Publications


All publications are available in Open Access (green or gold)

2023

J.M. De Ponti, L.Iorio, G.J. Chaplain, A. Corigliano, R. V. Craster, and R. Ardito, Tailored Topological Edge Waves via Chiral Hierarchical Metamaterials. Physical Review Applied (2023) 19, 034079.

S.V. Lenz, S.Guenneau, B.W. Drinkwater, R.V. Craster, and M. W. Holderied. Transformation twinning to create isospectral cavities. Physical Review B (2023) 108, 064209.

R. V. Craster and B. Davies, Asymptotic Characterization of Localized Defect Modes: Su–Schrieffer–Heeger and Related Models, Multiscale Modeling & Simulation (2023) 21 (3), 827-848.

V. F. Dal Poggetto, F. Bosia, D.Urban, P.H. Beoletto, J. Torgensen, N. M. Pugno, A. S. Gliozzi, Cochlea-inspired tonotopic resonators, Materials & Design (2023) 227, 111712

AO Krushynska, D Torrent, AM Aragón, R Ardito, OR Bilal, B Bonello, F Bosia, Y Chen, J Christensen, A Colombi, SA Cummer, B Djafari-Rouhani, F Fraternali, P Galich, PD Garcia, JP Groby, S Guenneau, M Haberman, M Hussein,S Janbaz, N Jiménez, A Khelif, V Laude, M Mirzaali, P Packo, A Palermo, Y Pennec, R Picó, MR López, S Rudykh, M Serra-Garcia, CM Sotomayor Torres, T Starkey, V Tournat, and OB Wright. Emerging topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials: an overview. Nanophotonics (2023)

M. Mazzotti, A. Foehr, O.R. Bilal, A. Bergamini, F. Bosia, C. Daraio, N.M. Pugno, M. Miniaci, Bio-inspired non self-similar hierarchical elastic metamaterials, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2023) 241, 107915

M Lott, AS Gliozzi, F Bosia. Source and defect localization in thin elastic plates of arbitrary geometry using eigenmodes. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2023) 184, 109706
 

2022

Putley HJ, Guenneau S, Porter R, Craster RV, A tunable electromagnetic metagrating. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2022) 478 (2268)

F. Bosia, V. F. Dal Poggetto, A. S. Gliozzi, G. Greco, M. Lott, M. Miniaci, F. Ongaro, M. Onorato, S. F. Seyyedizadeh, M. Tortello, N. M.Pugno Optimized structures for vibration attenuation and sound control in nature: A review. Matter (2022) 5, 3311-3340

V. F. Dal Poggetto, E. J.P. Miranda Jr., J. Maria C. Dos Santos, N. M. Pugno. Wave attenuation in viscoelastic hierarchical platesInternational Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2022), 236, 107763.

V. F. Dal Poggetto, N.M. Pugno, J. R. de F. Arruda. Bioinspired periodic panels optimized for acoustic insulation. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. (2022), 380, 20210389.

A. Berardo, V. Fattoruso, V. Mazzoni, N. M. Pugno. Coupling computational vibrational models and experimental biotremology to develop a green pest control strategy against the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2022) 19, 20220311.

B. Davies; R.V. Craster Symmetry-induced quasicrystalline waveguides. Wave Motion (2022) 115, 103068

G. Aguzzi, H. R. Thomsen, A. H. Nooghabi, R. Wiltshaw, R. V. Craster, E. N. Chatzi, and A. Colombi. Architected frames for elastic wave attenuation: Experimental validation and local tuning via affine transformation. Applied Physics Letters (2022) 121, 201702.

Samantha Mora, Nicola M.Pugno, Diego Misseroni. 3D printed architected lattice structures by material jettingMaterials Today (2022) 59, 107-132.

Y.Wang, Z. Shen, T. R. Neil, M.W. Holderied, E. A. Skelton and R. V. Craster. Models for resonant acoustic metasurfaces with application to moth wing ultrasound absorption. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (2022) 380, 20220005.

E.Georgiades, M.J. S. Lowe and R.V. Craster Leaky wave characterisation using spectral methods The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2022) 152, 1487

S Palmer , Y Ignatov, RVCraster, and MMakwana. Asymptotically exact photonic approximations of chiral symmetric topological tight-binding models. New Journal of Physics (2022) 24, 053020.

