| Functional trade-offs in cribellate silk mediated by spinning behavior P Michalik, D Piorkowski, TA Blackledge, MJ Ramírez Scientific reports 9 (1), 9092, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Ontogenetic shift toward stronger, tougher silk of a web‐building, cave‐dwelling spider D Piorkowski, SJ Blamires, NE Doran, CP Liao, CL Wu, IM Tso Journal of Zoology 304, 81-89, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| A nocturnal cursorial predator attracts flying prey with a visual lure S Zhang, HL Chen, KY Chen, JJ Huang, CC Chang, D Piorkowski, ... Animal Behaviour 102, 119-125, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| Meta-analysis reveals materiomic relationships in major ampullate silk across the spider phylogeny HC Craig, D Piorkowski, S Nakagawa, MM Kasumovic, SJ Blamires Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (170), 20200471, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Nitrogen inaccessibility protects spider silk from bacterial growth S Zhang, D Piorkowski, WR Lin, YR Lee, CP Liao, PH Wang, IM Tso Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (20), jeb214981, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Punctuated evolution of viscid silk in spider orb webs supported by mechanical behavior of wet cribellate silk D Piorkowski, TA Blackledge The Science of Nature 104, 1-12, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| Can differential nutrient extraction explain property variations in a predatory trap? SJ Blamires, D Piorkowski, A Chuang, YH Tseng, S Toft, IM Tso Royal Society open science 2 (3), 140479, 2015 | 15 | 2015 |
| Uncoiling springs promote mechanical functionality of spider cribellate silk D Piorkowski, TA Blackledge, CP Liao, AC Joel, M Weissbach, CL Wu, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (5), jeb215269, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Humidity‐dependent mechanical and adhesive properties of Arachnocampa tasmaniensis capture threads D Piorkowski, TA Blackledge, CP Liao, NE Doran, CL Wu, SJ Blamires, ... Journal of Zoology 305 (4), 256-266, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Adhesion of spider cribellate silk enhanced in high humidity by mechanical plasticization of the underlying fiber D Piorkowski, CP Liao, AC Joel, CL Wu, N Doran, SJ Blamires, NM Pugno, ... Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 114, 104200, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
| Crypsis via leg clustering: twig masquerading in a spider S Zhang, KK Mao, PT Lin, CJ Ho, W Hung, D Piorkowski, CP Liao, IM Tso Royal Society open science 2 (3), 150007, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
| Vision-mediated courtship in a nocturnal arthropod S Zhang, HY Yip, MY Lee, L Liu, D Piorkowski, CP Liao, IM Tso Animal Behaviour 142, 185-190, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| A trap and a lure: dual function of a nocturnal animal construction CW Lai, S Zhang, D Piorkowski, CP Liao, IM Tso Animal Behaviour 130, 159-164, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Nanoscale material heterogeneity of glowworm capture threads revealed by AFM D Piorkowski, BC He, SJ Blamires, IM Tso, DM Kane molecules 26 (12), 3500, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
| Adhesive Droplets of Glowworm Snares (Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa spp.) Are a Complex Mix of Organic Compounds JO Wolff, J Von Byern, D Piorkowski, J Fang, X Wang, L Adler, ... Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 7, 661422, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
| Nutrient intake determines post-maturity molting in the golden orb-web spider Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Araneidae) RC Cheng, S Zhang, YC Chen, CY Lee, YL Chou, HY Ye, D Piorkowski, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (12), 2260-2264, 2017 | 4 | 2017 |
| Size-related increase in inducible mechanical variability of major ampullate silk in a huntsman spider (Araneae: Sparassidae) D Piorkowski, CP Liao, TA Blackledge, IM Tso The Science of Nature 108 (3), 22, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Two coinhabitants visually lure prey to host territory through a shared conspicuous trait S Zhang, YC Leu, HH Chou, CP Liao, D Piorkowski, IM Tso Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 (11), 145, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bacteria inhabiting spider webs enhance host silk extensibility M Tsiareshyna, TH Wang, YS Lin, D Piorkowski, SYT Huang, YL Huang, ... | | 2023 |
| Advances in soft matter biological adhesives SJ Blamires, AC Joel, D Piorkowski Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1325315, 2023 | | 2023 |
Todd BlackledgeUniversity of AkronVerified email at uakron.edu
