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  1. Hydrodynamic theory for nematic shells: The interplay among curvature, flow, and alignment

    Article • August 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  2. The remodeling of the fibers texture Comment on “Towards a unified approach in the modeling of fibrosis: A review with research perspectives” by Martine Ben Amar and Carlo Bianca

    Article • Physics of Life Reviews, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  3. Nematic liquid crystals in a spatially step-wise magnetic field

    Article • January 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  4. Snap buckling of a confined thin elastic sheet

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, November 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli, Dr Stefano S Turzi

  5. Growth-induced blisters in a circular tube

    Article • Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Stefano S Turzi, Dr Gaetano Napoli

  6. Electric-Field--Induced Density Modulations in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell

    Article • SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, April 2013, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  7. Curvature-induced ordering in cylindrical nematic shells

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  8. Effective free energies for cholesteric shells

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  9. Parity of the weak Fréedericksz transition

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  10. Surface free energies for nematic shells

    Article • Physical Review E, June 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  11. Extrinsic Curvature Effects on Nematic Shells

    Article • Physical Review Letters, May 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  12. A Numerical Investigation on Configurational Distortions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Journal of Nonlinear Science, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  13. Cell motility: A viscous fingering analysis of active gels

    Article • The European Physical Journal Plus, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  14. Influence of K 24 in periodic splay-twist Fréedericksz transitions

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), November 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  15. Equilibrium of nematic vesicles

    Article • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, October 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  16. Periodic splay-twist Fréedericksz transition for nematics confined between two concentric cylinders

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  17. Mechanically induced Helfrich-Hurault effect in lamellar systems

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  18. Axial-symmetry breaking in constrained membranes

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, August 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  19. On the determination of nontrivial equilibrium configurations close to a bifurcation point

    Article • Computers & Mathematics with Applications, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Stefano S Turzi, Dr Gaetano Napoli

  20. Inclusion-induced boundary layers in lipid vesicles

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  21. Bulk and surface biaxiality in nematic liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Stefano S Turzi, Dr Gaetano Napoli

  22. Weak anchoring effects in electrically driven Freedericksz transitions

    Article • Journal of Physics A General Physics, December 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  23. Reexamination of the Helfrich-Hurault effect in smectic- A liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  24. Nonlinear Shape Perturbations Induced by Vesicle Inclusions

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  25. The Slight Distortions Induced by an Electrostatic Field on Finite Samples of Smectic-A Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  26. On smectic-A liquid crystals in an electrostatic field

    Article • IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, March 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  27. Impermeability effects in three-dimensional vesicles

    Article • Journal of Physics A General Physics, June 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  28. Continuum modelling of electrorheological fluids

    Article • International Journal of Modern Physics B, July 2002, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  29. Swelling and tilting in smectic layers

    Article • Applied Mathematics Letters, August 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Gaetano Napoli

  30. Article • Meccanica, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gaetano Napoli