Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal pattern filling a trench formed through at least a portion of an insulating interlayer on a substrate and including copper, and a wetting improvement layer pattern in the metal pattern including at least one of tantalum, tantalum nitride, titanium, titanium nitride, ruthenium, cobalt and manganese.

Abstract: A monomer, a polymer, an organic layer composition, an organic layer and associated methods, the monomer being represented by Chemical Formula 1:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for scanning a cancer metastasis inhibitor by analyzing the activity of lysyl-tRNA synthetase (KRS) in a cancer cell line cultured in a three-dimensional collagen gel environment, and to a method for monitoring the dissemination of cancer cells from aggregated cancer cells, and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, migration, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells. Specifically, it was verified that, in the case where a cell line or a spheroidically aggregated cell line, in which KRS has been regulated to be expressed or unexpressed, was constructed by using various colorectal cancer cells including HCT116 cell line and then cultured in a two-dimensional environment, the incomplete epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotype (incomplete ECM phenotype) was induced in the cell line inhibiting KRS expression, and the inhibition of KRS expression inhibited cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion and cell-ECM signaling activity.

Abstract: A hardmask composition includes a polymer including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a solvent. In the above Chemical Formula 1, A and B are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes, the composition including silver (Ag) powder; a glass frit; an organic binder; and a solvent, the organic binder including a compound containing a repeat unit represented by Formula 1: wherein R1 is Na+, K+, NH4+, or PH3+; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C2 alkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 to 3,500.

Abstract: A method of producing a layer structure includes forming a first organic layer by applying a first composition including an organic compound on a substrate having a plurality of patterns, applying a solvent on the first organic layer to remove a part of the first organic layer, and applying a second composition including an organic compound on a remaining part of the first organic layer and forming a second organic layer through a curing process.

Abstract: A dielectric composition may include a first dielectric powder; and a second dielectric powder having an average grain size smaller than that of the first dielectric powder and included in the dielectric composition in an amount of 0.01 to 1.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the first dielectric powder, and a multilayer ceramic capacitor formed using the same. A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to face each other with the respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The dielectric layers are formed of a dielectric composition including a first dielectric powder and a second dielectric powder having an average grain size smaller than that of the first dielectric powder and included in the dielectric composition in an amount of 0.01 to 1.

Abstract: A sensorless control method and system for a motor are provided. The includes a back EMF observer that is configured to estimate a back EMF of the motor and an angle error calculator that is configured to calculate an electrical angle error considering iron loss of the motor based on the back EMF estimated by the back EMF observer. An angle error compensator is configured to compensate the electrical angle error calculated by the angle error calculator. An electrical angle for compensating the calculated electrical angle error is obtained through simulation or experiment for the motor. In addition, a PLL controller is configured to receive the compensated electrical angle to estimate an actual angle by reducing the electrical angle error due to the iron loss, and to operate the motor based on the estimated actual angle.

Abstract: A polymer including a moiety represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic layer composition including the polymer, an organic layer manufactured from the organic layer composition, and a method of forming patterns using the organic layer composition are provided. The definitions of the Chemical Formula 1 are the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dicing film including: a substrate film; and a cohesive layer, wherein a storage modulus of the cohesive layer at 30° C. is 3*105 to 4*106 Pa, and the cohesive layer has a degree of cross-linking of 80% to 99%, a dicing die-bonding film including the dicing film, and a dicing method of a semiconductor wafer using the dicing die-bonding film.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polarizing plate including an adhesive layer, a primer layer and a polyethylene terephthalate film which are sequentially formed on at least one side of a polarizer, wherein the adhesive layer in the present disclosure is formed by an active energy ray-curable adhesive including a first epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or higher, a second epoxy compound of which a homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the primer layer is formed by a primer composition including one or more binder resins selected from the group consisting of polyester and polyvinyl alcohol-based resins, and one or more cross-linking agents selected from the group consisting of acrylic cross-linking agents, epoxy-based cross-linking agents and polyvinyl alcohol-based cross-linking agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 2-hydroxyarylamide derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient. The 2-hydroxyarylamide derivative prepared by the present invention is excellent in the inhibition of the activity of TMPRSS4 serine protease and the suppression of the infiltration of TMPRSS4-expressed cancer cells, and thus can be useful as a composition for preventing or treating cancer by inhibiting TMPRSS4 over-expressed in cancer cells, particularly, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, or stomach cancer cells.

