You can find my publications list here, but I report it below as well:
Greco & B. Schmuck, V. Fazio, G. Puglisi, G. Florio, N. M. Pugno, L. Fambri, and A. Rising, Temperature-Induced Effects on Wet-Spun Artificial Spider Silk Fibers, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2418435, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202418435
G. Greco, B. Schmuck, F. G. Bäcklund, G. Reiter, and A. Rising, Post-spin Stretch Improves Mechanical Properties, Reduces Necking, and Reverts Effects of Aging in Biomimetic Artificial Spider Silk Fibers, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, doi: 10.1021/acsapm.4c02192
Greco & B. Schmuck, L. Del Bianco, F. Spizzo, L. Fambri, N. M. Pugno, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer, M. P. Morales, A. Rising, High-performance magnetic artificial silk fibers produced by a scalable and eco-friendly production method, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2024, 7, 163, doi: 10.1007/s42114-024-00962-y
Greco & D. Misseroni, F. Castellucci, N. G. Di Novo, N. M. Pugno, Functionally‐Graded Serrated Fangs Allow Spiders to Mechanically Cut Silk, Carbon and Kevlar Fibers. Advanced Science, 2024, 2406079, doi: 10.1002/advs.202406079
Schmuck, G. Greco, O. Shilkova, A. Rising, Effects of Mini-Spidroin Repeat Region on the Mechanical Properties of Artificial Spider Silk Fibers, ACS Omega, 2024, doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06031
Del Bianco, F. Spizzo, F. Lanaro, M. Coïsson, F. Agostinacchio, G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, A. Motta, Silk Fibroin Film Decorated with Ultralow FeCo Content by Sputtering Deposition Results in a Flexible and Robust Biomaterial for Magnetic Actuation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c12853
S. Sonavane, S. Hassan, U. Chatterjee, Lucile Soler, Lena Holm, Annelie Mollbrink, G. Greco, N. Fereydouni, O. V. Pettersson, I. Bunikis, A. Churcher, H. Lantz, J. Johansson, J. Reimegård, A. Rising, Origin, Structure and Composition of the Spider Major Ampullate Silk Fiber revealed by Genomics, Proteomics, and Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadn0597, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn0597
G. Greco & A. Rising, Structural interspecies variability of mammals’ hairs, Biophysics Rev., 2024, 5, 032103, doi: 10.1063/5.0225513
R. Fan, K. Knuuttila, B. Schmuck, G. Greco, A. Rising, M. B. Linder, A. S. Aranko, Sustainable Spinning of Artificial Spider Silk Fibers with Excellent Toughness and Inherent Potential for Functionalization, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2410415, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202410415
S.K. Jalali, G. Greco, D. Rigotti, A. Dorigato, H. Mirbaha, G. Fredi, M. Bertolla, S. Guerra, T. Battistini, A. Dal Moro, A. Pegoretti, N.M. Pugno, A Progressive micromechanical model for single-polymer composites and experimental validation on self-reinforced PA6-based composites, Composites Part A, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108042
M. J. Jafari, F. G. Bäcklund, T. Arndt, B. Schmuck, G. Greco, A. Rising, A. Barth, and T. Ederth, Force-Induced Structural Changes in Spider Silk Fibers Introduced by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2023, doi: 10.1021/acsapm.3c01892
B. Schmuck & G. Greco, T. B. Pessatti, S. Sonavane, V. Langwallner, T. Arndt, and A. Rising, Strategies for Making High-Performance Artificial Spider Silk Fibers, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2305040, 2023, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202305040
G. Greco, B. Schmuck, S. K. Jalali, N. M. Pugno, A. Rising, Influence of experimental methods on the mechanical properties of silk fibers: A systematic literature review and future road map, Biophysics Rev.4, 031301, 2023, doi: 10.1063/5.0155552
Y. Liu, M. Lott, S. F. Seyyedizadeh, I. Corvaglia, G. Greco, V. F. Dal Poggetto, A. S. Gliozzi, R. Mussat Sartor, N. Nurra, C. Vitale-Brovarone, N. M. Pugno, F. Bosia and M. Tortello, Multiscale static and dynamic mechanical study of the Turritella terebra and Turritellinella tricarinata seashells, J. R. Soc. Interface 20, 20230321, 2023, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0321
T. Arndt, U. Chatterjee, O. Shilkova, J. Francis, J. Lundkvist, D. Johansson, B. Schmuck, G. Greco, Å. E. Nordberg, Y. Li, L. U Wahlberg, M. Langton, J. Johansson, C. Götherström, and A. Rising, Tuneable Recombinant Spider Silk Protein Hydrogels for Drug Release and 3D Cell Culture, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2303622, 2023, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202303622
