Abstract: Disclosed are a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative electrode for the rechargeable lithium battery includes a current collector, a negative active material layer including an expansion reduction binder, a rubber binder, and a negative active material; and a functional layer between the current collector and the negative active material layer, wherein an amount of the expansion reduction binder is about 0.3 wt % to about 1 wt % based on 100 wt % of the negative active material layer, and an amount of the rubber binder is about 1 wt % to about 1.5 wt % based on 100 wt % of the negative active material layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a block copolymer including a step of subjecting a lactide monomer to ring-opening polymerization in the presence of a biosynthesized poly(3-hydroxypropionate) initiator to prepare a polylactide-poly(3-hydroxypropionate) block copolymer.

Abstract: A memory device including: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a page buffer circuit connected to the plurality of memory cells through bitlines and configured to read data stored in the plurality of memory cells in page units; and a column decoding circuit configured to output non-contiguous sub-pages among page data stored in the page buffer circuit as valid data based on sub-page bitmap information included in a read command during a read operation.

Abstract: A vehicle system for monitoring a blind zone includes a monitoring system arranged to monitor an area rearward of the vehicle; an interior rearview mirror having a first controllable icon disposed on a rightward side thereof and a second controllable icon disposed on a leftward side thereof. The monitoring system is able to detect an object that is rearward to and proximal to the vehicle. The monitoring system is operative to determine that the object that is rearward to and proximal to the vehicle is disposed on a rightward side of the vehicle or a leftward side of the vehicle, illuminate the first controllable icon when the object that is rearward to and proximal to the vehicle is disposed on the rightward side; and illuminate the second controllable icon when the object that is rearward to and proximal to the vehicle is disposed on the leftward side.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may comprise: a display, a communication circuit configured for Bluetooth low energy (BLE), and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to: resolve, at least partly based on an event for initiating a second service, a resolvable private address (RPA) within an advertising packet for a first service using an identity resolving key (IRK) among multiple IRKs stored in the electronic device before occurrence of the event, the RPA being received through the communication circuit; and in response to the resolving, control the display to display within a user interface for the second service, a state of a visual object indicating an external electronic device corresponding to the IRK as a candidate electronic device for providing the second service, together with the electronic device.

Abstract: An electrical switching method may include: preparing a semiconductor material layer comprising a first contact point and a second contact point, which are electrically separated from each other, and a semiconductor material connecting the first contact point and the second contact point and having a predetermined thickness; and, in order to control the electrical connection between the first contact point and the second contact point, causing phase transition of the semiconductor material to a topological insulator by applying an electric field having a direction perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor material to the semiconductor material layer. The electric field has a magnitude determined by the maximum value of the valence band and the minimum value of the conduction band of the semiconductor material. Applying an electric field to shift the valence and conduction bands closer induces a spin-polarized surface state through spin-orbit coupling between both surface wave functions.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a communication circuit and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, and the at least one processor may be configured to connect, via the communication circuit, a communication with a first external electronic device, receive, from the first external electronic device via the communication circuit, a first packet requesting generation of a temporary identity resolving key (IRK) of the electronic device by a second external electronic device, generate a temporary IRK, set a validity period for the temporary IRK, and transmit, to the first external electronic device via the communication circuit, a second packet including the temporary IRK and the validity period for the temporary IRK.

Abstract: A display device is provided, the display device including: a support substrate occupying a first area; a driving circuit substrate occupying a second area larger than the first area and including a driving circuit; and a pixel array device occupying a third area larger than the second area, disposed on the driving circuit substrate, wherein the driving circuit substrate includes a first interconnection structure having a first bonding insulating layer and first bonding electrodes in the first bonding insulating layer, wherein the pixel array device includes a plurality of LED cells, an intermediate connection structure including an intermediate insulating layer partially covering the plurality of LED cells, and a second interconnection structure including a second bonding insulating layer bonded to the first bonding insulating layer, and second bonding electrodes in the second bonding insulating layer and respectively bonded to the first bonding electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region, a first insulating layer on the substrate, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, an etch stop layer between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, a via contact in the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the active region, an interconnection electrode in the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the via contact, a conductive barrier layer on a side surface and a lower surface of the interconnection electrode and having an extension portion extending to a partial region of a side surface of the via contact, and a side insulating layer on a side region of the via contact below the extension portion of the conductive barrier layer, the side insulating layer including the same material as a material of the etch stop layer.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a Plackett-Burman design (PBD) execution circuit, a genetic algorithm (GA) execution circuit, and a control circuit. The PBD execution circuit is configured to generate an initial design of experiment (DOE) set including a plurality of initial cases regarding semiconductor characteristics of a memory device of an external device. The GA execution circuit is configured to convert a previous generation DOE set to a next generation DOE set. The control circuit is configured to transmit the initial DOE set to the external device, receive, from the external device, an initial characteristic evaluation, generate a starting DOE set based on the initial characteristic evaluation, and control a genetic algorithm to be performed with an experimental result of the starting DOE set as an input. Each of the plurality of initial cases corresponds to a combination of a plurality of setting values influencing the semiconductor characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody-bound lipid nanoparticle comprising an antibody conjugated with a membrane scaffold protein, and more specifically relates to an antibody-bound lipid nanoparticle which comprises a lipid, and an antibody conjugated with a membrane scaffold protein, and which can be easily produced and has an excellent specific targeting ability.

Abstract: An example embodiment electronic device may include a display, a touchscreen, a keyboard-type input device including a plurality of keys, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first input of a designated toggle key included in the keyboard-type input device; receive a user input by means of the keyboard-type input device, after receiving the first input of the toggle key; display text corresponding to the user input on each of the touchscreen and the display; display content, associated with the text, on the touchscreen based on a selected interaction function; receive a first touch input at the position at which the content is displayed on the touchscreen; and, based on the first touch input, stop displaying the text displayed on the display, and display the content on the display.

Abstract: An embodiment of the method includes transferring a first read command corresponding to a first cell region of the memory device through a first channel, receiving first data, read from the first cell region, from the memory device through a second channel physically separated from the first channel, transferring a status information request command through the first channel, the status information request command request the transfer of status information about a second cell region of the memory device, receiving the status information about the second cell region from the memory device through the first channel, and transferring a second read command corresponding to the second cell region of the memory device through the first channel, at least a portion of a period in which the status information is received through the first channel overlaps a period where the first data is received through the second channel.

Abstract: A vertical semiconductor switching device includes lower and upper conductive patterns, and an active pattern electrically connected between the lower conductive pattern and the upper conductive pattern. The active pattern includes a lower source/drain (S/D) region electrically coupled to the lower conductive pattern, an upper S/D region electrically coupled to the upper conductive pattern, and a channel region having first impurities of a first conductivity type therein, electrically connected to the lower source/drain region and to the upper source/drain region. The channel region includes a lower channel region, an intermediate channel region on the lower channel region, and an upper channel region on the intermediate channel region. A gate electrode is provided on a side surface of the channel region.