A. Alberello , L. G. Bennetts, M. Onorato, M. Vichi, K.MacHutchon, C. Eayrs, B. Ntamba Ntamba, A. Benetazzo, F. Bergamasco, F. Nelli, R. Pattani, H. Clarke, I. Tersigni & A. Toffoli. Three-dimensional imaging of waves and floes in the marginal ice zone during a cyclone. Nature Communications (2022) 13, 4590.

V. F. Dal Poggetto, F. Bosia, G. Greco, and N. M. Pugno. Prey Impact Localization Enabled by Material and Structural Interaction in Spider Orb Webs. Advanced Theory and Simulations (2022) 5(3) 2100282

Aguzzi, G., Kanellopoulos, C., Wiltshaw, R., Craster, R.V., Chatzi, E.N., Colombi, A. Octet lattice-based plate for elastic wave control. Scientific Reports (2022) 12, 1088.

L.Kundanati, N.G. Di Novo, G.Greco, S.Siboni, C.Della Volpe, A.Bagolini, N.M. Pugno. Multifunctional roles of hairs and spines in old man of the Andes cactus: Droplet distant coalescence and mechanical strength. Physics of Fluids (2022) 34, 012003.

V. Fazio, D. De Tommasi, N. M. Pugno, G.Puglisi. Spider silks mechanics: Predicting humidity and temperature effects. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (2022) 164, 104857

B.Davies, L.Herren. Robustness of subwavelength devices: a case study of cochlea-inspired rainbow sensorsProceedings of the Royal Society A (2022) 478, 1364-5021.

Alexopoulos, K.; Davies, B. Asymptotic analysis of subwavelength halide perovskite resonatorsPartial Differential Equations and Applications (2022) 3, 44.

K. Liu, P. P Pratapa, D. Misseroni, T. Tachi, G. H. Paulino. Impact mechanics of multilayer composite armors: Analytical modeling, FEM numerical simulation, and ballistic experiments. Composite Structures (2022) 297, 115916

K. Liu, P.P Pratapa, D.Misseroni, T.Tachi, G. H. Paulino. Triclinic Metamaterials by Tristable Origami with Reprogrammable Frustration. Advanced Materials (2022) 34, 2107998

S.K. Jalali, M.J. Beigrezaee, Nicola M. Pugno. Reporting a misunderstanding in relating the Young’s modulus to functionally graded porosity. Composite Structures (2022) 281, 115007

G. Costagliola; F. Bosia; N. M. Pugno. Correlation between slip precursors and topological length scales at the onset of frictional slidingInternational Journal of Solids and Structures (2022) 243, 11525.

S.Balestra; G.Costagliola; A.Pegoraro; F.Picollo; J.-F. Molinari; N.M. Pugno; E.Vittone; F.Bosia; A. Sin. Experimental and numerical study of the effect of surface patterning on the frictional properties of polymer surfaces. Journal of Tribology (2022) 144 (3), 031704.

G.Puglisi, N.M. Pugno. A new concept for superior energy dissipation in hierarchical materials and structures. International Journal of Engineering Science (2022) 176, 103673

K. A. Chondrogiannis; A.Colombi; V. Dertimanis; E.Chatzi. Computational Verification and Experimental Validation of the Vibration-Attenuation Properties of a Geometrically Nonlinear Metamaterial Design. Physical Review Applied (2022) 17, 054023

D. Liprandi, D. Misseroni, F. Bosia, M. Fraldi, N. M. Pugno. A 3D Griffith peeling model to unify and generalize single and double peeling theoriesMeccanica (2022) 57 (5), 1125–1138.

S. Residori, G. Greco, N. M. Pugno. The mechanical characterization of the legs, fangs, and prosoma in the spider Harpactira curvipes (Pocock 1897). Scientifc Reports (2022) 12 (1), 13056

G. Costagliola, F. Bosia, N. M. Pugno. Tuning of frictional properties in torsional contact by means of disk gradingFriction (2022) 10 (5), 787–802.

