Abstract: Provided is an anode active material for a secondary battery and a method of fabricating the anode active material. A silicon-based active material composite according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes silicon and silicon oxide obtained by oxidizing at least a part of the silicon, and an amount of oxygen with respect to a total weight of the silicon and the silicon oxide is restricted to 9 wt % to 20 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin, a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the thermoplastic resin. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin characterized by maximizing a ratio of monomers grafted to rubber particles and a graft rate so as to maintain a rubber particle shape in a high shear environment and varying the composition of each of monomers grafted to the inside and outside of rubber particles, a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition having superior impact strength, falling dart impact strength, heat deflection temperature, chemical resistance, and plating adhesion strength due to inclusion of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a variable resistance element including a free layer having a variable magnetization direction; a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer, wherein the free layer includes: a first free layer adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer and having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at an interface with the tunnel barrier layer; and a second free layer spaced apart from the tunnel barrier layer by the first free layer and having a saturation magnetization lower than a saturation magnetization of the first free layer.

Abstract: A fan-out sensor package includes: a first semiconductor chip module including a first connection member having a first through-hole and a first wiring layer, a first semiconductor chip disposed in the first through-hole and having an active surface on which a sensing region and first connection pads are disposed, and an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member and the first semiconductor chip and filling at least portions of the first through-hole; a redistribution module having a second through-hole exposing at least a portion of the sensing region and including a redistribution layer; and electrical connection structures electrically connecting the first wiring layer and the first connection pads to the redistribution layer.

Abstract: A layer according to one embodiment of the present invention may exhibit a first number of electron states in a low-level electron energy range in a conduction band, and exhibit a second number of electron states in a high-level electron energy range higher than the low-level electron energy level in the conduction band, wherein localized states may exist between the low-level electron energy range and the high-level electron energy level.

Abstract: A molten material supply unit includes a raw material supply portion to which a solid material is supplied; a melting container portion connected to the raw material supply portion, and configured to melt the solid material to form a liquefied material and then emit the liquefied material externally; and a barrier portion provided between a supply area of the melting container portion connected to the raw material supply portion and an emission area of the melting container portion emitting the liquefied material externally, and configured to move only the liquefied material to the emission area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sentence build-up English learning system, an English learning method using the same, and a teaching method therefor, in which a list of learning contents and a learning content, stored in a learning content DB, are configured to have contents associated with first to final stages, or a higher stage is configured to include all contents of lower stages, and learning progresses by stages toward a higher layer according to a determined order, so as to stably provide an English learning environment by stages through a systematized building structure, thereby guaranteeing the same contents-to-learn regardless of a teacher.

Abstract: An electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include a variable resistance element. The variable resistance element may include a first magnetic layer formed over a first auxiliary layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed over the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer, a second auxiliary layer formed over the second magnetic layer, and a hard mask formed over the second auxiliary layer. Side surfaces of the first magnetic layer may be substantially aligned with side surfaces of the first auxiliary layer, and the side surfaces of the first magnetic layer may deviate from side surfaces of the hard mask.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory includes: forming an etching target layer over a substrate; forming an initial hard mask pattern including a carbon-containing material over the etching target layer; forming a hard mask pattern by doping an impurity which increases a hardness of the carbon-containing material into a surface portion of the initial hard mask pattern; and etching the etching target layer by using the hard mask pattern as an etching barrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ABS graft copolymer, a method of preparing the same, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same. More specifically, when an ABS graft copolymer is prepared using emulsion polymerization, a phosphate ester-based reactive emulsifier capable of acting as a metal deactivator is added, thereby reducing the amount of undesired residues remaining in the ABS graft copolymer latex. As a result, thermal stability may be improved without adding a heat stabilizer. In addition, compatibility between the ABS graft copolymer and the aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer may be improved by the phosphate ester-based reactive emulsifier. Therefore, a final molded part having improved impact resistance, e.g., increased impact strength, and having improved appearance quality, e.g., excellent whiteness, while having excellent thermal stability may be prepared.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing silicon-based active material particles for a secondary battery and silicon-based active material particles. A method for producing silicon-based active material particles for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a step of providing silicon powder; a step of providing a pre-pulverization mixture in which the silicon powder is dispersed in a solvent for dispersion comprising an antioxidant; a step of applying mechanical compression and shear stress to the silicon powder of the pre-pulverization mixture to refine the silicon powder, thereby forming silicon particles having an oxygen content controlled by the antioxidant; and a step of drying the resulting material comprising the silicon particles to obtain silicon-based active material particles.

