Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) that includes a transistor, a dielectric region and an etch stop material. A portion of the etch stop material is between a portion of the dielectric region and a portion of a gate spacer material of the transistor. The etch stop material is soluble responsive to an etch stop removal material selected from the group consisting of water and an acid.

Abstract: A process of area selective deposition (ASD), a process of atomic layer deposition (ALD), and a process of device fabrication include forming a passivation layer on a metal surface of a substrate and forming a surface-bound polymer film on a dielectric surface of the substrate. The forming the passivation layer includes binding metal-selective inhibitor molecules to the metal surface. A device is formed in a process that includes forming a passivation layer on a metal surface of a substrate and forming a surface-bound polymer film on a dielectric surface of the substrate. The forming the passivation layer includes binding metal-selective inhibitor molecules to the metal surface. A composition for area selective deposition (ASD) includes a metal-selective inhibitor molecule have the following structure: wherein X is a metal-binding group, R is an organic ligand, and n is an integer greater than or equal to zero.

Abstract: A semiconductor device-based sensing platform including a substrate, a source/drain region on the substrate, a channel region between the source/drain region, a metal oxide layer on the channel region, an isolation region adjacent the source/drain and channel regions, and a mixed layer on the metal oxide layer but not on the isolation region, wherein the mixed layer comprises a phosphonic acid of polyethylene glycol and at least one phosphonic acid of an amine terminated long-chain compound, and a biotin terminated compound.

Abstract: A composition includes an underfill comprising a polymer having monomer units with substituted Diels-Alder moieties and ester moieties. A first process includes obtaining an underfill comprising a polymer having monomer units with substituted Diels-Alder moieties and ester moieties. A second process includes providing a mixture that includes a curing agent and a monomer comprising substituted Diels-Alder moieties and ester moieties. The second process also includes curing the mixture to form the underfill. A third process includes providing a semiconductor device that includes the underfill. A semiconductor device includes the underfill.

Abstract: A method for forming an inhibitor layer on a transition metal surface is provided. The method includes introducing diazo compounds to bind to atoms of the transition metal surface, dosing a monomer to initiate polymerization for building up the inhibitor layer, depositing material onto a growth area adjacent to the transition metal surface and etching the inhibitor layer following completion of the depositing of the material onto the growth area.

Abstract: A thermal interface material (TIM) that includes a thermally reworkable polysiloxane with thermally reversible cycloadduct functionalities on at least one polysiloxane chain is disclosed. A TIM that includes a polysiloxane blended with a crosslinking network having thermally reversible cycloadduct functionalities is disclosed as well. A method of providing a TIM that includes a thermally reversible polymer network, a semiconductor package containing the TIM, and a computing device including the semiconductor package are also disclosed. The thermally reworkable polymer network of the provided TIM includes at least one polysiloxane chain and thermally reversible cycloadduct functionalities.

Abstract: A thermal interface material (TIM) that includes a hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane blended with a catalyst generator is disclosed. When the catalyst generator is activated by a thermal stimulus, it catalyzes cleavage of silicon-oxygen bonds in the hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane. A semiconductor package and a computing device containing the TIM are also disclosed. Additionally, a method of providing a TIM, as well as a semiconductor package containing the TIM are disclosed. Providing the TIM includes blending a hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane with a catalyst generator that cleaves silicon-oxygen bonds when activated by a thermal stimulus.

Abstract: The invention provides novel antibacterial compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC as defined herein. Optionally, the antibacterial compounds can be bonded to a delivery agent that is capable of bonding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention also provides the use of such compounds in treating or preventing bacterial infections, and processes for their synthesis.

Abstract: The invention provides novel antibacterial compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC as defined herein. Optionally, the antibacterial compounds can be bonded to a delivery agent that is capable of bonding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention also provides the use of such compounds in treating or preventing bacterial infections, and processes for their synthesis.

