Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is an international and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal covering fundamental and applied research in all disciplines of science, engineering and medicine.

Nicola Pugno

Editorial Board Member of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Research Areas

Mechanics (Especially Solid, Structural, Fracture, Bio & Nano)

Education

presentPh.DBiology (Learning Solid and Structural Mechanics from Spiders)
2000-2004MasterTheoretical Physics and Astrophisics
1995-1998Ph.DFracture Mechanics (Mathematical Foundations)
1990-1995Master Mechanical Engineering

Experience

presentPolitecnico di Torino

Academic Achievement

Menzione Optime 1995
Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2003
Leading Scientists of the World 2005
Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering 2005
ERC Staring Grant Winner 2011 (Bio-inspired hierarchical super nanomaterials)

Publications: Journals

[1]  2011 X. Shi, N. Pugno, H. Gao, Mechanics of carbon nanoscrolls: a review. ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA (2011), 23, 484-497 (Invited paper for cerebrating the 30 anniversary of AMSS).
[2]  2011 L. Boarino, E. Enrico, N. De Leo, F. Celegato, P. Liberto, N. Pugno, Fabrication of ordered silicon nanopillars and nanowires by self-assembling and metal assisted etching. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A (2011), 208, 1412-1416. (PSST 2008 Special Issue).
[3]  2011 Q. Chen, N. Pugno, Modeling the elastic anisotropy of woven hierarchical tissues. COMPOSITES PART B: ENGINEERING (2011), 42, 2030-2037.
[4]  2011 N. Pugno, Q. Chen, In plane elastic properties of hierarchical cellular solids, Engineering Procedia, Physics Engineering (2011), 10, 3026-3031.
[5]  2011 S. Brianza, P. D'Amelio, N. Pugno, E. Zini, A. Zatelli, F. Pluviano, K. Cabiale, M. Galloni, G. Isaia, Microdamage accumulation changes according to animal mass: an intraspecies investigation. CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL (2011), 88, 409-415.
[6]  2011 A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, The problem of the critical angle for edge and center V-notched structures, Eur. J. Mech. A/Solids, 30 (2011) 281-285.
[7]  2010 A. Carpinteri, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, Dynamic response of damped von Koch antennas. J. OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL (2010), 17(5), 733-740.
[8]  2010 A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, Anisotropic linear elastic properties of fractal-like composites. PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2010), 82, 0561114 (7pp).
[9]  2010 E. Lepore, A. Chiodoni, N. Pugno, New topological and statistical observations on the moult and skin of tokay geckos. REVIEWS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE (2010), 24, 69-80.
[10]  2010 F. Bosia, N. Pugno, M. Buehler, Hierarchical simulations for the design of super-tough nanofibres inspired by spider silk. PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2010), 82, 056103 (7pp).
[11]  2010 C. Bignardi, M. Petraroli, N. Pugno, Nanoindentations on conch shells of Gastropoda and Bivalvia molluscs reveal anisotropic evolution against external attacks. J. OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (2010), 10, 6453-6460.
[12]  2010 A. Nova, S. Keten, N. Pugno, A. Redaelli, M. J. Buehler, Molecular and nanostructural mechanisms of deformation, strength and toughness of spider silk fibrils. NANO LETTERS (2010), 10, 2626-2634.
[13]  2010 N. Pugno, The design of self-collapsed super-strong nanotube bundles. J. OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS (2010), 58, 1397-1410.
[14]  2010 M. Varenberg, N. Pugno, S. Gorb, Spatulate structures in biological fibrillar adhesion, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3269-3272.
[15]  2010 M. Pavese, S. Musso, N. Pugno, Compression behaviour of thick vertically aligned carbon nanotubes blocks. J. OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (2010), 10, 4240-4245.
[16]  2010 V. Coluci, N. Pugno, Molecular dynamics simulations of stretching, twisting and fracture of super carbon nanotubes with different chiralities: towards smart porous and flexible scaffolds. J. OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE (2010), 7, 1294-1298. (Special Issue on "Computational and theoretical nano-materiomics: properties of biological and de novo bioinspired materials", Guest Editor M. Buehler)
[17]  2010 A. Carpinteri, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, Free vibration analysis of a von Koch beam. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES (2010), 47, 1555-1562.
[18]  2010 X. Shi, Y. Cheng, N. M. Pugno, H. Gao, Tunable water channels with carbon nanoscrolls. SMALL (2010), 6, 739-744.
