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Nicola Pugno

Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of Trento;
Professor of Materials Science at the Queen Mary University of London (part-time);
Humboldtian at the Kiel University;
Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Materials and Specialty Chief Editor of Mechanics;
Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford.

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Address: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica
Università di Trento, via Mesiano, 77 I-38123 Trento (Italia)
Office location: III piano, Stanza 328
Tel: +39 0461 282525
Mob: +39 338 6275625
Fax: +39 0461 282599
E-mail: nicola.pugno@unitn.it
Skype: nicola.pugno

Publications

Full list of publications



SELECTED PAPERS
  1. 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, 10, 3311-3340

  2. N. M.Pugno

    On the controversial role of earthquake triggering of the Rigopiano avalanche,

    Matter (2022), 5, 2, 372-376

  3. N. M.Pugno

    The centenary of Griffith's theory,

    Matter (2021), 4, 3811-3813

  4. D. Liprandi, F. Bosia, N. M.Pugno

    A theoretical-numerical model for the peeling of elastic membranes,

    Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (2020), 136, 103733

  5. N. M.Pugno

    The commemoration of Leonardo da Vinci,

    Meccanica (2019), 54, 15, 2317-2324.

  6. G. Costagliola, F. Bosia, N. M.Pugno

    A 2-D model for friction of complex anisotropic surfaces,

    JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS (2018), 112, 50-65

  7. N. M.Pugno

    The theory of multiple peeling,

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE (2011), ICF XII Special Issue on Nanoscale Fracture, Guest Editor Nicola M. Pugno (2011), 171, 185-193 (published as arXiv: 0903.0935 cond-mat, 5 march 2009)

  8. N. M.Pugno

    The design of self-collapsed super-strong nanotube bundles,

    J. OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS (2010), 58, 1397-1410

  9. N. M.Pugno, R. RUOFF

    Quantized Fracture Mechanics,

    PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, pp. 2829-2845, 2004, Vol. 84, ISSN: 1478-6435

  10. N. M.Pugno

    Book of Abstracts: "Bioinspired Nanomechanics: a discussion for the centenary of the Griffith's Theory" pp. 13-16, in "25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Plenary Opening Lecture
NATURE AND SCIENCE JOURNAL PAPERS
  1. A. CARPINTERI, N. M. Pugno

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

    NATURE MATERIALS, pp. 421-423, 2005, Vol. 4, ISSN: 1476-1122

  2. S.W. Cranford, A. Tarakanova, N. M.Pugno, M.J. Buehler, Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs, NATURE (2012), 482, 72-78. Cover Story and 18 pages of Supplementary Information, DOI 10.1038/nature10739.
  3. P. H. Tan, W. P. Han, W. J. Zhao, Z. H. Wu, K. Chang, H. Wang, Y. F. Wang, N. Bonini, N. Marzari, N. M.Pugno, G. Savini, A. Lombardo, A. C. Ferrari, The shear mode of multi-layer graphene, NATURE MATERIALS (2012), 11, 294-300.
  4. J. Zang, Q. Wang, Q. Tu, S. Ryu, N. M.Pugno, M. Buehler, X. Zhao, Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene, NATURE MATERIALS (2013), 12, 321-325.
  5. S. Lin, S. Ryu, O. Tokareva, G. Gronau, M.M. Jakobsen, W. Huang, D.J. Rizzo, D. Li, C. Staii, N. M.Pugno, J.Y. Wong, D.L. Kaplan, M.J. Buehler, Predictive modelling-based design and experiments for synthesis and spinning of bioinspired silk fibres. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2015) 6, 6892.
  6. R. Meija, S. Signetti, A. Schuchardt, K. Meurisch, D. Smazna, M. Mecklenburg, K. Schulte, D. Erts, O. Lupan, B. Fiedler, Y.K. Mishra, R. Adelung, N. M.Pugno, Nanomechanics of individual aerographite tetrapods. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017), 8, 14982.
  7. G. Nardone, J.O.-De La Cruz, J. Vrbsky, C. Martini, J. Pribyl, P. Skládal, M. Pešl, G. Caluori, S. Pagliari, F. Martino, Z. Maceckova, M. Hajduch, A. Sanz-Garcia, N. M.Pugno, G.B. Stokin, G. Forte, YAP regulates cell mechanics by controlling focal adhesion assembly. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017), 8, 15321.
  8. F. Schütt, S. Signetti, H. Krüger, S. Röder, D. Smazna, S. Kaps, S.N. Gorb, Y.K. Mishra, N. Pugno, R. Adelung, Hierarchical self-entangled carbon nanotube tube networks. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017), 8, 1215.
  9. I. Polishchuk, A.A. Bracha, L. Bloch, D. Levy, S. Kozachkevich, Y. Etinger-Geller, Y. Kauffmann, M. Burghammer, C. Giacobbe, J. Villanova, G. Hendler, C.-Y. Sun, A.J. Giuffre, M.A. Marcus, L. Kundanati, P. Zaslansky, N. M.Pugno, P.U.P.A. Gilbert, A. Katsman, B. Pokroy, Coherently aligned nanoparticles with a biogenic single crystal: A biological prestressing strategy. SCIENCE (2017), 358, 1294-1298.
  10. S. Elsharkawy, M. Al-Jawad, M.F. Pantano, E. Tejeda-Montes, K. Mehta, H. Jama, S. Agarwal, K. Shuturminska1, A. Rice, N.V. Tarakina, R.M. Wilson, A.J. Bushby, M. Alonso, J.C. Rodriguez-Cabello, E. Barbieri, A. del Río Hernández, M.M. Stevens, N. M.Pugno, P. Anderson, A. Mata, Protein disorder-order interplay to guide the growth of hierarchical mineralized structures. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018), 9, 2145.
  11. D.G. Purdie, N. M.Pugno, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, A.C. Ferrari, A. Lombardo, Cleaning interfaces in layered materials heterostructures. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018), 9, 5387.
  12. 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. M.Pugno, W. Wang, A. Mata

