Abstract: A process for preparing a support comprises the placing of a substrate on a susceptor in a chamber of a deposition system, the susceptor having an exposed surface not covered by the substrate; the flowing of a precursor containing carbon in the chamber at a deposition temperature so as to form at least one layer on an exposed face of the substrate, while at the same time depositing species of carbon and of silicon on the exposed surface of the susceptor. The process also comprises, directly after the removal of the substrate from the chamber, a first etch step consisting of the flowing of an etch gas in the chamber at a first etching temperature not higher than the deposition temperature so as to eliminate at least some of the species of carbon and silicon deposited on the susceptor.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising polypropylene and a multi-block copolymer. The thermoplastic resin composition including the polypropylene and the multi-block copolymer exhibits excellent scratch resistance, and thus may be usefully used as a resin composition in the manufacturing of products requiring scratch resistance, such as automotive interior materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flight control apparatus, a system including the same, and a method thereof. An example embodiment of the present disclosure provides a flight control apparatus, including: at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the flight control apparatus to determine, based on environmental information and based on variations of a parameter for each operation mode of an aerial vehicle, a flight path among at least one candidate path associated with a destination for the aerial vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery, an all-solid-state battery comprising the electrolyte membrane and a method for manufacturing the solid electrolyte membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane may be obtained by stacking a first protective layer, a first film-type solid electrolyte material, a porous substrate, a second film-type solid electrolyte material and a second protective layer successively to prepare a laminate structure; and carrying out pressurization of the laminate structure so that the first and the second solid electrolyte materials may be pressed into the porous substrate and the pores of the porous substrate may be filled with the solid electrolyte materials.

Abstract: An inorganic composite pigment capable of elevating ultraviolet (UV) protection, and a cosmetic composition including the same, in which the inorganic composite pigment includes a core part including a white pigment; and a surface coating material, which is coated on the surface of an external part of the core part, including an inorganic solution that includes the white pigment. Additionally, the white pigment is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, cerium oxide, silica, talc, mica, and borosilicate. The inorganic composite pigment according to the present disclosure capable of elevating a UV protection undergoes surface modification of the pigment through a process of re-coating a white pigment on a white pigment with a high refractive index, thereby elevating the UV protection.

Abstract: A power supply system for an aircraft and a control method thereof are provided. The power supply system of the aircraft includes a fuel cell configured to generate electrical energy, a converter device configured to supply a voltage generated by the fuel cell to a first motor device for driving the aircraft through a first output terminal and switch a connection with the fuel cell depending on a predetermined driving mode, a battery configured to supply the voltage to a second motor device for driving the aircraft through a second output terminal, the second output terminal being connected with an output node of the fuel cell, and a processor configure to control a connection between the fuel cell and the converter device depending on the driving mode.

Abstract: A method of a first user equipment (UE) may comprise: receiving a downlink (DL) reference signal transmitted by a base station using a beam included in a beam candidate group to be used for sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; measuring a DL reference signal received power (RSRP) of the DL reference signal; determining a transmit power of a beam included in the beam candidate group based on the measured DL RSRP; and transmitting SL data to the second UE with the determined transmit power.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane for a solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same is provided. The battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane comprises an inhibiting layer, which is preferably capable of inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite, because it includes an effective amount of a dendrite growth-inhibiting material, which is capable of ionizing lithium deposited in the form of metal. Thus, when lithium metal is used as a negative electrode for a solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte membrane, it is possible to delay and/or inhibit growth of lithium dendrite, and thus to effectively prevent an electrical short-circuit caused by dendrite growth.