[19]  2010 N. Pugno, Graded cross-links for stronger nanomaterials. MATERIALS TODAY (2010), 13, 40-43.
[20]  2010 X. Shi, N. Pugno, H. Gao, Tunable core size of carbon nanoscrolls. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE (2010), 7, 517-521.
[21]  2010 A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, On the most dangerous V-notch. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES (2010), 47, 887-893.
[22]  2010 X. Shi, Y. Cheng, Nicola M. Pugno, H. Gao, A translational nanoactuator based on carbon nanoscrolls on substrates. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS (2010), 96, 053115.
[23]  2010 C. Ke, M. Zheng, G. Zhou, W. Cui, N. Pugno, R.N. Miles, Mechanical Peeling of Free-Standing Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotube Bundles, Small 2010, 6, No. 3, 438-445.
[24]  2009 N. Pugno, F. Bosia, Scaling properties of nanotube-based macroscopic cables through multiscale numerical simulations, IEEE NANOTECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE (2009), Special issue on Multi-scale simulation tools for nanotechnology applications (2009), December, 14-19.
[25]  2009 D. Gastaldi, N. Pugno, Design and realization of macroscopic grid architectures mimicking carbon molecules. JOURNAL OF NANOPHOTONICS (2009), 3, 031270 (17pp.).
[26]  2009 X. Shi, N. M. Pugno, Y. Cheng, H. Gao, Gigahertz oscillators based on carbon nanoscrolls, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS (2009), 95, 163113 (3 pp.). Selected fot the November 2, 2009 Issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
[27]  2009 G. Niccolini, F. Bosia, A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, A. Manuello, N. Pugno, Self-similarity of waiting time in fracture systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2009), 80, 026101 (6pp).
[28]  2009 A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, A. Sapora, D. Taylor, Generalized fracture toughness for specimens with re-entrant corners: experiments vs. theoretical predictions. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS (2009).
[29]  2009 A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, Edge debonding in FRP strengthened beams: stress versus energy failure criteria. ENGINEERING STRUCTURES (2009), 31, 2436-2447.
[30]  2009 Yu. F. Zhukovskii, S. Piskunov, N. Pugno, B. Berzina, L. Trinkler, S. Bellucci, Ab initio simulations on the atomic and electronic structure of single-walled BN nanotubes and nanoarches. J. OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS (2009), 70, 796-803.
[31]  2009 M. Guzzafame, F. Marino, N. Pugno, The Lybian Desert Silica Glass as a product of meteoritic impact: a new chemical-mechanical characterization. SAHARA (2009), 20, 143-146.
[32]  2009 N. Pugno, F. Bosia, A. Carpinteri, Size-effects on the strength of nanotube bundles, MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2009), 20, 084028 (5pp). (Special Issue Nanometrology 2008)
[33]  2009 N. Pugno, R. Agrawal, H. Espinosa, Nanowear of AFM tips: modeling and experiments. REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIAL SCIENCE (2009), 19, 73-77.
[34]  2009 N. Pugno, M. Schwarzbart, A. Steindl, H. Troger, On the stability of the track of the space elevator. ACTA ASTRONAUTICA (2009), 64, 524-537.
[35]  2009 P.P. Delsanto, A. Gliozzi, C. Bruno, N. Pugno, A. Carpinteri, Scaling laws and fractality in the framework of a Phenomenological Approach. CHAOS SOLITONS AND FRACTALS (2009), 41, 2782-2786.
[36]  2009 A. Carpinteri, N. Pugno, Extension of the De Saint Venant and Kirchoff theories to functionally graded materials. STRENGTH, FRACTURE AND COMPLEXITY (2009), 5, 53-62.
[37]  2009 G. Efremidis, N. Pugno, E. Aifantis, A proposition for a "self-consistent" Gradient Elasticity. J. OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS (2009), 19, 15-29.
[38]  2009 A. Kostantinidis, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, E. Aifantis, Application of Gradient Theory and Quantized Fracture Mechanics in Snow Avalanches. J. OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS, (2009), 19, 39-47.
[39]  2009 N. Pugno, E. Aifantis, A note on the transition from nano-to mega-mechanics: the role of stress quantization. J. OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS (2009), 19, 31-38.
