Homogenization of a net of periodic critically scaled boundary obstacles related to reverse osmosis ``nano-composite'' membranes (Q2311823)

The paper under review deals with the homogenization of a net of periodically critically scaled boundary obstacles related to reverse osmosis ``nano-composite'' membranes. The authors consider a set \(\Omega\), whose boundary \(\partial \Omega\) splits into two parts \(\Gamma_1\) and \(\Gamma_2\). On \(\Gamma_1\) some small sets \(G_\epsilon\) are \(\epsilon\)-periodically distributed. Then they investigate the problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u_\epsilon=f(x) & x \in \Omega\, , \\ u_\epsilon\geq 0\, , \partial_\nu u_\epsilon+\epsilon^{-k}\sigma(u^\epsilon)\geq 0\, , u_\epsilon (\partial_\nu u_\epsilon +\epsilon^{-k}\sigma(u_\epsilon))=0\, ,& x\in G_\epsilon\, ,\\ \partial_\nu u_\epsilon=0\, ,& x\in \Gamma_1 \setminus \overline{G_\epsilon}\, ,\\ u_\epsilon=0 & x \in \Gamma_2\, . \end{cases} \] For such problem, they study the homogenization and the critical scales.