Nanomechanics of 4 fantastic nanomaterials

19 marzo 2012
ore 17.30

• Prof. Nicola Pugno - Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno” - Politecnico di Torino

Abstract:
In this talk the speaker will discuss his most recent results on the mechanics of the following four nanomaterials:

1. Graphene (the strongest) [1]
2. Spider silk (the toughest) [2]
3. Gecko foot (the most adhesive) [3]
4. Lotus leaf (the most anti-adhesive) [4]

[1] N. Pugno, The design of self-collapsed super-strong nanotube bundles. J. OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS (2010), 58, 1397-1410.
[2] S.W. Cranford, A. Tarakanova, N. Pugno, M.J. Buehler, Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs, NATURE (2012), 482, 72-78.
[3] N. Pugno, Spiderman gloves. NANO TODAY (2008), 3, 35-41.
[4] N. Pugno, Mimicking lotus leaves for designing super-hydrophobic/hydrophilic and super-attractive/repulsive hierarchical nanostructured surfaces. THE NANOMECHANICS IN ITALY, Editor Nicola M. Pugno, RESEARCH SIGNPOST (2007), 1-9.