Abstract: A display apparatus including an oxide semiconductor is provided. The display apparatus includes a driving circuit and a light-emitting device on a display area of a device substrate. The driving circuit can be electrically connected to the light-emitting device. The driving circuit can include at least one thin film transistor. A semiconductor pattern of the thin film transistor can include an oxide semiconductor. The display area can be surrounded by a barrier line. The barrier line can include a hydrogen blocking material. A barrier trench can penetrate inorganic insulating layers stacked on the barrier line. A cover pattern can be on a side-wall of the barrier trench. Thus, in the display apparatus, the movement of hydrogen from an edge of the device substrate toward the display area can be blocked. Therefore, the degradation in the reliability of the driving circuit due to the penetration of the hydrogen can be prevented.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for purifying a lithium salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), wherein the purified LiFSI is extracted from a crude LiFSI through supercritical fluid extraction. The present invention also relates to the purified LiFSI obtained therefrom, as well as the use of such LiFSI in an electrolyte for batteries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transition metal complex or oxidation-reduction polymer including a phenyl-pyridine derivative, and an electrochemical biosensor including the same. The transition metal complex according to the present invention can be easily linked to various types of polymers. In addition, the transition metal complex according to one aspect of the present invention is electrochemically and structurally stable. Furthermore, in accordance with a method for preparing the transition metal complex according to one aspect of the present invention, various types of functional groups can be easily linked to a ligand.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing and treating lipid-related metabolic diseases, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, Lactobacillus plantarum ATG-K2 or Lactobacillus plantarum ATG-K6 isolated from fermented vegetables.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing a substrate are provided. The apparatus for processing a substrate includes a chamber having a processing space therein, an electrostatic chuck supporting a substrate within the chamber, a plasma generating unit generating plasma in the processing space, a first voltage application unit applying a first voltage to the electrostatic chuck, a second voltage application unit applying a second voltage to the electrostatic chuck, and a compensation unit calculating a compensation value for the second voltage based on a measurement value of a sensor disposed in the first voltage application unit, and compensating for loss of chucking force generated in the electrostatic chuck based on the compensation value for the second voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fabrication method of a positive electrode for a secondary battery, including: (a) heating a slurry composition for a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a binder, and a solvent to a temperature lower than a boiling point (Tb) of the solvent; (b) applying the heated slurry composition for a positive electrode onto a current collector; and (c) cooling the applied slurry composition for a positive electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a high-density electrode and a method of manufacturing the same. An electrode for a secondary battery includes an electrode current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector. The electrode active material layer includes an H1 region, an H2 region and an H3 region sequentially provided from an end of the electrode active material layer toward a center. The H2 region includes an inclined section in which a thickness increases from the H1 region toward the H3 region, and the electrode satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), 0.2?h1/h2?0.7 . . . (1), h2/h3?0.9 . . . (2), where h1 is an average thickness of the H1 region, h2 is an average thickness of the H2 region, and h3 is an average thickness of the H3 region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging for a flexible secondary battery comprising a first polymer resin layer, a barrier layer formed on the first polymer resin layer to block water and gas, and a second polymer resin layer formed on the barrier layer. The thickness of the barrier layer is 30 to 999 nm. The barrier layer is multi-layered, and comprises graphene, a dispersing agent, and pyrene as a flexible linking agent, in which there is ?-? conjugation (interaction) between the graphene and the pyrene. Also disclosed is a flexible secondary battery comprising the packaging.

Abstract: A refrigerator is proposed. In the refrigerator, a cool air passage for a freezing compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the freezing compartment, and a cool air passage for an ice-making compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the ice-making compartment partially share the cool air with each other. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.

