Plate kinematics represents the first evidence of plate tectonic processes and the basics of plate dynamic models. The kinematics of plates is defined by Euler pole and angular velocity, and the main ...
Abstract: Flocking is a paradigmatic example of self-organized collective behaviour, where collective ordering emerges from the mutual interactions between individuals. In this respect, it share...
Abstract: Engineering design of robots is often inspired by nature; recently developed bioinspired robots accurately imitate various aspects of their live counterparts. Yet, the relationship between e...
Abstract: We will discuss the mechanical bases of cellular motility by swimming and crawling.The photo, courtesy of A. Beran (OGS, Trieste), shows some Euglenids exhibiting "metaboly", a type of motio...
Abstract: The conversion of sunlight into electricity by photovoltaic materials is one of most attractive ways to satisfy the increasing demand of clean and sustainable energy. Nanoscience is strongly...
Abstract: It has been known for centuries that a body in contact with a substrate will start to slide only when the lateral force exceeds the static friction force. The transition from static to dynam...
Abstract: Chiral surfaces, obtained through self-assembling of chiral molecules on achiral metallic surfaces, represent a relevant subject for technologically important issues in many fields, like sur...
I will deal with the asymptotic behavior of the s-Perimeter as s goes to 0, providing an explicit formulation in terms of the Lebesgue measure. Moreover, I will construct some examples of sets for whi...
This lecture deals with the following problem, let us call it (P): \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle - {\rm div} \left(\frac{Du}{\vert Du \vert} \right) + \vert Du \vert = f\,, ...
I will discuss some results on the existence and stability of traveling wave solutions for the forced mean curvature flow. I will present also some related results on homogenization of mean curvature ...
