All Stories

  1. Adhesive interactions of geckos with wet and dry fluoropolymer substrates

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, June 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  2. NMR spectroscopy reveals the presence and association of lipids and keratin in adhesive gecko setae

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  3. Mechanical properties of the chitin-calcium-phosphate “clam shrimp” carapace (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata): implications for taphonomy and fossilization

    Article • Journal of Crustacean Biology, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  4. Tracing Lipids and their Association with Keratin in the Adhesive Gecko Setae by NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  5. The Role of Surface Chemistry in Adhesion and Wetting of Gecko Toe Pads

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  6. Self-Drying: A Gecko's Innate Ability to Remove Water from Wet Toe Pads

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  7. Reduction of Water Surface Tension Significantly Impacts Gecko Adhesion Underwater

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  8. Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  9. The effect of surface water and wetting on gecko adhesion

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, August 2012, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  10. Faster but Not Stickier: Invasive House Geckos Can Out-Sprint Resident Mournful Geckos in Moorea, French Polynesia

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, June 2012, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Dr Alyssa Y Stark

  11. Direct evidence of phospholipids in gecko footprints and spatula-substrate contact interface detected using surface-sensitive spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, August 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Ali Dhinojwala, Dr Alyssa Y Stark