A protective film and a display apparatus including the same are disclosed. The display apparatus in the embodiments may include a protective film that is disposed on a display panel and includes a substrate and a light shielding layer being formed in the edge portion of the substrate, which corresponds to a non-display area of the display panel. The light shielding layer may include a first layer and a second layer on the first layer. The first layer may include at least two or more of first patterns that are spaced from each other and a plurality of second patterns that are disposed between at least two or more of the first patterns.

A thermal metasurface that provides a planar optical source based on thermal radiation or photoluminescence. The thermal metasurface provides dual perturbative control of both radiative and non-radiative lifetimes of a q-BIC via geometric and material perturbation of monomeric and dimeric pillars.

The present invention provides a sensing device for detecting an analyte containing a non-metallic element such as F. A working sensor has a 3D array of voids each having a void internal wall. The void internal walls have cavities each having a cavity internal wall made from a material containing the non-metallic element. A binding of the analytes to the cavities induces a detectable variation of the optical property of the 3D array of voids. The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as high sensitivity, high specificity, fast detection, ease of operation, low power consumption, zero chemical release, and low operation cost, among others.

Devised is a UV transmitting glass having a high transmittance in a deep UV region, and also having high weather resistance. The UV transmitting glass of the present invention is characterized by including as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 55% to 80% of SiO.sub.2, 1% to 25% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 10.8% to 30% of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 0% to 10% of Na.sub.2O, 0% to less than 1.6% of K.sub.2O, 0.1% to 10% of Li.sub.2O+Na.sub.2O+K.sub.2O, 0% to 5% of BaO, and 0% to 1% of Cl, and having an external transmittance at a thickness of 0.5 mm and a wavelength of 200 nm of 38% or more.

A terahertz sensor based on a dielectric metasurface, including a sensing element, and a thermosensitive circuit connected to the sensing element. The sensing element is composed of a cylindrical semiconductor doped with a conductive material. The conductive material is configured to change conductivity of the cylindrical semiconductor to enable the cylindrical semiconductor to absorb electromagnetic waves in terahertz region.

Disclosed are: a polymer for treating the surface of a medical device such as a contact lens to suppress the reduction in lubricity of the device even when the device is scrubbed; a medical device having the polymer on the surface so that the reduction in lubricity over time is suppressed; and a wetting agent containing the polymer. The polymer for treating the surface is a copolymer which is water-soluble and includes as constitutional units the following monomers A and B: monomer A: a monomer containing a (meth)acryloyl group and an ester or amide structure in a molecule, in which the ester or amide structure is not constituted by including a part of the (meth)acryloyl group; monomer B: a monomer containing a (meth)acrylamide group in a molecule and having a structure different from that of the monomer A.

The present disclosure provides a sub-wavelength structural material having compatibility of low detectability for infrared, laser, and microwave, which includes, from top to bottom, a metal type frequency selective surface layer I, a dielectric layer I, a metal type frequency selective surface layer II, a dielectric layer II, a resistive film, a dielectric layer III. Each of the metal type frequency selective surface layers is a sub-wavelength patch type array, and metal used by the metal type frequency selective surface layers has a characteristic of low infrared emissivity. The present disclosure modulates a phase by using a phase difference generated by patches with different sizes on the metal type frequency selective surface layer I, so as to control backscattering of incident electromagnetic waves to achieve compatibility of low detectability for laser and infrared, while the bottom three layers achieve absorption of microwave.

A system and method are disclosed of electrostatic alignment and surface assembly of photonic crystals for dynamic color exhibition. The method includes: dispersing a plurality of photonic crystal chains into a solution; placing the solution of the plurality of photonic crystal chains in a container; and assembling and aligning the plurality of photonic crystal chains in the solution by a local charge build up on a surface of the container to exhibit color.

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can include and/or relate to, providing a photonic crystal fiber that includes an elongated solid core that extends a length of the photonic crystal fiber and defines a fiber longitudinal axis and an elongated annular cladding extending the length of the photonic crystal fiber and is co-axial with the core.

Systems, devices, and techniques for performing wavelength division multiplexing or demultiplexing using one or more metamaterials in an optical communications systems are described. An optical device may be configured to shift one or more phase profiles of an optical signal using one or more stages of metamaterials to multiplex or demultiplex wavelengths of optical signals. The optical device may be an example of a stacked design with two or more stages of metamaterials stacked on top of one another. The optical device may be an example of a folded design that reflects optical signals between different stages of metamaterials.