Prof Nicola Pugno
MSc PhD

 

All Publications

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2014

  • Mechanics of fragmentation of crocodile skin and other thin films
    Qin Z, Pugno NM, Buehler MJ
    Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group vol. 4 
    27-05-2014
  • A novel model for porous scaffold to match the mechanical anisotropy and the hierarchical structure of bone
    Huang S, Chen Z, Pugno N, Chen Q, Wang W
    Materials Letters, Elsevier vol. 122, 315-319.  
    01-05-2014
  • The Egg of Columbus for making the world's toughest fibres
    Pugno NM
    Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 9 (4) 
    02-04-2014
  • The unacknowledged risk of Himalayan avalanches triggering
    Pugno NM
    International Journal of Fracture, Springer Nature vol. 187 (2), 277-283.  
    28-03-2014
  • Mechanical properties of a hollow-cylindrical-joint honeycomb
    Chen Q, Pugno N, Zhao K, Li Z
    Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 109, 68-74.  
    01-03-2014
  • Violation of the universal behavior of membranes inside cylindrical tubes at nanoscale
    Perim E, Fonseca AF, Pugno NM, Galvao DS
    Epl (Europhysics Letters), IOP Publishing vol. 105 (5) 
    01-03-2014
  • Self-Healing of Hierarchical Materials
    Bosia F, Abdalrahman T, Pugno NM
    Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 30 (4), 1123-1133.  
    21-01-2014
  • Elastic and transport properties of the tailorable multifunctional hierarchical honeycombs
    Sun Y, Chen Q, Pugno N
    Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 107, 698-710.  
    01-01-2014
  • Fragmentation and exfoliation of 2-dimensional materials: a statistical approach
    Kouroupis-Agalou K, Liscio A, Treossi E, Ortolani L, Morandi V, Pugno NM, Palermo V
    Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 6 (11), 5926-5933.  
    01-01-2014
  • Hierarchical multiple peeling simulations
    Bosia F, Colella S, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Pugno NM
    Rsc Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 4 (48), 25447-25452.  
    01-01-2014

2013

  • Analysis of the adhesion of hierarchical fibrillar structures using finite element simulations
    Bosia F, Colella S
    European Cells and Materials vol. 26 (SUPPL.6) 
    01-12-2013
  • In plane stiffness of multifunctional hierarchical honeycombs with negative Poisson's ratio sub-structures
    Sun Y, Pugno NM
    Composite Structures vol. 106, 681-689.  
    01-12-2013
  • Nanomechanical cutting of boron nitride nanotubes by atomic force microscopy
    Zheng M, Chen X, Park C, Fay CC, Pugno NM, Ke C
    Nanotechnology, IOP Publishing vol. 24 (50) 
    27-11-2013
  • What's Inside the Box? – Length‐Scales that Govern Fracture Processes of Polymer Fibers
    Giesa T, Pugno NM, Wong JY, Kaplan DL, Buehler MJ
    Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 26 (3), 412-417.  
    11-11-2013
  • A generalization of the Coulomb's friction law: From graphene to macroscale
    Pugno NM, Yin Q, Shi X, Capozza R
    Meccanica vol. 48 (8), 1845-1851.  
    01-10-2013
  • Adhesion of Elastic Thin Films: Double Peeling of Tapes Versus Axisymmetric Peeling of Membranes
    Afferrante L, Carbone G, Demelio G, Pugno N
    Tribology Letters, Springer Nature vol. 52 (3), 439-447.  
    01-10-2013
  • Micro- or nano-mechanics
    Corigliano A, Pugno NM
    Meccanica vol. 48 (8), 1817-1818.  
    01-10-2013
  • Observations of shear adhesive force and friction of Blatta orientalis on different surfaces
    Lepore E, Brambilla P, Pero A, Pugno N
    Meccanica vol. 48 (8), 1863-1873.  
    01-10-2013
  • Study on the elastic-plastic behavior of a porous hierarchical bioscaffold used for bone regeneration
    Huang S, Li Z, Chen Z, Chen Q, Pugno N
    Materials Letters vol. 112, 43-46.  
    01-10-2013
  • Tunable Mechanical Behavior of Carbon Nanoscroll Crystals Under Uniaxial Lateral Compression
    Shi X, Yin Q, Pugno NM, Gao H
    Journal of Applied Mechanics, Asme International vol. 81 (2) 
    16-09-2013
  • Synergetic material and structure optimization yields robust spider web anchorages
    Pugno NM, Cranford SW, Buehler MJ
    Small vol. 9 (16), 2747-2756.  
    26-08-2013
  • Influence of surface stress on elastic constants of nanohoneycombs
    Chen Q, Pugno N, Li Z
    Physica E Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures vol. 53, 217-222.  
    17-06-2013
  • Contact compliance effects in the frictional response of bioinspired fibrillar adhesives
    Piccardo M, Chateauminois A, Fretigny C, Pugno NM, Sitti M
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface vol. 10 (83) 
    06-06-2013
  • Surface roughness, claw size and leg elasticity influences on the jumping of Acheta domesticus crickets
    Lepore E, Chappoz C, Cipriano Monetta D, Pugno N
    Composite Structures vol. 100, 609-616.  
    01-06-2013
  • Surface Energy-Controlled Self-Collapse of Carbon Nanotube Bundles With Large and Reversible Volumetric Deformation
    Cheng Y, Maria Pugno N, Shi X, Chen B, Gao H
    Journal of Applied Mechanics, Asme International vol. 80 (4) 
    31-05-2013
  • Mimicking water striders' legs superhydrophobicity and buoyancy with cabbage leaves and nanotube carpets
    Lepore E, Giorcelli M, Saggese C, Tagliaferro A, Pugno N
    Journal of Materials Research vol. 28 (7), 976-983.  
    14-04-2013
  • Hierarchical fibers with a negative poisson's ratio for tougher composites
    Sun Y, Pugno N
    Materials vol. 6 (2), 699-712.  
    09-04-2013
  • Mechanics of plant fruit hooks.
    Chen Q, Gorb SN, Gorb E, Pugno N
    J R Soc Interface vol. 10 (81) 
    06-04-2013
  • Bonding strength of glass-ceramic trabecular-like coatings to ceramic substrates for prosthetic applications
    Chen Q, Baino F, Pugno NM, Vitale-Brovarone C
    Materials Science and Engineering C vol. 33 (3), 1530-1538.  
    01-04-2013
  • Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene.
    Zang J, Ryu S, Pugno N, Wang Q, Tu Q, Buehler MJ, Zhao X
    Nat Mater vol. 12 (4), 321-325.  
    01-04-2013
  • Introduction
    Ozkan CS, Buehler MJ
    Journal of Materials Research, Springer Nature vol. 28 (7), 909-911.  
    27-03-2013
  • Bio-mimetic mechanisms of natural hierarchical materials: A review
    Chen Q, Pugno NM
    Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials vol. 19, 3-33.  
    01-03-2013
  • Systematic numerical investigation of the role of hierarchy in heterogeneous bio-inspired materials
    Bosia F, Della Croce F, Pugno NM
    Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials vol. 19, 34-42.  
    01-03-2013
  • Multimodal Daniels' theory: An application to carbon nanotube twisted strands
    Pugno NM, Abdalrahman T
    Composites Part B Engineering vol. 45 (1), 303-307.  
    01-02-2013
  • In silico tensile tests and design of hierarchical graphene fibres and composites
    Bosia F, Pugno NM
    Physica Status Solidi B Basic Research vol. 250 (8), 1492-1495.  
    01-01-2013
  • In-plane elastic properties of hierarchical nano-honeycombs: The role of the surface effect
    Chen Q, Pugno NM
    European Journal of Mechanics a Solids vol. 37, 248-255.  
    01-01-2013
  • Nonlinear softening and hardening nonlocal bending stiffness of an initially curved monolayer graphene
    Jomehzadeh E, Afshar MK, Galiotis C, Shi X
    International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 
    01-01-2013

