Costantino Creton

ESPCI Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Papers

Total Citations

120

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About

Costantino Creton is a leading figure in the mechanics and physics of soft materials, with a career spanning bioinspired adhesion, polymer network architecture, and the fracture of ultrasoft hydrogels. His highly cited work, “Sticky Feet: From Animals to Materials” (2007, 99 citations), bridges biology and engineering, exploring how gecko and insect adhesion can inspire synthetic adhesives. Creton’s recent contributions include pioneering the use of organoaluminum catalysts to control the architecture and mechanical properties of polyether networks (2022, 17 citations), enabling the design of elastomers and hydrogels that sustain large, elastic, and reversible deformations. In a 2023 study (4 citations), he investigated structural heterogeneity in ultrasoft hydrogels (<1 kPa stiffness), revealing how network inhomogeneities influence nonlinear deformation and fracture—critical knowledge for surgical robotics and medical device design. His work uniquely combines fundamental polymer physics with practical applications in adhesion and soft robotics. With a career marked by interdisciplinary innovation, Creton’s research continues to shape how we understand and engineer soft, deformable materials for emerging technologies.