Composite smart skin systems

Smart Skin Patterns Protect Springtails

Springtails, arthropods who live in soil, in decaying material, and on plants, have adapted to demanding conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust anti-adhesive skin patterns. However, details of these unique properties and their structural basis are still unknown. Here we demonstrate that collembolan skin can resist wetting by many organic liquids and at elevated pressures. We show...

Smart Systems

Model Development and Model-Based Control Design for Nonlinear Smart Composite Systems

A Stochastic Operational Planning Model for Smart Power Systems

Smart Grids are result of utilizing novel technologies such as distributed energy resources, and communication technologies in power system to compensate some of its defects. Various power resources provide some benefits for operation domain however, power system operator should use a powerful methodology to manage them. Renewable resources and load add uncertainty to the problem. So, independe...

Cultured composite skin grafts for burns.

Banked allografts offer a prospect of immediate wound coverage Each year more than 10 000 people need admission to hospital in England and Wales for burns.' Immediate excision and grafting in patients with extensive burns is thought to improve survival-a hypothesis supported by retrospective studies of both children2 and adults,3 although not confirmed by a prospective study.4 Early grafting wo...