Publications

Diaz, C., & Long, J. H. (2022). Behavior and Bioadhesives: How Bolas Spiders, Mastophora hutchinsoni, Catch Moths. Insects, 13(12), 1166.

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Diaz, C., & Roff, J. (2022). Mechanics of the Prey Capture Technique of the South African Grassland Bolas Spider, Cladomelea akermani. Insects, 13(12), 1118.

 

Diaz Jr, C., Baker, R. H., Long Jr, J. H., & Hayashi, C. Y. (2022). Connecting materials, performance and evolution: a case study of the glue of moth-catching spiders (Cyrtarachninae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(Suppl1), jeb243271.

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Diaz, C., Maksuta, D., Amarpuri, G., Tanikawa, A., Miyashita, T., Dhinojwala, A., & Blackledge, T. A. (2020). The moth specialist spider Cyrtarachne akirai uses prey scales to increase adhesion. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 17(162), 20190792.

 

Diaz C., Tanikawa A., Miyashita T., Amarpuri G., Jain D., Dhinojwala A., Blackledge T.A. (2018). Supersaturation with water explains the unusual adhesion of aggregate glue in the webs of the moth-specialist spider, Cyrtarachne akirai. The Journal of the Royal Society Open Science. 5:181296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181296

Diaz, C., Tanikawa, A., Miyashita, T., Dhinojwala, A., & Blackledge, T.A. (2018). Silk structure rather than tensile mechanics explains web performance in the moth‐specialized spider, Cyrtarachne. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329(3), 120-129.

Amarpuri, G., Zhang, Diaz Jr, C., Opell, B. D., Blackledge, T. A., & Dhinojwala, A. (2015). Spiders tune glue viscosity to maximize adhesion. ACS Nano, 9(11), 11472-11478.

Bradley, D., Diaz Jr, C., Snow, E. (2014). Improved sound field reverberance and diffusivity in a reverberation chamber through implementation of resonant-diffusing wall panels. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101(1), 181-189.

Porter, M. E., Diaz Jr, C., Sturm, J. J., Grotmol, S., Summers, A. P., & Long Jr, J. H. (2014). Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks. Zoology, 117(1), 19-27.