 

2021

R. S. Ambekar, B. Kushwaha, P.Sharma, F.Bosia, M.Fraldi, N.M. Pugno, C.S. Tiwary. Topologically engineered 3D printed architectures with superior mechanical strength. Materials Today (2021) 48, 72-94

M. Miniaci; R. K. Pal. Design of topological elastic waveguidesJournal of Applied Physics (2022) 130, 141101. 

M. Onorato, L. Cavaleri, S. Randoux, P.Suret, M. I. Ruiz, M. de Alfonso & A. Benetazzo. Observation of a giant nonlinear wave-packet on the surface of the ocean. Scientific Reports (2021) 11, 23606

H.J. Putley, G.J. Chaplain, H. Rakotoarimanga-Andrianjaka, B. Maling, R.V. Craster. Whispering-Bloch Elastic Circuits. Wave Motion (2021) 105, 102755

M.Morvaridi, G. Carta, F. Bosia, A. S. Gliozzi, N.M. Pugno, D.Misseroni, M.Brun. Hierarchical auxetic and isotropic porous medium with extremely negative Poisson’s ratio. Extreme MEchanical Letters (2021) 48, 101405

F. Schütt, F. Rasch, N. Deka, A. Reimers, L. M. Saure, S. Kaps, J. Rank, J. Carstensen, Y. K. Mishra, D. Misseroni, A. R. Vázquez, M. R Lohe, A. S. Nia, N. M Pugno, X. Feng, R. Adelung. Electrically powered repeatable air explosions using microtubular graphene assembliesMaterials Today (2021) 48, 7-17.

V. F. Dal Poggetto, F. Bosia, M. Miniaci, N. Pugno. Optimization of spider web-inspired phononic crystals to achieve tailored dispersion for diverse objectives. Materials and design (2021), 209, 109980.

A. A. Yakovleva,  I. B. Movchan,  D. Misseroni,  N. M. Pugno and  A. B. Movchan. Multi-Physics of Dynamic Elastic Metamaterials and Earthquake Systems. Frontiers in Materials (2021), 7, 620701.

D. Misseroni , A. Bacigalupo , M. L. De Bellis , A. B. Movchan and G. H. Paulino. Editorial: Cutting-Edge Metastructures: Micro-Architected and Active Metamaterials. Frontiers in Materials (2021) 8:695559.

G. Florioa, N.M. Pugno, M. J. Buehler, G. Puglisi. A coarse-grained mechanical model for folding and unfolding of tropoelastin with possible mutations. Acta Biomaterialia (2021) 134, 477-489.

M. C. Pugno, D. Misseroni, N. M. Pugno. Air-encapsulating elastic mechanism of submerged Taraxacum blowballsMaterials Today Bio (2021), 9, 100095

F. Picollo, A. Battiato, F. Bosia, F. Scaffidi Muta, P. Olivero, V. Rigato, S. Rubanov. Creation of pure non-crystalline diamond nanostructures via room-temperature ion irradiation and subsequent thermal annealing Nanoscale Advances (2021) 3, 4156-4165.

L. Machado, R. A. Bizao, N. M. Pugno, D. S. Galvão. Controlling Movement at Nanoscale: Curvature Driven Mechanotaxis. Small (2021) 17, 2100909

F. De Vita, F. De Lillo, R. Verzicco, M. Onorato, A fully Eulerian solver for the simulation of multiphase flows with solid bodies: Application to surface gravity wavesJournal of Computational Physics (2021) 438, 110355.

Miniaci, Marco; Kherraz, Nesrine; Cröenne, Charles; Mazzotti, Matteo; Morvaridi, Maryam; Gliozzi, Antonio S.; Onorato, Miguel; Bosia, Federico; Nicola Maria Pugno. Hierarchical large-scale elastic metamaterials for passive seismic wave mitigation. EPJ Applied Metamaterials 8, 14 (2021).

A. O. Krushynska, A. S. Gliozzi, A. Fina, D. Krushinsky, D.Battegazzore, M.A. Badillo-Ávila, M.Acuautla, S.Stassi, C.Noè, N.M. Pugno, F. Bosia. Dissipative Dynamics of Polymer Phononic Materials. Advanced Functional Materials (2021).

F De Vita, F De Lillo, F Bosia, M Onorato. Attenuating surface gravity waves with mechanical metamaterials. Physics of Fluids (2021) 33(4), 047113.

VF Dal Poggetto, F Bosia, M Miniaci, NM Pugno. Band gap enhancement in periodic frames using hierarchical structures. International Journal of Solids and Structures (2021) 216, 68-82.

N Kherraz, M Radzieński, M Mazzotti, P Kudela, F Bosia, AS Gliozzi, D Misseroni, NM Pugno, W Ostachowicz, M Miniaci. Experimental full wavefield reconstruction and band diagram analysis in a single-phase phononic plate with internal resonators. Journal of Sound and Vibration (2021) 503, 116098.