[40]  2009 L. Boarino, M. Destro, S. Borini, N. Pugno, A. Chiodoni, F. Bellotti, G. Amato, Self-catalytic etching of silicon: from nanowires to regular mesopores. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A (2009), 206, 1250-1254. (PSST 2008 Special Issue).
[41]  2009 A. BORGHI; E. GUALTIERI; L. CALABRI; PUGNO N.; S. VALERI, Increasing nanohardness and reducing friction of nitride steel by laser surface texturing, TRIBOLOGY LETTERS, 2009, (TC&CL 2007 Special Issue) ISSN: 1023-8883.
[42]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA, Asymptotic analysis of a von Koch beam., CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, 2008, ISSN: 0960-0779.
[43]  2008 PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI; P.P. DELSANTO, Predominant natural red-shift of quasi conservative nonlinear systems, CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, 2008, ISSN: 0960-0779.
[44]  2008 PUGNO N., Macroscopic invisible cables., MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, pp. 175-180, 2008, Vol. 15, (MicroNanoReliability Special Issue). Highlighted by New Scientists. ISSN: 0946-7076.
[45]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; A. KASHTANOV; PUGNO N.; Y. PETROV (INTERQUADRENNIAL ICF SPECIAL ISSUE), Dynamic fracture as a process of nonlinear damage wave propagation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 227-240, 2008, Vol. 150, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[46]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA, Strength of hierarchical materials., MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, pp. 27-31, 2008, Vol. 15, (MicroNanoReliability Special Issue) ISSN: 0946-7076.
[47]  2008 PUGNO N., Dimensional analysis shows that mice models could lead to drug over dosages in humans., CANCER THERAPY, pp. 965-968, 2008, Vol. 6, ISSN: 1543-9135.
[48]  2008 PUGNO N.; E. LEPORE, Living tokay geckos display adhesion times following the Weibull Statistics., JOURNAL OF ADHESION, pp. 949-962, 2008, Vol. 89, ISSN: 0021-8464.
[49]  2008 PUGNO N., Flexible nanovectors., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474205-+7, 2008, Vol. 20, (NN 2007 Special Issue) ISSN: 0953-8984.
[50]  2008 N. PUGNO, Spiderman gloves. NANO TODAY (2008), 3, 35-41.
[51]  2008 L. CALABRI, N. PUGNO, C. MENOZZI, S. VALERI, AFM nanoindentation: tip shape and the tip radius of curvature effect on the hardness measurement. J. OF PHYSICS-COND. MAT. (2008), 20, 474208 (7pp). (NN 2007 Special Issue) ISSN: 0953-8984.
[52]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Super-bridges suspended over carbon nanotube cables, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474213-+8, 2008, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0953-8984.
[53]  2008 M. PAVESE; S. MUSSO; S. BIANCO; M. GIORCELLI; PUGNO N., An analysis of carbon nanotubes structures wettability before and after oxidation treatment. J. OF PHYSICS-COND. MAT. (2008), 20, 474206 (7pp). (NN 2007 Special Issue) ISSN:0953-8984.
[54]  2008 C. PORTESI; E. MONTICONE; S. BORINI, G.B. PICOTTO; PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Fabrication of superconducting MgB2 nanostructures. J. OF PHYSICS-COND. MAT. (2008), 20, 474210 (8pp). (NN 2007 Special Issue) ISSN: 0953-8984.
[55]  2008 F. BOSIA; PUGNO N.; G. LACIDOGNA; A. CARPINTERI, Mesoscopic modeling of acoustic emission through an energetic approach., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 5856-5866, 2008, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[56]  2008 PUGNO N.; CARPINTERI A, On Linear Elastic Fragmentation Mechanics under hydrostatic compression, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 113-117, 2008, Vol. 149, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[57]  2008 PUGNO N.; E. LEPORE, Observation of optimal gecko's adhesion on nanorough surfaces, BIOSYSTEMS, pp. 218-222, 2008, Vol. 94, ISSN: 0303-2647.
[58]  2008 PUGNO N., The strongest matter: Einsteinon could be one billion times stronger than carbon nanotubes., ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, pp. 687-689, 2008, Vol. 63, ISSN: 0094-5765.
[59]  2008 PUGNO N., Generalizing the Random Walk and the Eddington-Weinberg laws for a hierarchical Universe., CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, pp. 1369-1372, 2008, Vol. 38, ISSN: 0960-0779.
