This investigation indicates the ability to selectively graft glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) only from the external surface of regenerated cellulose (RC) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes using activator generated electron transfer (AGET) atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). This controlled polymerization resulted in epoxy functionalized polymer brush ends. Further reaction of the terminal ep...

Airborne wind energy systems using flexible membrane wings have the advantages of a low weight, small packing volume, high mobility and rapid deployability. This paper investigates aero-structural deformation leading edge inflatable kite for airborne harvesting. In first step, triangular two-plate representation wing is introduced, to an analytical description geometry depending on symmetric ac...

The Seul-Andelman membrane is a system of two coupled fields: The composition φ of one of the two (A and B) constitutive molecules, and the height profile h of the flexible membrane. The free energy of the system consists of two parts. The first part is the usual GinzburgLandau free energy of φ; the second part is attributed to the bending of the membrane and the coupling of φ to h. The couplin...