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3D Micropatterned Surface Inspired by Salvinia molesta via Direct Laser Lithography

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

3D and 4D printing in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery: Printing techniques, materials, and applications

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

A Miniaturized Mechatronic System Inspired by Plant Roots for Soil Exploration

scientific article published in April 2011

A Novel Soft Metal-Polymer Composite for Multidirectional Pressure Energy Harvesting

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

A bio-inspired approach towards the development of soft amoeboid microrobots

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A dynamic flux chamber to measure mercury emission from aquatic systems

scientific article published in April 1998

A novel growing device inspired by plant root soil penetration behaviors

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

A novel tracking tool for the analysis of plant-root tip movements

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

A plant-inspired robot with soft differential bending capabilities.

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

A protein-coated micro-sucker patch inspired by octopus for adhesion in wet conditions

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

A purely bioinformatic pipeline for the prediction of mammalian odorant receptor gene enhancers

scientific article published on 14 September 2019

A soft, stretchable and conductive biointerface for cell mechanobiology

scientific article

A study on plant root apex morphology as a model for soft robots moving in soil.

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

A universal intelligent system-on-chip based sensor interface.

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

A variable-stiffness tendril-like soft robot based on reversible osmotic actuation

scientific article published in Nature Communications

A vision for future bioinspired and biohybrid robots

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Adhesion Mechanisms Inspired by Octopus Suckers

scientific article published in 2011

Air Trapping Mechanism in Artificial Salvinia-Like Micro-Hairs Fabricated via Direct Laser Lithography

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

An efficient soil penetration strategy for explorative robots inspired by plant root circumnutation movements.

scientific article

An octopus-bioinspired solution to movement and manipulation for soft robots.

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Analysis of movement in primary maize roots

scientific article published in January 2012

Anchoring like octopus: biologically inspired soft artificial sucker.

scientific article published in October 2017

Another lesson from plants: the forward osmosis-based actuator

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Artificial adhesion mechanisms inspired by octopus suckers

scientific article published in May 2012

Assessment of the Effects of a Wireless Neural Stimulation Mediated by Piezoelectric Nanoparticles

Autonomic perspiration in 3D-printed hydrogel actuators

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Barium titanate core--gold shell nanoparticles for hyperthermia treatments

scientific article

Barium titanate nanoparticles and hypergravity stimulation improve differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Bio-inspired Design of an Artificial Muscular-Hydrostat Unit for Soft Robotic Systems

scientific article published in 2012

Bio/non-bio interfaces: A straightforward method for obtaining long term PDMS/muscle cell biohybrid constructs

scientific article published on 04 January 2013

Biocompatibility of boron nitride nanotubes: An up-date of in vivo toxicological investigation

scientific article published in February 2013

Bioinspired Robotic Dual-Camera System for High-Resolution Vision

scientific article published in February 2008

Biology for Robotics - A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Researcher's Life [Women in Engineering]

scientific article published in March 2016

Biomechatronic design and development of a legged rat robot

scientific article published in December 2007

Biomimicry at the nanoscale: current research and perspectives of two-photon polymerization

scientific article

Biorobotic investigation on the muscle structure of an octopus tentacle.

scientific article published in January 2007

Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Biocompatibility and Potential Spill‐Over in Nanomedicine

scientific article published on February 19, 2013

Boron nitride nanotube-mediated stimulation modulates F/G-actin ratio and mechanical properties of human dermal fibroblasts

article published in 2014

Cerium oxide nanoparticles inhibit adipogenesis in rat mesenchymal stem cells: potential therapeutic implications

scientific article published on 8 May 2014

Characterization of Free-Standing PEDOT:PSS/Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Composite Thin Films and Application As Conformable Humidity Sensors

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Chemical synthesis of a biodegradable PEGylated copolymer from ε-caprolactone and γ-valerolactone: evaluation of reaction and functional properties

scholarly article by Mariacristina Gagliardi et al published 30 January 2015 in Journal of Polymer Research

Chlorophyll derivatives enhance invertebrate red-light and ultraviolet phototaxis.

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Circumnutations as a penetration strategy in a plant-root-inspired robot

scientific article published in May 2016

Controlled Magnetic Propulsion of Floating Polymeric Two-Dimensional Nano-Objects

journal article; published in Advanced Robotics in 2011

Correction: Swarming Behavior in Plant Roots.

