2018-2019 – Prof. Ali Dhinojwala Research Group

2019

Langowski J.K.A., Singla S., Nyarko A., Schipper H., van den Berg F.T., Kaur S, Astley H.C., Gussekloo S.W.S, Dhinojwala A. and van Leeuwen J.L.; “Comparative and functional analysis of the digital mucus glands and secretions of tree frog”, front. biol., 2019, 16 (9), 1-16, DOI 10.1186/s12983-019-0315-z.

Echeverri, M.; Patil, A.; Xiao, M.; Li, W.; Shawkey, M.D.;Dhinojwala, A. “Developing Noniridescent Structural Color on Flexible Substrates with High Bending Resistance”, Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019.

S. I. Han; H. C. Astley; D. D. Maksuta; T. A. Blackledge, “External power amplification drives prey capture in a spider web”, PNAS, 2019, 1-6.

Smith, D. E.; Dhinojwala, A.;Moore, Francisco B.-G. “Effect of Substrate and Bacterial Zeta Potential on Adhesion of Mycobacterium smegmatis“, Langmuir, 2019.

Niewiarowski, P. H.; Dhinojwala, A.; Garner, A. M.; “A physical model approach to gecko adhesion opportunity and constraint: How rough could it be?”, Integr. Comp. Biol., 2019.

Nanjundiah, K.; Kurian, A.; Kaur, S.; Singla, S.; Dhinojwala, A.;”Crystalline like Ordering of Confined Liquids at the Moving Contact Line” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019, 122, 128004.

Garner, A. M.; Wilson, C. W.; Russel, A. P.; Dhinojwala, A., Niewiarowski, P.; “Going Out on a Limb: How Investigation of the Anoline Adhesive System Can Enhance Our Understanding of Fibrillar Adhesion”, Integr. Comp. Biol., 2019, pp1-9.

Singla, S.; Wilson, M.; Dhinojwala, A.; “Spectroscopic evidence for acid-base interaction driven interfacial segregation”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 2513-2518.

Dalvi S., Gujrati A.,Khanal S.R., Pastewka L., Dhinojwala A.,Jacobs T.D.B.;”Linking energy loss in soft adhesion to surface roughness” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116 (51) 25484-25490.

Wang Z., Tschirhart T., Schultzhaus Z., Kelly E. E., Chen A., Oh E., Nag O., Glaser E. R., Kim E., Lloyd P. F., Charles P. T., Li W., Leary D., Compton J., Phillips D. A., Dhinojwala A., Payne G. F., Vora, G. J.; “Characterization and application of melanin produced by the fast-growing marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens through heterologous biosynthesis”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology,2019,

Brely L., Bosia F., Palumbo S., Fraldi M., Dhinojwala A., and Pugno N.M.; “Competition between delamination and tearing in multiple peeling problems” J. R. Soc. Interface, 2019, 16: 20190388.

Kumar N., Kaur S., Kumar R., Wilson M.C., Bekele S., Tsige M., and Dhinojwala A.; “Interaction Geometry Causes Spectral Line-Shape Broadening at the Solid/Liquid Interface Journal of Physical Chemistry C”, 2019, 123 (50), 30447-30457.

Garner A.M., Buo C., Piechowski J.M., Pamfilie A.M., Stefanovic S.R., Dhinojwala A., Niewiarowski P.H.; “Digital hyperextension has no influence on the activeself‐drying of gecko adhesive subdigital pads”, Ecological and Interactive Physiology, 2019.

Kumar N., Singla S., Wilson M.C., Kaur S., Bekele S., Tsige M., and Dhinojwala A.; “Atomistic Insights into Hydrogen-Bonding-Driven Competitive Adsorption of Acetone–Chloroform Binary Mixtures” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 123 (49), 29729-29738.

Li W., Wang Z., Xiao M., Miyoshi T., Yang X., Hu Z., Liu C, Chuang S.S.C., Shawkey M.D., Gianneschi N.C., and Dhinojwala A.;”Mechanism of UVA Degradation of Synthetic Eumelanin”, Biomacromolecules, 2019 20 (12), 4593-4601.

Narayanan A., Menefee J., Liu Q., Dhinojwala A., Joy A.; “Tropoelastin-Inspired, Non-Ionic, Self-Coacervating Polyesters as Strong Underwater Adhesives”, Chemrixiv, 2019.