Miniaci, M.; Mazzotti, M.; Amendola, A.; Fraternali, F. Effect of prestress on phononic band gaps induced by inertial amplification. International Journal of Solids and Structures (2021) 216, 156-166

J. O. Wolff, D. Liprandi, F. Bosia, A. Joel, N. M. Pugno. Robust substrate anchorages of silk lines with extensible nano-fibres. Soft Matter (2021) 17, 7903-7913.

S. Avosani, A. Berardo, N. M. Pugno, V. Verrastro, V. Mazzoni, D. Cornara. Vibrational disruption of feeding behaviors of a vector of plant pathogen. Entomologia Generalis (2021) 41, 481-495

L. Kundanati, P. Das, N. Pugno. Prey Capturing Dynamics and Nanomechanically Graded Cutting Apparatus of Dragonfly NymphMaterials (2021), 14, 3, 559.

G. Greco, N. Pugno. How spiders hunt heavy prey: the tangle web as a pulley and spider’s lifting mechanics observed and quantified in the laboratory. Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2021), 18, 175.

S.K. Jalali, M.J. Beigrezaee, N. Pugno. Is it always worthwhile to resolve the governing equations of plate theories for graded porosity along the thickness? Composite Structures (2021), 256, 112960

M. Fraldi, S. Palumbo, A.R. Carotenuto, A. Cutolo, N. Pugno.  Generalized multiple peeling theory uploading hyperelasticity and pre-stress.  Extreme Mechanics Letters (2021) 42, 101085.

 

2020

Wiltshaw, R & Craster, R and Makwana, M. Asymptotic approximations for Bloch waves and topological mode steering in a planar array of Neumann scatterers. Wave Motion (2020) 99, 102662.

Makwana, M & Wiltshaw, R & Guenneau, S & Craster, R. Hybrid topological guiding mechanisms for photonic crystal fibersOptics Express (2020) 28, 30871-30888.

G.J. Chaplain and R. V. Craster. Surface corrugated laminates as elastic grating couplers: Splitting of SV- and P- waves by selective diffractionJournal of Applied Physics (2020) 129, 45103.

G.J. Chaplain and R. V. Craster. Ultrathin entirely flat Umklapp lenses. Physical Review B (2020) 101, 155430.

Chaplain, GJ & Ponti, JMD & Colombi, A & Fuentes-Dominguez, R & Dryburg, P & Pieris, D & Smith, RJ & Clare, A & Clark, M & Craster, RV. Tailored elastic surface to body wave Umklapp conversionNature Communications (2020) 11, 3267.

G.J. Chaplain, J.M. De Ponti, G. Aguzzi, A. Colombi and R.V. Craster. Topological Rainbow Trapping for Elastic Energy Harvesting in Graded Su-Schrieffer-Heeger SystemsPhysical Review Applied (2020) 14, 054035.

R. Zaccherini, A. Palermo, A. Marzani, A. Colombi, V. Dertimanis, and E. Chatzi. Mitigation of Rayleigh-like waves in granular media via multi-layer resonant metabarriers. Applied Physics Letters (2020) 117, 254103.

L. D’Alessandro, A. O. Krushynska, R. Ardito, N. Pugno, A. Corigliano. A design strategy to match the band gap of periodic and aperiodic metamaterials. Scientific Reports (2020), 10, 16403.

G. Greco, N. Pugno. Mechanical Properties and Weibull Scaling Laws of Unknown Spider Silks. Molecules (2020), 25, 12, 2938.

L. Kundanati, R. Guarino, M. Menegon, N. Pugno. Mechanics of snake biting: Experiments and modelling. Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials (2020), 112, 104020.

A. Berardo, N. Pugno. A model for hierarchical anisotropic friction, adhesion and wear. Tribology International (2020), 152, 106549

L. Kundanati, N. R. Chahare, S. Jaddivada, A. G. Karkisaval, R. Sridhar, N. Pugno, N. Gundiah. Cutting mechanics of wood by beetle larval mandibles. Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials (2020), 112, 104027

E. Isotta, B. Mukherjee, C. Fanciulli, N. Ataollahi, I. Sergueev, S. Stankov, R. Edla, N. Pugno, P. Scardi. Origin of a Simultaneous Suppression of Thermal Conductivity and Increase of Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in Disordered Cubic Cu2ZnSnS4. Physical Review Applied (2020), 14, 064073.