    Disordered protein-graphene oxide co-assembly and supramolecular biofabrication of functional fluidic devices,

    Nature Communications (2020), 11, 1182

  13. F. Schütt, M. Zapf, S. Signetti, J. Strobel, H. Krüger, R. Röder, J. Carstensen, N. Wolff, J. Marx, T. Carey, M. Schweichel, M. Terasa, L. Siebert, H. Hong, S. Kaps, B. Fiedler, Y. K. Mishra, Z. Lee, N. M.Pugno, L. Kienle, A. C. Ferrari, F. Torrisi, C. Ronning, R. Adelung

    Conversionless efficient and broadband laser light diffusers for high brightness illumination applications,

    Nature communications (2020), 11, 1437

  14. K. Arakawa, N. Kono, A. D. Malay, A. Tateishi, N. Ifuku, H. Masunaga, R. Sato, K.Tsuchiya, R. Ohtoshi, D. Pedrazzoli, A.Shinohara, Y. Ito, H. Nakamura, A. Tanikawa, Y. Suzuki, T. Ichikawa, S. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, M. Tomita, S. J. Blamires, J. Chuah, H. Craig, C. P. Foong, G. Greco, J. Guan, C. Holland, D. L. Kaplan, K. Sudesh, B. B. Mandal, Y. Norma-Rashid, N. A. Oktaviani, R. C. Preda, N. M.Pugno, R. Rajkhowa, X. Wang, K. Yazawa, Z. Zheng, K. Numata

    1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties. ,"Cover",

    Science advances (2022), 8, eabo6043

SELECTED JOURNAL COVERS

News

Frontiers in Materials: Special Issues

Recent, past and future invited lectures

Movies

rullo

 

  • Prof. Pugno talk at the Solvay Library for the celebration of the 5000th ERC Grantee, 17 June 2015, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  • PLENARY LECTURE: FALLING WALLS CONFERENCE. FUTURE BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, 9 November 2012, Berlin, Germany.

Curriculum

Curriculum vitae

Research topics

  1. Bio-inspired hierarchical super nanomaterials (e.g. self-healing)
  2. Super-strong graphene, nanotubes and related bundles and composites (e.g. flaw tolerant)
  3. Smart adhesion of insects, spiders and geckos and related gecko-inspired nanostructured surfaces (e.g. peeling theories)
  4. Self-cleaning & anti-adhesive super-hydrophobic leaves and related lotus-inspired nanostructured surfaces (e.g. anti-ice)
  5. Spider-silk and web and related spider-inspired super-tough materials and structures (e.g. anti-catastrophes)
  6. Design and fabrication of Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (e.g. nanotubes or graphene based)
  7. Hierarchical fibre bundle -or lattice spring- models, ropes, tissues and cellular solids (e.g. role of hierarchy)
  8. Graphene nanoscrolls and related systems (e.g. nanomotors)
  9. Nanomedicine: tumor cellular growth, nanovector therapeutics, scaffolds for the regenerative medicine (e.g. tumor cell dynamic resonances)
  10. Nanoindentation and related size- and shape-effects (e.g. universal scaling laws on hardness)
  11. Quantized Fracture Mechanics, in quasi-static, dynamic and fatigue regimes (e.g. role of defects in graphene)
  12. Nanoscale Weibull & Fractal Statistics and related size-effects on material strength (e.g. nanotubes statistics)
  13. Multiscale fragmentation under impact and explosions and structural dynamics (e.g. universal scaling laws on energy dissipation)
  14. Nanotribology (e.g. of graphene, biological or hierarchical surfaces)
  15. Bionicomposites (e.g. bionic silk spun by spiders fed with nanomaterials)
  16. Metamaterials (e.g. seismic shielding)

Adjunct Scientists

Anna
Rising
2024
Giuseppe
Puglisi
2023
Rainer
Adelung
2022
Antonella
Motta
2021
Federico
Bosia
2020
Massimiliano
Fraldi
2019
Luca
Valentini
2018
Barbara
Mazzolai
2017
Costas
Galiotis
2016
Stanislav
Gorb
2015

Horacio
Espinosa
2014
Andrea
Ferrari
2013
Rodney
Ruoff
2012
Huajian
Gao
2011
Markus
Buehler
2010

Francesco
Pugno
2009

Sponsors

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