Abstract: A method of selective deposition that includes disposing in a deposition chamber a patterned substrate of side-by-side areas of metal and dielectric. The deposition chamber is connected to a bubbler that contains an N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) precursor. By heating the bubbler, gaseous free NHC is generated which is pulsed into the deposition chamber, where the NHC selectively chemisorbs onto the metal surface. Annealing after deposition of NHC improves surface patterning by removing stray metal from the dielectric section.

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of an antibacterial agent and a delivery agent, in which the delivery agent is bonded, or capable of binding, to the antibacterial agent, and in which the delivery agent is capable of binding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention further provides the use of such combinations in treating or preventing bacterial infections.

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of an antibacterial agent (in particular vancomycin or moenomycin) and a delivery agent, in which the delivery agent is bonded, or capable of binding, to the antibacterial agent, and in which the delivery agent is capable of binding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention further provides the use of such combinations in treating or preventing bacterial infections.

Abstract: The invention provides novel antibacterial compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC as defined herein. Optionally, the antibacterial compounds can be bonded to a delivery agent that is capable of bonding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention also provides the use of such compounds in treating or preventing bacterial infections, and processes for their synthesis.

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of an antibacterial agent (in particular vancomycin or moenomycin) and a delivery agent, in which the delivery agent is bonded, or capable of binding, to the antibacterial agent, and in which the delivery agent is capable of binding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention further provides the use of such combinations in treating or preventing bacterial infections.

Abstract: Invention relates to a single step preparation of alkali metal quinolate of general formula 1 wherein M=Lithium, sodium or potassium; R=H, alkyl (C1-C6), alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, amido or halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) which is substituted or unsubstituted with direct reaction of metal with 8-hydroxyquinoline. Substituted 8-hydroxyquinoline optionally have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, amido at 2, 5 or 7 position. Halogen substituted 8-hydroxyquinolates are also prepared from this method in the yield of 90-95% from polar solvents like acetonitrile. These complexes are useful as light emitting and electron injecting materials in organic electronic devices. Also the doping of these materials in electron transport materials improves their electron mobility.

Abstract: Invention relates to a single step preparation of alkali metal quinolate of general formula 1 wherein M=Lithium, sodium or potassium; R?H, alkyl (C1-C6), alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, amido or halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) which is substituted or unsubstituted with direct reaction of metal with 8-hydroxyquinoline. Substituted 8-hydroxyquinoline optionally have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, amido at 2, 5 or 7 position. Halogen substituted 8-hydroxyquinolates are also prepared from this method in the yield of 90-95% from polar solvents like acetonitrile. These complexes are useful as light emitting and electron injecting materials in organic electronic devices. Also the doping of these materials in electron transport materials improves their electron mobility.

Abstract: An multi directional laser scanner apparatus has a frame along with a plurality of lasers removably mounted in circular fashion to the frame for producing a plurality of light beams. A multi-faceted rotating mirror assembly is rotatably mounted to the frame and rotated by an electric motor and is aligned with a plurality of laser output beams. A plurality of fixed mirrors are attached in pairs to the frame and positioned for reflecting the light energy of the laser beam being reflected by the rotatable mirror assembly in a pattern onto a coded surface and positioned for receiving reflected beams from the coded surface and than directing the reflected beams in a reverse path onto the rotating mirror assembly and back towards each laser. A mirror mounted adjacent the output of each laser reflects each returning laser beam onto a photocell mounted to the frame for receiving the reflected signals from the coded surface and the signals are processed to read the coded signals.

Abstract: A rotatable bar code scanner mirror assembly includes a rotatable mirror support frame operatively coupled to an electric motor shaft for rotation with the motor shaft. A plurality of mirrors are attached to the rotatable mirror support frame with each mirror mounted to a frame in a different plane intersecting at least one other plane of a mirror mounted to the support frame. Each mirror is shaped to have a pair of generally flat offset portions, offset from each other, on opposite sides of a center axis and each offset portion is connected with a center mirror portion so that a return laser beam can be reflected off the offset portions and the outgoing laser beam reflected off the center portion so that the outgoing and return beams use the same scanner mirror assembly.