Alyssa Y. Stark

Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

Alyssa Y. Stark, Ila Badge, Nicholas A. Wucinich et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 144 citations · Full text

Biology, Self-cleaning Surface, Engineering +13

The effect of surface water and wetting on gecko adhesion

Alyssa Y. Stark, Timothy W. Sullivan, Peter H. Niewiarowski · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2012 · 77 citations

Adhesive Material, Biomechanics, Wetting +5

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

Ping Yuan Hsu, Liehui Ge, Xiaopeng Li et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 2011 · 67 citations · Full text

Thermal constraints on foraging of tropical canopy ants

Michelle Elise Spicer, Alyssa Y. Stark, Benjamin J. Adams et al. · Oecologia · 2017 · 67 citations

Foraging, Fitness, Entomology +4

Direct evidence of acid-base interactions in gecko adhesion

Saranshu Singla, Dharamdeep Jain, Chelsea M. Zoltowski et al. · Science Advances · 2021 · 56 citations · Full text