You can find below an updated list of my publications below, with links to Open Access pdfs. You may also visit Google Scholar, ArXiv, ResearchID and ResearchGate. Watch the video below for a great summary of our spider silk project !
Peer-reviewed Publications
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- Everything in its right place: controlling the local composition of hydrogels using microfluidic traps
M. Kessler, H. Elettro, I. Heimgartner, S. Madasu, K. A. Brakke, F. Gallaire & E. Amstad
Lab on a Chip, 4:066004 (2020)
- Everything in its right place: controlling the local composition of hydrogels using microfluidic traps
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- Adsorption induces superflexibility and spontaneous curvature in monolayer graphene
H. Elettro & F. Melo
Physical Review Materials, 4:066004 (2020)
- Adsorption induces superflexibility and spontaneous curvature in monolayer graphene
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- The heavy windlass: Buckling and coiling of an elastic rod inside a liquid drop in the presence of gravity
H. Elettro, S. Neukirch & A. Antkowiak
Mechanics Research Communication, 93:58-61 (2018)
- The heavy windlass: Buckling and coiling of an elastic rod inside a liquid drop in the presence of gravity
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- Friction mobilization and gradient-induced enhanced Janssen’s screening in confined granular rafts
O. Saavedra, H. Elettro & F. Melo
Physical Review Materials, 2(4):043603 (2018)
Open Access PDF File, Editor’s Suggestion
- Friction mobilization and gradient-induced enhanced Janssen’s screening in confined granular rafts
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- Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology
H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, F. Vollrath & A. Antkowiak
Soft Matter, 13(33):5509-5517 (2017)
Open Access PDF File, Front Cover
- Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology
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- Converting water adsorption and capillary condensation in useable forces with simple porous inorganic thin films
M. Boudot, H. Elettro & D. Grosso
ACS Nano, 10(11):10031-10040 (2016)
- Converting water adsorption and capillary condensation in useable forces with simple porous inorganic thin films
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- In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid–liquid mechanical properties
H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, A.Antkowiak & F. Vollrath
PNAS, 113(22):6143-6147 (2016)
Open access PDF File, Editor’s suggestion
- In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid–liquid mechanical properties
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- Elastocapillary coiling of an elastic rod inside a drop
H. Elettro, P. Grandgeorge, S. Neukirch
Journal of Elasticity, 127(2):235-247 (2016)
- Elastocapillary coiling of an elastic rod inside a drop
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- Coiling of an elastic beam inside a disk: A model for spider-capture silk
H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, A.Antkowiak & F. Vollrath
Int. J. of Non-Linear Mechanics, 75:59–66 (2015)
- Coiling of an elastic beam inside a disk: A model for spider-capture silk
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- Adhesion of dry and wet cribellate silk
H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, A.Antkowiak & F. Vollrath
The Science Of Nature, 102(7):1–4 (2015)
- Adhesion of dry and wet cribellate silk
PhD dissertation
- Elastocapillary windlass: from spider silk to smart actuators
H. Elettro, PhD dissertation, defended on 24th july 2015
Book Chapters
- Ripples and Wrinkles in Graphene: Beyond Continuum Mechanics
H. Elettro & F. Melo
Wrinkled Polymer Surfaces pp 229-252 (2019)
Patents
- Method and device for modifying a characteristic of a wire element, especially the distance separating its two ends (Patent on Capillary Windlass Technology, see PhD work)
H. Elettro, F. Vollrath, A. Antkowiak & S. Neukirch
Patent Number FR1453960, 30th April 2014
Professional Service
Reviewer for
- Nature Scientific Reports.
- European Physics Letters (EPL).
- Materials and Design.
- Advanced Science.
- Physical Review Letters (PRL).
Press Releases
Our PNAS article received significant attention from the media, among which:
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