Abstract: A novel compound for a capping layer, and an organic light-emitting device containing the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first level comprising a metal layer within a first dielectric layer formed on a substrate, a second level formed on the first level, the second level comprising an interconnect within a second dielectric layer and a barrier layer formed around the interconnect, and a metal capping layer disposed at an interface between the metal layer and the interconnect, wherein the metal capping layer comprises tungsten (W) and has a thickness of between 20 ? and 40 ?.

Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a drive motor, and a controller configured to determine a boarding state or a leaving state of a passenger, to allow a vehicle to enter a first mode for pick-up driving or a second mode for drop-off driving, and to control the vehicle based on the entered mode and the boarding or leaving state after the entering, and a method of controlling the same.

Abstract: A battery pack mounting structure for vehicles, includes a frame side member extending in a front and rear direction on each side of a vehicle to form a chassis frame, a battery disposed to be overlapped horizontally on inside of both frame side members, and a battery case enclosing the battery therein, wherein a case side portion provided on a side of the battery case is coupled to a lower side of the frame side member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidet that forms a pollution-preventing water film that prevents contamination of a cleaning nozzle, and the bidet according to the present disclosure includes a main body mounted at an upper side of a toilet bowl, wherein a ceramic ware containing an excrement of a user is formed in the toilet bowl; a toilet seat provided to the main body and forming a seating surface on which the user sits; a cleaning nozzle coupled to the main body and spraying cleaning water to wash the user's body; a pollution prevention module provided to the main body and including an outlet for discharging pollution-preventing water to prevent contamination of the cleaning nozzle; and a controller configured to control an operation of the pollution prevention module, wherein the outlet of the pollution prevention module discharges the pollution-preventing water to a front surface of the cleaning nozzle so that a surface of the main body is opened at a position spaced upward from the cleaning nozzle,

Abstract: A blank mask includes a light-transmitting substrate; and a light-shielding film, disposed on the light-transmitting substrate, including a first light-shielding layer and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the first light-shielding layer. The second light-shielding layer includes at least one of a transition metal, oxygen, or nitrogen, or any combination thereof. A reflectance of a surface of the light-shielding film with respect to light having a wavelength of 193 nm is 20% or more and 40% or less. A hardness value of the second light-shielding layer is 0.3 kPa or more and 0.55 kPa or less.

Abstract: A lighting device of a steering wheel and an assembling method of the lighting device improving an assembly process and mass productivity of the lighting device by simplifying an assembly structure thereof, includes a grip body forming a rim of the steering wheel and including a body groove portion formed in a shape in which the body groove portion is cut away along the rim, a bezel fitted to the body groove portion and assembled to the grip body so that the body groove portion is covered by the bezel, the bezel including a center portion provided with a light transmission hole, and includes a light emitting body assembled to the bezel to overlap the light transmission hole from between the body groove portion and the bezel, the light emitting body being configured to emit light through the light transmission hole.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods for reducing metal oxide layers to pure metal using microwave radiation. Specific embodiments provide methods of reducing a native metal oxide on a metal interconnect within a substrate feature comprising dielectric sidewalls. In some embodiments, surrounding dielectric materials are undamaged by the disclosed processes.

Abstract: Methods of depositing a metal silicide on a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of depositing a metal silicide on a substrate having a silicon containing surface includes: creating a plasma comprising a first gas in a plasma region in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber, wherein the plasma region is disposed between a lid heater and a showerhead; flowing the first gas through a plurality of first openings of the showerhead to an activation region in the CVD chamber disposed between the showerhead and the substrate; flowing a second gas comprising a metal precursor in a non-plasma state through a plurality of second openings of the showerhead to the activation region, wherein the plurality of second openings are fluidly independent from the plurality of first openings within the showerhead; mixing the first gas with the second gas to activate the second gas in the activation region; and exposing the silicon containing surface of the substrate to the activated second gas.

Abstract: A novel compound for a capping layer, and an organic light-emitting device containing the same are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes care apparatus capable of preventing the spreading of fire when a fire occurs on a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The clothes care apparatus may comprise: a PCB assembly; a PCB housing having an accommodation space for accommodating the PCB assembly, the PCB housing including a sidewall that forms the accommodation space; and a protective body filled into the accommodation space to cover the PCB assembly, wherein the sidewall may include guide wall having a height lower than or equal to a height of the protective body filled in the accommodation space.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer compound having a specific structure, including an acrylic resin having a functional group capable of mutual hydrogen bonding with an acrylic resin having imidazole, a resin composition for bonding semiconductors including a thermoplastic resin; a thermosetting resin; a curing agent; and the polymer compound having a specific structure, and an adhesive film for semiconductor produced using the same.

Abstract: Provided herein are transgenic non-human animals whose genomes comprise two or more human genes selected from CD33, Siglec-5, Siglec-7, Siglec-9, Siglec-11, Siglec-14, and Siglec-16, to methods of screening candidate agents that bind to and/or modulate the function and/or activity of at least one of the human genes in the transgenic non-human animals, and to methods of screening candidate agents to determine their effect on one or more activities and/or functions associated with expression of at least one of the human genes in the transgenic non-human animals. Further provided herein are methods of recapitulating a human Siglec immune system in a non-human animal, and methods of generating a non-human animal disease model comprising a human Siglec repertoire.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pressure sensor using conductive thread, the pressure sensor including a plurality of first conductive lines arranged parallel to each other in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other, a plurality of second conductive lines arranged parallel to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other, and a spacer located between the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of second conductive lines, resistance of the spacer being changed when pressure is applied thereto, whereby it is possible to measure a wide range of pressure with elasticity and flexibility, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A multi-joint type surgical device, and more particularly, to a multi-joint type surgical device capable of being mounted on a robot arm or operated manually for use in laparoscopic surgery or various surgeries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a gas turbine rotor heat shielding segment, which is mounted on a rotor outer wall between a compressor and a turbine and shields the leakage of heat and gas so that gas of high-temperature and high-pressure is not transferred from a burner of a gas turbine to a rotor shaft during the operation of the gas turbine, and more specifically, to a method for manufacturing a gas turbine rotor heat shielding segment by three-dimensional printing, wherein a portion having a simplified shape is manufactured by casting, and a portion having a complex shape is manufactured by 3D printing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a propylene-based copolymer using a solid catalyst including a carrier, produced by the reaction between dialkoxy magnesium and a metal halide, a titanium halide, and an organic electron donor. According to the disclosure, it is possible to produce a propylene-based copolymer having a high comonomer content and a low amorphous content while maintaining catalyst activity at a highly level and dramatically reducing agglomeration of polymer particles during the production of the copolymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sustained-release lipid pre-concentrate. The sustained-release lipid pre-concentrate forms liquid crystals when exposed to an aqueous medium, thus enabling the sustained-release of a drug, and can sustain drug release for two weeks to one month. In addition, the formed liquid crystals are sustainably released even at low viscosity, and have excellent ease of use due to low extrusion force when injected.

Abstract: A work table for laser processing include a lower plate including a first area and a second area surrounding at least a portion of the first area, a first plate disposed in the first area on the lower plate and having a polygonal shape in a plan view, and a second plate disposed in the second area on the lower plate and movable in the second area.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a hole area positioned inside the display area, and a pad area; a crack detection line including a first part in the pad area and extending to the peripheral area and a second part connected to the first part, disposed to surround the hole area, and extending to the pad area; a printed circuit board in the pad area; first transistors in the pad area and connected in series between the printed circuit board and the first part, where each of gate electrodes of the first transistors is connected to a first signal line; and second transistors in the pad area and connected in series between a constant voltage line and the first part, where each of gate electrodes of the second transistors is connected to a second signal line.