Abstract: There are provided a composition for forming an adhesive layer of a dicing film including: a silicon compound oil including at least one reactive functional group; an adhesive binder; and a photoinitiator, wherein a weight ratio of the silicon compound oil including at least one reactive functional group to the adhesive binder is 0.01% to 4.5%, a dicing film including an adhesive layer including the composition, a dicing die bonding film including the dicing film, and a method for dicing a semiconductor wafer using the dicing die bonding film.

Abstract: There are provided a composition for forming an adhesive layer of a dicing film, including: a polymer additive including at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polymer containing a (meth)acrylate-based functional group and a non-polar functional group, a (meth)acrylate-based polymer containing at least one fluorine, and a silicon-modified (meth)acrylate-based polymer containing a reactive functional group; an adhesive binder; and a photoinitiator, wherein a weight ratio of the polymer additive to the adhesive binder is 0.01% to 4.5%, a dicing film including an adhesive layer including the composition, a dicing die bonding film including the dicing film, and a method for dicing a semiconductor wafer using the dicing die bonding film.

Abstract: Various embodiments for protecting keyboard data inputted by a user in a computer having a keyboard hardware are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for protecting keyboard data, where the keyboard hardware comprises an I/O port having an input buffer and an output buffer, includes: receiving scan code data based on keyboard data inputted by the user, wherein the scan code data are latched in the output buffer of the I/O port; executing an interrupt routine to fetch the scan code data from the output buffer to a CPU of the computer, wherein the latched scan code data remains in the output buffer after the latched scan code data are read from the output buffer; transmitting a control command to the keyboard hardware through the input buffer of the I/O port; and receiving from the keyboard hardware a response signal generated in response to the control command, wherein the keyboard hardware is configured to transmit the response signal to the output buffer of the I/O port.

Abstract: A hardmask composition includes a polymer including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a solvent. In the Chemical Formula 1, A, B, R1 and R2 are the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: Provided are a roller apparatus, a printing method and a method of fabricating an LCD device using the same, which can minimize the number of processes and a printing defect. In the printing method, first patterns are formed on a blanket. The first patterns have different surface energy from that of the blanket, and the blanket is formed around a roller. The roller is rotated and a printing material is dropped to form second patterns on the blanket between the first patterns. The second patterns are transferred from the roller onto a substrate.

Abstract: A sensorless control method for a motor performed by a sensorless controller including a back electromotive force (EMF) observer and a phase locked loop (PLL) controller, includes: estimating a back EMF of the motor using the back EMF observer; calculating an electrical angle error in accordance with iron loss of the motor based on the estimated back EMF; and compensating for the calculated electrical angle error, inputting the compensated electrical angle error into the PLL controller to estimate an actual angle, and controlling the motor based on the estimated actual angle.

Abstract: A metallic reflector manufacturing method for an LED package. The method includes preparing a metal plate, and processing a stamping reflector that includes a lower body and an upper body that is extended from an upper side of the lower body and is integrally formed with the lower body. A reflection surface that is slanted by a predetermined angle is formed at a central portion of the upper body and the lower body to reflect the light of the LED chip to the outside. A fixation portion is formed to fix the lower body on a substrate that the LED chip is mounted on. The method further includes sequentially plating Ni and Ag on the reflection surface or the stamping reflector surface. The stamping processing includes a piercing step, a drawing step, a first noting step, a half etching step that forms the fixation portion, and a second notching step.

Abstract: A flexible organic thin-film transistor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes an active layer formed on a flexible substrate from a material having a smaller grain size than 100 nanometers (nm) and arrangement in a herringbone structure. Also, a sensor according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least two flexible organic thin-film transistors coupled to be of an inverter type.