Abstract: One embodiment relates to a system and method by which the magnetic susceptibility of a fluid is changed to separate the fluid according to differences in magnetic susceptibility. According to one embodiment, a fluid separation system and method can efficiently separate materials contained in a fluid according to magnetic susceptibility, without damage such as hemolysis or without changes in the types or concentrations of marker proteins in plasma.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of ferroelectric layers, a source, a drain and a gate. The semiconductor substrate may have a recess. The ferroelectric layers may be formed in the recess. The source may be arranged at a first side of the recess. The drain may be arranged at a second side of the recess opposite to the first side. The gate may be arranged on the ferroelectric layers. The ferroelectric layers may be polarized by different electric fields.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, a ferroelectric layer, a source, a drain, a gate and a channel region. The semiconductor substrate may have a recess. The ferroelectric layer may be formed in the recess. The source may be arranged at a first side of the recess. The drain may be arranged at a second side of the recess opposite to the first side. The gate may be arranged on the ferroelectric layers. The channel region may be formed on the recess between the source and the drain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic film CMP slurry composition for polishing an organic film, which includes at least either of a polar solvent or a non-polar solvent and a metal oxide abrasive, is acidic, and has a carbon content of around 50 to 95 atm %, and a polishing method using the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the use of novel crystalline germanosilicate compositions in affecting a range of organic transformations. In particular, the crystalline germanosilicate compositions are extra-large-pore compositions, designated CIT-13 possessing 10- and 14-membered rings.

Abstract: Provided herein are a fan assembly having improved cooling and heating performance and an air conditioner having the same. The fan assembly provided in an air conditioner includes a plurality of rotating fans provided to be rotatable about the same rotating shaft and at least one fixed fan fixed between adjacent two rotating fans of the plurality of rotating fans.

Abstract: A pixel compensation circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel compensation circuit includes: a driving sub-circuit; a light-emitting device; an initialization sub-circuit, configured to initialize a control electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a data writing sub-circuit, configured to provide a data signal to the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a voltage input sub-circuit, configured to provide a signal of the first power supply terminal to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a storage and voltage division sub-circuit, configured to store a voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and when the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit is floating, maintain stability of a voltage difference between the control electrode and the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; and a threshold compensation sub-circuit, configured to write a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit into the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-sulfur thermal battery including: a positive electrode including sulfur (S8) or a sulfur compound, and a solid electrolyte including a lithium salt and a polymer having a melting point lower than a melting point of a negative electrode; a lithium metal negative electrode or lithium alloy; a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a lithium salt and a polymer having a melting point lower than a melting point of the lithium metal negative electrode or lithium alloy; and a heater configured to provide heat so that the polymer is melted.

Abstract: Provided is a compact-sized tape measure including a housing, a reel rotatably mounted in the housing, and a blade wound on an outer surface of the reel and drawn out through an inlet of the housing, in which the reel includes a spring providing a force for winding the blade and a bobbin providing an inner space receiving the spring and an outer space for winding and storing the blade, and a width of a spring receiving space capable of receiving the spring in the inner space is larger than a width of a blade receiving space capable of receiving the blade in the outer space.