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Cryo-scanning electron microscopy investigation of the Octopus Vulgaris arm structures for the design of an octopus-like arm artefact.

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Cytocompatibility evaluation of glycol-chitosan coated boron nitride nanotubes in human endothelial cells

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Cytocompatibility evaluation of gum Arabic-coated ultra-pure boron nitride nanotubes on human cells

scientific article

Design and Development of a Soft Actuator for a Robot Inspired by the Octopus Arm

scientific article published in 2009

Design and development of a soft magnetically-propelled swimming microrobot

scientific article published in May 2011

Design and development of a soft robot with crawling and grasping capabilities

scientific article published in May 2012

Design and development of a soft robotic octopus arm exploiting embodied intelligence

scientific article published in May 2012

Design and development of biomimetic quadruped robot for behavior studies of rats and mice

scientific article published in January 2009

Design of Adhesion Device Inspired by Octopus Sucker

scientific article published in 2012

Design of a biomimetic robotic octopus arm.

scientific article

Design of a compact bistable mechanism based on dielectric elastomer actuators

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Design of a small sized self-powered robot for monitoring the ocean water column

scientific article published in June 2013

Design, fabrication and first sea trials of a small-sized autonomous catamaran for heavy metals monitoring in coastal waters

scientific article published in May 2011

Detection of fluorescent nanoparticle interactions with primary immune cell subpopulations by flow cytometry

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Development of a flexible tag microlab

scientific article published in July 2005

Development of the hybrid wheel-legged mobile robot WR-3 designed to interact with rats

scientific article published in September 2010

Dielectric elastomer actuators for octopus inspired suction cups

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

DustCart, an autonomous robot for door-to-door garbage collection: From DustBot project to the experimentation in the small town of Peccioli

scientific article published in May 2011

Editorial

scientific article published on 9 February 2010

Editorial

scientific article published on 27 May 2009

Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on PC12 Neuronal-Like Cells: Proliferation, Differentiation, and Dopamine Secretion

scientific article published on May 10, 2013

Effects of barium titanate nanoparticles on proliferation and differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells

scientific article

Electrorheological Valves for Flexible Fluidic Actuators

scientific article published in March 2016

Emerging Technologies Inspired by Plants

scientific article published in 2014

Experimental results of a novel amphibian solution for aquatic robot

scientific article published in May 2010

Explorative Particle Swarm Optimization method for gas/odor source localization in an indoor environment with no strong airflow

scientific article published in December 2007

Flexible three-axial force sensor for soft and highly sensitive artificial touch.

scientific article

Fluid-structure interaction study of spider’s hair flow-sensing system

Folate-grafted boron nitride nanotubes: possible exploitation in cancer therapy

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Free-Standing PEDOT:PSS/PLA Bilayer Nanosheets with Ink-Jet Patterned Microelectrodes: Towards the Development of Ultra-Thin, Conformable, Floating Circuits and Smart Biointerfaces

scientific article published in January 2013

Gd-doped BNNTs as T2-weighted MRI contrast agents

scientific article

Gold Nanoshell-Mediated Remote Myotube Activation.

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Gold nanoshell/polysaccharide nanofilm for controlled laser-assisted tissue thermal ablation

scientific article

Hairy suckers: the surface microstructure and its possible functional significance in the Octopus vulgaris sucker

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

Hierarchical multiple peeling simulations

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 4 no. 48, 2014

Hierarchical surface patterning for triboelectric nanogenerators and sensors

scientific article published in July 2015

High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell

scientific article published on 29 August 2014

Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing.

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

How does buoyancy of hydrogel microrobots affect their magnetic propulsion in liquids?

article published in 2013

Human exposure to mercury in the vicinity of chlor-alkali plant

scientific article published in May 2009

Hypergravity stimulation enhances PC12 neuron-like cell differentiation.

scientific article

Imaging and mechanical characterization of different junctions in spider orb webs

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Influence of nanoparticle-embedded polymeric surfaces on cellular adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

