Short CURRICULUM VITAE                    Nicola Pugno

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Occupation:                 Associate Professor of Structural Mechanics, since 1/10/2005, Politecnico di Torino  

Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno”; Leader of the Bio-inspired Nanomechancis Research Group (BIONANOMECH Group)

Address:                      Politecnico di Torino, Dept. of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

Tel.:                             +39.11.5644902

Fax:                             +39.11.5644899

E-mail:                         nicola.pugno@polito.it

Web-site:                     Personal: http://staff.polito.it/nicola.pugno/

Pugno Lab: http://www2.polito.it/ricerca/bionanomech/

Nationality:                  Italian

Adjunct Scientist:         Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA

National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) – National Laboratories of Frascati, Frascati, Italy

National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM), Turin, Italy

Vice-President Europe and Country Director of EuroSpaceward, Bertrange, Luxembourg

Marital status:               Married, with two daughters (see attached picture), waiting for a third baby

Date of Birth:               January 4th, 1972 (Pavia, Italy)

Spoken languages:       English (good), Spanish and French (basic)

Sports:                         Long distance mountain competitions. Selected Personal Records:

(1)   Ski Alpinism:

Partecipations to all the 7 first modern editions of the prestigious “Trofeo Mezzalama”, with a record of 5h 26min,

see: http://www.trofeomezzalama.org/mezzalama_i.asp

(2)   Bike:

2a) Personal Tour: “Tour du Mont Blanc”, with more than 320 Km and 8000 meters climbed, in 17h no-stop;

2b) Mountain Bike: 2th position at first stage and 3th position at two single stages of the the Iron Bike (“The world's hardest mountain bike raid”);

2c) Road Bike: 18th position at the “La Fausto Coppi” (among one thousand of participants).

(3)   Running:

(Firenze) Marathon, 2h 55min

Volunteer:                    in South American catholic missions (four summers) and in Lourdes (four times). Associations to AVIS and AIDO

 

EDUCATION (Torino)

October 1990 - July 1995:                  Degree in Mechanical Engineering, 110/110 cum laude

December 1995 - December 1998:     Ph.D. Course in Structural Engineering (Fracture Mechanics)

October 2000 - April 2004:                Degree in Theoretical Physics, 110/110 cum laude

          

TEACHING ACTIVITY (Politecnico di Torino)

Since 1996 Assistant to the Course of Structural Mechanics

Since 2001 Lecturer of Structural Mechanics

Since 2004 Lecturer of Structural Mechanics and of Structural Bio- & Nano-Mechanics

 

VISITING SCHOLAR/PROFESSOR (Research Topic: Nanomechanics)

August 2003 – February 2004: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

(Prof. H. Espinosa)

August 2004: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA (Prof. R. Ruoff)

May 2005: Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany (Prof. H. Gao)

July-September 2005: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (Prof. E. Aifantis)

April-May 2007: Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (Nobel Laureate H. Kroto)

May 2009 (first part): Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Prof. H. Gao).

May 2009 (second part): Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachussetts, USA (Prof. M. Buehler).

June 2009 (first part):   Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, (Prof. A. Windle).
June 2009 (second part): Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics, Cambridge, UK (Prof. A. Ferrari).

 

AWARDS

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

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Freund Publishing House Ltd., from 2007.

Open Mechanics Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., from 2007.

Open Applied Mathematics Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., from 2007.

Open Acoustic Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., from 2007.

Materials Physics and Mechanics, Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Science, from 2008.

Lifeboat Foundation (Safeguarding Humanity) Scientific Advisory Board (Engineering, Nanotechnology, Physics and Complex Systems boards, from 2007.

Open Material Science Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., from 2009.

Scientific Collaborator for “La Stampa” and “Il Sole 24 Ore”

 

REFEREE

Int. Journals:

J. of Aerospace Engineering, Int. J. of Fatigue, Int. J. of Acoustic and Vibrations, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Mechanics, Composite Science and Technology, Int. J. Solids and Structures, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Nanotechnology, Journal of Applied Mechanics, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Thin Solid Films, Int. J. of Sound and Vibration, Physical Review Letters, J. of Physics – Condensed Matter, Europhysics Letters, The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Nano Letters, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Small, Nano Today, Int. J. of Applied Mechanics, Algorithms, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Intermetallics, Surface and Coatings Technology, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Advanced Materials, Microsystem Technologies, Langmiur, ACS NANO, NDT&E International, Journal of Nanotechnology, etc. (neglecting Open Journals).