[60]  2008 PUGNO N.; F. BOSIA; A. CARPINTERI, Multiscale stochastic simulations for tensile testing of nanotube-based macroscopic cables., SMALL, pp. 1044-1052, 2008, Vol. 4, ISSN: 1613-6810.
[61]  2008 PUGNO N.; P. CORNETTI; A. CARPINTERI, On the impossibility of separating nanotubes in a bundle by a longitudinal tension., JOURNAL OF ADHESION, pp. 439-444, 2008, Vol. 84, ISSN: 0021-8464.
[62]  2008 PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Design of micro-nanoscale bio-inspired hierarchical materials, PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS, pp. 397-405, 2008, Vol. 88, ISSN: 0950-0839.(Published as Arxiv: cond-mat/0509650, 26 september, 2005)
[63]  2008 PUGNO N., A journey on the nanotube, in the "Top ten advances in materials"., MATERIALS TODAY, pp. 40-45, 2008, Vol. 11, (Invited) ISSN: 1369-7021.
[64]  2008 P.P. DELSANTO; C.A. CONDAT; PUGNO N.; A. GLIOZZI; M. GRIFFA, A multilevel approach to cancer growth modeling., JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, pp. 16-24, 2008, Vol. 250, ISSN: 0022-5193.
[65]  2008 PUGNO N., An analogy between the adhesion of liquid drops and single walled nanotubes, SCRIPTA MATERIALIA, pp. 73-75, 2008, Vol. 58, ISSN: 1359-6462.
[66]  2008 PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI; P.P. DELSANTO; F. BOSIA; A. GLIOZZI, Phenomenological approach to mechanical damage growth analysis., PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS, pp. 046103-1/5, 2008, Vol. 78, ISSN: 1539-3755.
[67]  2008 PUGNO N., Thermomechanical stresses in fullerenes@nanotube., JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS, Special Issue on Nanostructured Thin Films and Coatings, pp. 1-5, 2008, Vol. 156724, ISSN: 1687-4110.
[68]  2008 E. LEPORE; F. ANTONIOLLI; M. BUONO; S. BRIANZA; A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Preliminary experiments on adhesion of in vivo geckos. J. OF NANOMATERIALS. Special Issue on Nanomechanics and Nanostructructured Multifunctional Materials: Experiments, Theories, and Simulations, 2008, Vol. 194524, ISSN: 1687-4110 (5pp.).
[69]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Bio-inspired hierarchical nanomaterials for space applications, JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY, pp. 290-294, 2008, Vol. 61, (Mission to the outer solar systems and beyond Special Issue) ISSN: 0007-084X.
[70]  2008 PUGNO N., A new concept for smart drug delivery: adhesion induced nanovector implosion., THE OPEN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY JOURNAL, pp. 62-65, 2008, Vol. 2, (ICDDD1 Special Issue) ISSN: 1874-1045.
[71]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Mechanics of hierarchical materials, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 221-226, 2008, Vol. 150, (Interquadrennial ICF Special Issue) ISSN: 0376-9429.
[72]  2008 A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA; D. TAYLOR, A finite fracture mechanics approach to structures width sharp V-notches, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1736-1752, 2008, Vol. 75, (XVI ECF, Special Issue) ISSN: 0013-7944.
[73]  2008 PUGNO N.; CARPINTERI A; IPPOLITO M; MATTONI A; COLOMBO L, Atomistic fracture: QFM vs MD, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1794-1803, 2008, Vol. 75, (XVI ECF, Special Issue) ISSN: 0013-7944.
[74]  2007 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N.; S. PUZZI, Strength vs. toughness optimization of micro-and nano-structured grained composites, CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, 2007, ISSN: 0960-0779.
[75]  2007 PUGNO N., Nanocomplex oscillations as forewarning of fatigue collapse of NEMS, CURRENT TOPICS IN ACOUSTICAL RESEARCH, pp. 11-15, 2007, Vol. 4, ISSN: 0972-4818.
[76]  2007 C. GUIOT; PUGNO N.; P. P. DELSANTO; T. S. DEISBOECK, Physical aspects of cancer invasion., PHYSICAL BIOLOGY, pp. 1-6, 2007, Vol. 5, (Image selected for the Cover) ISSN: 1478-3967.
[77]  2007 V.R. COLUCI; PUGNO N.; S.O. DANTAS; D.S. GALVAO; A. JORIO, Determination of the mechanical properties of "super" carbon nanotubes through atomistic simulations, NANOTECHNOLOGY, pp. 335702-+7, 2007, Vol. 18.
