Abstract: A method of fabricating a device including a two-dimensional (2D) material includes forming an amorphous transition metal oxide structure on a substrate and replacing the amorphous transition metal oxide structure by a transition metal dichalcogenide structure. The transition metal dichalcogenide structure includes atomic layers, that are substantially parallel to a surface of the transition metal dichalcogenide structure.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a device including a two-dimensional (2D) material includes forming a transition metal oxide pattern on a substrate and forming a transition metal dichalcogenide layer on a top surface and a side surface of a residual portion of the transition metal oxide pattern. The forming the transition metal dichalcogenide layer may include replacing a surface portion of the transition metal oxide pattern with the transition metal dichalcogenide layer. The transition metal dichalcogenide layer includes at least one atomic layer that is substantially parallel to a surface of the residual portion of the transition metal oxide pattern.

Abstract: A device including a two-dimensional (2D) material includes a substrate including a recess recessed from a main surface of the substrate and extending in a first direction, a 2D material pattern on the substrate and intersecting with the recess of the substrate, a gate structure contacting the 2D material pattern and extending in the first direction along the recess of the substrate, a first electrode contacting a first end of the 2D material pattern, and a second electrode contacting a second end of the 2D material pattern. The 2D material pattern extends in a second direction and includes atomic layers that are parallel to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolytic copper foil for graphene and a method for producing the copper foil, in which, in the manufacture of the electrolytic copper foil for graphene, addition of nickel facilitates the synthesis of the graphene. The addition of nickel which serves as a seed in the synthesis of graphene on electrolytic copper foil reduces the electrical conductivity after graphene synthesis. As a result, graphene is uniformly formed on the surface of the copper foil. Further, the present disclosure may provide the electrolytic copper foil for graphene and the method for producing the copper foil in which an electrolytic copper foil having a resistance value of less than 300 ohm/square after the synthesis of the graphene on the electrolytic copper foil is produced, thereby, facilitate the formation of graphene on the electrolytic copper foil.

Abstract: Provided are an encoding method of a multichannel signal, an encoding apparatus to perform the encoding method, a multichannel signal processing method, and a decoding apparatus to perform the decoding method. The decoding method may include identifying an N/2-channel downmix signal derived from an N-channel input signal; and generating an N-channel output signal from the identified N/2-channel downmix signal using a plurality of one-to-two (OTT) boxes. If a low frequency effect (LFE) channel is absent in the output signal, the number of OTT boxes may be equal to N/2 where N/2 denotes the number of channels of the downmix signal.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provide a method for processing and an electronic device. The display method of the electronic device can include the operations of, if a damage of a touchscreen sensing a gesture is sensed, confirming a region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. The display method can also include changing the size of an output screen based on the region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. The display method can also include outputting the size-changed output screen to the region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. Other example embodiments are also possible.

Abstract: A broadcast transmitting apparatus and method, and a broadcast playback apparatus and method for providing an object-based audio by encoding and decoding a multichannel audio signal are provided. The broadcast transmitting apparatus may generate audio identification information used to determine whether the multichannel audio signal is an object-based audio signal. When the multichannel audio signal is determined to be the object-based audio signal, based on the audio identification information, the broadcast playback apparatus may control and output the multichannel audio signal for each channel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a product cross-selling method and system for providing first product information provided by a product provider to a retailer, respectively providing a product cost and a sales commission to the first product provider and the retailer when a first product mapped to the first product information is sold via the retailer, providing second product information provided by the retailer to the first product provider and respectively providing product cost and sales commission to the retailer and the first product provider when a second product mapped to the second product information is sold via the first product provider.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent thermal stability and birefringence properties and to a molded article formed therefrom. In one embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition includes: 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin including a repeating unit represented by formula 1; about 0.2 parts by weight to about 15 parts by weight of an epoxy resin represented by formula 2; and about 1 part by weight to about 15 parts by weight of a phosphate-based compound, wherein formula 1 and formula 2 are as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including a channel pattern on a substrate, the channel pattern extending in a first direction; a gate pattern on the substrate, the gate pattern extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and surrounding the channel pattern; and an interface layer between the channel pattern and the gate pattern, the interface layer being formed on at least one surface of an upper surface and a lower surface of the channel pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including a channel pattern on a substrate, the channel pattern extending in a first direction; a gate pattern on the substrate, the gate pattern extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and surrounding the channel pattern; and an interface layer between the channel pattern and the gate pattern, the interface layer being formed on at least one surface of an upper surface and a lower surface of the channel pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a dryer for an inkjet image forming apparatus and an imaging forming system having the same. The dryer for an inkjet image forming apparatus includes a heating device detachably installed in the inkjet image forming apparatus to dry a print medium in which a printing is completed by receiving the print medium from the inkjet image forming apparatus. An ink on the print medium may be dried in a short time and an image formation may be more quickly performed.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binaural rendering method and apparatus for decoding a multichannel audio signal. The binaural rendering method may include: extracting an early reflection component and a late reverberation component from a binaural filter; generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of a multichannel audio signal base on the early reflection component; and applying the late reverberation component to the generated stereo audio signal.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for encoding/decoding audio based on a block. A method of encoding an audio signal may include dividing each of frame of input signal that constitute an audio signal into a plurality of subframes; transforming the subframes to a frequency domain; determining a two-dimensional (2D) intra block using the subframes transformed to the frequency domain; and encoding the 2D intra block. The 2D intra block may be a block that two-dimensionally displays frequency coefficients of the subframes transformed to the frequency domain using a time and a frequency.

Abstract: A lens driving device according to an embodiment comprises: a bobbin wherein at least one lens is installed inside thereof and a first coil is installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a first magnet arranged around the bobbin so as to be opposite to the first coil; a housing for supporting the first magnet; upper and lower elastic members coupled with the bobbin and the housing; a first sensor for sensing displacement of the bobbin in the first direction; a second magnet arranged so as to be opposite to the first sensor; a base arranged to be spaced apart from the housing by a certain distance; a second coil arranged so as to be opposite to the first magnet; a circuit board whereon the second coil is installed; a plurality of support members for supporting the housing so as to be movable in the second and third directions which are orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the base and for connecting at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the circuit board; and a second

Abstract: Provided is a food composition for preventing and alleviating female menopause symptoms containing a grape seed extract, a valerian extract and a safflower seed extract. The combination including the grape seed extract, the valerian extract and the safflower seed extract according to the present invention has effects of inhibiting osteoclast differentiation, enhancing osteoblast activity, improving estrogen receptor activity, and improving expression of IGF-1 and osteocalcin, thereby exerting excellent effects of preventing and alleviating female menopause symptoms. In addition, the present invention provides a food composition with excellent effects of preventing and alleviating female menopause symptoms, which contains, as an active ingredient, a combination consisting of natural extracts that are non-toxic, have no side effects and are harmless to the human body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an operating method of a reader in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system. In the method, a reader operates in a tag information collection mode in which tag information is collected from a plurality of tags and a tag recognition mode in which a frame of a predetermined size calculated according to the number of tags operating in each frame is allocated based on the tag information and at least some of the plurality of tags are recognized.

Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and including first and second gate lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of data lines extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction and includes first and second data lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix configuration, each row of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent gate lines, from among the plurality of gate lines, each column of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent data lines, from among the plurality of data lines. The plurality of sub-pixels includes first column sub-pixels disposed on a first column of the matrix and connected to the first data line. Second column sub-pixels are disposed on a second column of the matrix and are connected to the second data line, the second column being adjacent to the first column.