Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a color filter including a dye and a pigment, and the color filter is formed from a compound represented by the following Formula 1. wherein R1 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group, X1, X2, and X3 are independently a NR2R3 group, OR4, a R5C?CR6R7 group, or a OC(?O)R8C?CR9R10 group, and R2 to R10 are independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group.

Abstract: There is provided a portable measuring system having a biophotonic sensor. The portable measuring system also includes a tunable light source, an output intensity detector and an output wavelength detector, which are mounted therein. The portable measuring system can precisely measure a variation in the reflectivity spectrum and/or the transmittance spectrum of the biophotonic sensor before and after an antigen-antibody reaction by varying the wavelength of the tunable light source. Thus, the concentration of the antigen is precisely measured.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser apparatus is provided which can vary an output wavelength of a light source. A semiconductor laser diode and one or more heat source devices arranged around the semiconductor laser diode are integrated on one substrate. The semiconductor laser diode is configured to be uniformly heated by the heat source device. An output wavelength of the semiconductor laser diode can be easily and quickly varied.

Abstract: Provided is a measurement device. The measurement device includes a sensor, a wavelength-tunable light source, an additional light source, a coupler, and an optical power measurer. The sensor accepts a sample. The wavelength-tunable light source irradiates wavelength-tunable light to detect a reaction of the sensor. The additional light source irradiates wavelength-fixed light to detect an initial time of the reaction. The coupler combines the wavelength-tunable light source and the additional light source and irradiates the combined input light on the sensor. The optical power measurer detects the reaction of the sensor from an output light transmitted through or reflected by the sensor.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel including a substrate, gate lines and data lines formed on the substrate, and thin film transistors each with a control terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal. The control and input terminals of the thin film transistor are connected to the gate and data lines. A barrier rib is formed on the gate lines, the data lines, and the thin film transistors. The output terminal of the thin film transistor has an opening, and a portion of the barrier rib formed on the output terminal has an output opening. The barrier rib output terminal portion has the same pattern as the output terminal. A barrier rib for forming contact holes is formed through exposing an organic layer formed on a passivation layer to light from the backside of a substrate using drain electrodes with openings as a light blocking film.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting biomaterials. The apparatus for detecting the biomaterials includes a light source unit, a biomaterial reacting unit, and a detection unit detecting. The light source unit provides incident light. The biomaterial reacting unit includes a substrate and metal nanoparticles spaced from the substrate. The surface plasmon resonance phenomenon is induced on surfaces of the metal nanoparticles by the incident light. First detecting molecules specifically binding to target molecules are immobilized to the surfaces of the metal nanoparticles. The detection unit detects a resonance wavelength of emission light emitted from the metal nanoparticles by the surface plasmon resonance phenomenon.

Abstract: A label-free biosensor includes a substrate, a reaction inducing part for inducing a bio antigen-antibody reaction to occur, and a reaction detecting part formed on the substrate and adapted to measure current change in accordance with change in an amount of light, which is caused by the bio antigen-antibody reaction in the reaction inducing part, to detect a bio antigen.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an LCD includes forming an align key including metal on a first substrate, coating a light blocking layer overlapping the align key, transmitting an infrared ray thought the light blocking layer on the align key, recognizing the align key by the transmitting the infrared ray to align key and the light blocking layer, and forming a light blocking member by exposing and developing the light blocking layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting unit and a display panel including a first color filter. The light emitting unit includes a light source generating a blue light, and a light-converting part converting the blue light into a white light and emitting the white light to an exterior. The first color filter, through which the white light passes, includes a first coloring agent that absorbs about 95% to about 100% of light having wavelength of about 420 nm to about 470 nm in the white light. Thus, a color reproducibility of the display device may be improved.