Int. Projects:

MiUR, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, Programma GALILEO (under payment)

Strategic Research funding, Research Committee, c/o Research Grants Office, City University of Hong Kong

Agence Nationale de Recherche

Università Italo Francese

The Leverhulme Trust: Academic Collaboration – International Networks

 

PUBLICATIONS

About 300 papers in international journals, international volumes, international or national conference proceedings (often presented in the last years as invited lectures, top speakers or key notes), more than 130 in international journals (also with high impact factor as Nature materials, or highlighted by Nature, New Scientists, Institute of Physics, or selected as best papers of the year, or discussed in national and international televisions, radios and dailies), on Structural-, Fracture- Bio- and especially Nano-Mechanics.

 

SELECTED (GENERAL) PAPERS:

 

1. A. Carpinteri, N. Pugno, Are the scaling laws on strength of solids related to mechanics or to geometry? NATURE MATERIALS, June (2005), 4, 421-423.

 

2. N. Pugno, Space Elevator: out of order?. NANO TODAY  (2007), 2, 44-47.

(see also the related stories in Nature: “The space elevator: going down? Study shows that proposed carbon nanotube cables won't hold up”, News at NATURE, 22 May 2006; “Out of reach”, NATURE 450, 22 November 2007).

 

3. N. Pugno, Spiderman gloves, NANO TODAY (2008), 3, 35-41.

(See also the related stories in New Scientist: “Gecko power could turn you into a spider”, NEW SCIENTIST, 28 April 2007, 26; “With no visibile means of support”, NEW SCIENTIST, 19 July 2008, 23; “Ten sci-fiction that could soon be in your hands”, NEW SCIENTIST, 26 January, 2009).

 

2007

PUGNO N., THE NANOMECHANICS IN ITALY., RESEARCH SIGNPOST (IND), 2007, ISBN: 978-81-308-0237-4

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PAPERS (pdf in the lab website)

 

In print

X. SHI; PUGNO N.; H. GAO, Tunable core size of carbon nanoscrolls, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE, In stampa, ISSN: 1546-1955

In print

V. COLUCI; PUGNO N., Molecular dynamics simulations of stretching, twisting and fracture of super carbon nanotubes with different chiralities: towards smart porous and flexible scaffolds., JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE, In stampa, ISSN: 1546-1955

In print

M. PAVESE; S. MUSSO; PUGNO N., Compression behaviour of thick vertically aligned carbon nanotubes blocks., JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, In stampa, ISSN: 1533-4880

In print

A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA, On the most dangerous V-notch., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, In stampa, ISSN: 0020-7683

In print

C. BIGNARDI; M. PETRAROLI; PUGNO N., Nanoindentations on conch shells of Gastropoda and Bivalvia molluscs reveal anisotropic evolution against external attacks., JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, In stampa, ISSN: 1533-4880

In print

X. SHI; Y. CHENG; PUGNO N.; H. GAO, Tunable water channels with carbon nanoscrolls., SMALL, In stampa, ISSN: 1613-6810

In print

X. SHI; Y. CHENG; PUGNO N.; H. GAO, A translational nanoactuator based on carbon nanoscrolls on substrates, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, In stampa, ISSN: 0003-6951

In print

PUGNO N., Graded cross-links for stronger nanomaterials: solving the paradox of the weakness of nanotube or graphene based materials., MATERIALS TODAY, In stampa, ISSN: 1369-7021

In print

PUGNO N.; M. KLETTNER, A breakthrough during the 3rd International Conference on Space Elevator, Carbon Nanotube Tether Design and Lunar Industrialization Challenges, MATERIALS TODAY, In stampa, ISSN: 1369-7021

2010

M. ZHENG; C. KE; G. ZHOU; W. CUI; PUGNO N.; R. N. MILES, Mechanical Peeling of Free-Standing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles., SMALL, pp. 438-445, 2010, Vol. 6, ISSN: 1613-6810

2009

X. SHI; PUGNO N.; Y. CHENG; H. GAO, Gigahertz oscillators based on carbon nanoscrolls, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 163113-1-163113-3, 2009, Vol. 95, ISSN: 0003-6951

2009

PUGNO N.; F. BOSIA, Scaling properties of nanotube-based macroscopic cables through multiscale numerical simulations, IEEE NANOTECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE, pp. 14-19, 2009, ISSN: 1932-4310

2009

D. GASTALDI; PUGNO N., Design and realization of macroscopic grid architectures mimicking carbon molecules., JOURNAL OF NANOPHOTONICS, pp. 031270/1-031270/17, 2009, Vol. 3, ISSN: 1934-2608

