Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first dummy substrate on the first substrate, and a second dummy substrate extending from the first dummy substrate and bent. The second dummy substrate is on different side surfaces of the first substrate in a first direction. The display apparatus also includes a plurality of pixels on the first dummy substrate, a gate driver on the second dummy substrate and connected to the pixels, and a data driver connected to one side of the first dummy substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction and connected to the pixels.

Abstract: A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) type semiconductor device, comprising a silicon substrate, a first cathode electrode and a second cathode electrode coupled to the silicon substrate and located on distal ends of the silicon substrate, a poly-silicon (Poly-Si) gate proximally located above the silicon substrate and between the first cathode electrode and the second cathode electrode, wherein the Poly-Si gate comprises a first post extending orthogonally relative to the silicon substrate comprising a first doped silicon slab, a second post extending orthogonally relative to the silicon substrate comprising a second doped silicon slab, wherein the second post is positioned so as to create a width between the first post and the second post, an anode electrode coupled to the first post and the second post and extending laterally from the first post to the second post, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first silicon substrate and the second silicon substrate.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a mask plate for shielding during sealant-curing includes: forming a negative photoresist light-shielding material layer on a transparent substrate; with a color-filter mask plate set, exposing the substrate formed with the negative photoresist light-shielding material layer; developing the substrate after exposing to form the pattern of the mask plate. The method does not require separate fabrication of a mask plate, thereby significantly reducing the manufacturing costs of the mask plate for shielding during sealant-curing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present disclosure provides compounds as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections (e.g., biofilms). The present disclosure also provides compounds as therapeutic agents in methods for treating pneumonia, methods for reducing bacterial virulence, methods for treating a bacterial wound infection, and methods for treating a urinary tract infection. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating a bacterial infection, wherein the bacterial infection has or is suspected of having an antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The present disclosure also provides surfaces coated with the chemical compounds disclosed herein.

Abstract: An array substrate (40), a driving method thereof and a display apparatus, relate to a field of display technique. The array substrate (40) comprises a plurality of pixel units (33) arranged in a matrix form and divided by a plurality of crisscrossed gate lines (31) and data lines (32), each of the pixel units (33) comprises pixel electrodes (331) and further comprises common electrodes (332); in the matrix of the pixel units (33), voltage polarities of the common electrodes (332) corresponding to pixel units (33) with a sum of numbers of rows and columns being equal are the same; voltage polarities of the common electrodes (332) of adjacent pixel units (33) are reverse. By adopting the array substrate of such a structure, the voltage swing of the data line (32) driving voltage between the positive and negative polarity gray scale is greatly reduced while the dot reversal driving is realized, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the array substrate (40) in the dot reversal driving mode.

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for synergistic control of oxynitride and mercury and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst includes the following components by mass percentage: a carrier: TiO2 72%-98.6%, active components: V2O5 0.1%-5%, WO3 1%-10%, Cr2O3 0.1%-5% and Nb2O5 0.1%-5%, and a co-catalyst of 0.1%-3%. The present invention can be used for reducing the oxynitrides in a flue gas, meanwhile oxidizing zero-valent mercury into bivalent mercury and then controlling the reactions, has relatively high denitration performance and also has high mercury oxidation performance; compared with current commercial SCR catalysts, the mercury oxidation rate of the catalyst is improved to a great extent, which can adapt to the requirements for mercury removal in China's coal-fired power plants, the conversion rate of SO2/SO3 is relatively low, and the catalyst has a better anti-poisoning ability, and is a new catalyst with a low cost and high performance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit comprising multiple stages of cascaded shift registers, each stage of shift register comprising an input subcircuit, a first reset subcircuit, a second reset subcircuit, an energy storage subcircuit, an output subcircuit and a pull-down node potential generation subcircuit, wherein at least two stages of shift registers share a pull-down node potential generation subcircuit. The present disclosure further provides a display panel comprising the gate driving circuit, and a method for driving the gate driving circuit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate assembly and a display apparatus including the array substrate assembly. The array substrate assembly includes a display region and a non-display region around the display region. A static electricity leading layer electrically insulated from the display region is disposed in the non-display region.

Abstract: A touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The touch substrate, comprising a plurality of self-capacitive electrodes; a planar shape of each self-capacitive electrode on a surface provided with the plurality of self-capacitive electrodes includes a body section and a plurality of projections extending from a first side of the body section; the plurality of projections extend along a first direction and sequentially arranged along a second direction. On the surface provided with the plurality of self-capacitive electrodes, a recessed portion is encircled by every two projections and the body portion of each self-capacitive electrode; and in the recessed portion is provided with one of a plurality of projections of another self-capacitive electrode. The touch substrate can reduce the number of leads while ensuring the touch accuracy.

