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Overview

Barbara Mazzolai is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy. Their main field of study is Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plant Science, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as key subfields.

Their research topics include:

  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

Barbara Mazzolai has contributed several recent papers, including:

  • 3D and 4D printing in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery: Printing techniques, materials, and applications, 2020, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Engineering Microneedle Patches for Improved Penetration: Analysis, Skin Models and Factors Affecting Needle Insertion, 2021, Nano-Micro Letters
  • Autonomic perspiration in 3D-printed hydrogel actuators, 2020, Science Robotics
  • Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges, 2021, Géotechnique
  • Bioinspired microneedle patches: Biomimetic designs, fabrication, and biomedical applications, 2022, Matter

Frequent co-authors who have worked extensively with Mazzolai include:

  • Emanuela Del Dottore (36 publications)
  • Alessio Mondini (35 publications)
  • Fabian Meder (26 publications)
  • Isabella Fiorello (25 publications)
  • Francesca Tramacere (21 publications)

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 33 publications
  • Advanced Intelligent Systems, 11 publications
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9 publications
  • Advanced Functional Materials, 6 publications
  • Advanced Science, 5 publications

Barbara Mazzolai has contributed to book publications with Springer Science+Business Media, with two editions of Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems published in 2023, cited 4 and 2 times respectively.

Best Publications

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

    Cecilia Laschi;Barbara Mazzolai;Matteo Cianchetti

  • Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing

    C. Larson;B. Peele;S. Li;S. Robinson

  • Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

    Cecilia Laschi;Matteo Cianchetti;Barbara Mazzolai;Laura Margheri

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

    M Calisti;M Giorelli;G Levy;B Mazzolai

  • Flexible Three‐Axial Force Sensor for Soft and Highly Sensitive Artificial Touch

    Lucie Viry;Alessandro Levi;Massimo Totaro;Alessio Mondini

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

    Danial Khorsandi;Amir Fahimipour;Payam Abasian;Sepehr Sadeghpour Saber

  • Engineering Microneedle Patches for Improved Penetration: Analysis, Skin Models and Factors Affecting Needle Insertion

    Pooyan Makvandi;Melissa Kirkby;Aaron R. J. Hutton;Majid Shabani

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

    B Mazzolai;L Margheri;M Cianchetti;P Dario

  • Piezoelectric Nanoparticle-Assisted Wireless Neuronal Stimulation

    Attilio Marino;Attilio Marino;Satoshi Arai;Yanyan Hou;Edoardo Sinibaldi

  • Toward a new generation of electrically controllable hygromorphic soft actuators

    Silvia Taccola;Francesco Greco;Edoardo Sinibaldi;Alessio Mondini

  • Design of a biomimetic robotic octopus arm.

    C Laschi;C Laschi;B Mazzolai;B Mazzolai;V Mattoli;M Cianchetti;M Cianchetti

  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Biocompatibility and Potential Spill-Over in Nanomedicine

    Gianni Ciofani;Serena Danti;Giada Graziana Genchi;Giada Graziana Genchi;Barbara Mazzolai

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

    Ali Sadeghi;Alessio Mondini;Barbara Mazzolai

  • Volcanoes as emission sources of atmospheric mercury in the Mediterranean basin

    R. Ferrara;B. Mazzolai;E. Lanzillotta;E. Nucaro

  • Design concept and validation of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus

    M. Cianchetti;A. Arienti;M. Follador;B. Mazzolai

  • Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self-Healing Capability.

    Alice Tonazzini;Stefano Mintchev;Bryan Schubert;Barbara Mazzolai

  • Flexible tag microlab development: Gas sensors integration in RFID flexible tags for food logistic

    Estefania Abad;Stefano Zampolli;Santiago Marco;Andrea Scorzoni

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

    Indrek Must;Indrek Must;Edoardo Sinibaldi;Barbara Mazzolai

  • Autonomic perspiration in 3D-printed hydrogel actuators

    Anand Kumar Mishra;Thomas J. Wallin;Thomas J. Wallin;Wenyang Pan;Patricia Xu

  • A miniaturized mechatronic system inspired by plant roots

    B. Mazzolai;A. Mondini;P. Corradi;C. Laschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Virgilio Mattoli
Virgilio Mattoli Italian Institute of Technology
Cecilia Laschi
Cecilia Laschi National University of Singapore
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Lucia Beccai
Lucia Beccai Italian Institute of Technology
Gianni Ciofani
Gianni Ciofani Italian Institute of Technology
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Matteo Cianchetti
Matteo Cianchetti Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Stefano Mancuso
Stefano Mancuso University of Florence
Milena Horvat
Milena Horvat Jožef Stefan Institute
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology

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