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Chile

Profile Summary

I am a researcher in the field of bio-inspired Soft Matter with a PhD in Mechanics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) as well as 7 years' experience in world-renowned research groups. I have considerable experience in scientific technical/grant writing, teaching and outreach activities. I recently obtained the Paris Chancellerie Award for best Science PhD and the highly competitive Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant (175,000€ for 2018-2020). I also recently began freelance scientific consulting for wetting and capillary adhesion phenomena for the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. I am currently holding a post-doctoral position at SMAT-C with Professor Melo in Santiago de Chile, studying graphene as the ultimate thin film. I study fluid interfaces in all shapes and sizes, experimentally, theoretically and numerically. May they be in interaction with deformable microstructures, confined or evaporating, fluid interfaces have a fascinating potential for original discovery and innovation. Feel free to scroll through my various projects at herveelettro.wordpress.com.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Condensed Matter Physics
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Carbon Materials
• ☆ Fluid Mechanics
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Scientific Collaborator

Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Instabilities (LFMI), EPFL

January 2018 - December 2019

Post-doctoral research associate

Soft Matter Research and Technology Center (SMAT-C)

November 2015 - November 2017

PhD student

Université Pierre et Marie Curie

September 2012 - August 2015

Education

Master Degree Speciality Research (Concept Fondamentaux de la Physique)

Université Pierre et Marie Curie

September 2009 - August 2012

Bachelor Degree (Département de Physique)

Ecole Normale supérieure

September 2008 - August 2009

Classe préparatoire d'entrée aux école d'ingénieurs

Lycée Berhollet

September 2005 - August 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Hervé Elettro, Francisco Melo (2020). Adsorption-induced spontaneous curvature and superflexibility in monolayer graphene . Physical Review Materials.

(2018). The heavy windlass: Buckling and coiling of an elastic rod inside a liquid drop in the presence of gravity . Mechanics Research Communications.

(2018). Progressive friction mobilization and enhanced Janssen's screening in confined granular rafts . Physical Review Materials.

Hervé Elettro, Fritz Vollrath, Arnaud Antkowiak, Sébastien Neukirch(2017). Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology . Soft Matter. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Mickael Boudot, Hervé Elettro, David Grosso(2016). Converting Water Adsorption and Capillary Condensation in Usable Forces with Simple Porous Inorganic Thin Films . {ACS} Nano. 10. (11). p. 10031--10040. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Hervé Elettro, Paul Grandgeorge, Sébastien Neukirch(2016). Elastocapillary Coiling of an Elastic Rod Inside a Drop . Journal of Elasticity. 127. (2). p. 235--247. Springer Nature

Elettro, Herve, Neukirch, Sebastien, Vollrath, Fritz, Antkowiak, Arnaud(2016). In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid-liquid mechanical properties . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113. (22). p. 6143-6147.

Elettro, Herve, Vollrath, Fritz, Antkowiak, Arnaud, Neukirch, Sebastien(2015). Coiling of an elastic beam inside a disk: A model for spider-capture silk . International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 75. p. 59-66.

Elettro, Herve, Neukirch, Sebastien, Antkowiak, Arnaud, Vollrath, Fritz(2015). Adhesion of dry and wet electrostatic capture silk of uloborid spider . Science of Nature. 102. (7-8).

BOOK CHAPTER

(2019). Ripples and Wrinkles in Graphene: Beyond Continuum Mechanics . Wrinkled Polymer Surfaces.