[78]  2007 PUGNO N., Space elevator: out of order?, NANO TODAY, pp. 44-47, 2007, Vol. 2, (Invited) Highlighted by Nature (450, 6, 2007) ISSN: 1748-0132.
[79]  2007 M. IPPOLITO; A. MATTONI; PUGNO N.; L. COLOMBO, Failure strength of brittle materials containing nanovoids, PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, pp. 224110-+7, 2007, Vol. 75, ISSN: 1098-0121.
[80]  2007 YU. F. ZHUKOVSKII; PUGNO N.; C. BALASUBRAMANIAN; S. BELLUCCI, Influence of F centres on structural and electronic properties of AlN single-walled nanotubes, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 395021-+18, 2007, Vol. 19, ISSN: 0953-8984.
[81]  2007 S. BRIANZA; P. DAMELIO; PUGNO N.; M. DELISE; C. BIGNARDI; G. ISAIA, Allometric scaling and mechanical behaviour of the bone tissue: an experimental interspecific biomechanical investigation, BONE, pp. 1635-1642, 2007, Vol. 40, ISSN: 8756-3282.
[82]  2007 PUGNO N., The role of defects in the design of the space elevator cable: from a nano to a mega tube, ACTA MATERIALIA, pp. 5269-5279, 2007, Vol. 55, ISSN: 1359-6454.
[83]  2007 L. CALABRI; PUGNO N.; A. ROTA; S. VALERI, Nanoindentation shape-effect: experiments, simulations and modeling, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 395002-+12, 2007, Vol. 19, ISSN: 0953-8984.
[84]  2007 PUGNO N., A general shape/size-effect law for nanoindentation, ACTA MATERIALIA, pp. 1947-1953, 2007, Vol. 55, (Published as Arxiv: cond-mat/0601370, 17 January, 2006) ISSN: 1359-6454.
[85]  2007 PUGNO N., A statistical analogy between collapse of solids and death of living organisms: proposal for a "Law of Life, MEDICAL HYPOTHESES, pp. 441-447, 2007, Vol. 69, ISSN: 0306-9877.
[86]  2007 PUGNO N., Nano-friction, stick-slip and pull-out forces in nanotube-multiwalls,-composites and-bundles, JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS, pp. 265-281, 2007, Vol. 18, ISSN: 0334-8938.
[87]  2007 PUGNO N., Towards a Spiderman suit: large invisible cables and self-cleaning releasable super-adhesive materials., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 395001-+17, 2007, Vol. 19, (NN 2006 Special Issue). Selected by the Institute of Physics as top papers 2007. Highlighted by New Scientists. Discussed by the Media. ISSN: 0953-8984.
[88]  2007 PUGNO N., Velcro® nonlinear mechanics, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 121918/1-2, 2007, Vol. 90, ISSN: 0003-6951.
[89]  2007 PUGNO N., Young's modulus reduction of defective nanotubes, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 043106-1/3, (selected for the February 5, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology), 2007, Vol. 90, ISSN: 0003-6951.
[90]  2007 PUGNO N., Damage assessment of nanostructures, KEY ENGINEERING MATERIALS, pp. 199-204, 2007, Vol. 347, (DAMAS 07 Special Issue) ISSN: 1013-9826.
[91]  2007 F. BOSIA; PUGNO N.; G. LACIDOGNA; A. CARPINTERI, Modeling damage progression by a statistical energy-balance algorithm, KEY ENGINEERING MATERIALS, pp. 435-440, 2007, Vol. 347, (DAMAS 07 Special Issue) ISSN: 1013-9826.
[92]  2007 P. ANTONACI; P. BOCCA; D. MASERA; PUGNO N.; M. SCALERANDI; F. SELLONE, A novel ultrasonic technique to detect damage evolution in quasi-brittle materials, KEY ENGINEERING MATERIALS, pp. 633-638, 2007, Vol. 347, (DAMAS 07 Special Issue) ISSN: 1013-9826.
[93]  2007 PUGNO N.; R. RUOFF, Nanoscale Weibull Statistics for nanofibers and nanotubes, JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, pp. 97-101, 2007, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0893-1321.
