Publications

Papers in international refereed journals

• Shum, H., Zoppello, M., Astwood, M., Morandotti, M.

Control of microparticles through hydrodynamic interactions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1004, A4, (2025)

• Gidoni, P., Morandotti, M., Zoppello, M.

Gait controllability of length-changing slender microswimmers

Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems, 12(4),471–505, (2024)

• Attanasi, R., Zoppello, M., Napoli, G.

Purcell’s swimmers in pairs

Physical Review E, 109(2), 024601,(2024)

• Turzi, S.S., Ambrosi, D., Zoppello, M.

Bifurcation analysis of pressure-induced detachment of a rod adhered to a plate

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2301), 20240123, (2024)

• D. Ambrosi, L. Deorsola, S. Turzi, M. Zoppello

The shape of the mitral annulus: A hypothesis of mechanical morphogenesis

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, (2023)

• S. Turzi, M. Zoppello, D. Ambrosi

             Equilibrium of two rods in contact under pressure

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics,hbaa016 (2021)

•   D. Ambrosi, L. Deorsola, S.S. Turzi, M. Zoppello

      Elementary mechanics of the mitral valve

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (SIAP) (2022)

•   R. Marchello, M. Morandotti, H. Shum, M. Zoppello

      The N-link swimmer in three dimensions: controllability    and optimality results

   Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (ACAP) (2022).

•   M. Zoppello, M. Morandotti, H. B. Gadêlha

         Controlling non-controllable scallops

Meccanica (2022).

•   N. Sansonetto, M. Zoppello

On the trajectory generation of the Hydrodynamic Chapligyn sleigh

  IEEE Control Systems Letters 4(4), 9098917,922-927 (2020)

•  F. Fassò, S. Passarella, M. Zoppello

Control of locomotion systems and dynamics in relative periodic orbits.

Journal of Geometric Mechanics 12(3), 395-420, (2020)

•  F. Bagagiolo, M. Zoppello

      Hysteresis and controllability of driftless affine systems:some   case studies

      Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena 15(55) (2020)

•  F. Bagagiolo, R. Maggistro, M. Zoppello

      A hybrid differential game with switching thermostatic-type  dynamics and cost

      Minimax Theory and its Applications 5(2), 1-30, (2020)

• F. Bagagiolo, R. Maggistro, M. Zoppello

      A differential game with exit cost

      Dynamic Games and Applications 10(2), pp. 297-327 (2020)

• R. Maggistro, M. Zoppello

      Optimal motion of a scallop: some case studies

      IEEE Control Systems Letters 3(4),8725532, 841-846 (2019)

•  M. Zoppello, F. Cardin

      Swim-like motion of bodies immersed in an ideal fluid

      ESAIM: COCV  25(16) (2019)

• M. Zoppello, A. DeSimone, F. Alouges, L. Giraldi

      Modeling and steering magneto-elastic micro-swimmers inspired by the motility of sperm cells

      Atti dell’Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti-Classe di    Scienze Fisiche, Matematica e Naturali  96, A12 (2018)

• M. Menci, G. Oliva, M. Papi, R. Setola, M. Zoppello

      Distributed Utility Estimation With Heterogeneous Relative   Information

      IEEE Control Systems Letters 2(2): 248-253 (2018)

• D. Bauso, F. Bagagiolo, R. Maggistro, M. Zoppello

      Game theoretic decentralized feedback controls in Markov   jump Processes

      J Optim Theory Appl  173: 704 (2017).

• F. Bagagiolo, R. Maggistro, M. Zoppello

      Swimming by switching

      Meccanica  (2017) doi:10.1007/s11012-017-0620-6

• F. Alouges, A. DeSimone, L. Giraldi, M. Zoppello.

      Can magnetic multilayers propel artificial micro-swimmers mimicking sperm cells?

      Soft Robotics  2(3): 117-128 (2015)

•  L. Giraldi, P. Martinon, M. Zoppello

      Optimal Design of the Three-link Purcell Swimmer.

      Physical Review E 91, 023012 (2015)

• F. Alouges, A. DeSimone, L. Giraldi, and M. Zoppello.

      Self-propulsion of slender micro-swimmers by curvature control: N-link swimmers.

      International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 56: 132-141 November (2013)

Conference Papers

- F. Alouges, A. DeSimone, L. Giraldi, M. Zoppello

  Purcell magneto-elastic swimmer controlled by an external magnetic field

  IFAC- PapersOnLine, 50(1), 4120-4125, (2017)

- L. Giraldi, P. Martinon, M. Zoppello

  Controllability and Optimal strokes for N-link microswimmer

  Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decicion and Control, 6760480, 3870-3875, (2013)

Other Publications

        Book chapter "Optimal control of slender micro swimmers" 

           Multiscale Models in Mechano and Tumor Biology: Modeling, Homogenization, and Applications

        Editors: A. Gerisch, R. Penta, J. Lang

        Springer