2009

A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA; D. TAYLOR, Generalized fracture toughness for specimens with re-entrant corners: experiments vs. theoretical predictions., STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, pp. 609-620, 2009, Vol. 32, ISSN: 1225-4568

2009

G. NICCOLINI; F. BOSIA; A. CARPINTERI; G. LACIDOGNA; A. MANUELLO; PUGNO N., Self-similarity of waiting time in fracture systems., PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS, pp. 026101/1-026101/6, 2009, Vol. 80, ISSN: 1539-3755

2009

A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N., Edge debonding in FRP strengthened beams: stress versus energy failure criteria., ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, pp. 2436-2447, 2009, ISSN: 0141-0296

2009

P.P. DELSANTO; A. GLIOZZI; C. BRUNO; PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Scaling laws and fractality in the framework of a Phenomenological Approach., CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, pp. 2782-2786, 2009, Vol. 41, ISSN: 0960-0779

2009

PUGNO N.; F. BOSIA; A. CARPINTERI, Size-effects on the strength of nanotube bundles, MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, pp. 084028-+5, 2009, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0957-0233

2009

L. BOARINO; M. DESTRO; S. BORINI; PUGNO N.; A. CHIODONI; F. BELLOTTI; G. AMATO, Self-catalytic etching of silicon: from nanowires to regular mesopores., PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI. A, APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, pp. 1250-1254, 2009, Vol. 206, ISSN: 1862-6300

2009

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Extension of the De Saint Venant and Kircfhoff theories to functionally graded materials, STRENGTH, FRACTURE AND COMPLEXITY, pp. 53-62, 2009, Vol. 5, ISSN: 1567-2069

2009

M. GUZZAFAME; F. MARINO; PUGNO N., The Lybian Desert Silica Glass as a product of meteoritic impact: a new chemical-mechanical characterization, SAHARA, pp. 143-146, 2009, Vol. 20, ISSN: 1120-5679

2009

A. KOSTANTINIDIS; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; E. AIFANTIS, Application of Gradient Theory and Quantized Fracture Mechanics in Snow Avalanches., JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS, pp. 39-47, 2009, Vol. 19, ISSN: 0334-8938

2009

EFREMIDIS G; PUGNO N.; E. AIFANTIS, A proposition for a self-consistent gradient elasticity., JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS, pp. 15-29, 2009, Vol. 19, ISSN: 0334-8938

2009

PUGNO N.; AIFANTIS E, A note on the transition from nano- to mega-mechanics: the role of stress quantization., JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS, pp. 31-38, 2009, Vol. 19, ISSN: 0334-8938

2009

PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI; P.P. DELSANTO, Predominant natural red-shift of quasi conservative nonlinear systems, CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, pp. 881-885, 2009, Vol. 41, ISSN: 0960-0779

2009

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA, Asymptotic analysis of a von Koch beam., CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, pp. 795-802, 2009, Vol. 41, ISSN: 0960-0779

2009

YU. F. ZHUKOVSKII; S. PISKUNOV; PUGNO N.; B. BERZINA; L. TRINKLER; S. BELLUCCI, Ab initio simulations on the atomic and electronic structure of single-walled BN nanotubes and nanoarches., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS, pp. 796-803, 2009, Vol. 70, ISSN: 0022-3697

2009

PUGNO N.; M. SCHWARZBART; A. STEINDL; H. TROGER, On the stability of the track of the space elevator., ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, pp. 524-537, 2009, Vol. 64, ISSN: 0094-5765

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, pp. 699-705, 2009, Vol. 42, ISSN: 1023-8883

2009

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N.; S. PUZZI, Strength vs. toughness optimization of microstructured composites, CHAOS, SOLITONS AND FRACTALS, pp. 1210-1223, 2009, Vol. 39, ISSN: 0960-0779

2009

PUGNO N., Macroscopic invisible cables., MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, pp. 175-180, 2009, Vol. 15, ISSN: 0946-7076

2009

A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA, Strength of hierarchical materials., MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, pp. 27-31, 2009, Vol. 15, ISSN: 0946-7076

2009

PUGNO N.; R. AGRAWAL; H. ESPINOSA, Nanowear of AFM tips: modeling and experiments, REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE, pp. 73-77, 2009, Vol. 19, ISSN: 1606-5131

2008

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Mechanics of hierarchical materials, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 221-226, 2008, Vol. 150, ISSN: 0376-9429

2008

PUGNO N., Thermomechanical stresses in fullerenes@nanotube., JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS, pp. 1-5, 2008, Vol. 156724, ISSN: 1687-4110

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

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. 046103-1-046103-5, 2008, Vol. 78, ISSN: 1539-3755