[94]  2007 PUGNO N.; CORNETTI P; CARPINTERI A, New unified laws in fatigue: from the Wöhler's to the Paris' regime., ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 595-601, 2007, Vol. 74, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[95]  2007 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., Structural damage diagnosis and life-time assessment by Acoustic Emission monitoring, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 273-289, 2007, Vol. 74, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[96]  2006 C. GUIOT; PUGNO N.; P.P. DELSANTO, An elastomechanical model for tumor invasion, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 233901, 2006, Vol. 89, (selected for the December 15, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research) ISSN: 0003-6951.
[97]  2006 T.S. DEISBOECK; C. GUIOT; P.P. DELSANTO; PUGNO N., Does cancer growth depend on surface extension?, MEDICAL HYPOTHESES, pp. 1338-1341, 2006, Vol. 67, ISSN: 0306-9877.
[98]  2006 PUGNO N., Mimicking nacres width super-nanotubes for producing optimized super-composites, NANOTECHNOLOGY, pp. 5480-5484, 2006, Vol. 17.
[99]  2006 PUGNO N., New quantized failure criteria: application to nanotubes and nanowires, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 311-323, 2006, Vol. 141, (Published as arxiv: cond-mat/0411556, 22 nov. 2004) ISSN: 0376-9429.
[100]  2006 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., Richter's law at the laboratory scale interpreted by acoustic emission, MAGAZINE OF CONCRETE RESEARCH, pp. 619-625, 2006, Vol. 58, ISSN: 0024-9831.
[101]  2006 L. CALABRI; PUGNO N.; W. DING; R. RUOFF, Resonance of curved nanowires, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. S2175-2183, 2006, Vol. 18, (NN 2005, Special Issue) ISSN: 0953-8984.
[102]  2006 PUGNO N., On the strength of the nanotube-based space elevator cable: from nanomechanics to megamechanics, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, pp. S1971-1990, 2006, Vol. 18, ISSN: 0953-8984 (published as arxiv: cond-mat/0601668, 30 jan. 2006) (NN 2005 Special Issue) Selected by the Institute of Physics as top papers 2006. Discussed by Nature.
[103]  2006 M. IPPOLITO; A. MATTONI; L. COLOMBO; PUGNO N., The role of lattice discreteness on brittle fracture: how to reconcile atomistic simulations to continuum mechanics, PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, pp. 104111, 2006, Vol. 73, ISSN: 1098-0121.
[104]  2006 P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI; D. TAYLOR, Finite Fracture Mechanics: a coupled stress and energy failure criterion, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 2021-2033, 2006, Vol. 73, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[105]  2006 PUGNO N.; F. MARINO; A. CARPINTERI, Towards a periodic table for the nanomechanical properties of elements, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 5647-5657, 2006, Vol. 43, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[106]  2006 PUGNO N.; R. RUOFF, Nanoscale Weibull statistics, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, pp. 024301, 2006, Vol. 99, (published as arxiv: cond-mat/0504518, 20 april 2005), ISSN: 0021-8979.
[107]  2006 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Cracks and re-entrant corners in functionally graded materials, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1279-1291, 2006, Vol. 73, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[108]  2006 C. GUIOT; P.P. DELSANTO; A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N.; Y. MANSURY; T.S. DEISBOECK, The dynamic evolution of the power exponent in a universal growth model of tumors, JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, pp. 459-463, 2006, Vol. 240, ISSN: 0022-5193.
[109]  2006 A. CARPINTERI; M. PAGGI; PUGNO N., An analytical approach for fracture and fatigue in functionally graded materials, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 535-547, 2006, Vol. 141, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[110]  2006 F. BOSIA; PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Subharmonic generation in physical systems: an interaction-box approach, WAVE MOTION, pp. 689-699, 2006, Vol. 43, ISSN: 0165-2125.
[111]  2006 PUGNO N., Ice or snow in the Tempel 1 comet?, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 697, 2006, Vol. 73, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[112]  2006 B. PENG; PUGNO N.; H.D. ESPINOSA, An analysis of the membrane deflection experiment used in the investigation of mechanical properties of freestanding submicron thin films, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 3292-3305, 2006, Vol. 43, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[113]  2006 A. CARPINTERI; M. PAGGI; PUGNO N., Numerical evaluation of generalized stress-intensity factors in multi-layered composites, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 627-641, 2006, Vol. 43, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[114]  2006 PUGNO N., Dynamic Quantized Fracture Mechanics., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 159-168, 2006, Vol. 140, (ICF XI Special Issue), ISSN: 0376-9429.
