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  1. On the Dependency of the Electromechanical Response of Rotary MEMS/NEMS on Their Embedded Flexure Hinges’ Geometry

    Article • Micromachines, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  2. A novel approach to reduce fan rotor blades stress in case of resonance due to inlet flow distortion by means of piezoelectric actuators

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  3. Direct Kinetostatic Analysis of a Gripper with Curved Flexures

    Article • Micromachines, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  4. A Cantilever-Based Piezoelectric MEMS for Arbitrary XY Path Generation

    Article • Micromachines, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  5. Performance Analysis of a CSFH-Based Microgripper: Analytical Modeling and Simulation

    Article • Micromachines, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  6. Analytical Modeling of a New Compliant Microsystem for Atherectomy Operations

    Article • Micromachines, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  7. Dynamic Model of a Conjugate-Surface Flexure Hinge Considering Impacts between Cylinders

    Article • Micromachines, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  8. Downsizing Effects on Micro and Nano Comb Drives

    Article • Actuators, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  9. Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  10. Design, Fabrication, Testing and Simulation of a Rotary Double Comb Drives Actuated Microgripper

    Article • Micromachines, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  11. Quadrupedal Robots’ Gaits Identification via Contact Forces Optimization

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  12. Advanced Multi-Body Modelling of DCCSS Isolators: Geometrical Compatibility and Kinematics

    Article • Buildings, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  13. Compliant Nano-Pliers as a Biomedical Tool at the Nanoscale: Design, Simulation and Fabrication

    Article • Micromachines, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  14. Engineering-Aided Inventive Surgery

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  15. Active isotropic compliance in redundant manipulators

    Article • Multibody System Dynamics, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pierangelo Masarati, Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  16. A New Concept Compliant Platform with Spatial Mobility and Remote Actuation

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  17. A genetic algorithm-based method for the mechanical characterization of biosamples using a MEMS microgripper: numerical simulations

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, August 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  18. Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops

    Article • Micromachines, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  19. Design and Validation of a Single-SOI-Wafer 4-DOF Crawling Microgripper

    Article • Micromachines, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  20. A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  21. A new NEMS Based Linear-to-Rotary Displacement-Capacity Transducer

    Article • June 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  22. Toward Operations in a Surgical Scenario: Characterization of a Microgripper via Light Microscopy Approach

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  23. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Nanomanipulation of SiO2 Nanoparticles: Design, Fabrication and Feasibility

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  24. Micromanipulation: A Challenge for Actuation

    Article • Actuators, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  25. Mechanical Response of Four-Bar Linkage Microgrippers with Bidirectional Electrostatic Actuation

    Article • Actuators, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  26. An Approach to the Extreme Miniaturization of Rotary Comb Drives

    Article • Actuators, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Fabrizio Frezza, Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  27. Scalloping and Stress Concentration in DRIE-Manufactured Comb-Drives

    Article • Actuators, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  28. Kinematic Synthesis of a D-Drive MEMS Device With Rigid-Body Replacement Method

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Design, April 2018, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  29. A Review on Parametric Dynamic Models of Magnetorheological Dampers and Their Characterization Methods

    Article • Actuators, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  30. Innovative Silicon Microgrippers for Biomedical Applications: Design, Mechanical Simulation and Evaluation of Protein Fouling

    Article • Actuators, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  31. Operational characterization of CSFH MEMS technology based hinges

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, March 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  32. An accelerated test stand to assess wear in offshore wind turbines rolling bearings

    Article • Wind Engineering, February 2018, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  33. Mechanical Modelling of Friction Pendulum Isolation Devices

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  34. New MEMS Tweezers for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Soft Materials at the Microscale

    Article • Micromachines, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  35. Fabrication of Novel MEMS Microgrippers by Deep Reactive Ion Etching With Metal Hard Mask

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, August 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  36. Development of a NEMS-Technology Based Nano Gripper

    Article • July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fabrizio Frezza, Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  37. Stiffness Characterization of Biological Tissues by Means of MEMS-Technology Based Micro Grippers Under Position Control

    Article • July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  38. A Comprehensive Survey on Microgrippers Design: Operational Strategy

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Design, May 2017, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  39. A Comprehensive Survey on Microgrippers Design: Mechanical Structure

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Design, May 2017, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  40. COMPLETE ANALYTICAL THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL OF DOUBLE FRICTION PENDULUM DEVICES

