Nicola M. Pugno

Research interests

Publications

• Cleaning interfaces in layered materials heterostructures

  Nature Communications · 2018 · 10.1038/s41467-018-07558-3

• Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview

  Tribology International · 2018 · 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.02.005

• YAP regulates cell mechanics by controlling focal adhesion assembly

  Nature Communications · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15321

• Toward Stretchable Self‐Powered Sensors Based on the Thermoelectric Response of PEDOT:PSS/Polyurethane Blends

  Advanced Functional Materials · 2017 · 10.1002/adfm.201704285

• Microfluidization of Graphite and Formulation of Graphene-Based Conductive Inks

  ACS Nano · 2017 · 10.1021/acsnano.6b07735

• Proof of Concept for an Ultrasensitive Technique to Detect and Localize Sources of Elastic Nonlinearity Using Phononic Crystals

  Physical Review Letters · 2017 · 10.1103/physrevlett.118.214301

• Large scale mechanical metamaterials as seismic shields

  New Journal of Physics · 2016 · 10.1088/1367-2630/18/8/083041

• Coupling local resonance with Bragg band gaps in single-phase mechanical metamaterials

  Extreme Mechanics Letters · 2016 · 10.1016/j.eml.2016.10.004

• Nanoscale Mechanics of Graphene and Graphene Oxide in Composites: A Scientific and Technological Perspective

  Advanced Materials · 2016 · 10.1002/adma.201505469

• Cracks, microcracks and fracture in polymer structures: Formation, detection, autonomic repair

  Progress in Materials Science · 2016 · 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2016.07.007

• Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth

  Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 2015 · 10.1098/rsif.2014.1326

• Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

  Nanoscale · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr01600a

• Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene

  Nature Materials · 2013 · 10.1038/nmat3542

• Bio-mimetic mechanisms of natural hierarchical materials: A review

  Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2012 · 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.10.012

• The shear mode of multilayer graphene

  Nature Materials · 2012 · 10.1038/nmat3245

• Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

  Nature · 2012 · 10.1038/nature10739

• Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

  Nano Letters · 2011 · 10.1021/nl203108t

• Molecular and Nanostructural Mechanisms of Deformation, Strength and Toughness of Spider Silk Fibrils

  Nano Letters · 2010 · 10.1021/nl101341w

• Spatulate structures in biological fibrillar adhesion

  Soft Matter · 2010 · 10.1039/c003207g

• A finite fracture mechanics approach to structures with sharp V-notches

  Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 2007 · 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.04.010

• Finite fracture mechanics: A coupled stress and energy failure criterion

  Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 2006 · 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.03.010

• Structural damage diagnosis and life-time assessment by acoustic emission monitoring

  Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 2006 · 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.036

• Experiments and modeling of carbon nanotube-based NEMS devices

  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2005 · 10.1016/j.jmps.2005.01.007

• Are scaling laws on strength of solids related to mechanics or to geometry?

  Nature Materials · 2005 · 10.1038/nmat1408

• The fracture mechanics of finite crack extension

  Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 2004 · 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.07.001

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