Abstract: Bandgap-tunable perovskite compositions are provided having the formula CsPb(A)xBy)3, wherein A and B are each a halogen. The mixed halide perovskite composition has a morphology which suppresses phase segregation to stabilize a tuned bandgap of the mixed halide perovskite composition. For example, the perovskite may be in the form of nanocrystals embedded in a non-perovskite matrix, which, for example, may have the formula Cs4Pb(A)xBy)6, wherein A and B are each a halogen. Solar cells and light-emitting diodes comprising the mixed perovskite compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A crystal array, a detector, a medical detection device and a method for manufacturing a crystal array are provided. The crystal array includes a plurality of crystals arranged in an array, each of the crystals having a light incident surface, a light exit surface, and a connection surface connecting the light incident surface to the light exit surface, where the connection surface of at least one of two adjacent crystals includes a rough surface and a smooth surface connected to the rough surface, and the rough surface and the smooth surface are arranged along a length direction of the crystal.

Abstract: A graphic recognition-based interactive method and electronic device.

Abstract: A system for controlling damages in cleaning a semiconductor wafer comprising features of patterned structures, the system comprising: a wafer holder for temporary restraining a semiconductor wafer during a cleaning process; an inlet for delivering a cleaning liquid over a surface of the semiconductor wafer; a sonic generator configured to alternately operate at a first frequency and a first power level for a first predetermined period of time and at a second frequency and a second power level for a second predetermined period of time, to impart sonic energy to the cleaning liquid, the first predetermined period of time and the second predetermined period of time consecutively following one another; and a controller programmed to provide the cleaning parameters, wherein at least one of the cleaning parameters is determined such that a percentage of damaged features as a result of the imparting sonic energy is lower than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An oil and gas separation device for an internal combustion engine includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber provided successively from bottom to top, wherein the first chamber is connected to the second chamber through a first gas channel. The second chamber is connected to the third chamber through a second gas channel. The third chamber is connected to a gas outlet pipe. A bottom of the first chamber is connected to an internal combustion engine body. A lower oil baffle plate is provided between the bottom of the first chamber and the internal combustion engine body. The first gas channel is longitudinally covered by the lower oil baffle plate. The oil and gas separation effect and speed can be improved by employing the oil and gas separation device for the internal combustion engine of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a fusion protein comprising: (a) a terpene synthase (TS), or a homolog thereof, (b) a peptide linker, and (c) a P450 enzyme, or a homolog thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides for recombinant Endo-S2 mutants (named Endo-S2 glycosynthases) that exhibit reduced hydrolysis activity and increased transglycosylation activity for the synthesis of glycoproteins wherein a desired sugar chain is added to a fucosylated or nonfucosylated GlcNAc-IgG acceptor. As such, the present invention allows for the synthesis and remodeling of therapeutic antibodies thereby providing for certain biological activities, such as, prolonged half-life time in vivo, less immunogenicity, enhanced in vivo activity, increased targeting ability, and/or ability to deliver a therapeutic agent.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for effectively cleaning vias, trenches or recessed areas on a substrate using an ultra/mega sonic device, comprising: applying liquid into a space between a substrate and an ultra/mega sonic device; setting an ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after the ratio of total bubbles volume to volume inside vias, trenches or recessed areas on the substrate increasing to a first set value, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f2 and power P2 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after the ratio of total bubbles volume to volume inside the vias, trenches or recessed areas reducing to a second set value, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 again; repeating above steps till the substrate being cleaned.

Abstract: This disclosure includes a method of improving dormancy break and of perennial tree fruits, and ameliorating uniformity of ripening for manual and mechanical harvests, by the trunk and foliar application of brassinosteroids. The method is able to be based on natural and synthesized material, 24-epibrassinolide and other commercial brassinolides, in contrast to those chemicals based on hydrogen cyanamide or calcium ammonium nitrate that causes skin irritation and serious eye irritation. The method includes inducing bud-breaking of all perennial tree fruits, especially all grapevines after forced dormancy in tropical and subtropical climates, and later treatments with brassinolides or other growth regulators at fruit sizing stage and/or early ripening stage for uniform ripening. This disclosure provides alternative and safe option and possibilities to growers for labor saving manual and mechanical harvests.

Abstract: This disclosure includes plant regulator compositions, which contain at least one active component selected from a group consisting of bras sinosteroids family and one or more components selected from a group consisting of other plant regulators that are not part of the bras sinosteroids family. The disclosure provides plant regulator compositions, which perform in a more balanced way in the field of agriculture. When being used with the other plant regulators, brassinosteroids play a role in correcting excessive unidirectional growth caused by other plant regulators.

Abstract: Provided are spectrometers utilizing surface plasmons and surface plasmon resonance. The spectrometer includes a substrate including a region having a permittivity slope (varying permittivity), a dielectric spacer configured to correspond to the region having a permittivity slope, and a detector configured to face the region having a permittivity slope with the dielectric spacer therebetween. The region having a permittivity slope includes a region having a dopant concentration slope (varying concentration).