Abstract: An exemplary semiconductor device can comprise (a) a substrate comprising a substrate dielectric structure between the substrate top side and the substrate bottom side, conductive pads at the substrate bottom side, and a substrate cavity through the substrate dielectric structure, (b) a base electronic component comprising inner short bumps; outer short bumps bounding a perimeter around the inner short bumps, and tall bumps between the outer short bumps and an edge of the base component top side, and (c) a mounted electronic component coupled to the inner short bumps of the base electronic component. The tall bumps of the base component can be coupled to the conductive pads of the substrate. The mounted electronic component can be located in the substrate cavity. The substrate bottom side can cover at least a portion of the outer short bumps of the base electronic component. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate with a first substrate top side, a first substrate bottom side opposite to the first substrate top side, a first substrate lateral side interposed between the first substrate top side and the first substrate bottom side, and a first substrate conductive structure. An electronic component is coupled to the first substrate top side and coupled to the first substrate conductive structure. A support includes a support wall having a first ledge coupled to the first substrate top side, a first riser coupled to the first substrate lateral side, and a second ledge extending from the first riser away from the first substrate lateral side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A composition for the surface treatment of a polymer material includes a hyperbranched polyglycerol comprising a glycidol-derived repeating unit and an unsubstituted or substituted acrylate group at least at one end thereof. The composition has the effect of suppressing fibrosis, thrombus formation, or inflammatory cell adsorption by preventing proteins from being adsorbed to the surface of a polymer material that is surface-treated with the composition or an in-vivo implantation material including a polymer material.

Abstract: A method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, includes selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arranged on a second axis parallel to a second diagonal direction, generating a first green binning pixel by performing a first diagonal binning operation on the first green pixel and the second green pixel, generating a second green binning pixel by performing a second diagonal binning operation on the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel, and generating image data corresponding to the first green binning pixel and the second green binning pixel.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cool air passage for guiding the flow of cool air to a freezing compartment and a cool air passage for guiding the flow of cool air to an ice-making compartment that partially share the cool air. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.

Abstract: A groove forming apparatus includes a laser light source configured to emit a laser beam, a multi-beam generator configured to split the laser beam into a plurality of sub-laser beams, a focusing lens unit configured to focus the plurality of sub-laser beams on a processing object, a first telecentric lens provided between the multi-beam generator and the focusing lens unit, and a second telecentric lens provided between the first telecentric lens and the focusing lens unit.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grille fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to the side where the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly are located, and to perform cool air supply proportional to temperature influence provided from the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adhesive tape for a semiconductor manufacturing process, the adhesive tape being attached on a lower surface of a semiconductor package on which a plurality of protrusion electrodes are formed. The adhesive tape is configured to include a first base film, a first adhesive layer containing an acrylic-based copolymer, the first adhesive layer being stacked on top of the first base film, a second base film containing a metal material in such a manner as to be deformed and then kept deformed during each process in a manner that corresponds to a topology of the lower surface of the semiconductor package, the second base film being stacked on top of the first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer containing silicon having a spiral network structure, the second adhesive layer being on top of the second base film.

Abstract: A refrigerator is configured to supply cool air to a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment by a single evaporator. A cool air passage for the ice-making compartment for supplying cool air to the ice-making compartment is configured to supply the cool air to an upper space in a cool air passage for the freezing compartment, which supplies cool air to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, through an upper supply passage. Accordingly, since additional cool air is supplied to the cool air passage for the freezing compartment by using the upper supply passage, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment by the single evaporator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a correction alarm in a continuous biometric information measurement system and, more particularly, to a correction alarm method comprising: calculating the next correction time on the basis of an actual correction time of a user, thereby informing the user of the next correction time calculated on the basis of the actual correction time even if correction is performed differently from that of a preset correction period; and dividing a total use period of time of a sensor into a plurality of correction sections and differently calculating the next correction time on the basis of a correction section, to which a time at which an actual reference biometric value is input belongs, from among the plurality of correction sections, so as to use a reference biometric value input at every correction time, thereby accurately correcting a biometric value.

Abstract: A negative-carbon footprint concrete composition includes CO2-sequestering aggregate that sequesters carbon dioxide (CO2) from a CO2 containing gas and cementitious material. The negative-carbon footprint concrete composition has a negative carbon footprint relative to an ordinary concrete composition.