2013-2015

Jha, K. C.; Dhinojwala, A.; Tsige, M. “Local Structure Contributions to Surface Tension of a Stereoregular Polymer” ACS Macro Letters 2015, 4, 1234-1238.

Zhou, J.; Anim-Danso, E.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Dhinojwala, A. “Interfacial Water at Polyurethane-Sapphire Interface” Langmuir 2015, 31 (45), 12401–12407. 

Amarpuri, G.; Zhang, C.; Diaz, C.; Opell, B. D.; Blackledge, T. A.; & Dhinojwala, A. “Spiders Tune Glue Viscosity to Maximize Adhesion” ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (11), 11472–11478 (coverpage).

Jain, D.; Zhang, C.; Cool, L.R.; Blackledge, T.A.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Miyoshi, T.; Dhinojwala. “Composition and Function of Spider Glues Maintained During the Evolution of Cobwebs” Biomacromolecules 2015, 16, 3373−3380. 

Stark, A.Y.; Dryden, D.M.; Olderman, J.; Peterson, K.A.; Niewiarowski, P.H., French, R.H.; Dhinojwala, A. “Adhesive Interactions of Geckos with wet and dry fluoropolymer substrates” J. R. Soc. Interface 2015, 12, 20150464.

Xiao, M.; Li, Y.; Allen, M. C.; Deheyn, D. D.; Yue, X.; Zhao, J.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Shawkey, M. D.; Dhinojwala, A. “Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles” ACS Nano 2015, 9, 5454–5460 (highlighted by ACS Editors’ Choice, C&E News, Nano today, and ScienceDaily).

Jain, D.; Stark, A.Y.; Niewiarowski, P. H.; Miyoshi, T.; Dhinojwala, A. “NMR spectroscopy reveals the presence and association of lipids and keratin in adhesive gecko setae” Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 9594.

Amarpuri, G.; Chaurasia, V.; Jain, D.; Blackledge, T. A.; Dhinojwala, A. “Ubiquitous distribution of salts and proteins in spider glue enhances spider silk adhesion” Sci. Rep. 20155, 9030.

Zhu, H; Dhinojwala, A. “Thermal Behavior of Long-Chain Alcohols on Sapphire Substrate.” Langmuir 2015, 31, 6306–6313.

Zhou, J.; Defante, A.P.; Lin, F.; Xu, Y.; Yu, J.; Gao, Y.; Childers, E.; Dhinojwala, A.; Becker, M.L.”Adhesion Properties of Catechol-Based Biodegradable Amino Acid-Based Poly(ester urea) Copolymers Inspired from Muscle Proteins.” Biomacromolecules 2015, 16, 266-274.

Defante, A. P.; Burai, T. N.; Becker, M. L.; Dhinojwala, A. “Consequences of Water between Two Hydrophobic Surfaces on Adhesion and Wetting” Langmuir 2015, 31, 2398-2406.

Jain, D.; Stark, A.; Niewiarowski, P.; Miyoshi, T.; Dhinojwala, A. “Tracing lipids and their association with keratin in the adhesive gecko setae by NMR Spectroscopy.” Biophysical Journal 2015, 108, 250a.

Dhopatkar, N; Park, J. H.; Chari, K.; Dhinojwala, A. “Adsorption and Viscoelastic Analysis of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes on Charged Hydrophilic Surfaces” Langmuir 2015, 31, 1026-1037.

Webber, C.M.; Klittich, M.R.; Dhinojwala, A.; Davis, B.L. “Thermal Conductivities of Commercially Available Prosthetic Materials” J. Prosthet. Orthot. 2014, 26 (4), 212-215.

Bhatta, R.S.; Iyer, P.P.; Dhinojwala, A.; Tsige, M. “A Brief Review of Badger-Bauer Rule and its Validation from a First-Principles Approach.” Modern Physics Letters B 2014, 28 (29), 1430014_1-16.

Zhang, Y.; Anim-Danso, E.; Dhinojwala, A. “The Effect of Solid Surface on the Segregation and Melting of Salt Hydrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14811-14820.

Zha, K. C.; Zhu, H.; Dhinojwala, A.; Tsige, M. “Molecular Structure of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Surface II. Effect of Steroregularity Examined through All-atom Molecular Dynamics” Langmuir 2014, 30, 12775-12785.