Inkjet printing of protein microarrays on freestanding polymeric nanofilms for spatio-selective cell culture environment

scientific article

Light-assisted electrospinning monitoring for soft polymeric nanofibers

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Liquid single crystal elastomer/conducting polymer bilayer composite actuator: modelling and experiments

scientific article published in 2013

Localizing multiple gas/odor sources in an indoor environment using bayesian occupancy grid mapping

scientific article published in October 2007

Mapping multiple gas/odor sources in an uncontrolled indoor environment using a Bayesian occupancy grid mapping based method

scientific article published in November 2011

Measurements of octopus arm elongation: Evidence of differences by body size and gender

scientific article published in September 2013

Methods and tools for the anatomical study and experimental in vivo measurement of the Octopus vulgaris arm for biomimetic design

scientific article published in September 2010

Micromechanical Analysis of Soft Tactile Sensors

Microwrinkled conducting polymer interface for anisotropic multicellular alignment

scientific article

Modeling of a propulsion mechanism for swimming microrobots inspired by ciliate metachronal waves

scientific article published in June 2012

Modular Continuum Manipulator: Analysis and Characterization of Its Basic Module.

scientific article

Modulation of cellular responses: The two-photon polymerization approach in the control of the physical micro/nanoenvironment

scientific article

Molecularly imprinted polymeric micro- and nano-particles for the targeted delivery of active molecules

scientific article

NMR Relaxation Enhancement of Water Protons by Gd-Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Nanoscaffolds for Guided Cardiac Repair: The New Therapeutic Challenge of Regenerative Medicine

scholarly article by Letizia Ventrelli et al published 2013 in Journal of Nanomaterials

Nanostructured Brownian Surfaces Prepared through Two-Photon Polymerization: Investigation of Stem Cell Response

scientific article published on 09 October 2014

Navigation of Magnetic Microrobots With Different User Interaction Levels

scientific article published in July 2014

Non-invasive study of Octopus vulgaris arm morphology using ultrasound.

scientific article published in November 2011

Novel Smart Concepts for Designing Swimming Soft Microrobots

scientific article published in 2011

Octopus Suckers Identification Code (OSIC)

scientific article published in November 2013

Octopus-inspired robotics. Preface

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Octopus-like suction cups: from natural to artificial solutions.

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

On the preliminary design of hyperthermia treatments based on infusion and heating of magnetic nanofluids

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Optimal control of plant root tip dynamics in soil

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Origin of polar order in dense suspensions of phototactic micro-swimmers

scientific article

Osmolyte cooperation affects turgor dynamics in plants

scientific article

Osmotic actuation modelling for innovative biorobotic solutions inspired by the plant kingdom.

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

PMMA/Polysaccharides Nanofilm Loaded with Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitor for Targeted Anti-inflammatory Drug Delivery

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Passive Morphological Adaptation for Obstacle Avoidance in a Self-Growing Robot Produced by Additive Manufacturing

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Patterned free-standing conductive nanofilms for ultraconformable circuits and smart interfaces

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Piezoelectric Nanoparticle-Assisted Wireless Neuronal Stimulation

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Plant behaviour: A mathematical approach for understanding intra-plant communication

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Plant root tortuosity: an indicator of root path formation in soil with different composition and density

scientific article (publication date: 3 May 2016)

Plants as model in biomimetics and biorobotics: new perspectives

scientific article

Pneumatic Quasi-Passive Actuation for Soft Assistive Lower Limbs Exoskeleton

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Propulsion of swimming microrobots inspired by metachronal waves in ciliates: from biology to material specifications.

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

Pulsatile Viscous Flows in Elliptical Vessels and Annuli: Solution to the Inverse Problem, with Application to Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow

scientific article published in January 2014

Recombinant human elastin-like magnetic microparticles for drug delivery and targeting

scientific article published on 9 December 2013

Regulatory factors of basal F(2)-isoprostane formation: population, age, gender and smoking habits in humans.

scientific article

Remotely Light-Powered Soft Fluidic Actuators Based on Plasmonic-Driven Phase Transitions in Elastic Constraint

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Revealing bending and force in a soft body through a plant root inspired approach

scientific article published on 5 March 2015

Reversible Heat-Induced Microwrinkling of PEDOT:PSS Nanofilm Surface Over a Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomer

scientific article published in March 2013

Robotics: Generation soft

scientific article

Root-Soil Interaction Models for Designing Adaptive Exploring Robotic Systems

scientific article published in 2012

SIMBA: Tendon-Driven Modular Continuum Arm with Soft Reconfigurable Gripper

SPIRAL: A novel biologically-inspired algorithm for gas/odor source localization in an indoor environment with no strong airflow

scientific article published in April 2009

Sculpting Soft Machines

scientific article published in September 2016

Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC.