L. Lenzini, F. Castellucci, M. Poso, A. Kulczycki, E. Simeon, G. Greco, A. Piccinini, C. M. Legittimo, First records of Anagraphis ochracea (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) for continental Italy and Sicily with new observations on its myrmecophilous lifestyle, Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters, 64 (1), 83-92, 2022, doi: 10.30963/aramit6410
K. Arakawa, N. Kono, A. D. Malay, A. Tateishi, N. Ifuku, H. Masunaga, R. Sato, K. Tsuchiya, R. Ohtoshi, D. Pedrazzoli, A. Shinohara, Y. Ito, H Nakamura, A. Tanikawa, Y. Suzuki, T. Ichikawa, S. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, M. Tomita, S. J. Blamires, J. Chuah, H. Craig, C. P. Foong, G. Greco, J. Guan, C. Holland, D. L. Kaplan, K. Sudesh, B. B. Mandal, Y. Norma-Rashid, N. A. Oktaviani, R. C. Preda, N. M. Pugno, R. Rajkhowa, X. Wang, K. Yazawa, Z. Zheng, K. Numata, 1000 spider silkomes: linking sequences to silk physical properties, Science Advances, 8, 41, 2022, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo6043 (Cover Article)
M. Lott, V. F. Dal Poggetto, G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, F. Bosia, Prey localization in spider orb webs using modal vibration analysis, Scientific Reports, 12, 19045, 2022, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-22898-3
G. Greco, L. Valentini, N. M. Pugno, Advances in the use of spiders for direct spinning nano-reinforced silk, APL Materials, 10, 101111, 2022, doi: 10.1063/5.0095960
B. Schmuck, G. Greco, F. G. Bäcklund, N. M. Pugno, J. Johansson, and A. Rising, Impact of physio-chemical spinning conditions on the mechanical properties of biomimetic spider silk fibers, Communications Materials, 3, 83, 2022, doi: 10.1038/s43246-022-00307
F. Spizzo & G. Greco, L. Del Bianco, M. Coïsson, and N. M. Pugno, Magnetostrictive and Electroconductive Stress-Sensitive Functional Spider Silk, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2207382, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202207382
S. Residori, G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, The mechanical characterization of the legs, fangs, and prosoma in the spider Harpactira curvipes (Pocock 1897), Sci. Rep., 2022, 12: 13056, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16307-y
T. Arndt, G. Greco, B. Schmuck, J. Bunz, O. Shilkova, J. Francis, N. M. Pugno, K. Jaudzems, A. Barth, J. Johansson, and A. Rising, Engineered Spider Silk Proteins for Biomimetic Spinning of Fibers with Toughness Equal to Dragline Silks, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2200986, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202200986
G. Greco, H. Mirbaha, B. Schmuck, A. Rising & N. M. Pugno, Artificial and natural silk materials have high mechanical property variability regardless of sample size, Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 3507, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07212-5
F. G. Bäcklund, B. Schmuck, G. H. B. Miranda, G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, J. Rydén and A. Rising, An Image-Analysis-Based Method for the Prediction of Recombinant Protein Fiber Tensile Strength, Materials, 2022, 15, 708, doi: 10.3390/ma15030708
L. Kundanati, N. G. Di Novo, G. Greco, S. Siboni, C. Della Volpe, A. Bagolini, and N. M. Pugno, Multifunctional roles of hairs and spines in old man of the Andes cactus: Droplet distant coalescence and mechanical strength, Phys. Fluids, 2022, 34, 012003, doi: 10.1063/5.0066153
V. F. Dal Poggetto, F. Bosia, G. Greco, and N. M. Pugno, Prey Impact Localization Enabled by Material and Structural Interaction in Spider Orb Webs, Adv. Theory Simul., 2021, 2100282, doi: 10.1002/adts.202100282
B. Schmuck, G. Greco, A. Barth, N. M. Pugno, J. Johansson, and A. Rising, High-yield production of a super-soluble miniature spidroin for biomimetic high-performance materials, Materials Today, 50, 16-23, 2021
A. Bucciarelli, G. Greco, I. Corridori, N.M. Pugno, A. Motta, Tidy Dataset of the Experimental Design of the optimization of the alkali degumming process of Bombyx mori Silk, Data In Brief (in press), 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107294
V. Mastellari, G. Greco, Spider Silks and Webs in Ancient and Modern Knowledge: A Comparison, AKAN – Antike Naturwissenschaft und ihre Rezeption, BAND XXXI, 2021
X. Deng, A. Hasan, S. Elsharkawy, E. Tejeda-Montes, N. V. Tarakina, G. Greco, E. Nikulina, J. M. Stormonth-Darling, N. Convery, J. C. Rodriguez-Cabello, A. Boyde, N. Gadegaard, N. M. Pugno, M. Al-Jawad, A. Mata, Topographically guided hierarchical mineralization, Materials Today Bio, 2021, 11, 100119
G. Greco, T. Arndt, B. Schmuck, J. Francis, F. G. Bäcklund, O. Shilkova, A. Barth, N. Gonska, G. Seisenbaeva, V. Kessler, J. Johansson, N. M. Pugno & A. Rising, Tyrosine residues mediate supercontraction in biomimetic spider silk, Communications Materials, 2021, 2, 43.
