Spider viscid silk sticks better to superhydrophobic surfaces
A. M. Alicea-Serrano, K. Z. Htut, A. J. Coonfield, K. Karkosiak, A. Dhinojwala, T. A. Blackledge
This study tests whether superhydrophobic insect cuticles resist spider silk adhesion, finding that spider silk adheres better to superhydrophobic surfaces like lotus leaves than to hydrophilic or smooth glass.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology