Abstract: In one embodiment, a product includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a fill material in interstitial spaces between the carbon nanotubes for limiting or preventing fluidic transfer between opposite sides of the product except through interiors of the carbon nanotubes. Moreover, the longitudinal axes of the carbon nanotubes are substantially parallel, where an average inner diameter of the carbon nanotubes is about 20 nanometers or less. In addition, the ends of the carbon nanotubes are open and the fill material is impermeable or having an average porosity that is less than the average inner diameter of the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first electrode; a polarizing plate disposed on the liquid crystal layer; a color conversion layer disposed on the polarizing plate and including a plurality of color conversion portions; and a second substrate disposed on the color conversion layer. The polarizing plate includes a polymer film, and a distance between the liquid crystal layer and the color conversion layer is in a range of about 5 ?m to about 50 ?m.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units and each pixel unit includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an image display part and a protective layer. The first electrode is formed on the substrate. The second electrode is formed over the first electrode while interposing a first insulating layer therebetween to define a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in a first direction between the first and second electrodes. The image display part is provided in the TSC to display an image according to an electric field generated by the first and second electrodes. The protective layer covers the second electrode and seals the TSC. The display apparatus having the above structure is manufactured by forming the first electrode, a sacrificial layer and the second electrode and forming the image display part by removing the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for filtering of biological particles are disclosed. Filtering membranes separate adjacent chambers. Through osmotic or electrokinetic processes, flow of particles is carried out through the filtering membranes. Cells, viruses and cell waste can be filtered depending on the size of the pores of the membrane. A polymer brush can be applied to a surface of the membrane to enhance filtering and prevent fouling.

Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units and each pixel unit includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an image display part and a protective layer. The first electrode is formed on the substrate. The second electrode is formed over the first electrode while interposing a first insulating layer therebetween to define a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in a first direction between the first and second electrodes. The image display part is provided in the TSC to display an image according to an electric field generated by the first and second electrodes. The protective layer covers the second electrode and seals the TSC. The display apparatus having the above structure is manufactured by forming the first electrode, a sacrificial layer and the second electrode and forming the image display part by removing the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a separation membrane includes: a porous support structure; and at least one alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support structure. In another embodiment, a method for separating acidic gases from a gas mixture includes exposing the gas mixture to a separation membrane at an elevated temperature, where the separation membrane includes a porous support and at least one molten alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support.

Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display region configured to display an image and a non-display region extending outside the display region and having a first driver and a second driver arranged to communicate electrical signals with the display region, and at least one flexible printed circuit boards electrically connected to the flexible display panel, where the first driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a first edge of the flexible display panel in a rolled direction of the flexible display panel, the second driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a second edge of the flexible display panel in a direction intersecting the rolled direction of the flexible display panel, and the at least one flexible printed circuit boards are simultaneously connected to the both opposite sides of the first edge.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a composition of matter includes: a first system of continuous voids arranged in a three-dimensional matrix; a second system of continuous voids arranged in the three-dimensional matrix; and a nanoporous barrier separating the first system of continuous voids and the second system of continuous voids. The first system of continuous voids and the second system of continuous voids are interwoven but independent so as to form a plurality of channels through the three-dimensional matrix. Corresponding methods for forming the composition of matter are also disclosed.

Abstract: A substrate peeling apparatus includes a support member and absorption pads. The support member, having a quadrangular shape, includes first and second vertexes diagonally facing each other in a first direction, and third and fourth vertexes diagonally facing each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. The absorption pads is disposed on the support member. The absorption pads are arranged in rows in a direction parallel to the first direction and at least one absorption pad of each row is arranged in a direction parallel to the second direction. An absorption pad of each row includes a hole having an increasing internal diameter as a distance in the first direction between the each row and the first vertex increases. An internal diameter of an absorption pad in a row positioned halfway between the first and second vertexes has a maximum internal diameter.

Abstract: Methods and systems for filtering of biological particles are disclosed. Filtering membranes separate adjacent chambers. Through osmotic or electrokinetic processes, flow of particles is carried out through the filtering membranes. Cells, viruses and cell waste can be filtered depending on the size of the pores of the membrane. A polymer brush can be applied to a surface of the membrane to enhance filtering and prevent fouling.