2012

  • Natural stiffening increases flaw tolerance of biological fibers
    Giesa T, Pugno NM, Buehler MJ
    Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics vol. 86 (4) 
    08-10-2012
  • Optimal angles for maximal adhesion in living tokay geckos
    Lepore E, Pugno F, Pugno NM
    Journal of Adhesion vol. 88 (10), 820-830.  
    01-10-2012
  • Erratum: Stretch-induced softening of bending rigidity in graphene (Applied Physics Letters (2012) 100 (191913))
    Shi X, Peng B, Pugno NM
    Applied Physics Letters vol. 101 (8) 
    20-08-2012
  • Large amplitude vibration of a bilayer graphene embedded in a nonlinear polymer matrix
    Jomehzadeh E, Saidi AR, Pugno NM
    Physica E Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures vol. 44 (10), 1973-1982.  
    01-07-2012
  • A. Konstantinidis, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno and E.C. Aifantis, Application of Gradient Theory and Quantized Fracture Mechanics in Snow Avalanches, J. Mech. Behav. Mater. 19, 39–47, 2009
    Pugno N, Konstantinidis A, Cornetti P
    Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Materials, De Gruyter vol. 20 (4-6), 107-109.  
    01-06-2012
  • Stretch-induced softening of bending rigidity in graphene
    Shi X, Peng B, Pugno NM, Gao H
    Applied Physics Letters vol. 100 (19) 
    07-05-2012
  • Competition between in-plane buckling and bending collapses in nanohoneycombs
    Chen Q, Pugno NM
    Epl vol. 98 (1) 
    01-04-2012
  • Buckling of peapods, fullerenes and nanotubes
    Pugno NM, Elliott JA
    Physica E Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures vol. 44 (6), 944-948.  
    01-03-2012
  • Plasma and thermoforming treatments to tune the bio-inspired wettability of polystyrene
    Lepore E, Faraldi P, Bongini D, Boarino L, Pugno N
    Composites Part B Engineering vol. 43 (2), 681-690.  
    01-03-2012
  • Substrate-supported carbon nanoscroll oscillator
    Cheng Y, Shi X, Pugno NM, Gao H
    Physica E Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures vol. 44 (6), 955-959.  
    01-03-2012
  • Investigating the role of hierarchy on the strength of composite materials: Evidence of a crucial synergy between hierarchy and material mixing
    Bosia F, Abdalrahman T, Pugno NM
    Nanoscale vol. 4 (4), 1200-1207.  
    21-02-2012
  • Evidence of the most stretchable egg sac silk stalk, of the European spider of the year Meta menardi
    Lepore E, Marchioro A, Isaia M, Buehler MJ, Pugno NM
    Plos One vol. 7 (2) 
    08-02-2012
  • Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs
    Cranford SW, Tarakanova A, Pugno NM, Buehler MJ
    Nature vol. 482 (7383), 72-76.  
    02-02-2012

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