Abstract: The present invention provides a high temperature chemical solution supply system for cleaning substrates. The system includes a solution tank, a buffer tank, a first pump and a second pump. The solution tank contains high temperature chemical solution. The buffer tank has a tank body, a vent line and a needle valve. The tank body contains the high temperature chemical solution. An end of the vent line connects to the tank body, and the other end of the vent line connects to the solution tank. The needle valve is mounted on the vent line, wherein the needle valve is adjusted to reach a flow rate to vent gas bubbles inside of the high temperature chemical solution out of the buffer tank through the vent line. An inlet of the first pump connects to the solution tank, and an outlet of the first pump connects to the buffer tank. An inlet of the second pump connects to the buffer tank, and an outlet of the second pump connects to a cleaning chamber in which a substrate is cleaned.

Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes a body, the body has a positioning slot used to accommodate a camera, and elastic elements are separately fastened to two side walls adjacent to the positioning slot. The positioning apparatus further includes a cover plate, and the cover plate is detachably fastened to the body. When the camera is installed in the positioning slot, two elastic elements separately press against a housing of the camera. The cover plate presses against an end face of the camera.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mapping service function chains to physical network resources include receiving a service function chain request specifying multiple service functions including a service access point, generating a service graph including service links between consecutive service functions, receiving resource information describing capabilities of physical network resources and a topology of the physical network, generating a resource graph including infra links between pairs of connected physical network resources, creating, dependent on the service graph and the resource graph, multiple solutions for mapping the service functions to the physical network resources, and outputting one or more mapping solutions. Each of generating the service graph, generating the resource graph, and creating the mapping solutions may be performed by one or instances of respective microservices that operate in parallel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an environment forming apparatus suitable for biological cultivation in extraterrestrial space. The apparatus includes a shell and a biological cabin configured in an upper space of the shell. A light management system for importing light of biological growth from external world is configured in the upper space, a thermal management system for at least balancing a temperature of the upper space and a water supplying system and configured for providing water for creatures growth are both configured on the shell. The biological cabin and the like are set at the appropriate part of the shell, an environment which is relatively suitable for biological growth or cultivation can be created and simulated on an extraterrestrial star, a condition is provided for ecological cultivation of the extraterrestrial space, an ecosystem of the extraterrestrial space can be formed, smooth extraterrestrial space biological experiment process is guaranteed.

Abstract: A roadway expansion joint apparatus comprises at least one finger joint that extends across an expansion gap. Each finger joint comprises a base plate, a finger unit, a pivot and a cantilever support. The finger unit comprises a body and at least one unsupported finger extending longitudinally from a distal end of the body. The pivot pivotally couples the finger unit to the base plate about a vertical pivot axis. The cantilever support is located at or between the pivot and a proximal end of the finger unit; the cantilever support allows pivoting of the finger unit relative to the base plate about a vertical pivot axis and impedes pivoting of the finger unit relative to the base plate about a horizontal axis, thereby cantilevering the finger joint to the base plate at the cantilever support.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus, including a chuck assembly, at least one first nozzle (107,207), and an ultra or mega sonic device (206,306). The chuck assembly is configured to receive and clamp a substrate. The at least one first nozzle (107,207) is configured to spray liquid onto the top surface of the substrate. The ultra or mega sonic device (206,306) is configured to dispose above the top surface of the substrate for providing an ultra or mega sonic cleaning to the substrate. A gap is formed between the ultra or mega sonic device (206,306) and the top surface of the substrate, and the gap is fully and continuously filled with the liquid so that the entire underneath of the ultra or mega sonic device (206,306) is filled with the liquid all the time during the cleaning process.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a speech waveform. Fundamental frequency information, glottal features and vocal tract features associated with an input may be received, wherein the glottal features include a phase feature, a shape feature, and an energy feature (1310). A glottal waveform is generated based on the fundamental frequency information and the glottal features through a first neural network model (1320). A speech waveform is generated based on the glottal waveform and the vocal tract features through a second neural network model (1330).

Abstract: An offline transaction implementation method includes: determining, by a payment server in response to a request of a user for registering with a credit transaction service of a merchant, whether credit information of a user account meets a condition, provisioning the credit transaction service of the merchant for the user account when determining that the credit information of the user account meets the condition, and sending account information of the user to a merchant transaction management system; guiding, by the merchant transaction management system after receiving the account information, the user to input a biometric characteristic, and after collecting the biometric characteristic input by the user, storing a binding relationship between the biometric characteristic and the account information into a registered user library of the merchant, prompting the user that the registration succeeds, and controlling a gate of the merchant's store to open for allowing entry of the user.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for cleaning substrate without damaging patterned structure on the substrate using ultra/mega sonic device, comprising: applying liquid into a space between a substrate and an ultra/mega sonic device; setting an ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after micro jet generated by bubble implosion and before said micro jet generated by bubble implosion damaging patterned structure on the substrate, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f2 and power P2 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after temperature inside bubble cooling down to a set temperature, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 again; repeating above steps till the substrate being cleaned.