G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, How spiders hunt heavy prey: the tangle web as a pulley and spider’s lifting mechanics observed and quantified in the laboratory, J. R. Soc. Interface, 2021, 18: 20200907, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0907. (Cover article)
A. Bucciarelli, G. Greco, I. Corridori, N. M. Pugno, A. Motta, A design of experiment rational optimization of the degumming process and its impact on the silk fibroin properties, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2021, 7, 4, 1374–1393 (Cover article)
G. Greco & V. Mastellari, C. Holland, N. M. Pugno, Comparing modern and classical perspectives on spider silks and webs, Perspectives on Science, 2021, 29: 2, 133-156
G. Greco & J. Francis, T. Arndt, B. Schmuck, F. Bäcklund, A. Barth, J. Johansson, N. Pugno, A. Rising, Properties of Biomimetic Artificial Spider Silk Fibers Tuned by Post Spin Bath Incubation, Molecules, 2020, 25 (12), 3248, doi:10.3390/molecules25143248
G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, Mechanical Properties and Weibull Scaling Laws of Unknown Spider Silks, Molecules, 2020, 25(12), 2938, doi: 10.3390/molecules25122938
G. Greco, Jonas Wolff, Nicola Maria Pugno, Strong and tough silk for resilient attachment discs: the mechanical properties of piriform silk, in the spider Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877)., Front. Mater., 2020, 7:138. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00138
G. Greco, F. Bosia, F. Tramacere, B. Mazzolai and N. Pugno, The role of hairs in the adhesion of octopus suckers: a hierarchical peeling approach, Bioinspir. Biomim., 2020, 15 035006, doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ab72da
A. Dellaquila & G. Greco, E. Campodoni, M. Mazzocchi, B. Mazzolai, A. Tampieri, N. Pugno, M. Sandri, Optimized production of a high‐performance hybrid biomaterial: biomineralized spider silk for bone tissue engineering, J. APPL. POLYM. SCI. 2019, doi: 10.1002/APP.48739
Y. Yang & G. Greco, D. Maniglio, B. Mazzolai, C. Migliaresi, N. Pugno, A. Motta, Spider (Linothele megatheloides) and silkworm (Bombyx mori) silks: Comparative physical and biological evaluation, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110197
H. Mirbaha, P. Nourpanah, P. Scardi, M. D’incau, G. Greco, L. Valentini, S. Bittolo Bon, S. Arbab and N. Pugno, The Impact of Shear and Elongational Forces on Structural Formation of Polyacrylonitrile/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Fibers during Wet Spinning Process, Materials, 2019, 12, 2797; doi:10.3390/ma12172797
G. Greco, M. F. Pantano, B. Mazzolai & N. Pugno, Imaging and mechanical characterization of different junctions in spider orb webs, Scientific Reports, 2019, 9:5776 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42070-8
R. Guarino, G. Greco, B. Mazzolai, N. Pugno; Fluid-structure interaction study of spider’s hair flow-sensing system, materialstoday: Proceedings, Volume 7, Part 1, 2019, Pages 418-42, DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.11.104
M. Xu, S. Pradhan, F. Agostinacchio, R. K. Pal, G. Greco, B. Mazzolai, N. Pugno, A. Motta, and V. K. Yadavalli; Easy, Scalable, Robust, Micropatterned Silk Fibroin Cell Substrates, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 1801822, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201801822
L. Kundanati, G. Greco, N. Pugno, Ingegneria Bio-Ispirata a coleotteri e ragni (Bioinspired engineering from Beetles and Spiders), 2017, Entomata n.5: 10-13