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

2008

PUGNO N.; E. LEPORE, Observation of optimal gecko’s adhesion on nanorough surfaces, BIOSYSTEMS, pp. 218-222, 2008, Vol. 94, ISSN: 0303-2647

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, ISSN: 1874-1045

2008

PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Design of micro/nano-bio-inspired hierarchical materials., PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS, pp. 1-9, 2008, ISSN: 1362-3036

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

2008

PUGNO N., Spiderman gloves, NANO TODAY, pp. 35-41, 2008, Vol. 3, ISSN: 1748-0132

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

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

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

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

2008

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Bio-inspired hierarchical nanomaterials for space applications, JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY, pp. 290-294, 2008, Vol. 61, ISSN: 0007-084X

2008

PUGNO N.; CARPINTERI A; IPPOLITO M; MATTONI A; COLOMBO L, Atomistc fracture: QFM vs MD, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1794-1803, 2008, Vol. 75, ISSN: 0013-7944

2008

A. CARPINTERI; P. CORNETTI; PUGNO N.; A. SAPORA; D. TAYLOR, A finite fracture mechanics approach to structures with sharp V-notches, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1736-1752, 2008, Vol. 75, ISSN: 0013-7944

2008

PUGNO N., Flexible nanovectors., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474205-+7, 2008, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0953-8984

2008

M. PAVESE; S. MUSSO; S. BIANCO; M. GIORCELLI; PUGNO N., An analysis of carbon nanotubes structures wettability before and after oxidation treatment., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474206-+7, 2008, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0953-8984

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

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

2008

PUGNO N., A journey on the nanotube, in the “Top ten advances in materials”., MATERIALS TODAY, pp. 40-45, 2008, Vol. 11, ISSN: 1369-7021

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

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

2008

A. CARPINTERI; A. KASHTANOV; PUGNO N.; Y. PETROV, Dynamic fracture as a process of nonlinear damage wave propagation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 227-240, 2008, Vol. 150, ISSN: 0376-9429

2008

C. PORTESI; E. MONTICONE; S. BORINI; G.B. PICOTTO; PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Superconducting MgB2 nanostructures by EBL-based technique., JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474210-+8, 2008, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0953-8984

2008

L. CALABRI; PUGNO N.; C. MENOZZI; S. VALERI, AFM nanoindentation: tip shape and the tip radius of curvature effect on the hardness measurement, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, pp. 474208-+7, 2008, Vol. 20, ISSN: 0953-8984

2008

E. LEPORE; S. BRIANZA; F. ANTONIOLLI; M. BUONO; A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Preliminary experiments on adhesion of in vivo geckos., JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS, pp. 1-5, 2008, Vol. 194524, ISSN: 1687-4110

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

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, ISSN: 0957-4484

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

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

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

2007

PUGNO N., A general shape/size-effect law for nanoindentation, ACTA MATERIALIA, pp. 1947-1953, 2007, Vol. 55, ISSN: 1359-6454

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

2007

C. GUIOT; PUGNO N.; P. P. DELSANTO; T. S. DEISBOECK, Physical aspects of cancer invasion., PHYSICAL BIOLOGY, pp. 1-6, 2007, Vol. 5, ISSN: 1478-3967

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, ISSN: 1013-9826

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, ISSN: 1013-9826

2007

PUGNO N., Damage assessment of nanostructures, KEY ENGINEERING MATERIALS, pp. 199-204, 2007, Vol. 347, ISSN: 1013-9826

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, ISSN: 0953-8984

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

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

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

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

2007

PUGNO N., Space elevator: out of order?, NANO TODAY, pp. 44-47, 2007, Vol. 2, ISSN: 1748-0132

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

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

2007

PUGNO N., Young's modulus reduction of defective nanotubes, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 043106-3, 2007, Vol. 90, ISSN: 0003-6951

2007

PUGNO N., Velcro® nonlinear mechanics, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 121918-2, 2007, Vol. 90, ISSN: 0003-6951

2006

PUGNO N., Dynamic Quantized Fracture Mechanics., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 159-168, 2006, Vol. 140, ISSN: 0376-9429

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

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

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

2006

PUGNO N.; R. RUOFF, Nanoscale Weibull statistics, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, pp. 024301, 2006, Vol. 99, ISSN: 0021-8979

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

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

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

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

2006

L. CALABRI; PUGNO N.; W. DING; R. RUOFF, Resonance of curved nanowires, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, pp. S2175-2183, 2006, Vol. 18, ISSN: 0953-8984