    Article • January 2017, ECCOMAS

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  41. Compliance Synthesis of CSFH MEMS-Based Microgrippers

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Design, November 2016, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  42. Isotropic Compliance in E(3): Feasibility and Workspace Mapping

    Article • Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, September 2016, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  43. New strategy for testing new high nitrogen bearing steel for offshore wind turbines

    Article • Wind Engineering, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  44. Isotropic compliance in the Special Euclidean Group SE(3)

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore, Professor Pierangelo Masarati

  45. Development of Micro-Grippers for Tissue and Cell Manipulation with Direct Morphological Comparison

    Article • Micromachines, November 2015, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  46. On Crossley's contribution to the development of graph based algorithms for the analysis of mechanisms and gear trains

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  47. MEMS-Based Conjugate Surfaces Flexure Hinge

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Design, January 2015, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  48. Applications of computational intelligence to mechanical engineering

    Article • November 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  49. Development of a MEMS technology CSFH based microgripper

    Article • September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  50. Isotropic compliance in RRP planar manipulators

    Article • September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  51. A Simple Application of Conjugate Profile Theory to the Development of a Silicon Micro Tribometer

    Article • July 2014, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  52. Optimal Joint Stiffness Regulation in a Planar Robot for Packaging Operations

    Article • July 2014, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  53. Attitudes toward Sustainability and Green Economy Issues Related to Some Students Learning Their Characteristics: A Preliminary Study

    Article • Sustainability, May 2014, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  54. Inverse kinetostatic analysis of compliant four-bar linkages

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, November 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  55. Closed-form symbolic computation of the global efficiency of complex systems by means of digraphs

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  56. Design, optimization and construction of MEMS-based micro grippers for cell manipulation

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  57. Global efficiency of an UPS module integrated with PV, H2, and CAES systems

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  58. Kinetostatic optimization of a MEMS-based compliant 3 DOF plane parallel platform

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  59. Performance Analysis of Compliant MEMS Parallel Robots Through Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model Synthesis

    Article • July 2012, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  60. Analysis of a teaching and learning method supported by open source codes and web activities

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  61. High density compliant contacting technology for integrated high power modules in automotive applications

    Article • May 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  62. Active Joint Stiffness Regulation to Achieve Isotropic Compliance in the Euclidean Space

    Article • Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, January 2012, ASME International

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  63. Comparison of solution strategies for multibody dynamics equations

    Article • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, March 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  64. Damage resistance and roughness retention of work rolls in cold rolling mills

    Article • Revue de Métallurgie, June 2010, EDP Sciences

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  65. Isotropy in any RR planar dyad under active joint stiffness regulation

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  66. The development of a MEMS/NEMS-based 3 D.O.F. compliant micro robot

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  67. An investigation on Cognitive Styles and multiple intelligences model based learning preferences in a group of students in engineering

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  68. Simulation of verbal and mathematical learning by means of simple neural networks

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  69. A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Efficiency of an Integrated Biogas, Trigen, PV and Greenhouse Plant, Using Digraph Theory

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  70. Product information with enhanced background description for improved revision of decisions

    Article • November 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  71. A hybrid approach to the development of a multilayer neural network for wear and fatigue prediction in metal forming

    Article • Tribology International, October 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  72. Analysis of driving seat vibrations in high forward speed tractors

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, June 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  73. A method for the identification of the connectivity in multi-loop kinematic chains: Analysis of chains with total and partial mobility

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, December 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  74. On a test bench for studying lubrication in a spherical bearing: simulations and experimental validation

    Article • Tribotest, October 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  75. The development of a feasible method for the tribological characterization of gear teeth surface treatments

    Article • Tribology International, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  76. Ball toroidal CVT: a feasibility study based on topology, kinematics, statics and lubrication

    Article • International Journal of Vehicle Design, January 2003, Inderscience Publishers

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  77. A brief note on the concept of planarity for kinematic chains

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, December 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  78. Connectivity and Redundancy in Spatial Robots

    Article • The International Journal of Robotics Research, December 2000, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  79. Distributed Databases for the development of Mechanisms Topology

    Article • Mechanism and Machine Theory, December 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore

  80. On the numerical computation of Generalized Burmester Points

    Article • Meccanica, April 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nicola Pio N.P. Belfiore