Zhu, H.; Jha, K. C.; Bhatta, R. S.; Tsige, M.; Dhinojwala, A. “Molecular Structure of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Surface. I. Combination of Interface-Sensitive Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and ab Initio Calculations” Langmuir 2014, 30, 11609-11618.

Badge, I.; Stark, A.; Paoloni, E. L.; Niewiarowski, P. H.; Dhinojwala, A. “The Role of Surface Chemistry in Adhesion and Wetting of Gecko Toe Pads” Scientific Reports 2014, 4:6643, DOI: 10.1038/srep06643.

Sahni, V.; Miyoshi, T.; Chen, K.; Jain, D.; Blamires, S. J.; Blackledge, T. A.; Dhinojwala, A. “Direct Solvation of Glycoproteins by Salts in Spider Silk Glues Enhances Adhesion and Helps to Explain the Evolution of Modern Spider Orb Webs” Biomacromolecules 2014, 15, 1225-1232.

Heiber, M. C.; Dhinojwala, A. “Efficient Generation of Model Bulk Heterojunction Morphologies for Organic Photovoltaic Device Modeling” Physical Review Applied 2014, 2, 014008.

Stark, A. Y.; Wucinich, N. A.; Paoloni, E. L.; Niewiarowski, P. H.; Dhinojwala, A. “Self-Drying: A Gecko’s Innate Ability to Remove Water from Wet Toe Pads” PLOS ONE 2014, 9, e101885. 

Stark, A. Y.; McClung, B.; Niewiarowski, P. H.; Dhinojwala, A. “Reduction of Water Surface Tension Significantly Impacts Gecko Adhesion Underwater” Integrative and Comparative Biology, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1093/icb/icu066. 

Blamires, S. J.; Sahni, V.; Dhinojwala, A.; Blackledge, T. A.; Tso, I. “Nutrient Deprivation Induces Property Variations in Spider Gluey Silk” PLOS ONE 2014, 9, e88487.

Jain, D.; Sahni, V.; Dhinojwala, A. ” Synthetic Adhesives Attachment Discs Inspired by Spider’s Pyriform Silk Architecture” J. Poly. Sci., Part B: Poly. Phys. 2014, 52, 553-560.

Xiao, M.; Dhinojwala, A.; Shawkey, M. “Nanostructural basis of rainbow-like iridescence in common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera feathers” Optics Express 2014, 22, 14625-14636.

Prasad, S.; Zhu, H.; Kurian, A.; Badge, I.; Dhinojwala, A. “Interfacial Segregation in Polymer Blends Driven by Acid-Base Interactions” Langmuir 2013, 29, 15727-15731.

Nanjundiah, K.; Dhinojwala, A.”Melting of Linear Alkanes between Swollen Elastomers and Solid Substrates” Langmuir 2013, 29, 12168-12175.

Heiber, M. C.; Dhinojwala, A. “Estimating the Magnitude of Exciton Delocalization in Regioregular P3HT” J. Phy. Chem. C 2013, 117, 21627-21634.

Alizadeh, A.;Bahadur, V.; Shang, W.; Zhu, Y.; Buckley, D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Sohal, M. “Influence of Substrate Elasticity on Droplet Impact Dynamics” Langmuir 2013, 29, 4520-4524.

Stark, A.Y.; Badge, I.; Wucinich, N. A.; Sullivan, T. W.; Niwwiarowski, P. H.; Dhinojwala, A. “Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater” PNAS 2013, 110 (16), 6340-6345. 

Anim-Danso, E.; Zhang, Y.; Dhinojwala, A. “Freezing and Melting of Salt Hydrates Next to Solid Surfaces Probed by Infrared−Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc 2013, 135, 8496-8499.

Badge, I.; Bhawalkar, S. P.; Jia, L.; Dhinojwala, A. “Tuning surface wettability using single layered and hierarchically ordered arrays of spherical colloidal particles” Soft Matter 2013, 9, 3032-3040.

Anim-Danso, E.; Zhang, Y.; Alizadeh, A.; Dhinojwala, A. “Freezing of Water Next to Solid Surfaces Probed by Infrared−Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc 2013, 135, 2734-2740.