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

2006

PUGNO N., New quantized failure criteria: application to nanotubes and nanowires, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE, pp. 311-323, 2006, Vol. 141, ISSN: 0376-9429

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

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

2006

PUGNO N., Mimicking nacres with super-nanotubes for producing optimized super-composites, NANOTECHNOLOGY, pp. 5480-5484, 2006, Vol. 17, ISSN: 0957-4484

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

2006

C. GUIOT; PUGNO N.; P.P. DELSANTO, An elastomechanical model for tumor invasion, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 233901, 2006, Vol. 89, ISSN: 0003-6951

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

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

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

2006

PUGNO N., Ice or snow in the Tempel 1 comet?, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 697, 2006, Vol. 73, ISSN: 0021-8936

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, ISSN: 1029-9599

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

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, ISSN: 1606-5131

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

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

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, ISSN: 1567-2069

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

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

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

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

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

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

2005

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fracture instability and limit strength condition in structures with re-entrant corners, ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, pp. 1254-1267, 2005, Vol. 72, ISSN: 0013-7944

2005

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Fracture 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

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

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

2005

PUGNO N., Tunneling current-voltage controls, oscillations and instability of nanotube- and nanowire-based NEMS, GLASS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, pp. 535-544, 2005, Vol. 31, ISSN: 1087-6596

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

2004

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., Scaling laws for energy dissipation in impact and explosion fragmentation., MECHANICS, 2004

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

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

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

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

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

2004

PUGNO N.; B. PENG; H.D. ESPINOSA, Predictions of strength in MEMS components with defects – A novel experimental-theoretical approach, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp. 647-661, 2004, Vol. 42, ISSN: 0020-7683

2004

PUGNO N.; R. RUOFF, Quantized Fracture Mechanics, PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, pp. 2829-2845, 2004, Vol. 84, ISSN: 1478-6435

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

2003

A. CARPINTERI; PUGNO N., A multifractal comminution approach for drilling scaling laws, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, pp. 93-98, 2003, Vol. 131, ISSN: 0032-5910

2003

PUGNO N.; A. CARPINTERI, Tubular adhesive joints under axial load, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, pp. 832-839, 2003, Vol. 70, ISSN: 0021-8936

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2001

PUGNO N., Closed form solution for a non-tubular bonded joint with tapered adherends under torsion, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND CONTROL, pp. 19-27, 2001, Vol. 2, ISSN: 1590-8844

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

2000

PUGNO N.; R. RUOTOLO; C. SURACE, Evaluation of the non-linear dynamic response to harmonic excitation of a beam with several breathing cracks, JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, pp. 749-762, 2000, Vol. 235, ISSN: 0022-460X

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

1999

PUGNO N., Optimizing a non-tubular adhesive bonded joint for uniform torsional strength, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIALS & PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY, pp. 476-487, 1999, Vol. 14, ISSN: 0268-1900

 

THE OPINION OF A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

Prof. H. Kroto, one of the father of the Nanoscience, Nobel Prize Winner 1996, for the discovery of the fullerene (13 November 2009):

“Prof. Nicola Pugno he is recognised internationally as a leading expert in the important field of Structural Mechanics and the Strength of Materials. I met him in Torino in 2004 where we had a detailed discussion on various key aspects of these topics that interested me, particularly the mechanical strength of nanotube bundles. Recently in 2007, he visited my laboratory here in the US to develop ideas further. He has already greatly advanced our basic understanding of fundamental mechanical and dynamic issues in the context of the strength of cables composed of macroscopic nanotubes bundles. In fact his work was picked out by Nature as a highly prestigious “Highlight” indicating the high level of international recognition that his present research work is achieving.

His recent study on the feasibility of a “Spiderman” suit, which at first sight might seem a somewhat fanciful project, is in fact an interesting study of the importance of his work to the development of new materials exhibiting advanced properties. This work was highlighted by the New Scientist as well as by television, radio and daily newspapers (e.g. the Time, BBC, etc.), underlining the fact that he is not only working in a leading area of 21st Century materials, but also one importantly that members of the general public can relate to and find relevant to them.

Prof. Pugno’s overall scientific output is outstanding. In ten years he has produced ca 130 original publications (also as a single author) in leading international journals (e.g. Nature Materials, etc.), and his scientific activity is increasing rapidly in quality and quantity. Consequently, he is now an expert in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and an internationally recognised leader scientist in the field of Nanomechanics.

Prof. Pugno is now recognized worldwide for his studies on bio-inspired multifunctional nanomaterials and his achievements have already impacted on several Italian Companies, in particular in helping to develop next-generation products, e.g. self-cleaning materials.”