Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spiropyran composite having improved mechano-sensitivity, a method for manufacturing the same, and a chromic article including the same. Particularly, the spiropyran composite is obtained by bonding spiropyran covalently to a polymer, an inorganic material or a mixture thereof to form spiropyran composite, and impregnating the spiropyran composite with a sensitivity-enhancing agent for a suitable time through a wet infiltration process to form non-polar environment at the inner part of the spiropyran composite, to cause pre-stretch and to increase a change in color or fluorescence in response to force, stress or strain, thereby providing significantly improved mechano-sensitivity. In addition, a wet filtration process is used and no expensive equipment is required to simplify the process. Further, the process can be performed rapidly within several minutes to reduce the processing time.

Abstract: A transportation head for a microchip transfer device capable of minimizing mechanical and chemical damage to a microchip, a microchip transfer device having same, and a transfer method thereby, and the transportation head includes a head body having a pickup area and a dummy area; a first protruding pin disposed in the pickup area of the head body; and a liquid droplet attached to the first protruding pin.

Abstract: An acoustic tweezer is disclosed. The acoustic tweezer includes a function signal generator configured to generate a function signal for an ultrasound signal, a power amplifier configured to amplify the ultrasound signal based on the function signal, and an ultrasound transducer of a single channel in which a hologram thin film having different thin film thicknesses for each region is attached to an ultrasound oscillating surface of the ultrasound transducer, and the ultrasound transducer is configured to generate a plurality of ultrasound signals having different phase differences by allowing an oscillated ultrasound signal to pass through the hologram thin film.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A shoe management device may have a housing having a body to define an inner space and a cover to open or close the body to allow access to the inner space. Agitators may be provided at a bottom of the body, which may be configured to hold shoes, and the agitators may remove foreign matter from the shoes. An upper portion of the body may have an air generator configured to blow air toward the shoes to remove foreign matter. In addition, moisture and germs inside the shoe may be removed by hot air, ultraviolet light, and plasma ions provided by a care assembly provided inside of the body and configured to be at least partially inserted into the shoes.

Abstract: An anti-icing honeycomb core composite manufactured by forming an electromagnetic wave absorption layer by using dielectric fiber, molding the electromagnetic wave absorption layer into a honeycomb core structure by using a molded part including a first base, a second base, and an inner block, hardening the honeycomb core structure, and removing the molded part. The molding step includes first stacking, on the first base including a plurality of grooves in which the inner blocks each having a hexagonal column shape are able to be seated, a plurality of the inner blocks and a plurality of the electromagnetic wave absorption layers as the honeycomb core structure so that the electromagnetic wave absorption layer is disposed between the plurality of inner blocks, and second stacking covering the inner blocks and the electromagnetic wave absorption layers stacked on the first base with the second base having the same shape as the first base.

Abstract: A system may have a display that includes a plurality of light sources such as light-emitting diodes. The display may be an exterior display that is routinely operated in daytime conditions where ambient light levels are very high. To increase contrast in an exterior display, the display may include a sunlight blocking element. A static sunlight blocking element may include a louver film with asymmetric light blocking portions. The system may include an ambient light sensor that is configured to determine ambient light levels. Based on the detected ambient light level, control circuitry in the system may adjust one or more adjustable components in the display. The display may include an adjustable diffuser that has at least two states with different haze levels. The display may include an adjustable tint layer that has at least two states with different transmission levels.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component has a body and a non-conductive resin layer. The non-conductive resin layer includes a body cover portion disposed in a region of an external surface of the body in which an electrode layer of an external electrode is not disposed, and an extending portion extending from the body cover portion between the electrode layer and a conductive resin layer of the external electrode, to thereby suppress arc discharge, improve bending strength, and improve moisture resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure can provide a muscular stimulation apparatus and a system including the same, which apply a voltage through at least one electric stimulation pad that is in close contact with at least one body part of a user, and simultaneously or selectively adjusts a resistance applied to an anode (+) or a cathode (?) of at least one electrode connected to the electric stimulation pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor system including a transmitter configured to output a plurality of data as a plurality of data input/output signals through a plurality of channels based on a matrix E, and a receiver configured to generate the plurality of data by differentially amplifying the plurality of data input/output signals received through the plurality of channels based on a matrix D, in which all components of the matrix E and the matrix D are integers, a product matrix of the matrix D and the matrix E is a diagonal matrix, a sum of the components of each row of the matrix D is 0, and a sum of absolute values of the components of each column of the matrix D is less than or equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device including an oxide semiconductor pattern. The disclosure provides a driving thin film transistor and a switching thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor pattern as an active layer. Each of the driving thin film transistor and the switching thin film transistor includes a light shielding pattern. The light shielding pattern includes a semiconductor material layer doped with P-type impurity ions. By virtue of the light shielding pattern including the semiconductor material layer, each of the driving thin film transistor and the switching thin film transistor exhibits an increase in threshold voltage and, as such, freedom of circuit design is secured.

Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate; a driving transistor including a first active layer and a switching transistor including a second active layer, the first active layer and the second active layer being disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor; first and second gate electrodes disposed on the first gate insulating layer to overlap the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor, respectively; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; and a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer to overlap the first active layer without overlapping the second active layer in a plan view.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode. The cathode and the anode each have a flat portion where a thickness of an active material layer is constant and an inclined portion where a thickness of an active material layer decreases from the flat portion, and the inclined portion of the cathode and the inclined portion of the anode are adhered with a separator interposed between them manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprise the same.

Abstract: A battery module includes at least two cell assemblies, a module housing having an upper cover formed by a top portion and a first side portion extending downward from a first side edge of the top portion, a first gas passage formed between the first side portion of the upper cover and a first side of the at least two cell assemblies for circulation of gas generated from the at least two cell assemblies, and a flame retardant plate in the first gas passage and extending between the at least two cell assemblies and the module housing, wherein the first side portion of the upper cover is coupled to the flame retardant plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for carrying out dose delivery quality assurance for high-precision radiation treatment, in which parameters affecting a pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived through regression analysis, which is a known statistical analysis method, and a pass rate prediction model capable of predicting each parameter and the pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived, and accordingly, it can be predicted in advance whether dose delivery quality assurance will be passed according to the parameters through the above prediction model, without repeatedly carrying out dose delivery quality assurance according to a patient's treatment plan, and as a result, the efficiency of dose delivery quality assurance can be enhanced, and the time or capacity required for such quality assurance is reduced, such that radiation treatment for an actual patient can be quickly and precisely carried out.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly; a bottom plate configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly; a sensing assembly disposed to cover a front side and a rear side of the battery cell assembly; a pair of side plates disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly; and a pair of compression pads disposed between the pair of side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively.

Abstract: A battery module for improving heat balance of a cell assembly provided in the battery module includes a cell assembly having at least three battery cells stacked along a stacking axis such that at least one battery cell located at an interior position within the cell assembly along the stacking axis has a greater thickness along the stacking axis than a battery cell located at an outer side of the cell assembly. A module housing includes at least one sidewall and is configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space defined by the sidewall.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first base having a display area; light-emitting elements on the first base; and an encapsulation layer over the light-emitting elements. The encapsulation layer includes: a first inorganic layer; an organic layer on the first inorganic layer; and a second inorganic layer on the organic layer. The first inorganic layer includes: a first buffer layer on the light-emitting elements; a first barrier layer on the first buffer layer; a first porous layer on the first barrier layer; a second barrier layer on the first porous layer; and a second buffer layer on the second barrier layer. A refractive index of the first buffer layer, the first barrier layer, and the first porous layer are different from one another, and the refractive index of the first porous layer is smaller than the refractive index of the first buffer layer and the first barrier layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a logistics smart label, a smart box, and a logistics system including the same, including: a smart label member that is mounted on a logistics box, provided with at least one bending line, and mounted on an outside and inside of the logistics box through bending along the bending line, in which the smart label member may be partitioned along the bending line into an externally mounted label area that is mounted outside the logistics box and includes at least one first sensor unit and a first antenna, and an internally mounted label area that is bent along the bending line to be mounted inside the logistics box, and includes at least one second sensor unit and a second antenna connected to the first antenna. In addition, the logistics smart label, smart box, and logistics system including the same may be implemented in various ways according to embodiments.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a proximal user networking service by means of a near-field communication network and a system therefor. Specifically, the present disclosure implements an environment in which, when an ad packet is broadcast using a certain host device, a guest device that receives the ad packet in the vicinity uploads relevant information to a service server, thereby allowing the host device to check guest devices that have been present in proximity thereto in the vicinity.