Abstract: A display apparatus capable of controlling light transmittance includes: a transparent organic light emitting device comprising a first region including an emission region capable of emitting light and a second region adjacent to the first region in a horizontal direction and including a transmission region capable of transmitting external light therethrough; and a light transmission control device coupled to and facing the transparent organic light emitting device, the light transmission control device comprising a third region formed at a location corresponding to the first region and a fourth region adjacent to the third region in the horizontal direction and positioned to correspond to the second region, wherein the fourth region comprises a sealed cavity having a transmission control material layer therein, and the transmission control material layer is configured to be selectively driven by the light transmission control device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes: joining a first thin-film glass substrate onto a first carrier substrate; providing a touch pattern unit on a surface of the first thin-film glass substrate, which is opposite to a surface facing the first carrier substrate; separating the first thin-film glass substrate from the first carrier substrate; turning over the first thin-film glass substrate and joining the turned over first thin-film glass substrate onto the first carrier substrate; joining a second thin-film glass substrate onto a second carrier substrate; providing a display unit between the surface of the first thin-film glass substrate opposite to the surface on which the touch pattern unit is provided and a surface of the second thin-film glass substrate, which is opposite to a surface facing the second carrier substrate; and removing the first carrier substrate and the second carrier substrate.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image data comparator which receives first, second and third color image data, extracts first, second and third image data from the first, second and third color image date by comparing gray scale values of the first, second and third color image date such that each of grayscale values of the second and third image data is greater than or equal to a gray scale value of the first image data, and compares the gray scale value of the first image data with a predetermined gray scale value, a driving circuit which generates a gray scale signal based on a result of the comparison and generates first and second color signals based on the first, second or third image data, and a pixel including a first sub-pixel which receives the gray scale signal, second and third sub-pixels which receive the first and second color signals, respectively.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display region configured to display an image and a non-display region extending outside the display region and having a first driver and a second driver arranged to communicate electrical signals with the display region, and at least one flexible printed circuit boards electrically connected to the flexible display panel, where the first driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a first edge of the flexible display panel in a rolled direction of the flexible display panel, the second driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a second edge of the flexible display panel in a direction intersecting the rolled direction of the flexible display panel, and the at least one flexible printed circuit boards are simultaneously connected to the both opposite sides of the first edge.

Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.

Abstract: Methods and systems for hydrogen production or production of a reduced target molecule are described, wherein a nicotinamide co-factor dependent membrane hydrogenase or a nicotinamide co-factor dependent membrane enzyme presented on a nanolipoprotein adsorbed onto an electrically conductive supporting structure, which can preferably be chemically inert, is contacted with protons or a target molecule to be reduced and nicotinamide cofactors in presence of an electric current and one or more electrically driven redox mediators.

Abstract: A display apparatus capable of controlling light transmittance includes: a transparent organic light emitting device comprising a first region including an emission region capable of emitting light and a second region adjacent to the first region in a horizontal direction and including a transmission region capable of transmitting external light therethrough; and a light transmission control device coupled to and facing the transparent organic light emitting device, the light transmission control device comprising a third region formed at a location corresponding to the first region and a fourth region adjacent to the third region in the horizontal direction and positioned to correspond to the second region, wherein the fourth region comprises a sealed cavity having a transmission control material layer therein, and the transmission control material layer is configured to be selectively driven by the light transmission control device.

Abstract: Membranes for fluid separation are disclosed. These membranes have a matrix layer sandwiched between an active layer and a porous support layer. The matrix layer includes 1-D nanoparticles that are vertically aligned in a porous polymer matrix, and which substantially extend through the matrix layer. The active layer provides species-specific transport, while the support layer provides mechanical support. A matrix layer of this type has favorable surface morphology for forming the active layer. Furthermore, the pores that form in the matrix layer tend to be smaller and more evenly distributed as a result of the presence of aligned 1-D nanoparticles. Improved performance of separation membranes of this type is attributed to these effects.