Abstract: The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum installed inside the cabinet, and a fan assembly to guide heated air into the drum. A fan assembly includes a shroud provided with an air inlet hole, a hub rotated by a driving motor, a plurality of blades provided along a circumferential direction of the hub to guide the air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub, and a scroll guiding the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub into the drum. A partition wall prevents the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub from being re-introduced into the air inlet hole. The blade includes a shroud contact portion in contact with the shroud and a hub contact portion in contact with the hub. An inflection point is formed between the shroud contact portion and the hub contact portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a metal matrix composite in which oxide nanoparticles are dispersed. Metal matrix composite powders in which oxide nanoparticles are dispersed are prepared. Gibbs free energy of the oxide nanoparticles is greater than that of an oxide of a metal matrix. A bulk processed material is manufactured from the composite powders through hot forming or a cast material is manufactured by inputting the composite powder into a molten base metal and then rapidly stirring a resultant mixture. The bulk processed material or the cast material is heat-treated so that atoms of the metal matrix and atoms of the oxide nanoparticles mutually diffuse. Oxygen atoms originating from the oxide nanoparticles are diffused and dispersed in the metal matrix.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of ferroelectric layers, a source, a drain and a gate. The semiconductor substrate may have a recess. The ferroelectric layers may be formed in the recess. The source may be arranged at a first side of the recess. The drain may be arranged at a second side of the recess opposite to the first side. The gate may be arranged on the ferroelectric layers. The ferroelectric layers may be polarized by different electric fields.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a CMP slurry composition for polishing a copper line, the CMP slurry composition comprising a colloidal silica, an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, a corrosion inhibitor, a pH regulator, and ultrapure water. The colloidal silica has a specific surface area (BET) of 72.9 to 88.5 m2/g, and 0.1 to 2 wt % of the colloidal silica is included in the CMP slurry composition. The CMP slurry composition has an excellent copper line polishing rate, has a low number of defects and minimizes scratches after polishing, and can minimize dishing.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an anti-reflection coating and a method of forming the same. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the anti-reflection coating includes a first layer positioned on a substrate to be spaced apart from the substrate by a first distance and a second layer positioned on the first layer to be spaced apart from the first layer by a second distance. In this case, the first and second layers are a metamaterial forming a structural double layer and are realized as an anomalous dispersive medium that does not absorb incident light. The structural double layer may realize spatiotemporal dispersion that varies depending on an incidence angle using the nonlocality of the electromagnetic wave reaction of incident light.

Abstract: Provided are a method of and apparatus for evaluating immune cells using magnetic particles. According to an aspect of the method, magnetic particles may be used to measure interaction of the magnetic particles with immune cells, thereby diagnosing or evaluating a degree of activation of immune cells of a subject or immune-related diseases of the subject. Further, according to an aspect of the apparatus, a phenomenon of interaction of magnetic particles and activated immune cells via endocytosis may be used to collect magnetic particle-immune cell complexes resulting from the interaction with the magnetic particles by applying a magnetic field, thereby effectively isolating the activated immune cells in a short period of time.

Abstract: A turbofan for an air conditioning apparatus includes a shroud at a center of which a suction port is formed; a hub plate which is spaced apart in a vertical direction from the shroud and has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the suction port; and a plurality of blades provided between the hub plate and the shroud in a circumferential direction, wherein a portion of each of the plurality of blades which faces the suction port of the shroud is formed in a curved portion inclined with respect to the hub plate, and an outer circumference of the hub plate is provided with a plurality of notches each of which is formed between adjacent two blades among the plurality of blades.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least two die stacked on and electrically coupled to an underlying buffer die, which includes a delay control circuit therein. The delay control circuit is configured to: (i) receive and selectively delay test inputs for testing the at least two die, and (ii) transfer test inputs and a delayed version of the test inputs to a first one of the at least two die and a second one of the at least two die, respectively, during test mode operation. The at least two die may include a vertical stack of N (N>2) die on the buffer die and the delay control circuit may include a timing control circuit therein that is configured to supply test inputs to each of the N die in a staged manner so that commencement of respective test modes within each of the N die using the test inputs are out-of-sync relative to each other.

Abstract: Provided is an intake system of an air conditioning system for a vehicle, which is configured for simultaneously satisfying two conflict conditions of improving heating performance by increasing the inflow of inside air and of reducing the generation of moisture on a window glass, wherein a scroll case, in which a blower is mounted, is provided with a second partition member for dividing a passage, which is formed at an outlet port and includes a blower chamber around a blower fan, into an upper passage and a lower passage, and a flow guide for guiding air, which is separated by a first partition member and is introduced into the scroll case from an inlet case, to the respective upper and lower passages.

Abstract: A triple-zone heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle may be configured to mix cold air passing through an evaporator and warm air passing through a heat exchanger with each other and blow the mixed air to a front seat foot vent through a front seat foot door and to a rear seat vent through a rear seat door.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle may include an internal volume divided into upper and lower regions, and configured for blowing the air to a defrost vent and a front seat face vent is made through the upper region, and blowing the air to a front seat foot vent and a rear seat vent is made through the lower region.