Abstract: A neuron circuit and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The neuron circuit may include an input unit to which an input pulse is applied, a bipolar memristor configured to have one end connected to one end of the input unit, a first capacitor configured to be connected between the one end of the bipolar memristor and a ground, a first diode configured to have an anode connected to the one end of the bipolar component, a second capacitor configured to have one end connected to a cathode of the first diode, a first switch configured to be connected between the one end of the second capacitor and the ground, and a second switch configured to be connected between the anode of the first diode and the other end of the second capacitor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for an all solid-state battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mixture of a polymer-based solid electrolyte and a conductive material is filled between electrode active material particles that constitute an electrode active material layer, to increase the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material through a solvent annealing process included in a manufacturing process, thereby improving ionic conductivity in the electrode and capacity in the electrode.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay node may include: receiving, from a first communication node, first data composed of n bits; receiving, from a second communication node, second data composed of m bits; in response to determining that n is greater than m, generating first T-data of m bits excluding (n-m) bits from the n-bits of the first data and first R-data of (n-m) bits; generating third data by performing a network coding operation on the first T-data and the second data; transmitting the third data to the first communication node; and transmitting the third data and the first R-data to the second communication node.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material including a plurality of crystallites A, wherein the plurality of crystallites A has a crystallite long-axis orientation degree DoA represented by Equation 1 below is 0.5 to 1, and a crystallite c-axis orientation degree represented by a cross product value of a c-axis rotation vector Rc of a crystal lattice of a crystallite obtained by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis and a position unit vector P? of the crystallite is 0.5 to 1. A proportion of the plurality of crystallites A is 25% to 80% with respect to a total number of crystallites in a cross-section of a positive electrode active material. Further provided is a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which includes an inner region that is a region from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to R/2, and an outer region that is a region from R/2 to the surface of the positive electrode active material particle, wherein R is a distance from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to the surface thereof. The positive electrode active material further includes 25% to 80% of crystallites C with respect to a total number of crystallites in the outer region. The crystallites C have a high crystallite long-axis orientation degree of 0.5 to 1 and a low crystallite c-axis orientation degree less than 0.5. Thus, the positive electrode active material has high capacity characteristics and a small amount of gas generated.

Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. An embodiment of a display device includes a substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer through a first contact hole in the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer filling an inside of the first contact hole; and a third insulating layer disposed on the second conductive layer and the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first region that overlaps the second conductive layer and a second region that does not overlap the second conductive layer, and a top surface of the first region of the first insulating layer is positioned higher than a top surface of the second region of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: In a backlight apparatus, a master driving circuit generates a transmission frame including a training period including a clock training pattern and a data period including a plurality of data packets respectively corresponding to the plurality of blocks. A plurality of slave driving circuits correspond to the plurality of blocks, respectively, and are connected to the master driving circuit in a daisy chain structure. Each slave driving circuit receives the transmission frame through the daisy chain structure, recovers a clock based on the clock training pattern, and drives the plurality of light emitting elements included in a corresponding block among the plurality of blocks based on its own data packet among a plurality of data packets.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanoemulsion composition of oxygen gas sustained release and method for preparing the same, and provides a nanoemulsion composition of oxygen gas sustained release and method for preparing the same, including a water phase part containing water, and an oil phase part dispersed in the water phase part and made of nanoparticle containing a perfluorocarbon compound, wherein the oil phase part contains oxygen gas, and the oxygen gas is released in sustained release. According to the present disclosure, there are advantages of preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth by increasing the amount of oxygen gas supplied to the hair bulb and the oxygen release time from the hair bulb.

Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first antenna device including a first antenna unit, a first circuit board electrically connected to the first antenna unit, a second circuit board electrically connected to the first circuit board, a second antenna unit integrated with the second circuit board, and an antenna driving integrated circuit chip mounted on the second circuit board and electrically connected to the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit. Multi-axial radiation is implemented using the antenna package with high efficiency and reliability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved capacity characteristic and life cycle characteristic, and a method of preparing the same, and specifically, to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a compound represented by Formula 1 above and allowing reversible intercalation/deintercalation of lithium, and from a crystal structure analysis of the positive electrode active material by a Rietveld method in which space group R-3m is used in a crystal structure model on the basis of an X-ray diffraction analysis, the thickness of MO slab is 2.1275 ? or less, the thickness of inter slab is 2.59 ? or greater, and the cation mixing ratio between Li and Ni is 0.5% or less, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a MEMS gas sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. The MEMS gas sensor includes a substrate having a recess, a membrane disposed in the recess and having a through-hole configured to expose a portion of a top surface of the substrate, which is disposed at a central portion of the recess, sensing electrodes disposed in the membrane, and a sensing layer disposed on each of bottom and top surfaces of the membrane and disposed in the through-hole.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can bind to lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) including a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and inhibit the activity thereof. Thus it is expected to be useful for the development of immunotherapeutic agents for various disorders that are associated with LAG-3.