[115]  2006 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Thermal loading in multi-layered and/or functionally graded materials: residual stress field, delamination, fatigue and related size effects, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 828-841, 2006, Vol. 43, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[116]  2006 PUGNO N.; M. CIAVARELLA; P. CORNETTI; A. CARPINTERI, A generalized Paris' law for fatigue crack growth., JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, pp. 1333-1349, 2006, Vol. 54, ISSN: 0022-5096.
[117]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., Time-scale effects on acoustic emission due to elastic waves propagation in monitored cracking structures, PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS, pp. 77-80, 2005, Vol. 8, (translated in russian, "Panin" special issue, 8/5, 85-99) ISSN: 1029-9599.
[118]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., Time-scale effects during damage evolution: a fractal approach based on acoustic emission, STRENGTH, FRACTURE AND COMPLEXITY, pp. 127-135, 2005, Vol. 3, (ICF XI Special Issue), ISSN: 1567-2069.
[119]  2005 PUGNO N., The nanoscale strength of Ultra Nano Crystalline Diamond, REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE, pp. 156-160, 2005, Vol. 10, ISSN: 1606-5131.
[120]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Strength and toughness of micro-and nano-structured materials: unified influence of composition, grain size and structural dimension, REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE, pp. 320-324, 2005, Vol. 10, ISSN: 1606-5131.
[121]  2005 R. RUOFF; L. CALABRI; W. DING; PUGNO N., Experimental tests on fracture strength of nanotubes, REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE, pp. 110-117, 2005, Vol. 10, (NN2005 Special Issue), ISSN: 1606-5131.
[122]  2005 C.H. KE; PUGNO N.; B. PENG; H.D. ESPINOSA, Experiments and modeling of carbon nanotube NEMS device, JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, pp. 1314-1333, 2005, Vol. 53, ISSN: 0022-5096.
[123]  2005 PUGNO N., Nonlinear statics and dynamics of NEMS based on nanoplates and nanowires, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART N, JOURNAL OF NANOENGINEERING AND NANOSYSTEMS, pp. 29-40, 2005, Vol. 219, ISSN: 1740-3499.
[124]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fractal rules of mixture for multi-scale fragmentation of heterogeneous materials, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL, pp. 31-37, 2005, Vol. 2, ISSN: 1590-8844.
[125]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fracture instability and limit strength condition in structures width re-entrant corners, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1254-1267, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[126]  2005 PUGNO N.; C.H KE; H. ESPINOSA, Analysis of doubly-clamped nanotube devices in the finite deformation regime, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 445-449, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[127]  2005 C.H. KE; H.D. ESPINOSA; PUGNO N., Numerical analysis of nanotubes based NEMS devices-Part II: Role of finite kinematics, stretching and charge concentrations, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 519-526, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[128]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Towards chaos in vibrating damaged structures-Part II: Parametrical investigation, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 519-526, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[129]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Towards chaos in vibrating damaged structures-Part I: Theory and period doubling cascade, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 511-518, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[130]  2005 D. TAYLOR; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N., The fracture mechanics of finite crack extensions, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1021-1028, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0013-7944.
[131]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., 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.
[132]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; L. DIMASTROGIOVANNI; PUGNO N., Fractal coupled theory of drilling and wear, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 131-142, 2005, Vol. 131, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[133]  2005 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fractal fragmentation theory for size effects of quasi-brittle materials in compression, MAGAZINE OF CONCRETE RESEARCH, pp. 309-313, 2005, Vol. 57, ISSN: 0024-9831.
[134]  2005 PUGNO N., Tunneling current-voltage controls, oscillations and instability of nanotube-and nanowire-based NEMS, GLASS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, Special Issue on NANOPARTICLES, NANOSTRUCTURES AND NANOCOMPOSITES pp. 535-544, 2005, Vol. 31, (Special Issue NNN07) ISSN: 1087-6596.
[135]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., A fractal approach for damage detection in concrete and masonry structures by acoustic emission technique, ACOUSTIQUE ET TECHNIQUES, pp. 31-37, 2004, Vol. 38, ISSN: 1263-8072.
[136]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; L. DIMASTROGIOVANNI; PUGNO N., Experimental investigation on fractal drilling strength, STRENGTH, FRACTURE AND COMPLEXITY, pp. 1-10, 2004, Vol. 2, ISSN: 1567-2069.
[137]  2004 PUGNO N.; R. RUOFF, Quantized Fracture Mechanics, PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, pp. 2829-2845, 2004, Vol. 84, ISSN: 1478-6435.
