Publications

Publications

Background and Methodology Development

  1. Grima-Cornish, JN; Attard, D; Grima, JN; Evans, KE, Auxetic Behavior and Other Negative Thermomechanical Properties from Rotating Rigid Units, Physica Status Solidi (RRL), 16 (2022) 2100322.
  2. Restuccia, R; Ficarra, G; Perani, F; Bagnato, G; Grima, JN; Mannucci, C; Bitto, A; Trimarchi, F; Di Mauro; D, Beneficial Effects of Physical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Focus on Active Biomolecules, Journal of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, In Press.
  3. Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN; Attard, D, Mathematical modeling of auxetic systems: bridging the gap between analytical models and observation, International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering , 16 (2021) 4.

On the Sport of Rowing

  1. Grima, JN; Cerasola, D; Sciriha, A; Sillato, D; Formosa, C; Gatt, A; Gauci, M; de Caro, JX; Needham, R; Chockalingam, N; Agius, TP, On the Kinematics of the Forward-Facing Venetian-Style Rowing Technique, Bioengineering, 10 (2023) 310.
  2. Grima, JN; Agius, TP; Camilleri, K; Bernardes, F; Casha, AR; Xerri de Caro, J; Camilleri, L, Musculoskeletal injuries in fixed-seat rowing / Blessures musculo-squelettiques en aviron avec siège fixe, Science & Sports, 38 (2023) 89-95.
  3. Cerasola, D; Zangla, D; Grima, JN; Bellafiore, M; Cataldo, A; Traina, M; Capranica, L; Maksimovic, N; Drid, P; Bianco, A, Can the 20 and 60 s All-Out Test Predict the 2000 m Indoor Rowing Performance in Athletes?, Frontiers Im Physiology, 13 (2022) 828710.
  4. Grima, JN; Wood, MV; Portelli, N; Grima-Cornish, JN; Attard, D; Gatt, A; Formosa, C; Cerasola, D, Blisters and Calluses from Rowing: Prevalence, Perceptions and Pain Tolerance, Medicina , 58 (2022) 77.

On Auxetics and Related Materials

  1. Grima-Cornish, JN; Attard, D; Vella-Zarb, L; Grima, JN; Evans, KE, Boron Arsenate Scaled-Up: An Enhanced Nano-Mimicking Mechanical Metamaterial, Physica Status Solidi (b), 259 (2022) .
  2. Grima-Cornish, JN; Vella-Zarb, L; Grima, JN; Evans, KE, Boron arsenate and its pressure-dependent auxetic properties, APL Materials, 10 (2022) 91109.
  3. Grima-Cornish, JN; Vella-Zarb, L; Grima, JN; Evans, KE, A DFT-Based Quantitative and Geometric Analysis of the Effect of Pressure on Boron Arsenate, Materials, 15 (2022) 4858.
  4. Grima-Cornish, JN; Attard, D; Evans, KE; Grima, JN, Auxetic-Inspired Honeycomb Macrostructures With Anomalous Tailormade Thermal Expansion Properties Including Negative Heat-Shrinking Characteristics, Frontiers in Materials, 8 (2021) 769879.
  5. Farrugia, PS; Gatt, R; Attard, D; Attenborough, FR; Evans, KE; Grima, JN, The Auxetic Behavior of a General Star-4 Structure, Physica Status Solidi (b), 258 (2021) 2100158.
  6. Grima-Cornish, JN; Vella-Zarb, L; Wojciechowski, KW; Grima, JN, Shearing Deformations of beta-Cristobalite-Like Boron Arsenate, Symmetry, 13 (2021) 977.
  7. Narojczyk, JW; Wojciechowski, KW; Smardzewski, J; Imre, AR; Grima, JN; Bilski, M, Cancellation of Auxetic Properties in FCC Hard Sphere Crystals by Hybrid Layer-Channel Nanoinclusions Filled by Hard Spheres of Another Diameter, Materials, 14 (2021) 3008.
  8. Grima-Cornish, JN; Vella-Zarb, L; Grima, JN, On the Behavior of beta-Cristobalite-like Boron Arsenate when Subjected to Uniaxial Loading in Its [001] Direction and the Implications on Its Negative Characteristics, Physica Status Solidi (b), 258 (2021) 2000326.
  9. Cauchi, R; Attard, D; Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN, On the Design of Multimaterial Honeycombs and Structures with T-Shaped Joints Having Tunable Thermal and Compressibility Properties, Physica Status Solidi (b), 257 (2020) 1900633.
  10. Attard, D; Cauchi, R; Gatt, R; Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN; Smart Cellular Systems with Pressure Dependent Poisson’s Ratios, Comptutational Methods in Science and Technology, 26 (2020) 37–45.
  11. Grima-Cornish, JN; Cauchi, R; Attard, D; Gatt, R; Grima, JN, Smart Honeycomb Mechanical metamaterials with Tunable Poisson's Ratios, Physica Status Solidi (b), 257 (2020) 1900707.
  12. Dudek, KK; Attard, D; Gatt, R; Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN, The Multidirectional Auxeticity and Negative Linear Compressibility of a 3D Mechanical Metamaterial, Materials, 13 (2020) 2193.
  13. Grima-Cornish, JN; Vella-Zarb, L; Grima, JN, Negative Linear Compressibility and Auxeticity in Boron Arsenate, Annalen der Physik , 532 (2020) 1900550.
  14. Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN; Attard, D, A Novel Mechanical Metamaterial Exhibiting Auxetic Behavior and Negative Compressibility, Materials, 13 (2020) 79.
  15. Grima-Cornish, JN; Grima, JN; Attard, D, Negative Mechanical Materials and metamaterials: Giant Out-of-Plane Auxeticity from Multi-Dimensional Wine-Rack-like Motifs, MRS Advances, 5 (2020).

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