Systems for destroying or inhibiting cancer cells and other rapidly-dividing cells including an alternating polarity (AP) magnetic field generator and at least one AP electromagnetic coil adapted to be coupled to a target body area, and a controller to control the AP magnetic field generator and at least one AP electromagnetic coil and cause the field generator and coil to apply AP magnetic field having a frequency of 0.5-500 kHz and a field strength of 0.5-5 mT to the target body area to achieve a desired inhibiting effect on cancer cells or other rapidly-dividing cells. Treatments provided by the system may be co-administered with an anti-cancer drug such as a chemotherapy drug, a hormone therapy drug, targeted therapy drugs, immunotherapy drugs, or an angiogenesis inhibitor drug.

An electro-optically active device comprising: a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate including a silicon base layer, a buried oxide (BOX) layer on top of the silicon base layer, a silicon on insulator (SOI) layer on top of the BOX layer, and a substrate cavity which extends through the SOI layer, the BOX layer and into the silicon base layer, such that a base of the substrate cavity is formed by a portion of the silicon base layer; an electro-optically active waveguide including an electro-optically active stack within the substrate cavity; and a buffer region within the substrate cavity beneath the electro-optically active waveguide, the buffer region comprising a layer of Ge and a layer of GaAs.

A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on the core wherein one of the core and the shell includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and sulfur and the other of the core and the shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal further includes a metal and a halogen configured to act as a Lewis acid in a halide form, an amount of the metal is greater than or equal to about 10 mole percent (mol %) based on a total number of moles of sulfur, and an amount of the halogen is greater than or equal to about 10 mol % based on a total number of moles of sulfur, a method of producing the same, and a composite and an electronic device including the same.

The disclosure is related to creating different functional micro devices by integrating functional tuning materials and creating an encapsulation capsule to protect these materials. Various embodiments of the present disclosure also related to improve light extraction efficiencies of micro devices by mounting micro devices at a proximity of a corner of a pixel active area and arranging QD films with optical layers in a micro device structure.

The disclosure is related to creating different functional micro devices by integrating functional tuning materials and creating an encapsulation capsule to protect these materials. Various embodiments of the present disclosure also related to improve light extraction efficiencies of micro devices by mounting micro devices at a proximity of a corner of a pixel active area and arranging QD films with optical layers in a micro device structure.

Colloidal quantum wells have discrete energy states and electrons in the quantum wells undergo interband and intersubband state transitions. The transmissivity of a colloidal quantum well may be tuned by actively controlling the states of the colloidal quantum wells enabling ultrafast optical switching. A primary excitation source is configured to provide a primary excitation to promote a colloidal quantum well from a ground state to a first excitation state. A secondary excitation source is configured to provide a secondary excitation to the colloidal quantum well to promote the colloidal quantum well from the first excitation state to the second excitation state with the first and second excitation states being subbands in the conduction band of the colloidal quantum well.

A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of light sources configured to emit blue light; a reflective sheet including four edge portions, wherein a plurality of holes are disposed on the reflective sheet, the plurality of holes includes a first hole disposed on each of the four edge portions of the reflective sheet, each of the four edge portions includes an edge of the reflective sheet, the first hole is disposed at a first distance from the edge of the reflective sheet; and a plurality of light conversion dots including eight first light conversion dots disposed around the first hole of the reflective sheet, and wherein a diameter of each of the eight first light conversion dots is equal to or greater than 1.04 mm, and is equal to or less than 1.56 mm, and wherein the plurality of light conversion dots includes at least one of a fluorescent material, a dye, or a pigment.

Systems and method for destroying or inhibiting cancer cells and other rapidly-dividing cells include applying AP magnetic fields having a frequency of 0.5-500 kHz and a field strength of 0.5-5 mT to a target body area that includes the cancer or other rapidly-dividing cells.

In one embodiment, an electro-optical modulator includes a waveguide having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. A cavity is disposed in the waveguide. Multiple quantum wells are disposed in the cavity.

In one embodiment, an electro-optical modulator includes a waveguide having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. A cavity is disposed in the waveguide. Multiple quantum wells are disposed in the cavity.