Abstract: A cartridge for measuring a biological sample component and an apparatus for measuring a biological sample component are provided. The cartridge for measuring a biological sample component includes: an upper cartridge having a first chamber storing a biological sample, a first channel connected to the first chamber and delivering air pressure to the first chamber, and a third channel transferring the biological sample; and a lower cartridge having a third chamber storing a first reagent, a fifth chamber storing a second reagent, a fifth channel connecting the third and fifth chambers and transferring the second reagent to the third chamber, an eleventh channel delivering the biological sample delivered through the third channel to the third chamber, and a thirteenth channel delivering air pressure to the fifth chamber, wherein when the upper and lower cartridges are bounded by an external force, the third channel and the eleventh channel are connected.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a first thin film transistor formed on the substrate, a color filter formed on the first thin film transistor and having a through hole, a capping layer formed on the color filter and having an opening, and a pixel electrode formed on the capping layer and connected to the first thin film transistor through the through hole. The opening exposes the color filter outside the through hole.

Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic injection device and a method for injecting microfluidic. The microfluidic injection device includes a fluid injection chamber, a gas generation chamber applying pressure to the fluid injection chamber, and a channel connecting the fluid injection chamber to the gas generation chamber.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a first thin film transistor formed on the substrate, a color filter formed on the first thin film transistor and having a through hole, a capping layer formed on the color filter and having an opening, and a pixel electrode formed on the capping layer and connected to the first thin film transistor through the through hole. The opening exposes the color filter outside the through hole.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first spacer and a second spacer on the first substrate and have different heights, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a plurality of a liquid crystal molecule. The first spacer and the second spacer include a photosensitive material defining a maximum height of a spacer with respect to a predetermined a cross-section width dimension of the spacer, and heights less than the maximum height with respect to cross-section width dimensions larger than the predetermined cross-section width dimension. The first spacer and the second spacer can include a black pigment.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for detecting bio materials and a method for detecting bio materials by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a bio material reacting unit, an optical source unit, and a detecting unit. The bio material reacting unit includes bio sensing materials immobilized on gold nanoparticles. The optical source unit emits light toward the bio material reacting unit. The detecting unit measures variations of surface absorbance of the gold nanoparticles by detecting light transmitted through the bio material reacting unit before and after a bio material is bound to the bio sensing materials.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first insulation substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, a second insulation substrate disposed substantially opposite to the first insulation substrate; a plurality of column spacers disposed between the first and second insulation substrates and which supports the first and second insulation substrates, a light blocking member disposed on the first insulation substrate and including a sheet portion which includes an opening, a height controlling member disposed at the opening of the sheet portion of the light blocking member, where the plurality of column spacers is disposed on the height controlling member or the light blocking member.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a transistor, a black matrix and a color spacer. The transistor is connected to a gate line, and a data line crossing the gate line. The black matrix includes a first light-blocking portion covering the gate line and the data line, and a second light-blocking portion covering a channel of the transistor. The second light-blocking portion has a thickness which is smaller than a thickness of the first light-blocking portion. The color spacer is disposed on the second light-blocking portion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for inputting a character using a keyboard displayed on a touch screen in a portable terminal. The apparatus and method determines if a touch signal is generated, with the keyboard displayed. Upon generation of the touch signal, a touched character is recognized by analyzing the touch signal. The character is displayed enlarged in a predetermined screen area. It is then determined if the touch has been completed, while the character is displayed enlarged. Upon sensing the touch completion, the character is displayed in a main screen area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diagnostic kit for a respiratory disease that enables a preprocessing process with respect to a sample to be performed within a diagnostic kit when diagnosing respiratory disease using the diagnostic kit, and thereby enables all the operations starting from collecting the sample to verifying a diagnosis result to be automatically performed within the diagnostic kit. The diagnostic kit for a respiratory disease may perform a field diagnosis at anywhere without being restricted to a specific location, and even a general user may also easily obtain an accurate diagnosis result.

Abstract: Provided are a gold-silver alloy nanoparticle chip, a method of fabricating the same and a method of detecting microorganisms using the same. The gold-silver alloy nanoparticle chip includes a hydrophilized glass substrate, a self-assembled monolayer formed on the glass substrate, and gold-silver alloy nanoparticles fixed on the self-assembled monolayer. The gold-silver alloy nanoparticle chip having such a structure enables microorganisms in a water purifier and tap water to be readily detected and enables detection efficiency to be enhanced.