Abstract: Provided is an inner structure of a vacuum insulator with an assembly reciprocating support to increase an insulation performance, the structure of the vacuum insulator including a top board, a bottom board, and an assembly reciprocating support installed perpendicularly between the top board and the bottom board, the assembly reciprocating support including a solid shaft, a hollow shaft, and a connection part.

Abstract: A method for driving a display device includes cumulatively applying a reset pulse of a predetermined level to a first electrode and applying a common voltage to a second electrode opposed to the first electrode to form an initial state of a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal capsules included in a liquid crystal layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The method also includes cumulatively applying a data pulse of a predetermined level to the first electrode to display a grayscale.

Abstract: A method of forming a metal pattern includes forming a precursor layer including a metal precursor on a substrate, irradiating a light on the precursor layer to form a metal seed layer having a predetermined pattern, and electroless-plating the metal seed layer to form a metal pattern layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a graphene thin film by reducing graphene oxide and a method for fabricating an optoelectronic device using the same are provided. The method for fabricating a graphene thin film includes preparing graphene oxide; preparing graphene through reducing the graphene oxide by a sulfonyl hydrazide-based reducing agent; preparing a graphene dispersed solution by dispersing the graphene into an organic solvent; and fabricating a graphene thin film by applying the graphene dispersed solution. The sulfonyl hydrazide-based reducing agent may be a compound having a sulfonyl hydrazide substituent of Chemical Formula 1 in the present disclosure in which A may be any one in Chemical Formula 2 in the present disclosure.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting transistor comprising a first electrode, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the second electrode, one of the first and second semiconductor layers having an organic semiconductor which emits light in response to a driving current that flows, and a third electrode disposed on the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A frequency includes a first edge detection unit configured to generate a first count signal responsive to detecting first edges of an input signal and a second edge detection unit configured to generate a second count signal responsive to detecting the first edges of the input signal in a first operation mode and to generate the second count signal responsive to detecting second edges of the input signal in a second operation mode. One of the first and second edges is a rising edge and the other of the first and second edges is a falling edge. A pulse triggered buffer unit generates an output signal responsive to the first and second count signals. The output signal is divided by a target division ratio with respect to the input signal that is an odd number division ratio in one mode and an even number division ratio in the other mode.

Abstract: A display device including a first substrate; a display element layer on the first substrate; a second substrate on the display element layer; and a spacer layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes a main display unit and a liquid crystal display cover coupled with the main display unit. The liquid crystal display cover is movable between open and closed positions with respect to the main display unit. The liquid crystal display cover includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The lower substrate includes a plurality of first pixels thereon. The upper substrate faces the lower substrate and has a first common electrode thereon. The liquid crystal layer is between the lower substrate and the upper substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a novel method for amplifying mass spectrometric signals. A novel method for detecting signals of a target molecule includes: allowing a sample, which comprises a target molecule, to contact a gold particle having a surface modified to selectively bind the target molecule, allowing a low molecular weight molecule engrafted to the gold particle generate mass spectrometric signals after the interaction, e.g., binding, between the gold particle and the target molecule, and amplifying the mass spectrometric signals to generate much mass spectrometric signals of the low molecular weight molecule even when trace amounts of the target molecule are present. An assay system using the method and the gold particle prepared in the method are provided. The method amplifies signals of the target molecule without pretreatment of a sample, making it possible to measure the target molecule simply and precisely.

Abstract: A device, such as a display device, including a plurality of vibration plates oscillating in response to one or more oscillation signals. While at least one of first vibration plates among the plurality of vibration plates are oscillating, effective oscillation does not occur in at least one of second vibration plates among the plurality of vibration plates.

Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a plurality of supports on a first surface of the flexible display panel, the plurality of supports being spaced apart from each other, and an actuator on the first surface of the flexible display panel, the actuator being between the supports. The actuator includes an electroactive polymer layer, and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are respectively arranged on an upper surface and a lower surface of the electroactive polymer layer, and the actuator having a property such that when a voltage is applied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, an area of the electroactive polymer layer is changed.

Abstract: A haptic display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a plurality of scan lines disposed over a substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal and a plurality of data lines electrically insulated from the scan lines and configured to transfer a data signal, wherein the data lines cross the scan lines. The device also includes a plurality of haptic control lines electrically insulated from the scan lines or the data lines and configured to transfer a haptic signal and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines, wherein the thin film transistor is formed in each of a plurality of pixels. The device further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a second electrode facing the first electrode and an optical adjustment member disposed between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate facing the first electrode, and a liquid crystal structure between the first electrode and the second electrode. The liquid crystal structure includes a polymer network and liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal display device operates in a transmissive mode when an electric field is not generated between the first and the second electrodes, and operates in a scattering mode when the electric field is generated between the first and the second electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible display device including a display body having flexibility; an actuator for changing and driving the display body; and an initial shape forming substrate for maintaining an initial state of the display body before the display body is changed and driven. The flexible display device allows a user to exactly control a change state of the flexible display device by driving the actuator and to decrease power consumption for changing and driving the flexible display device. Thus, by using the flexible display device, user convenience can be improved and the flexible display device can be driven with low power consumption.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a first substrate formed with a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a second substrate formed with a common electrode and a color filter and facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizing plate disposed at one side of the first substrate that does not face the second substrate; a second polarizing plate disposed at one side of the second substrate that does not face the first substrate; a cholesteric film formed on the first substrate; and a backlight unit disposed at one side of the first polarizing plate that does not face the first substrate.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus that has improved portability and convenience of usage. The flexible display apparatus includes a display main body that is flexible; and a bendable driving film coupled to the display main body, and that bends when an electric current flows. The flexible display apparatus may be flexibly transformed to be stored when it is carried, and then, may be unfolded to be flat through a simple manipulation when it is in use for displaying an image. Thus, the convenience of carrying and using the flexible display apparatus may be increased.

Abstract: Methods of forming carbon nanotubes include forming a catalytic metal layer on a sidewall of an electrically conductive region, such as a metal or metal nitride pattern. A plurality of carbon nanotubes are grown from the catalytic metal layer. These carbon nanotubes can be grown from a sidewall of the catalytic metal layer. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are then exposed to an organic solvent. This step of exposing the carbon nanotubes to the organic solvent may be preceded by a step of applying centrifugal forces to the plurality of carbon nanotubes. Alternatively, the exposing step may include applying a centrifugal force to the plurality of carbon nanotubes while simultaneously exposing the plurality of carbon nanotubes to an organic solvent.

Abstract: A display device comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; an electrode unit formed on one or both of the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to form an electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer located so as to correspond to the electric field formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and having a reflector configured to reflect light.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a display substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a tilt layer formed on the display substrate of each of the plurality of pixel areas, and having a tilt angle with respect to the display substrate; a first electrode formed on the tilt layer; an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode; a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the second electrode and in parallel with the display substrate; and a prism sheet formed on the encapsulation substrate and having a plurality of prisms.

Abstract: A polarization structure for a display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the structure includes a retardation layer, a first polarizing layer, a first uniaxial optical compensation layer, a second polarizing layer and a second uniaxial optical compensation layer. The retardation layer may be configured to create a phase difference between two polarization components of an incident light. The first polarizing layer may be disposed on the retardation layer. The first uniaxial optical compensation layer may be disposed on the first polarizing layer. The second polarizing layer may be disposed on the first uniaxial optical compensation layer. The second uniaxial optical compensation layer may be disposed between the first polarizing layer and the first uniaxial optical compensation layer or between the first polarizing layer and the second polarizing layer.