Publications
Swimming Euglena respond to confinement with a behavioural change enabling effective crawling. Nature Physics. 15:496-502.
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2019. Mechanics of axisymmetric sheets of interlocking and slidable rods. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 141:103969.
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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. 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. 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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2020. A theoretical study on the transient morphing of linear poroelastic plates. Journal of Applied Mechanics. In press
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2020. The biomechanical role of extra-axonemal structures in shaping the flagellar beat of Euglena gracilis. eLife. 10:e58610
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2021. How Euglena gracilis swims: Flow field reconstruction and analysis.. Physical Review E. 103:023102.
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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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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. Rods coiling about a rigid constraint: Helices and perversions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 477:20200817.
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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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2021. Optimal design of planar shapes with active materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 478:20220256.
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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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2022. 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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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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2023. Breaking the left‐right symmetry in fluttering artificial cilia that perform nonreciprocal oscillations. Meccanica. In press
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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. Two-photon polymerization 3D-printing of micro-scale neuronal cell culture devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 208:e66142.
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