Abstract: Provided is a positive active material in which a compound containing lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen is doped with a doping metal, the positive active material including lithium (Li) layers, in which the lithium layers may include a first lithium layer including only lithium and a second lithium layer in which at least a part of the lithium of the first lithium layer is substituted with a transition metal.

Abstract: A positive active material is provided. The positive active material may include a first portion in which a ratio of a first crystal structure is higher than a ratio of a second crystal structure having a different crystal system from that of the first crystal structure, and a second portion in which a ratio of the second crystal structure is higher than a ratio of the first crystal structure.

Abstract: In one aspect, a charge trap flash memory device is provided which includes a semiconductor substrate, source and drain regions which are spaced apart in an active region of the semiconductor substrate to define a channel region therebetween, a tunneling dielectric layer located on the channel region, an organic polymer thin film located on the tunneling dielectric layer, metal or metal oxide nano-crystals embedded in the organic polymer thin film, and a gate located on the organic polymer thin film.

Abstract: A flash memory device with a nanoscale floating gate and a method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a much simpler and easier method of manufacturing nanocrystals (or nanocrystallines) for the flash memory device than the conventional method. Since the nanocrystals are homogeneously dispersed as a polymer layer without agglomeration, size and density of the nanoparticles may be controlled. Additionally, one embodiment of the present invention provides memory devices with nanoscale floating gates, and related methods of manufacture, of high efficiency and cost effectiveness by employing electrically and chemically more stable nanoscale floating gates compared to conventional ones.

Abstract: In one aspect, a charge trap flash memory device is provided which includes a semiconductor substrate, source and drain regions which are spaced apart in an active region of the semiconductor substrate to define a channel region therebetween, a tunneling dielectric layer located on the channel region, an organic polymer thin film located on the tunneling dielectric layer, metal or metal oxide nano-crystals embedded in the organic polymer thin film, and a gate located on the organic polymer thin film.

Abstract: A flash memory device with a nanoscale floating gate and a method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a much simpler and easier method of manufacturing nanocrystals (or nanocrystallines) for the flash memory device than the conventional method. Since the nanocrystals are homogeneously dispersed as a polymer layer without agglomeration, size and density of the nanoparticles may be controlled. Additionally, one embodiment of the present invention provides memory devices with nanoscale floating gates, and related methods of manufacture, of high efficiency and cost effectiveness by employing electrically and chemically more stable nanosacle floating gates compared to conventional ones.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming quantum dots, comprising the steps of (a) depositing a metal thin layer onto a substrate, (b) coating a dielectric precursor onto the metal thin layer, and (c) stepwisely heating the resultant substrate; or a method for forming quantum dots, comprising the steps of (a) mixing a dielectric precursor diluted in a solvent and a metal powder and stirring the mixture, (b) coating the mixture onto a substrate, and (c) heating the resultant substrate. The method can easily control the size, density and uniformity of metal oxide quantum dots.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming quantum dots, comprising the steps of (a) depositing a metal thin layer onto a substrate, (b) coating a dielectric precursor onto the metal thin layer, and (c) stepwisely heating the resultant substrate; or a method for forming quantum dots, comprising the steps of (a) mixing a dielectric precursor diluted in a solvent and a metal powder and stirring the mixture, (b) coating the mixture onto a substrate, and (c) heating the resultant substrate. The method can easily control the size, density and uniformity of metal oxide quantum dots.

Abstract: The present invention provides a micro-magnetoelastic biosensor array for detection of the hybridization of target DNA and a method of fabricating such biosensor arrays. The biosensor array activate the magnetoelastic biosensors vibrated by an AC magnetic field, thus simply and quickly analyzing genetic materials as well as obtaining a large amount of evolving information through a real-time solution monitoring of the DNA immobilization and hybridization processes, without labeling the target sample using radioactive isotopes, enzymes or fluorescent dyes.