Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulating film disposed on a substrate and having a first trench. A first lower conductive pattern fills the first trench and includes first and second valley areas that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The first and second valley areas are recessed toward the substrate. A second interlayer insulating film is disposed on the first interlayer insulating film and includes a second trench that exposes at least a portion of the first lower conductive pattern. An upper conductive pattern fills the second trench and includes an upper barrier film and an upper filling film disposed on the upper barrier film. The upper conductive pattern at least partially fills the first valley area.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling an operation of a secondary battery using a relative deterioration degree of an electrode. The method includes determining a SOC of the secondary battery whenever a pulse current flows through the secondary battery; determining an electrochemical reaction resistance from a voltage change amount measured during a preset initial time in each pulse current section and determining a lithium ion diffusion resistance from a voltage change amount measured during a remaining time except for the initial time; determining a deterioration-biased electrode by comparing a deterioration diagnosing resistance ratio, which is a relative ratio of the lithium ion diffusion resistance to the electrochemical reaction resistance, with a preset reference deterioration diagnosing resistance ratio; and adaptively adjusting an operation condition of a next charging/discharging cycle according to the type of the deterioration-biased electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for pre-detecting a defective porous polymer substrate for a separator, including selecting a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; observing the selected porous polymer substrate with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to obtain an image of the porous polymer substrate; quantifying the average value of pore distribution index (PDI); correcting the quantified average value of pore distribution index to obtain the corrected average value of pore distribution index; determining whether or not the corrected average value of pore distribution index is 60 a.u. (arbitrary unit) or less; and classifying the porous polymer substrate as a good product, when the corrected average value of pore distribution index is determined to be 60 a.u. or less, and classifying the porous polymer substrate as a defective product, when the corrected average value of pore distribution index is determined to be larger than 60 a.u.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect of providing a secondary battery having improved charging efficiency and output due to low discharge resistance and having a long lifespan and excellent high-temperature capacity retention by suppressing gas generation and increase in thickness.

Abstract: A method for displaying a message in a messenger service by a user terminal is proposed. The method may include receiving the message from a server. The method may also include receiving a mask command for the message from the server when text information extracted from the message satisfies a preset condition. The method may further include displaying a mask message corresponding to the message in a chat room of the messenger service based on the mask command.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect of providing a secondary battery having improved charging efficiency and output due to low discharge resistance and having a long lifespan and excellent high-temperature capacity retention by suppressing gas generation and increase in thickness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material powder for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises Li, M?, S and O, wherein M? consists of: Ni in a content x between 60.0 mol % and 95.0 mol %, relative to M? Co in a content y between 0.0 mol % and 25.0 mol %, relative to M?, Mn in a content z between 0.0 mol % and 25.0 mol %, relative to M?, W in a content a of 0.05 mol % or more, relative to M? D in a content b between 0.0 mol % and 2.0 mol %, relative to M?, wherein D comprises at least one element of the group consisting of: Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cr, F, Fe, Mg, Mo, Nb, Si, Sr, Ti, Y, V, Zn and Zr, and, wherein x, y, z, a, and b are measured by ICP, wherein x+y+z+a+b is 100.0 mol %, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises soluble sulfur in a content of 0.30 mol % or more, relative to M?.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect of providing a secondary battery having improved charging efficiency and output due to low discharge resistance and having a long lifespan and excellent high-temperature capacity retention by suppressing gas generation and increase in thickness.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel connected to a first data line and a first scan line; a second pixel connected to the first data line and a second scan line; a first scan driver connected to a first scan start line and the first scan line; and a second scan driver connected to a second scan start line and the second scan line. In a first frame period, the second scan start line is to be suppled with a second scan start signal having a turn-on level, after a first period elapses after a first scan start signal having a turn-on level is supplied to the first scan start line. In a second frame period, a difference between a time at which the first scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied and a time at which the second scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied corresponds to a second period. The second period is shorter than the first period.