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Smart solutions from the plant kingdom

scientific article published on May 7, 2013

Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

journal article; published in Advanced Robotics in 2012

Soft Robotics

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Soft robotic arm inspired by the octopus: I. From biological functions to artificial requirements

scientific article published on 22 May 2012

Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Soft, transparent, electronic skin for distributed and multiple pressure sensing

scientific article published on 17 May 2013

Soft-Legged Wheel-Based Robot with Terrestrial Locomotion Abilities

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Soft-robotic arm inspired by the octopus: II. From artificial requirements to innovative technological solutions

scientific article published on 22 May 2012

Soil Mechanical Impedance Discrimination by a Soft Tactile Sensor for a Bioinspired Robotic Root

scientific article published in 2014

Spider (Linothele megatheloides) and silkworm (Bombyx mori) silks: Comparative physical and biological evaluation

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Structure and mechanical properties of Octopus vulgaris suckers

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Study and fabrication of bioinspired Octopus arm mockups tested on a multipurpose platform

scientific article published in September 2010

Swarming behavior in plant roots

scientific article

Synthesis and characterization of new barium titanate core–gold shell nanoparticles

scientific article published in December 2012

Synthesizing tubular and trapezoidal shaped ZnO nanowires by an aqueous solution method.

scientific article

Taking inspiration from climbing plants: methodologies and benchmarks-a review

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Targeted drug delivery across biological barriers using polymer nanoparticles

scientific article published in November 2013

Temporal trends in gaseous mercury evasion from the Mediterranean seawaters

scientific article published in October 2000

The Osteoprint: a bioinspired two-photon polymerized 3-D structure for the enhancement of bone-like cell differentiation

scientific article

The Robot DustCart

scientific article published in March 2011

The morphology and adhesion mechanism of Octopus vulgaris suckers

scientific article

The plant as a biomechatronic system

scientific article published on 26 February 2010

The potential of recombinant human elastin-like polypeptides for drug delivery

scientific article published on 7 June 2014

The role of hairs in the adhesion of octopus suckers: a hierarchical peeling approach

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Three-Dimensional Soft Material Micropatterning via Direct Laser Lithography of Flexible Molds

scientific article

Three-dimensional reconstruction of root shape in the moth orchid Phalaenopsis sp.: a biomimicry methodology for robotic applications.

scientific article

Tools and methods for experimental in-vivo measurement and biomechanical characterization of an Octopus vulgaris arm.

scientific article published in January 2009

Toward Self-Growing Soft Robots Inspired by Plant Roots and Based on Additive Manufacturing Technologies.

scientific article published in September 2017

Toward a new generation of electrically controllable hygromorphic soft actuators

scientific article published on 2 January 2015

Towards accurate robot-assisted neuroendoscopy using an ergonomic handling interface and a lightweight robot

scientific article published in January 2014

Transcriptional profile of genes involved in oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in PC12 cells following treatment with cerium oxide nanoparticles

scientific article

Triboelectric smart machine elements and self-powered encoder

scientific article published in April 2015

Triboelectric-based harvesting of gas flow energy and powerless sensing applications

scientific article published in December 2014

Two-Photon Lithography of 3D Nanocomposite Piezoelectric Scaffolds for Cell Stimulation

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Two-photon polymerization of sub-micrometric patterned surfaces: investigation of cell-substrate interactions and improved differentiation of neuron-like cells

scientific article

Unveiling the kinematics of the avoidance response in maize (Zen mays) primary roots

scientific article published in January 2016

Unveiling the morphology of the acetabulum in octopus suckers and its role in attachment

scientific article published on February 2015

Urinary mercury and biomarkers of early renal dysfunction in environmentally and occupationally exposed adults: a three-country study.

scientific article published on 5 August 2008

Urinary mercury in people living near point sources of mercury emissions

scientific article published on 13 October 2005

Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self-Healing Capability

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Volcanoes as emission sources of atmospheric mercury in the Mediterranean basin

scientific article

Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by Urine

scientific article published in 2014

Wireless swimming microrobots: Design and development of a 2 DoF magnetic-based system

scientific article published in May 2012