Abstract: A method and system for sharing activities of devices enabling sharing of various Social Network Services (SNS) based user activities and enabling a shared activity to be directly performed by a user device by collecting, by a first device, information on activities performed by a user of the first device, providing, by the first device, the collected activity information for sharing, and performing, by a second device, an event depending on the shared activity information provided by the first device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin, a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition including the same, and a method of manufacturing an injection-molded article using the thermoplastic resin composition. By using a mixture of molecular weight modifiers having different reactivities according to the present invention, coagulation may be performed using a small amount of coagulant, productivity may be increased, and a molded article, which is manufactured using a thermoplastic resin, having excellent appearance characteristics along with superior mechanical strength, processability, or the like may be provided.

Abstract: An antenna module includes a connection member, an integrated circuit (IC), a dielectric layer, antenna members, feed vias, and a plating member. The connection member includes one or more wiring layer(s) and insulating layer(s). The IC is disposed on one surface of the connection member and is electrically connected to the wiring layer(s). The dielectric layer is disposed on another surface of the connection member. The antenna members are disposed in the dielectric layer, and the feed vias are disposed in the dielectric layer so that each has one end electrically connected to a corresponding antenna member and the other end electrically connected to a corresponding one of the wiring layer(s). The plating member is disposed in the dielectric layer to surround side surfaces of the feed vias. The dielectric layer has a dielectric constant Dk greater than that of at least one insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors comprising Alzheimer's disease-related genes and a cell line transformed by the disclosed expression cassettes and vectors, and more specifically, the expression cassettes according to the present invention comprise amyloid precursor protein (APP), Tau protein, and presenilin-1 (PS1) genes associated with Alzheimer's disease so that mutant genes thereof can be simultaneously expressed. Additionally, the present invention relates to a cell line transformed by the disclosed expression cassettes or vectors comprising APP, Tau protein, and PS1 genes, and further, to an animal model transformed by the vectors or cell line.

Abstract: Electronic devices and systems having semiconductor memory are provided. In one implementation, for example, an electronic device may include a substrate; an under layer disposed over the substrate and including conductive hafnium silicate; a free layer disposed over the under layer and having a variable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer disposed over the free layer; and a pinned layer disposed over the tunnel barrier layer and having a pinned magnetization direction, and wherein the free layer includes: a first ferromagnetic material; a second ferromagnetic material having a coercive force smaller than that of the first ferromagnetic material; and an amorphous spacer interposed between the first ferromagnetic material and the second ferromagnetic material.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a circumferential slit in a tobacco industry rod article is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a drum and a rolling hand spaced apart from one another so as to form a space for a tobacco industry rod article, and a cutting element extending into the space and configured to form a circumferential slit in the tobacco industry rod article.

Abstract: A smoking article comprises a rod of smokeable material such as tobacco and a tubular support in which the rod is slidably received. The tubular support is formed from a blank of sheet material that is wound in a spiral. Machinery for making the spiral blank is described.

Abstract: An antenna module includes a fan-out semiconductor package including an IC, an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the IC, a core member having a first side surface facing the IC or the encapsulant, and a connection member including at least one wiring layer electrically connected to the IC and the core member and at least one insulating layer; and an antenna package including a plurality of first directional antenna members configured to transmit or receive a first RF signal. The fan-out semiconductor package further includes at least one second directional antenna member disposed on a second side surface of the core member opposing the first side surface of the core member, stood up from a position electrically connected to at least one wiring layer, and configured to transmit or receive a second RF signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first server, a designated content including at least one piece of information associated with a second server. The method also includes receiving content identification information from the second server when the electronic device is located in a short-range wireless communication area of the second server. The method further includes displaying at least one information that corresponds to the content identification information, from the content received from the first server.