Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a conductive pattern disposed on a substrate and a lower electrode connected to the conductive pattern and extending in a first direction. The lower electrode includes a lower pattern and an upper pattern. The lower electrode is disposed between the upper pattern and the conductive pattern. The device further includes a capacitor dielectric film disposed on the lower electrode and an upper electrode disposed on the capacitor dielectric film. The lower pattern includes a lower inner interface extending in the first direction, wherein the upper pattern is free of an inner interface extending in the first direction.

Abstract: A device for expanding leg portions of hairpins of a motor on which the hairpins are wound by bending them radially outward for each layer, wherein, after the hairpins are restrained radially outward to reduce dispersion, an expansion process on the hairpins may be carried out, so that the hairpins may be bent equally during the expansion process, making it possible to secure constant expansion quality.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an auxiliary apparatus used to capture an image of teeth of a patient, and more particularly, to a support block that enables an image of teeth of the patient to be captured in a state where a natural dentition is maintained, and an imaging apparatus including the same. According to the dental support block of the present disclosure and the imaging apparatus including the same, imaging can be performed by reflecting a patient's normal occlusal state, thereby accurately checking and diagnosing a condition of teeth, dentition, and the like and treating accordingly.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes artificial graphite particles; and a nitrogen element, an oxygen element, and a hydrogen element present on a surface, on an inside, or on the surface and the inside of the artificial graphite particle. The nitrogen element is included in an amount of about 80 mg to 180 mg per 1 kg of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2?20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2?) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2,??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9?a?1.3, 0.6?x?1.0, 0.0?y?=0.4, 0.0?z?0.4, and 0.0?1×x?y?z?0.4, ?0.025?FWHM(104)?{0.04+(xfirst particle?0.6)×0.25}?0.025,??[Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)?0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}?FWHMSi powder (220).

Abstract: A display device includes a first sub-pixel including a light emitting element that emits light when driving power is applied and a first pixel driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting element by being controlled in a first control mode or a second control mode, and a second sub-pixel including a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light when driving power is applied and a second pixel driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting elements by being controlled in the first control mode or the second control mode. The first pixel driving circuit drives the light emitting element of the first sub-pixel by being controlled in the first control mode in a target luminance section, and the second pixel driving circuit drives the light emitting element of the second sub-pixel by being controlled in the second control mode in the target luminance section.

Abstract: An inhaler includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface configured to connect the first surface to the second surface, wherein a plurality of air inlets is formed in the housing to penetrate the side surface in a vertical direction, a mouthpiece protruding from the first surface, and a guide configured to form a path through which air introduced through the air inlets moves in an interior of the housing, wherein, when an inhaling force is applied to the mouthpiece, the guide is configured to guide a functional material accommodated in the interior of the housing to be transferred to the mouthpiece.

Abstract: An inhaler includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first surface to the second surface, wherein an elongated cavity is formed in the housing, the elongated cavity extending from the first surface toward the second surface and into which an aerosol-generating article comprising a capsule is inserted, a first needle disposed perpendicular to the second surface and extending in a longitudinal direction from the second surface toward the first surface, and a second needle adjacent to the side surface and disposed in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first needle is configured to crush the capsule in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the second needle is configured to move forward or backward penetrating through the side surface to crush the capsule in the transverse direction.

Abstract: An automatic evaporator system includes a flask configured to accommodate a sample, a bath configured to accommodate the flask and transfer heat to the flask, a condenser including a sample inlet, the condenser configured to receive a target substance evaporated from the flask and condense the received target substance, an extractor connected to the condenser and configured to extract the target substance separated from the sample, and a flask fastening device connected to the sample inlet, the flask fastening comprising a flask connector connected to the sample inlet and configured to connect the flask with the sample inlet while the flask is connected to the flask connector and at least one gripper connected to the flask connector and configured to move the flask between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid processing apparatus including a container, that stores a liquid, a chamber, that accommodates at least a portion of the container, at least one sensor in the chamber, a sealing apparatus, connected to the chamber, that seals the container, and a driving apparatus provides a driving force to the chamber and the sealing apparatus, and where the chamber and the sealing apparatus reciprocate while staying in a unidirectional state, and where the at least one sensor is senses an inner portion of the container.

