Recent Publications

*indicates student

Smith, A.M., Robinson, T.M, Salt, M.D., Hamilton, K.S., Silvia, B.E. and Blasiak, R. 2009. "Robust cross-links in molluscan adhesive gels:  testing for contributions from hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions".  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B, 152: 110-117.

• All the co-authors are former Ithaca College students.

Smith, A. M. (accepted). Adhesion. In Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal, M. W. Denny and S. D. Gaines, eds.  University of California Press, Berkeley.

Smith, A. M. (2006). The biochemistry and mechanics of gastropod adhesive gels.  In Biological Adhesives, A. M. Smith and J. A. Callow eds., pp. 167-182. Springer, Berlin.

Pawlicki, J. M.*, Pease, L. B.*, Pierce, C. M*., Startz, T. P.*, Zhang, Y. and Smith, A. M. (2004). The effect of molluscan glue proteins on gel mechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology,  207: 1127-1135.

Smith, A. M. (2002). The structure and function of adhesive gels from invertebrates.  Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1164-1171.

Kier, W. M. and Smith, A. M. (2002). The structure and adhesive mechanism of octopus suckers. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1146-1153.

Smith, A. M. and Morin, M. C.* (2002).  Biochemical differences between trail mucus and adhesive mucus from marsh periwinkle snails.  Biological Bulletin, 203: 338-346.