Abstract: An electronic device structure having a shielding structure includes a substrate with an electronic component electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding structure includes conductive spaced-apart pillar structures that have proximate ends connected to the substrate and distal ends spaced apart from the substrate, and that are laterally spaced apart from the first electronic component. In one embodiment, the conductive pillar structures are conductive wires attached at one end to the substrate with an opposing end extending away from the substrate so that the conductive wires are provided generally perpendicular to the substrate. A package body encapsulates the electronic component and the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures. In one embodiment, the shielding structure further includes a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the package body, which is electrically connected to the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same and, more specifically, to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative compound, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same, wherein the compound has excellent absorbance for light of i-line (365 nm) wavelength, is greatly easy to prepare into a polymerizable composition due to very high solubility in an organic solvent, has good thermal stability, and shows a favorable acid generation rate.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a display panel including a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a bendable area between the first area and the second area; a window disposed on the display panel overlapping the first area; a protective layer disposed on the window including a first portion overlapping the bendable area; and an adhesive disposed between the window and the protective layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel folded with respect to an imaginary folding axis extending in a first direction, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the display panel, a window disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and a first adhesive layer disposed between the anti-reflective layer and the window. The first adhesive layer includes an adhesive having a change rate in a storage modulus of about 0.3 or less at a temperature of about 150 degrees Celsius (° C.) to about 200° C. with respect to the storage modulus at a temperature of about 60° C.

Abstract: It is disclosed a blood glucose prediction system and method using saliva-based artificial intelligence deep learning technique.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer, a device electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the device electrode layer, an insulating film surrounding a side surface of the light-emitting layer, a side surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a side surface of the device electrode layer, and a reflective layer surrounding a side surface of the insulating film, wherein the side surface of the device electrode layer is aligned with a side surface of the reflective electrode layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel-structured nucleic acid complex having a blood-brain barrier penetration ability and a composition comprising same and, more specifically, to a nucleic acid complex in which a bioactive nucleic acid is complementarily bound to a carrier peptide nucleic acid modified to be generally positively charged, and to a composition for blood-brain barrier penetration comprising same. The nucleic acid complex according to the present invention can penetrate the blood-brain barrier at excellent efficiency, and especially, the conjugation of a drug into the nucleic acid complex increases the blood-brain barrier penetration ability of the drug, and thus is very useful in treatment or diagnosis of diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a secondary battery pouch film having at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, and a sealant layer, or at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, a melt-extrusion resin layer, and a sealant layer in this order, the method including: a drying process of applying and heating a primer layer composition on the metal layer so as to dry the primer layer composition and cure at least a part of the primer layer composition. The organic solvent-based emulsion composition contains acid-modified polypropylene and a curing agent and has a curing start temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C., and a drying process temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C. The method is not subjected to a thermal lamination process when laminating sealant layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer electronic component includes forming a stack by stacking a plurality of ceramic green sheets on which conductive patterns are disposed on a support film, cutting the stack in a second direction, perpendicular to a first direction which is a stacking direction of the plurality of ceramic green sheets, cutting the stack in a third direction, perpendicular to the first and second directions, to obtain a plurality of unit chips, separating the unit chip from the support film, arranging the unit chip such that one of side surfaces of the unit chip is in contact with an adhesive tape, and attaching another one of the side surfaces to a ceramic green sheet for a side margin portion, and forming a side margin portion on the another one of side surfaces.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present disclosure, disclosure is an immunogenicity prediction method comprising the steps of: acquiring information about synthetic long peptides for treating carcinoma in a subject through an immunogenicity prediction device; processing the synthetic long peptides by one processing method of embedding, one-hot encoding, and BLOSUM through the immunogenicity prediction device, and outputting one or more antigen feature values based on the processed data; inputting the cleavage probability vector for each position of the synthetic long peptides through the immunogenicity prediction device to output one or more cleavage feature values; inputting a neoantigen peptide sequence, an HLA class I sequence, an HLA class II sequence within the synthetic long peptides through the immunogenicity prediction device to output one or more neoantigen feature values related to the immunity and binding affinity to the neoantigen peptide sequence; and outputting an immunogenicity score of the neoantigen pe

Abstract: Compositions and methods are described for alleviating, preventing, or treating adverse effects of cholinesterase inhibitors by administering an effective amount of an antioxidant to a subject in need thereof. Composition and methods are described for preventing or treating a brain disease by administering a cholinesterase inhibitor and an antioxidant to a subject in need thereof.