A. Cutolo, A. R. Carotenuto, S. Palumbo, F. Bosia, N. Pugno, M. Fraldi. Unveiling a new shear stress transfer mechanism in composites with helically wound hierarchical fibres. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2020), 192, 106135.

J. M. De Ponti, A. Colombi, E. Riva, R. Ardito, F. Braghin, A. Corigliano and R. V. Craster. Experimental investigation of amplification, via a mechanical delay-line, in a rainbow-based metamaterial for energy harvesting,  Applied Physics Letters (2020) 117, 143902

Chaplain, G.J., De Ponti, J.M., Colombi, A., Fuentes-Dominguez, R., Dryburg, P., Pieris, D., Smith, R.J., Clare, A., Clark, M., Craster, R.V. Tailored elastic surface to body wave Umklapp conversion, Nature Communications (2020) 11, 3267

A. Colombi, R. Zaccherini, G. Aguzzi, A. Palermo, E. Chatzi Mitigation of seismic waves: Metabarriers and metafoundations bench tested, Journal of Sound and Vibration (2020) 485, 115537

A. S. Gliozzi, M. Miniaci, A. Chiappone, A. Bergamini, B. Morin & E. Descrovi Tunable photo-responsive elastic metamaterials. Nature Communications (2020), 11, 2576.

G. Costagliola, R. Guarino, F. Bosia, K. Gkagkas, N. Pugno. Evolutionary Algorithm Optimization of Staggered Biological or Biomimetic Composites Using the Random Fuse Model. Physical Review Applied (2020), 13, 034049.
S. Signetti, F. Bosia, S. Ryu, N. M. Pugno. A combined experimental/numerical study on the scaling of impact strength and toughness in composite laminates for ballistic applicationsComposites Part B: Engineering (2020) 195, 108090.

G. Magnabosco, M. F. Pantano, S. Rapino, M. Di Giosia, F. Valle, L. Taxis, F. Sparla, G. Falini, N. Pugno, M. Calvaresi. A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic NanocompositesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2020), 8, 560349.

Y. Wu, B. O. Okesola, J. Xu, I. Korotkin, A. Berardo, I. Corridori, F. L. Pellerej di Brocchetti, J. Kanczler, J. Feng, W. Li, Y. Shi, V. Farafonov, Y. Wang, R. F. Thompson, M. Titirici, D. Nerukh, S. Karabasov, R. O. C. Oreffo, J. C. Rodriguez-Cabello, G. Vozzi, H. S. Azevedo, N. Pugno, W. Wang, A. Mata. Disordered protein-graphene oxide co-assembly and supramolecular biofabrication of functional fluidic devicesNature Communications (2020), 11, 1182

Schütt, F., Zapf, M., Signetti, S. et al. Conversionless efficient and broadband laser light diffusers for high brightness illumination applicationsNature Communications (2020) 11, 1437.

S. Chatterjee, N. Y. Kim, N. Pugno, M. Biswal, B. V. Cunning, M. Goo, S. Jin, S. H. Lee, Z. Lee, R. S. Ruoff. Synthesis of Highly Oriented Graphite Films with a Low Wrinkle Density and Near-Millimeter-Scale Lateral GrainsChemistry of Materials (2020), 32, 7, 3134-3143.

G. Greco, J. Wolff, N. Pugno. Strong and Tough Silk for Resilient Attachment Discs: The Mechanical Properties of Piriform Silk in the Spider Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877)Frontiers in Materials (2020), 7, 138.

G. Costagliola, F. Bosia, N. Pugno. Random Fuse Model in the presence of self-healing. New Journal of Physics (2020), 22, 033005.

D. Novel, S. Ghio, A. Gaiardo, A. Picciotto, V. Guidi, G. Speranza, M. Boscardin, P. Bellutti, N. Pugno. Strengthening of Wood-Like Materials via Densification and Nanoparticle Intercalation. Nanomaterials (2020), 10, 478.

G. Greco, F. Bosia, F. Tramacere, B. Mazzolai, N. Pugno. The role of hairs in the adhesion of octopus suckers: a hierarchical peeling approach. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (2020), 15, 035006.

Bacigalupo A., De Bellis M.L., and Misseroni D. Design of tunable acoustic metamaterials with periodic piezoelectric microstructure. Extreme Mechanics Letters (2020), 40, 100977.