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Determinants of orb web spider glue droplet hygroscopicity.
Brent D Opell, Mary L Hendricks, Sarah A Morris, Spence Francis, John S Greenhalgh

J Exp Biol· December 2025

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Changes in the material properties of spider glue droplet proteins accompanied shifts in prey capture biomechanics as cobweb spiders diverged from their orb weaving ancestors.
Brent D Opell, Sean D Kelly, Sarah A Morris, Sandra M Correa-Garhwal

Acta Biomater· July 2024

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Adhesive contact and protein elastic modulus tune orb weaving spider glue droplet biomechanics to habitat humidity.
Brent D Opell, Hannah Mae Elmore, Mary L Hendricks

Acta Biomater· October 2022

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Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion.
Sean D Kelly, Brent D Opell, Sandra M Correa-Garwhal

J Evol Biol· June 2022

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Protein Composition and Associated Material Properties of Cobweb Spiders' Gumfoot Glue Droplets.
Nadia A Ayoub, Kyle Friend, Thomas Clarke, Richard Baker, Sandra M Correa-Garhwal, Brent D Opell

Integr Comp Biol· October 2021

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Humidity mediated performance and material properties of orb weaving spider adhesive droplets.
Brent D Opell, Hannah Mae Elmore, Mary L Hendricks

Acta Biomater· September 2021

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Properties of orb weaving spider glycoprotein glue change during Argiope trifasciata web construction.
Brent D Opell, Sarah D Stellwagen

Sci Rep· December 2019

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Linking properties of an orb-weaving spider's capture thread glycoprotein adhesive and flagelliform fiber components to prey retention time.
Brent D Opell, Cassandra M Burba, Pritesh D Deva, Matthew H Y Kin, Malik X Rivas

Ecol Evol· September 2019

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Orb weaver glycoprotein is a smart biological material, capable of repeated adhesion cycles.
Sean D Kelly, Brent D Opell, Lindsey L Owens

Naturwissenschaften· March 2019

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Elastic modulus and toughness of orb spider glycoprotein glue.
Brent D Opell, Mary E Clouse, Sheree F Andrews

PLoS One· August 2018

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Tuning orb spider glycoprotein glue performance to habitat humidity.
Brent D Opell, Dharamdeep Jain, Ali Dhinojwala, Todd A Blackledge

J Exp Biol· March 2018

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Around the World in Eight Million Years: Historical Biogeography and Evolution of the Spray Zone Spider Amaurobioides (Araneae: Anyphaenidae).
F Sara Ceccarelli, Brent D Opell, Charles R Haddad, Robert J Raven, Eduardo M Soto

PLoS One· May 2017

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Humidity-mediated changes in an orb spider's glycoprotein adhesive impact prey retention time.
Brent D Opell, Katrina E Buccella, Meaghan K Godwin, Malik X Rivas, Mary L Hendricks

J Exp Biol· April 2017

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Spiders Tune Glue Viscosity to Maximize Adhesion.
Gaurav Amarpuri, Ci Zhang, Candido Diaz, Brent D Opell, Todd A Blackledge

ACS Nano· November 2015

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The impact of UVB radiation on the glycoprotein glue of orb-weaving spider capture thread.
Sarah D Stellwagen, Brent D Opell, Mary E Clouse

J Exp Biol· September 2015

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Temperature mediates the effect of humidity on the viscoelasticity of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of an orb-weaving spider's prey capture threads.
Sarah D Stellwagen, Brent D Opell, Kelly G Short

J Exp Biol· May 2014

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Environmental response and adaptation of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of viscous prey capture threads from araneoid spider orb-webs.
Brent D Opell, Shannon E Karinshak, Mary A Sigler

J Exp Biol· August 2013

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Humidity affects the extensibility of an orb-weaving spider's viscous thread droplets.
Brent D Opell, Shannon E Karinshak, Mary A Sigler

J Exp Biol· September 2011

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Adhesive compatibility of cribellar and viscous prey capture threads and its implication for the evolution of orb-weaving spiders.
Brent D Opell, Andrew M Tran, Shannon E Karinshak

J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol· July 2011

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Constraints on the adhesion of viscous threads spun by orb-weaving spiders: the tensile strength of glycoprotein glue exceeds its adhesion.
Brent D Opell, Harold S Schwend, Stephen T Vito

J Exp Biol· July 2011

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The adhesive delivery system of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders.
Brent D Opell, Mary L Hendricks

J Exp Biol· September 2009

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Adhesive efficiency of spider prey capture threads.
Brent D Opell, Harold S Schwend

Zoology (Jena)· March 2009

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Daily and seasonal changes in the stickiness of viscous capture threads in Argiope aurantia and Argiope trifasciata orb-webs.
Brent D Opell, Genine K Lipkey, Mary L Hendricks, Stephen T Vito

J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol· March 2009

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The contribution of axial fiber extensibility to the adhesion of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders.
Brent D Opell, Brian J Markley, Charles D Hannum, Mary L Hendricks

J Exp Biol· July 2008

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Persistent stickiness of viscous capture threads produced by araneoid orb-weaving spiders.
Brent D Opell, Harold S Schwend

J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol· January 2008

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