Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, and a test apparatus and method thereof, capable of accurately detecting a defect by using a plurality of resistor circuits in a test process. The test apparatus of a semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include semiconductor chips each including an external resistor circuit disposed to be dispersed along an outer region of a chip and an internal resistor circuit disposed in an inner region of the chip in order to test cracks, and test equipment that drives the external resistor circuit and the internal resistor circuit and compares an output of the external resistor circuit with an output of the internal resistor circuit to detect whether a defect occurs in each of the semiconductor chips.

Abstract: A new use of estrogen-related receptor ? (ERR?) inhibitor in enhancing cancer treatment and a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting the resistance of cancer to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and enhancing an anticancer effect are disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition contains an ERR? inhibitor as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition for treating tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant advanced cancer. The composition can be administered in combination with tyrosine kinase inhibitor. A method for determining if a cancer is tyrosine kinase-resistant is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of producing a quantum dot comprising zinc selenide, the method comprising: providing an organic ligand mixture comprising a carboxylic acid compound, a primary amine compound, a secondary amide compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a first organic solvent: RCONHR??Chemical Formula 1 wherein each R is as defined herein; heating the organic ligand mixture in an inert atmosphere at a first temperature to obtain a heated organic ligand mixture; adding a zinc precursor, a selenium precursor, and optionally a tellurium precursor to the heated organic ligand mixture to obtain a reaction mixture, wherein the zinc precursor does not comprise oxygen; and heating the reaction mixture at a first reaction temperature to synthesize a first semiconductor nanocrystal particle.

Abstract: A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate including trenches and contact recesses having a curved surface profile, conductive patterns in the trenches, buried contacts including first portions filling the contact recesses and second portions on the first portions, and spacer structures including first and second spacers. The second portions may have a pillar shape and a smaller width than top surfaces of the first portions. The buried contacts may be spaced apart from the conductive patterns by the spacer structures. The first spacers may be on the first portions of the buried contacts at outermost parts of the spacer structures. The first spacers may extend along the second portions of the buried contacts and contact the buried contacts. The second spacers may extend along the side surfaces of the conductive patterns and the trenches. The second spacers may contact the conductive patterns. The first spacers may include silicon oxide.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a trench, a direct contact in the trench, the direct contact having a width smaller than a width of the trench, a bit line structure on the direct contact, the bit line structure having a width smaller than the width of the trench, a first spacer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending along an entire side surface of the direct contact, and the second portion extending along the trench, a second spacer on the first spacer, the second spacer filling the trench, a third spacer on the second spacer, and an air spacer on the third spacer, the air spacer being spaced apart from the second spacer by the third spacer, wherein the first spacer includes silicon oxide.

Abstract: A methane cracking apparatus includes a supply pipeline that supplies a gas, a reactor having an interior space, and in which a catalyst for decomposing the gas may be disposed in the interior space, an agitator provided in the interior space and that agitates a material in the interior space, a first discharge pipeline connected to the reactor and that discharges decomposition materials generated as the gas may be decomposed, and a second discharge pipeline connected to the reactor, that discharges the decomposition materials, and disposed on an upper side of the first discharge pipeline.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a light emitting layer including a first light emitting layer disposed between the hole transport layer and the second electrode and including a first quantum dot and a second light emitting layer between the first light emitting layer and the second electrode and including a second quantum dot; and an electron transport layer between the light emitting layer and the second electrode. Each of the first and second light emitting layers emits first light, hole transport capability per unit area and electron transport capability per unit area of the first quantum dot are greater than hole transport capability per unit area and electron transport capability per unit area of the second quantum dot, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a trench, a conductive pattern in the trench, a spacer structure on a side surface of the conductive pattern, and a buried contact including a first portion apart from the conductive pattern by the spacer structure and filling a contact recess, and a second portion on the first portion having a pillar shape with a width smaller than that of a top surface of the first portion. The spacer structure includes a first spacer extending along the second portion of the buried contact on the first portion of the buried contact and contacting the buried contact, a second spacer extending along the first spacer, and a third spacer extending along the side surface of the conductive pattern and the trench and apart from the first spacer by the second spacer, the first spacer includes silicon oxide, and the second spacer includes silicon nitride.

Abstract: A quantum dot including: a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of the sulfur with respect to the selenium is less than or equal to about 2.4:1. A production method of the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: The purpose of one aspect of the present disclosure is to provide: a cold rolled steel sheet for a flux-cored wire, having excellent low temperature toughness, welding workability and processability; and a manufacturing method thereof. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides: a cold rolled steel sheet for a flux-cored wire, comprising, by wt %, 0.005-0.10% of C, 0.05-0.25% of Mn, 0.05% or less of Si (excluding 0%), 0.0005-0.01% of P, 0.008% or less of S (excluding 0%), 0.005-0.06% of Al, 0.0005-0.003% of N, 0.8-1.7% of Ni, 0.1-0.5% of Cr, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and having 0.10-0.75 of WN defined by Relationship 1 below; and a manufacturing method therefor. WN=(31×C+0.5×Mn+20×Al)×(Ni)×(0.6×Cr).

Abstract: Quantum dots and electroluminescent devices including the same, wherein the quantum dots include a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide; and a shell disposed on the core, the shell including zinc, sulfur, and selenium, wherein the quantum dots have an average particle size of greater than 10 nm, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, and wherein a photoluminescent peak of the quantum dots is present in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to about 430 nm and less than or equal to about 470 nm.

Abstract: A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, and optionally sulfur and/or tellurium, and a shell that includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, and at least one of sulfur or selenium is disclosed. The quantum dot has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 13 nm, an emission peak wavelength in a range of about 440 nm to about 470 nm, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an emission wavelength of less than about 25 nm. A method for preparing the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, and an electronic device including the quantum dot is also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a production method thereof, and a light emitting device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, a first shell surrounding the core, the first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, a second shell surrounding the first shell, the second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the second semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein an energy bandgap of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is less than an energy bandgap of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and less than an energy bandgap of the third semiconductor nanocrystal; and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal particle does not include cadmium.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

Abstract: A quantum dot including: a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of the sulfur with respect to the selenium is less than or equal to about 2.4:1. A production method of the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a production method thereof, and a light emitting device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, a first shell surrounding the core, the first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, a second shell surrounding the first shell, the second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the second semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein an energy bandgap of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is less than an energy bandgap of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and less than an energy bandgap of the third semiconductor nanocrystal; and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal particle does not include cadmium.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc (Zn) and sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), or a combination thereof; and a shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal disposed on at least a portion of the core, wherein the core includes a dopant of a Group 1A element, a Group 2A element, or a combination thereof, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle exhibits a maximum peak emission in a wavelength region of about 440 nanometers (nm) to about 470 nm.

Abstract: Quantum dots and electroluminescent devices including the same, wherein the quantum dots include a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide; and a shell disposed on the core, the shell including zinc, sulfur, and selenium, wherein the quantum dots have an average particle size of greater than 10 nm, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, and wherein a photoluminescent peak of the quantum dots is present in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to about 430 nm and less than or equal to about 470 nm.