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2011. Whisking and whisker kinematics during a texture classification task. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 366:3058-3069.
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2011. Unsupervised quantification of whisking and head movement in freely moving rodents. Journal of Neurophysiology. 105:1950-1962.
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2024. Two-photon polymerization 3D-printing of micro-scale neuronal cell culture devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 208:e66142.
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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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2020. A theoretical study on the transient morphing of linear poroelastic plates. Journal of Applied Mechanics. In press
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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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2019. Swimming Euglena respond to confinement with a behavioural change enabling effective crawling. Nature Physics. 15:496-502.
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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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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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2019. Smart helical structures inspired by the pellicle of euglenids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 123:234-246.
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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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2021. Rods coiling about a rigid constraint: Helices and perversions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 477:20200817.
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2014. A robotic crawler exploiting directional frictional interactions: Experiments, numerics and derivation of a reduced model. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 470:20140333.
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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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2016. Poroelastic toughening in polymer gels: A theoretical and numerical study. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 94:33-46.
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2020. On polymer network rupture in gels in the limit of very slow straining or a very slow crack propagation rate. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 136:103754.
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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. 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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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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2021. Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 379:20200116.
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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. Motility of a model bristle-bot: A theoretical analysis. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 76:233-239.
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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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2020. Mechanics of axisymmetric sheets of interlocking and slidable rods. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 141:103969.
