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96
Citations
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45
Active since
1996
Affiliations
University of Akron(Current)
University of California, Riverside
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
University of Puerto Rico System
Todd A. Blackledge is an author at University of Akron specializing in biology, evolutionary biology, and engineering.
Top concepts
BiologyEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyEngineeringNatural SciencesBiophysicsMedicineSoft MatterBiomechanicsPattern Formation
Publications per year
1996–2021
Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era
Todd A. Blackledge, Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 384 citations · Full text
Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider
Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaž Kuntner, Todd A. Blackledge · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 312 citations · Full text
Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun by the orb web spider<i>Argiope argentata</i>(Fabricius 1775)
Todd A. Blackledge, Cheryl Y. Hayashi · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2006 · 279 citations
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Fiber Spinning +16
Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness
Vasav Sahni, Todd A. Blackledge, Ali Dhinojwala · Nature Communications · 2010 · 164 citations · Full text
Materials Science, Rheological Measurement, Rheological Constitutive Equation +7
Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity
Ingi Agnarsson, Ali Dhinojwala, Vasav Sahni et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2009 · 155 citations · Full text
Muscle Function, Engineering, Bio-inspired Design +21
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