Abstract: The present invention provides crosslinked amine polymers effective for binding and removing bile salts from the gastrointestinal tract. These bile acid binding polymers or pharmaceutical compositions thereof can be administered to subjects to treat various conditions, including hypercholesteremia, diabetes, pruritus, irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea (IBS-D), bile acid malabsorption, and the like.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) comprises providing a wafer comprising an insulator layer positioned between a top semiconductor layer and a base semiconductor layer, patterning the top semiconductor layer to simultaneously define a waveguide and a first etch mask window for forming a fiber-guiding v-groove that substantially aligns to an axis of optical signal propagation of the waveguide, removing a first portion of the top semiconductor layer to form the waveguide according to the patterning, removing a second portion of the top semiconductor layer to form the first etch mask window according to the patterning, and forming the fiber-guiding v-groove according to the first etch mask window.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises: a first input tap; a first optical modulator coupled to the first input tap; a first output tap coupled to the first optical modulator so that the first optical modulator is positioned between the first input tap and the first output tap; and a controller indirectly coupled to the first input tap and the first output tap.

Abstract: The present application discloses a self-capacitive touch electrode structure comprising a first sub-array comprising a plurality of first touch electrodes in a first periodic sub-lattice, and a second sub-array comprising a plurality of second touch electrodes in a second periodic sub-lattice. The first sub-array and the second sub-array define an array of touch electrodes comprising a plurality of touch electrode pairs in a periodic lattice, a minimum translational repeat unit of the array of touch electrodes comprising a pair of first touch electrode and second touch electrode adjacent to each other. Each first touch electrode comprises at least one recess surrounding a protrusion of an adjacent second touch electrode, and at least one protrusion surrounded by a recess in an adjacent second touch electrode. Each of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes is independently connected to a touch signal line.

Abstract: An edge coupling device including a substrate, a buried oxide disposed over the substrate, a cladding material disposed over the buried oxide, where the cladding material includes a trench, an inversely tapered silicon waveguide disposed within the cladding material beneath the trench, and a ridge waveguide disposed within the trench, where the ridge waveguide and the inversely tapered silicon waveguide are vertically-aligned with each other.

Abstract: Nanoparticles described as metal-encapsulated carbonaceous dots or M@C-dots are disclosed. Also disclosed are specific M@C-dots with gadolinium, so called Gd@C-dots. These nanoparticles are biologically inert and preclude the release of metal in biological environments. In addition, despite a dimension exceeding the commonly recognized threshold for renal clearance, the disclosed nanoparticles can be efficiently cleared via urine after systematic injection. Methods of making and using such nanoparticles are also disclosed.

Abstract: Photodynamic therapy systems comprising a nanoparticle that emits electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength when irradiated with electromagnetic radiation, a photosensitizer which absorbs electromagnetic radiation of said first wavelength and a biocompatible mesoporous material are disclosed herein. In some examples, the photodynamic therapy system comprises a core comprising the nanoparticle, a first shell comprising the biocompatible mesoporous material, and a photosensitizer embedded in the first shell. Upon irradiation by, for example, X-rays, the nanoparticle can function as a transducer, converting X-ray photons to visible photons, and in turn, activating the photosensitizers. Methods of using the photodynamic therapy system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an edge coupling device and an edge coupling device are provided. The method includes removing a portion of cladding material to form a trench over an inversely tapered silicon waveguide, depositing a material having a refractive index greater than silicon dioxide over remaining portions of the cladding material and in the trench, and removing a portion of the material within the trench to form a ridge waveguide.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a refractive lens for displaying 3D images and capable of being coupled to a plurality of display panels having different pixel unit pitches, including at least a first display panel having a pixel unit pitch A and a second display panel having a pixel unit pitch B. The refractive lens includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a refractive layer configured between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured as a plurality of lens units based on the different pixel unit pitches. Each lens unit has equal length of a common multiple of at least 2A and 2B. Each lens unit is driven by same driving voltages.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a shift register, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises an input module, a pull-up module, a pull-down module, a pull-down control module and a storage module. With the above shift register unit according to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce noise in an output signal, so as to improve the accuracy of the output signal. On the other hand, it is possible to provide a reduced number of TFTs, a simplified circuit structure, a decreased area to be occupied, and thus a narrowed width of a rim of a display apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a driving method, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit includes a pull-up transistor; a storage capacitor; an output noise reduction transistor; a pull-down node control module, which controls a pull-down node to be at a first low level or a first high level under the control of the pull-up node; a pull-up node control module, which controls the pull-up node to be or not to be at a second high level under the control of an input signal and controls the pull-up node to be at or not to be at a second low level under the control of a reset signal; and a pull-up node noise reduction module, which controls the pull-up node to be or not to be at the first low level under the control of the pull-down node.