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2012. Behavioral study of whisker-mediated vibration sensation in rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 109:971–976.
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2021. Nutations in plant shoots: Endogenous and exogenous factors in the presence of mechanical deformations. Frontiers in Plant Science - Plant Biophysics and Modeling. 12:371.
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2021. Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 379:20200116.
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2020. Nutations in growing plant shoots: The role of elastic deformations due to gravity loading. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 136:103702.
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2020. A theoretical study on the transient morphing of linear poroelastic plates. Journal of Applied Mechanics. In press
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2022. Optimal design of planar shapes with active materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 478:20220256.
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2021. A theoretical study on the transient morphing of linear poroelastic plates. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 88:031008.
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2012. Reverse engineering the euglenoid movement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 109:17874–17879.
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2014. Shape control of active surfaces inspired by the movement of euglenids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 62:99-112.
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2023. Flutter instability in solids and structures, with a view on biomechanics and metamaterials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 479:20230523.
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2024. Minimal actuation and control of a soft hydrogel swimmer from flutter instability. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 191:105753.
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2024. Breaking the left‐right symmetry in fluttering artificial cilia that perform nonreciprocal oscillations. Meccanica. In press
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2017. Spontaneous morphing of equibiaxially pre-stretched elastic bilayers: the role of sample geometry. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. In press.
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2023. Nonreciprocal oscillations of polyelectrolyte gel filaments subject to a steady and uniform electric field. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 173:105225.
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2016. Motion planning and motility maps for flagellar microswimmers. The European Physical Journal E. 39:72-86.
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2015. A study of snake-like locomotion through the analysis of a flexible robot model. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 471:20150054.
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2020. Morphable structures from unicellular organisms with active, shape-shifting envelopes: Variations on a theme by Gauss. International Journal of Non–Linear Mechanics. 118:103278.
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2015. Motility of a model bristle-bot: A theoretical analysis. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 76:233-239.
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2021. The biomechanical role of extra-axonemal structures in shaping the flagellar beat of Euglena gracilis. eLife. 10:e58610
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2022. Transient shape morphing of active gel plates: Geometry and physics. Soft Matter. 18(31):5867-5876.
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2013. Crawlers in viscous environments: linear vs. nonlinear rheologies. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 56:142-147.
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2015. Liquid crystal elastomer strips as soft crawlers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 84:254-272.
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2012. Crawling motility through the analysis of model locomotors: two case studies. The European Physical Journal E. 35:1-8.
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2014. Crawling on directional surfaces. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 61:65-73.
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2021. How Euglena gracilis swims: Flow field reconstruction and analysis.. Physical Review E. 103:023102.
