PUBBLICAZIONI SU RIVISTE INTERNAZIONALI
Leo Maia do Amaral, Anastasiia Nagmutdinova, Villiam Bortolotti, Luisa Molari, Holmer Savastano Jr., NMR and MRI techniques as alternative non-destructive tests for microstructure analysis of natural bamboo, accepted Cellulose, 2025.
G. Donini; L. Crociati; L. Molari; M. Ferrante; G. Conidi; P. Zambelli, Mechanical characterization of mixed particleboard panels made of recycled wood and Arundo donax, inviato a Journal of Industrial Crops and Products, 224, 1-12 2025 (10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.120244)
Leo Maia do Amaral, Luisa Molari, Holmer Savastano Jr., Swelling and shrinking behaviour of bamboo and its application on a hygro-mechanical model, Wood Science and Technology, accepted, 2025.
L. Crociati, G. Donini, T. Jeannin, V. Placet, L. Molari, Bio-based honeycomb panel with core in Arundo donax rings and flax/epoxy composite skins: mechanical tests and numerical analysis, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 2025.
Eleonora Cintura, Paulina Faria, Luisa Molari, Laura Mazzocchetti, Lina Nunes, Bio-based composites for indoor applications - Performance in case of fire, Journal of Building Engng, July 2024.
Giovanni Donini, Luisa Molari, Experimental characterization of a hemp fabric reinforced epoxy resin composites produced without heat treatments, Composites Theory and Practice, 2024, 2024(3), pp. 171–180.
Stefania Manzi, Luisa Molari, Maria Chiara Bignozzi, Giulia Masi, Andrea Saccani, Geopolymeric Composites Containing Industrial Waste Reinforced with Arundo donax Fibers, Buildings 2024, 14(5), 1191; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14051191.
S. Greco, J.J. Garcia, L. Molari, G. Valdrè, Multilevel analysis of six species of Phyllostachys bamboo and Arundo donax, Wood Science and Technology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-024-01547-0.
Davide Altieri, Luisa Molari, Bamboo Scaffolding as a European Promising Opportunity: A Structural Feasibility Study, Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 915; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020915.
Eleonora Cintura, Paulina Faria, Luisa Molari, Matteo Bettuzzi, Maria Pia Morigi, Rosa Brancaccio, Lina Nunes, Hygroscopicity and morphology of bio-based boards – Influence of the materials’ formulation, Applied Science Special Issue Hygrothermal Behaviour of Cultural Heritage and Climate Changes, Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(2), 873; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020873.
Eleonora Cintura, Luisa Molari, Luca Barbaresi, Dario D’Orazio, Paulina Faria, Lina Nunes, A feasibility re-use of agro-industrial by-product: Hazelnut shells as high-mass bio-aggregates in in boards for indoor, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 434, 1 January 2024, 140297.
Eleonora Cintura, Paulina Faria, Luisa Molari, Luca Barbaresi, Dario D’Orazio, Lina Nunes, Characterization of Arundo donax composite: A solution to improve indoor comfort, Journal of Industrial Crops and Products, 208, 11756, 2024.
S. Greco, S. Manzi, L. Molari, A. Saccani, G. Iulian, G. Valdrè Photodegradation of bamboo: a study on changes in mechanical performances, Materials 2023, 16(1), 285.
G. Donini, S. Greco, L. Molari, A. Zanetti, Structural design of an Italian bamboo house in an Italian regulatory context: Revisiting a small building built in Costa Rica with tropical bamboo, inviato a Case study in Construction materials, vol 16, e00891, 2022.
A. Saccani, L. Molari, G. Totaro, S. Manzi, Geopolymers reinforced with natural fibers: a comparison among different sources, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021, 11(22), 11026.
V.F. Parrella, L. Molari, 'Building retrofitting system based on bamboo-steel hybrid exoskeleton structures: A case study', Sustainability, 2021, 13(11), 5984
L. Molari, F. Coppolino J.J. Garcia, ‘Arundo donax: a widespread plant with great potential as sustainable structural material’, Journal of Construction and Building Materials, 268, 121143, 2021 (doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121143)
L. Molari, J.J. Garcia, ‘On the radial variation of the transverse mechanical properties of bamboo’, Journal of Building Engineering, 33, 101557, 2021 (doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101557)
L. Mentrasti, L. Molari, M. Fabiani, ‘Poisson’s ratio bounds in orthotropic materials. Application to natural composites: wood, bamboo and Arundo donax’, accettato per la pubblicazione su Composites part B, 2021;
M. Fabiani, L. Mentrasti, L. Molari, Il bambù italiano e le sue potenzialità come materiale strutturale, Structural, ottobre 2020.