Abstract: A display device includes signal lines and pixels connected thereto. A first pixel includes a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first channel region overlapping the first gate electrode, a first source region, and a second drain region facing the first source region, with the first channel region interposed between the first source region and the second drain region. A third transistor includes a third gate electrode, a third channel region overlapping the third gate electrode, a third drain region connected to the first gate electrode, and a third source region facing the third drain region with the third channel region interposed between the third source region and the third drain region. A shielding part overlaps a boundary between the third source region and the third channel region and does not overlap a boundary between the third drain region and the third channel region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a cocatalyst compound using an anhydrous hydrocarbon solvent, and a cocatalyst compound prepared thereby.

Abstract: A walking assistance method may include receiving at least one abnormal gait type selected from a plurality of abnormal gait types, and differently controlling a walking assistance apparatus based on the at least one abnormal gait type.

Abstract: In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes a silicon-carbon composite that includes a carbon-based material and a first silicon-based nano-coating layer formed on the carbon-based material; silicon carbide; silicon nitride; and second silicon-based particles.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a circuit layer disposed on the substrate; and an element layer disposed on the circuit layer. The circuit layer includes light emitting pixel drivers; gate lines extending in a first direction, and arranged in a second direction in the display area; a gate driving circuit including stages disposed in a portion of the non-display area, arranged in the first direction, and electrically connected to the gate lines; data lines extending in the second direction; first auxiliary lines extending in the first direction; and second auxiliary lines extending in the second direction and adjacent to the data lines in the first direction. The second auxiliary lines include gate bypass auxiliary lines electrically connected between the gate lines and the stages.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a sodium secondary battery, including P2-type layered oxide particles and O3-type layered oxide particles, wherein in SEM-EDS mapping analysis, an atomic ratio (S3/S2) of a surface Na content (at %) (S3) of the O3-type layered oxide particles to a surface Na content (at %) (S2) of the P2-type layered oxide particles is 0.4 to 1.6.

Abstract: A fluid heating device capable of reducing the amount of the generated greenhouse gases while improving the yield of target compounds (ethylene, propylene and hydrogen, etc.) in a cracking process by controlling inflow heat fluxes themselves, respectively, in accordance with the progress degree of pyrolysis. The fluid heating device reduces a phenomenon that coke is generated by controlling inflow heat fluxes themselves, respectively, in accordance with the progress degree of pyrolysis in consideration of physical and/or chemical characteristics of various targets of pyrolysis, and reducing the amount of production of compounds (methane, ethane, benzene and fuel oil, etc.) other than the target compounds. A method of using the fluid heating device is also provided.

Abstract: A platform system includes a station including a moving portion and a guide configured to guide movement of the moving portion, and a manipulator configured to pick up an object from the moving portion or to place the object on the moving portion, where the moving portion is configured to move in response to the manipulator picking up the object from the moving portion or placing the object on the moving portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a scan line extending in a first direction. A plurality of data lines cross the scan line. A driving voltage line crosses the scan line. An active pattern includes a plurality of channel regions and a plurality of conductive regions. A control line is connected to the plurality of data lines and the driving voltage line. The active pattern includes a shielding part overlapping at least one data line of the plurality of data lines. The control line includes a plurality of main line parts each extending in the first direction, and a detour part connecting two adjacent main line parts of the plurality of main line parts to each other. The detour part extends along a periphery of the active pattern and crosses the at least one data line of the plurality of data lines.

Abstract: present disclosure A positive electrode material includes a first lithium transition metal oxide and a second lithium transition metal oxide having a smaller average particle diameter (D50) than the first lithium transition metal oxide. The particle strength of the first lithium transition metal oxide is 100 MPa or more, and the particle strength of the second lithium transition metal oxide is twice or more than the particle strength of the first lithium transition metal oxide. A positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are also provided.