Stefano Zapperi 
Researcher

Recent publications:
C. B. Picallo, J. M. Lopez, S. Zapperi and M. J. Alava, "Optimization and Plasticity in Disordered Media" Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 225502 (2009).

R. Capozza, A. Vanossi, A. Vezzani and S. Zapperi,
"Suppression of friction by mechanical vibration", Phys. Rev. Lett.
103, 085502 (2009)

F. Leoni and S. Zapperi, "Slip line growth as a critical phenomenon",
Phys. Rev. Lett.
102, 115502 (2009)

A. Magni, G. Durin, J. P. Sethna and S. Zapperi, "Visualization of avalanches in magnetic thin films: temporal processing", J. Stat. Mech. (2009) P01020

M. J. Alava, P. K. V. V. Nukala and S. Zapperi, "Role of disorder in the size scaling of materials strength”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 0555502 (2008)


Review articles:
M. J. Alava, P. K. V. V. Nukala and S. Zapperi,  "Statistical models for fracture", Adv. Phys. 55, 349-476 (2006).

G. Durin and S. Zapperi, “The Barkhausen effect" in The Science of Hysteresis", edited by G. Bertotti and I. Mayergoyz, vol. II pp 181-267 (Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2006).

Perspectives:

M.-C. Miguel and S. Zapperi, Fluctuations in plasticity at the microscale", Science 312, 1151 (2006).

Commentaries: 
F. Sylos Labini and S. Zapperi, "Reverse age discrimination" Nature Physics 3, 582 (2007)

Contact:
IENI-CNR

Via R. Cozzi 53,

I-20125, Milano, Italy.
Phone:+39 02 66173 385

Fax: +39 02 66173 320

e-mail: stefano.zapperi _at_ cnr.it

See also:

TRIGS project web:             

ISI Foundation:                  
Complexity in Materials @ISI