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: According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a display device including a substrate, a light emitting element on the substrate and emitting first light, a wavelength conversion layer on the light emitting element and including wavelength conversion particles for converting the first light into second light, a first selective transmission film between the light emitting element and the wavelength conversion layer and reflecting the first light and the second light, which are incident from the wavelength conversion layer, and a second selective transmission film on the wavelength conversion layer and reflecting the first light incident from the wavelength conversion layer and transmitting the second light.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes an unwinder supplying a current collector to be coated to a predetermined position, a coating device coating a coating liquid on the current collector, a drying device drying the coated current collector, and a rewinder winding the coated current collector passing through the drying device at a predetermined position.

Abstract: Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises providing a mask which includes first particles, and second particles spaced apart from the first particles, on a surface of the mask, applying a first adhesive over the first particles on the mask, irradiating the first adhesive with light on a first position of the first particles to cure the first adhesive, resulting in a cured first adhesive, forming a first adhesive film from the cured first adhesive in which the first particles are stuck to the first adhesive and removing the first adhesive film on the mask, wherein the first adhesive overlaps a first region of the surface of the mask in which the first particles are disposed, and does not overlap a second region spaced laterally from the first region of the mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with multiple zero differential transconductance includes: a conductive substrate; a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer disposed on the conductive substrate; a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor disposed on first portions of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, respectively; a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer disposed on electrode contact areas of the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor, respectively; and an anode electrode and a cathode electrode disposed on second portions, which are different from the first portions, of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and on the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer, respectively, wherein the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor are disposed in parallel with each other and connected by the anode electrode and the cathode electrode.

Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: performing a directional prediction using at least one of a neighboring pixel of a current block and a left upper corner pixel positioned at a left upper corner of the current block so as to obtain a first prediction value for the current block; obtaining a second prediction value for the current block using the reference sample positioned in the current block; and weighted summing the first prediction value and the second prediction value using a weighting matrix so as to obtain a final prediction value for the current block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Abstract: There is provided a display device including a display panel including first panel pads arranged along a plurality of rows, each of the rows extending in a first direction in a plan view, wires extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the wires including a first bonding portion attached to a corresponding one of the first panel pads, and a first circuit board including first pads connected to the wires. The first panel pads in a first row of the plurality of rows in a plan view are exposed in the second direction crossing the first direction between the first panel pads in a second row neighboring to the first row of the plurality of rows.

Abstract: Proposed is a reversible electroporation system including a middle connector combined with a cradle, the system using an electroporation needle including an internal drug channel and an electrode pattern formed on the external surface thereof, so as to allow the application of electric pulses and the formation of electric fields at a lesion site of a patient and enable a corresponding drug to be delivered, thereby enabling an accurate and stable procedure for a diseased part of the body of the patient, wherein the middle connector has a seating part so as to be stably fixed on the body without slipping, and has a first mesh-type fixing part placed therein so that, when the needle is inserted into a certain part of the body, an electroporator can be inserted at an accurate position together with the mesh-type fixing part, and when more stable fixation is required according to the convenience and need of an operator, an electroporator cradle including a second mesh-type fixing part is further provided so that a

Abstract: A display device includes a driving element layer on a substrate, a wiring layer on the driving element layer and including a power supply wiring, and a light emitting element layer disposed on the wiring layer. The light emitting element layer includes a pixel defining layer defining openings for pixels, a first electrode in each opening, a heating wiring on the pixel defining layer around each opening, a connection electrode connecting the heating wiring and the power supply wiring through a contact hole extending through the wiring layer and the pixel defining layer, an intermediate layer covering the first electrode in the pixels and the pixel defining layer between the pixels, and including a disconnected portion on the pixel defining layer adjacent to the heating wiring, and a second electrode continuously disposed on the intermediate layer in the openings for the pixels and between the pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly to a display device capable of repairing a transistor. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device comprising: a pixel comprising a light emitting element and a pixel circuit; and a signal line connected to the pixel, wherein the pixel circuit comprises: a first main transistor connected between a driving voltage line and an anode electrode of the light emitting element; a second main transistor connected between a data line and a gate electrode of the first main transistor; a third main transistor connected between the driving voltage line and a source electrode of the first main transistor; a fourth main transistor connected between a drain electrode of the first main transistor and a common voltage line; and one auxiliary transistor disposed adjacent to at least one of the first to fourth main transistors.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst, a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured according to the method, and a catalyst for a fuel cell including the same. The method may include using various organic materials containing N and various carbon supports and thus provide excellent economic feasibility. In addition, pyridinic N and pyrrolic N of doped N can be adjusted at an optimal content ratio so that the carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured and the catalyst for a fuel cell including the same have excellent electrochemical resistance and excellent electrochemical characteristic due to an increase in an electrochemically active surface area, and excellent durability due to an increase in thermal durability.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image encoding/decoding method for a machine and a device therefor. An image encoding method according to the present disclosure includes extracting an encoding method feature from an encoding input signal; determining an encoding method that is optimal for the encoding input signal based on the encoding method feature; transforming the encoding input signal based on the encoding method; and encoding an encoding target signal generated by transforming encoding method information and the encoding input signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for performing intra-prediction, using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction includes the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply to the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring blocks; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply to the second filter.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery are disclosed. The electrode assembly for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a current collector; a negative electrode active material layer on the current collector and including a negative electrode material; and a first functional layer and an organic-inorganic composite layer sequentially on the negative electrode active material layer, the first functional layer being integrated with the negative electrode material layer, and wherein the positive electrode includes a second functional layer facing the organic-inorganic composite layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and to a concentration kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and then desorbing same so as to detect the components and concentrations of the pollutants. The present invention comprises: a sensor positioned on a channel in which gas moves, so as to detect pollutants in the gas; and a concentration part, which comprises an adsorbent for adsorbing and desorbing the pollutants in the gas moving to the sensor, so as to transfer concentrated pollutants to the sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a VOC reduction system and a VOC reduction method that applies pulse type thermal energy to a catalyst to activate the catalyst and oxidizes and removes the VOC.