Adhesion modulation using glue droplet spreading in spider capture silk

In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid–liquid mechanical properties

(2016) Hervé Elettro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spiders Tune Glue Viscosity to Maximize Adhesion

(2015) Gaurav Amarpuri et al.   ACS Nano

A re-evaluation of the formula to estimate the volume of orb web glue droplets

(2015) Chen-Pan Liao et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Experimental Investigation of Optimal Adhesion of Mushroomlike Elastomer Microfibrillar Adhesives

(2015) Hamidreza Marvi et al.   LANGMUIR

Mechanisms of criticality in environmental adhesion loss

(2015) Christopher White et al.   Soft Matter

Ubiquitous distribution of salts and proteins in spider glue enhances spider silk adhesion

(2015) Gaurav Amarpuri et al.   Scientific Reports

Direct Solvation of Glycoproteins by Salts in Spider Silk Glues Enhances Adhesion and Helps To Explain the Evolution of Modern Spider Orb Webs

(2014) Vasav Sahni et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Temperature mediates the effect of humidity on the viscoelasticity of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of an orb-weaving spider's prey capture threads

(2014) S. D. Stellwagen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Environmental response and adaptation of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of viscous prey capture threads from araneoid spider orb-webs

(2013) B. D. Opell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Adhesion Failure at 180 000 Frames per Second: Direct Observation of the Detachment Process of a Mushroom-Shaped Adhesive

(2013) Lars Heepe et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Sticky Bio-inspired Micropillars: Finding the Best Shape

(2012) Giuseppe Carbone et al.   Small

Humidity affects the extensibility of an orb-weaving spider's viscous thread droplets

(2011) B. D. Opell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Spider Silk Inspired Functional Microthreads

(2011) Vasav Sahni et al.   LANGMUIR

Origin of the superior adhesive performance of mushroom-shaped microstructured surfaces

(2011) Giuseppe Carbone et al.   Soft Matter

Changes in the Adhesive Properties of Spider Aggregate Glue During the Evolution of Cobwebs

(2011) Vasav Sahni et al.   Scientific Reports

Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness

(2010) Vasav Sahni et al.   Nature Communications

Spider Web Glue: Two Proteins Expressed from Opposite Strands of the Same DNA Sequence

(2009) Omer Choresh et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Can a spider web be too sticky? Tensile mechanics constrains the evolution of capture spiral stickiness in orb-weaving spiders

(2009) I. Agnarsson et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

On the Origins of Sudden Adhesion Loss at a Critical Relative Humidity: Examination of Bulk and Interfacial Contributions

(2008) Kar Tean Tan et al.   LANGMUIR