About the Authors
- Emiliano Lepore
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bio-inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno”, Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Andrea Marchioro
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bio-inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno”, Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Marco Isaia
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Affiliation Laboratory of Ecology and Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Human and Animal Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- Markus J. Buehler
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Affiliation Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, and Center for Computational Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nicola M. Pugno
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* E-mail: nicola.pugno@polito.it
Affiliations Laboratory of Bio-inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno”, Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Laboratories of Frascati, Frascati, Italy, National Institute of Metrological Research, Torino, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NMP. Performed the experiments: EL AM MI. Analyzed the data: NMP EL MJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL AM MI. Wrote the paper: NMP EL AM MI MJB.