L. Molari, L. Mentrasti, M. Fabiani, ‘Mechanical characterization of five species of Italian bamboo’, Structures, 24, 59-72, 2020 (doi:10.1016/j.istruc.2019.12.022);
L. Molari, ‘Arising Student Consciousness Regarding Structural Properties of Natural Materials with a Structural Challenge Employing Arundo Donax’, Journal on Creative Education, 10(06):1155-1162, 2019 (doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.106087);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Time-dependent mechanical properties of straw bales for use in construction’, Biosystems Engineering, 172, 75-83, 2018, (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2018.05.014);
L. Molari, M. Maraldi, G. Molari, ‘Non-linear rheological model of straw bales behavior under compressive loads’, Mechanics Research Communications, 81, 32-37, 2017, (ISSN: 0093-6413, doi: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2017.02.010);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Analysis of the Parameters Affecting the Mechanical Behaviour of Straw Bales Under Compression’, Biosystems Engineering, 160, 179-193, 2017, (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.06.007);
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘Method for the characterisation of the mechanical behaviour of straw bales’, Biosystems Engineering, 151, 141-151 (ISSN: 1537-5110, doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.09.003);
PUBBLICAZIONI IN CONGRESSI
E. Cintura; P. Faria; L.Molari; L.Nunes, Optimisation of production parameters to develop innovative eco-efficient boards, ICBBM 2023.
Silvia Greco, Luisa Molari, Giovanni Valdrè and Jose Jaime Garcia, Finite element analysis for the prediction of the circumferential bamboo strength, NOCMAT 2022 (The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies 2022).
L. Crociati, T. Jeannin, L. Molari, V. Placet, Sandwich panels with Arundo Donax core and flax fibre skins, NOCMAT 2022 (The International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies 2022).
S. Manzi, A. Saccani, L. Molari, New sustainable alkali-activated composite materials reinforced with natural fiber: preliminary experimental investigations, Atti del XVI Convegno nazionale AIMAT, 2021, 15-18 settembre 2021.
G. Catalogna, L. Molari, Bamboo Fibers for the Reinforcement of Mortar and Plaster, MURICO novembre 2021 online, published in Key engineering Materials, MECHANICS OF MASONRY STRUCTURES strengthened with composite materials: Modeling, testing, design, monitoring, control.
G. Donini, S. Greco, L. Molari, A. Zanetti, REINTERPRETATION OF A COSTA RICAN PROJECT OF A BAMBOO SMALL HOUSE IN THE ITALIAN CONTEXT, International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, CEES2021, 12-15 ottobre 2021, Coimbra, Portugal;
S. Greco, L. Molari, Flexural behavior of five species of Italian Bamboo, inviato a 4th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Barcellona, Spagna, 16-18 giugno 2021;
R. Moran, S. Greco, C. Konrath, L. Molari, J.J. Garcia, ‘Experiments with parts of rings to detrmine the inner and the outer circunferential strength of bamboo’, International Congress on Non Convenctional Materials, NOCMAT 2019, Nairobi, Kenia, luglio 2019;
S. Greco, L. Molari, M. Marladi, ‘Full Mechanical Characterization of Phyllostachys Viridigalucescens grown in tempearture climate’, International Congress on Non-Conventional Materials NOCMAT 2019, Nairobi, Kenia, luglio 2019;
Silvia Greco, Luisa Molari, ‘New set up for tensile test performed on thin bamboo’, Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), 14-19 luglio 2019, Kingston University London;
M. Fabiani, L. Mentrasti, S. Greco, L. Molari, L. Bar, ‘Mechanical characterization of Italian bamboo’, European Congress of Solid Mechanics, Bologna, giugno 2018;
M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Assessment and modelisation of the mechanical performance of straw bales for use in construction’, Proc. of NOCMAT 2017, Mérida NOCMAT, Mexico, 27-30/11/2017;
M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Straw bales for building: mechanical behavior under compression’, ICBBM EcoGRAFI, Clermont Ferrand, 21-23/06/2017;
M. Maraldi, L. Molari, G. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Investigation over the parameters affecting the mechanical behaviour of straw bales for use in construction’, 11th International AIIA Conference, Bari, July 5-8, 2016;
L. Molari, M. Maraldi, N. Regazzi, G. Molari, ‘What is the structural behaviour of a straw bale?’, ESBG 2017, Venezia 16-18 giugno 2017;
M. Manferdini, M. Maraldi, G. Molari, L. Molari, N. Regazzi, ‘Straw bales as a building material: Investigation on the mechanical behavior under compression’, Atti XXI Convegno Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale e VIII Riunione del Gruppo Materiali AIMETA, Lucca, 27-29/06/2016, (ISBN: 979-12-200-1333-8);