanowires and configured to contain the metal nanowires therein, and the metal nanowires arranged to cross and having portions of side surfaces which protrude from one surface of the insulating layer.