Publications and patents

Please 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

  1. 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, In Press (2018)

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  2. Damage control through windlass mechanism in ecribellate webs

    H. Elettro, F. Vollrath, A. Antkowiak & S. Neukirch

    In Preparation (2018)

  3. Fluid-based soft disruption of single-layer graphene induces superflexibility and spontaneous wrinkling

    H. Elettro & F. Melo

    In Preparation (2018)

  4. 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

    5. LG17133_Progressive_friction_mobilization_and_enhanced_Janssen_s_screening_in_confined_granular_rafts_Editor_suggestion
  5. 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

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  6. 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)

    Open Access PDF File

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  7. 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

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  8. Elastocapillary coiling of an elastic rod inside a drop

    H. Elettro, P. Grandgeorge, S. Neukirch

    Journal of Elasticity, 127(2):235-247 (2016)

    Open Access PDF File

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  9. 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)

    Open Access PDF File

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  10. Adhesion of dry and wet cribellate silk

    H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, A.Antkowiak & F. Vollrath

    The Science Of Nature, 102(7):1–4 (2015)

    Open Access PDF File

    11. cribellate_adhesion_sketch_test_higher_res

    PhD dissertation

    • Elastocapillary windlass: from spider silk to smart actuators

      H. Elettro, PhD dissertation, defended on 24th july 2015

      Open Access PDF File

    Patents

    1. 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 European Physics Letters and Nature Scientific Reports.

    Press Releases

    Our PNAS article received significant attention from the media, among which:

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