A 3D model of the effect of tortuosity and constrictivity on the diffusion in mineralized collagen fibril

F Bini, A Pica, A Marinozzi, F Marinozzi - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Bone tissue is a hierarchically structured material composed at the nanoscale by an organic
matrix of collagen type I, apatite mineral and water. We considered an idealized 3D …

Thermo-electro-mechanical vibrations of porous functionally graded piezoelectric nanoshells

YF Liu, YQ Wang - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this work, we aim to study free vibration of functionally graded piezoelectric material
(FGPM) cylindrical nanoshells with nano-voids. The present model incorporates the small …

Thermal-electric model for piezoelectric ZnO nanowires

R Araneo, F Bini, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of ZnO nanowires under uniaxial loading is characterized by means of a
numerical model that accounts for all coupled mechanical, electrical, and thermal effects …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental campaign tests on ultra micro gas turbines, fuel supply comparison and optimization

R Capata, M Saracchini - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for miniaturized radio-controlled vehicles inspired the following
research. The uses of these unmanned miniaturized/micro vehicles range from aero …

Design concepts, fabrication and advanced characterization methods of innovative piezoelectric sensors based on ZnO nanowires

R Araneo, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo, F Bini, M Pea… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Micro-and nano-scale materials and systems based on zinc oxide are expected to explode
in their applications in the electronics and photonics, including nano-arrays of addressable …

Advanced mechanical and electrical characterization of piezoelectric ZnO nanowires for electro-mechanical modeling of enhanced performance sensors

R Araneo, A Rinaldi, A Notargiacomo, M Pea… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nano-scale devices based on zinc oxide (ZnO) are expected to be widely used as building-
blocks of future innovative sensors due to outstanding properties of this semiconductive …

Impact of non-linear piezoelectricity on the piezotronic effect of ZnO nanowires

R Araneo, F Bini, M Pea… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ZnO is receiving a considerable attention for the development of novel cost-effective
nanostructures with outstanding functional properties for applications in electronics and …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behavior enhancement of ZnO nanowire by embedding different nanowires

A Vazinishayan, S Yang, DR Lambada, Y Wang - Results in Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we employed commercial finite element modeling (FEM) software package
ABAQUS to analyze mechanical properties of ZnO nanowire before and after embedding …

3D FEM model to simulate Brownian motion inside trabecular tissue from human femoral head

F Bini, A Pica, S Novelli, R Pecci, R Bedini… - Computer Methods in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The assessment of spatio-temporal distribution of water within the cancellous bone structure
remains a challenging issue. In the present study, a 3D finite element model of a trabecular …

Geometrical modelling effects on FEA of colorectal surgery

R Guachi, M Bici, L Guachi, F Campana… - … -Aided Design and …, 2019 - iris.uniroma1.it
The research reported in this paper applies an explicit non-linear FEA solver to simulate the
interaction between a clamp and a hyper-elastic material that aims to mimic the biological …