Xiao M., Hu Z., Gartner T.E.III, Yang X., Li W., Jayaraman A., Gianneschi N.C., Shawkey M. D., Dhinojwala A.; “Experimental and theoretical evidence for molecular forces driving surface segregation in photonic colloidal assemblies”, Sci. adv., 2019, EAAX1254.

Wilson M.C., Singla S., Stefin A.J., Kaur S., Brown J.V., and Dhinojwala A.; “Characterization of Acid–Base Interactions Using Interface-Sensitive Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 123 (30), 18495-18501.

Joy A., Dhinojwala A., Mishra K.; “Photoresponsive polymers for adhesive applications”, US Patent 10,336,923.

Narayanan A., Kaur S., Peng C, Debnath D., Mishra K., Liu Q., Dhinojwala A., and Joy A.; “

Viscosity Attunes the Adhesion of Bioinspired Low Modulus Polyester Adhesive Sealants to Wet Tissues”, Biomacromolecules, 2019 20 (7), 2577-2586.

Dhinojwala A., Sethi S., Badge I.; “Carbon nanotube-based robust steamphobic surfaces”, US Patent 10,245,625.

Nanjundiah K., Anish Kurian A., Kaur S., Singla S., and Dhinojwala A.; “Crystallinelike Ordering of Confined Liquids at the Moving Contact Line”, Physical review letters, 2019 122 128004.

2018

Dhopatkar, N.; Anim-Danso, E.; Peng, C.; Singla, S.; Liu, X.; Joy, A.; Dhinojwala, A.; “Reorganization of an Amphiphilic Glassy Polymer Surface in Contact with Water Probed by Contact Angle and Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy”, Macromolecules, 2018, 51 (14), pp5114-5120.

Opell, B. D.; Jain, D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Blackledge, T. A.; “Tuning orb spider glycoprotein glue performance to habitat humidity”, J. Ex. Biol., 2018, 221 (6), pp161539.

Kaur, S.; Narayanan, A.; Dalvi, S.; and Liu, Q.; and Joy, A.; Dhinojwala, A.; “Direct Observation of the Interplay of Catechol Binding and Polymer Hydrophobicity in a Mussel-Inspired Elastomeric Adhesive”, ACS Cent. Sci., 2018, 4 (10), pp 1420-1429.

Diaz, C.; Tanikawa, A.; Miyashita, T.; Amarpuri, G.; Jain, D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Blackledge, T. A.; “Supersaturation with water explains the unusual adhesion of aggregate glue in the webs of the moth-specialist spider, Cyrtarachne akirai”, Royal Soc. Open Sci., 2018.

Diaz, C.; Tanikawa, A.; Miyashita, T.; Dhinojwala, A.; Blackledge, T. A.; “Silk structure rather than tensile mechanics explains web performance in the moth-specialized spider, Cyrtarachne”, J.Exp. Zool. A. Ecol. Integr. Physiol. 2018, doi: 10.1002/jez.2212.

Zhou, Y.; Josey, B.; Anim-Danso, E.; Maranville, B.;Karapetrova, J.; Jiang, Z.; Qixin Zhou., Dhinojwala, A.; Foster, M., “In situ nanoscale characterization of water penetration through plasma polymerized coatings”,Langmuir, 2018, just accepted manuscript.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01646

Singla, S.; Amarpuri, G; Blackledge, T. A.; Dhinojwala, A., “Hygroscopic compounds in spider aggregate glue remove interfacial water to maintain adhesion in humid conditions”, Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 1890. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04263-z.pdf

Jain, D.; Amarpuri, G; Fitch, J; Blackledge, T. A.; Dhinojwala, A., “Role of Hygroscopic Low Molecular Mass Compounds in Humidity Responsive Adhesion of Spider’s Capture Silk”, Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19 (7), pp 3048–3057.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00602

Defante, A. P.; Nyarko, A.; Kaur, S.; Burai,T. N.;Dhinojwala, A., “Interstitial Water Enhances Sliding Friction”, langmuir, 2018. acs.langmuir.8b00100

Xiao, M.; Chen, W.; Li, W.Y.; Zhao, J. Z.; Hong, Y.L.; Nishiyama, Y.; Miyoshi, T.; Shawkey, M.D.; Dhinojwala, A., “Elucidation of the hierarchical structure of natural eumelanins”, J. R. Soc. Interface, 2018, 15, 140, 20180045.