[138]  2004 PUGNO N.; B. PENG; H.D. ESPINOSA, Predictions of strength in MEMS components width defects-A novel experimental-theoretical approach, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 647-661, 2004, Vol. 42, ISSN: 0020-7683.
[139]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Scale-effects on average and standard deviation of the mechanical properties of condensed matter: an energy-based unified approach, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 253-261, 2004, Vol. 128, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[140]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; PUGNO N., Scaling of energy dissipation in crushing and fragmentation: a fractal and statistical analysis based on particle size distribution, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 131-139, 2004, Vol. 129, ISSN: 0376-9429.
[141]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Evolutionary fractal theory of erosion and experimental assessment on MIR space station, WEAR, pp. 408-413, 2004, Vol. 257, ISSN: 0043-1648.
[142]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Scaling laws for energy dissipation in impact and explosion fragmentation., MECHANICS, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MECHANICS-Selection of the Editor, 33, 1-10. 2004.
[143]  2004 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Transient coupled theory of drilling and wear, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL, pp. 57-64, 2004, Vol. 5, ISSN: 1590-8844.
[144]  2003 PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Tubular adhesive joints under axial load, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 832-839, 2003, Vol. 70, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[145]  2003 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., A multifractal comminution approach for drilling scaling laws, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, pp. 93-98, 2003, Vol. 131, ISSN: 0032-5910.
[146]  2002 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., One-, two-and three-dimensional universal laws for fragmentation due to impact and explosion, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 854-856, 2002, Vol. 69, ISSN: 0021-8936.
[147]  2002 PUGNO N.; R. RUOTOLO, Evaluation of torsional natural frequencies for non-tubular bonded joints, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, pp. 91-101, 2002, Vol. 13, ISSN: 1225-4568.
[148]  2002 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., A fractal comminution approach to evaluate the drilling energy dissipation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, pp. 499-513, 2002, Vol. 26, ISSN: 0363-9061.
[149]  2002 A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fractal fragmentation theory for shape effects of quasi-brittle materials in compression, MAGAZINE OF CONCRETE RESEARCH, pp. 473-480, 2002, Vol. 54, ISSN: 0024-9831.
[150]  2001 PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Strength, stability and size effects in the brittle behaviour of bonded joints under torsion: theory and experimental assessment, FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, pp. 55-62, 2001, Vol. 25, ISSN: 8756-758X.
[151]  2001 PUGNO N., Closed form solution for a non-tubular bonded joint width tapered adherends under torsion, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL, pp. 19-27, 2001, Vol. 2, ISSN: 1590-8844.
[152]  2001 PUGNO N.; G. SURACE, Tubular bonded joint under torsion: analysis and optimization for uniform torsional strength, JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN, pp. 17-24, 2001, Vol. 36, ISSN: 0309-3247.
[153]  2001 A. CARPINTERI; F. CIOLA; PUGNO N.; G. FERRARA; M. GOBBI, Size-scale and slenderness influence on the compressive strain-softening behaviour of concrete: experimental and numerical analysis, FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, pp. 441-450, 2001, Vol. 24, ISSN: 8756-758X.
[154]  2001 A. CARPINTERI; F. CIOLA; PUGNO N., Boundary element method for the strain-softening response of quasi brittle materials in compression, COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES, pp. 389-401, 2001, Vol. 79, ISSN: 0045-7949.
[155]  2000 PUGNO N.; G. SURACE, Non-tubular bonded joint under torsion: theory and numerical validation, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, pp. 125-138, 2000, Vol. 10, ISSN: 1225-4568.
[156]  2000 PUGNO N.; R. RUOTOLO; C. SURACE, Evaluation of the non-linear dynamic response to harmonic excitation of a beam width several breathing cracks, JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, pp. 749-762, 2000, Vol. 235, ISSN: 0022-460X.
[157]  1999 PUGNO N., Optimizing a non-tubular adhesive bonded joint for uniform torsional strength, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIALS & PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY-Special Issue on ADHESIVE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, pp. 476-487, 1999, Vol. 14, ISSN: 0268-1900.
[158]  A. P. Garcia, N. M. Pugno, M. J. Buehler, Superductile, wavy silica nanostructures inspired by diatom algae. ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS (2011), 13, B405-B414 (ADVANCED BIOMATERIALS). Special Issue E-MRS 2010.