Abstract: An apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes includes a plasma apparatus and a CVD reactor which are connected in series is disclosed, and a nanoparticle catalyst in an aerosol state prepared in the plasma apparatus is transferred into the CVD reactor to synthesize carbon nanotubes, thereby continuously synthesizing the carbon nanotubes having excellent physical properties.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composite fiber (MXene composite fiber) and a manufacturing method thereof. The composite fibers are manufactured by braiding a MXene-PAN fiber heat-treated with a polymer fiber. The method includes preparing a first dispersion including an MXene compound and a first solvent, preparing a second dispersion including polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and a second solvent, obtaining an admixture including the first dispersion and the second dispersion, obtaining a spun fiber by performing wet-spinning of the admixture, obtaining an MXene-PAN fiber by performing heat treatment of the spun fiber, and obtaining the MXene composite fiber by braiding the MXene-PAN fibers with a polymer fiber. An electrical conductivity of the MXene-PAN fiber is about 0.1 Scm?1 to 1,000 Scm?1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chip bonding composition for a power semiconductor package, which, by comprising an epoxy resin including glycidyl amine-based epoxy resin and bisphenol A type epoxy resin, a glycidyl ether-based diluent, and a polysilsesquioxane (PSQ) resin, has high thermal conductivity and adhesion, high heat dissipation characteristics, and low modulus characteristics. The chip bonding composition according to the present invention comprises: silver powder; an epoxy resin; a curing agent; a catalyst; a glycidyl ether-based diluent; and a PSQ resin.

Abstract: An air conditioner including: a housing having a discharge port and a plurality of holes; a door capable of closing the discharge port; a heat exchanger provided in the housing; a compressor connected to the heat exchanger so as to circulate a refrigerant so that same passes through the heat exchanger; a fan for blowing air so that the air passes through the heat exchanger and is discharged through the discharge port and at least one of the plurality of holes. The air conditioner includes a humidity sensor provided inside the housing so as to sense the humidity of the air having passed through the heat exchanger; and a control unit for controlling the door so as to open or close the discharge port and rotating the fan, on the basis of the humidity sensed by the humidity sensor when the compressor has been stopped.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle truss member includes a member body having a pipe shape having an open end and an end patch coupled to the open end of the member body to close the open end of the member body, the end patch including a coupling part configured to be selectively coupled to an external element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a sealing process of forming a sealing part on the battery cell having an electrode assembly accommodated in a pouch; a transfer process of transferring the battery cell to position the sealing part between a first confocal-sensor and a second confocal-sensor, which are disposed to face each other; and a measurement process of measuring a thickness of the sealing part with the first confocal-sensor and the second confocal-sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed therein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding. Templating matching is used for prediction for a target block. Prediction information to be applied to encoding of the target block is determined, and prediction for the target block that uses the determined prediction information is performed. The prediction information includes a list and multiple candidates in the list. When the multiple candidates in the list are configured, template matching between blocks may be used. A candidate selected from among multiple candidates configured using template matching is used for prediction for the target block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. More specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin consisting of an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-1) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 ?m as a core, an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-2) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 0.6 ?m as a core, an aromatic vinyl polymer (B-1), and a heat-resistant aromatic vinyl polymer (B-2); and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polyolefin elastomer (C). Within this range, the thermoplastic resin composition may have a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of 89° C. or more.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes disposed on a substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and including a groove extending in a first direction intersecting with the first and the second electrodes, and first and second contact portions that expose areas of the first and the second electrodes; light emitting elements disposed in the groove between the first and the second electrodes, each including first and second ends electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively; a first contact electrode electrically connected to the light emitting elements on the first ends, and electrically connected to the first electrode on the first contact portion; and a second contact electrode electrically connected to the light emitting elements on the second ends, and electrically connected to the second electrode on the second contact portion.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a substrate including pixel areas and a transmissive area between the pixel areas; a pixel circuit layer including at least one transistor on each of the pixel areas; and a light-emitting element layer on the pixel circuit layer and including at least one light-emitting element at each of the pixel areas and coupled to the at least one transistor, and a transparent organic layer at the transmissive area, wherein the light-emitting element layer further includes: a first electrode at the pixel areas, a first inorganic layer at the first electrode, an organic layer covering the first inorganic layer and the transparent organic layer, and a second inorganic layer on the organic layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device for predicting sarcopenia, which includes a memory and a processor connected with the memory to execute instructions included in the memory. The processor extracts a first result value as output data for a first machine learning model by using an eye image of a subject as input data for the first machine learning model and determines whether sarcopenia of the subject occurs based on the first result value. The first result value includes an MRD1 value of the subject corresponding to the eye image, an upper eyelid edge location change value, an eye closing speed value, and an eye opening speed value.

Abstract: A modifier useful for modifying a polymer providing a functional group having affinity with a filler, particularly, a silica-based filler is provided. A modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived from the modifier having excellent affinity with a filler and improved compounding properties, and a method for preparing the same are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a camouflage pattern forming device, which includes a communication unit that receives first data including a location of an observer from an external device, an information collection unit that collects second data including images for each of a plurality of wavelength bands in external environment, a pattern forming unit that forms pattern data of the plurality of wavelength bands by performing machine learning based on the first data, the second data, and third data including camouflage pattern data for each environment, and a display unit that receives the pattern data from the pattern forming unit to form and display a camouflage patterns of the plurality of wavelength bands, and the display unit includes a display device and a heat generator capable of adjusting a heat emissivity.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the same. The electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including light emitting particles; an electron transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer; and a hole transport layer disposed between the second electrode and the emission layer, wherein the electron transport layer includes inorganic oxide particles and a metal-organic compound, the metal-organic compound or a thermal decomposition product of the metal-organic compound being soluble a non-polar solvent.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module that is capable of being disposed inside a secondary battery pack in various forms and being easily set in series or parallel between cells inside the secondary battery pack, thereby improving efficiency in designing the secondary battery pack. A secondary battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell which are facing each other, and a rotation member disposed between a surface of the first cell and a surface of the second cell facing the surface of the first cell, wherein the first cell is rotatable with respect to the second cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are a bone age estimation method and a bone age estimation apparatus. The bone age estimation method may comprise the steps of: extracting a region of interest including a cervical spine region from a lateral cephalometric radiographic image obtained by imaging a subject's cervical spine, by using a first deep learning model; extracting landmarks from the extracted region of interest by using a second deep learning model; calculating a landmark numerical value on the basis of the extracted landmarks; and providing maturity information of a maturation stage of the cervical spine on the basis of the calculated landmark numerical value.

Abstract: A method of predicting the anterior chamber angle of the eye of a surgical candidate for lens implantation according to an embodiment of the present invention includes obtaining input data including a lens size, obtaining a predicted postoperative anterior chamber angle based on a learning model using the input data. The learning model may be trained based on the lens size and the measured postoperative anterior chamber angle of a plurality of patients who have undergone the lens implantation in the past.