The Microstructures of Butterfly Wing Scales in Northeast of China

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Wu, Li yan ^a   Han, Zhi wu ^a   Qiu, Zhao mei ^a   Guan, Hui ying ^a   Ren, Lu quan ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

butterfly; microscope; microstructure; scale; wing

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BUTTERFLY; OPTICS MICROSCOPE; SCALE; WING;

BIONICS;

EID: 34147183777     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60012-2     Document Type: Article

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