Analysis on surface nanostructures present in hindwing of dragon fly (Sympetrum vulgatum) using atomic force microscopy

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1299-1303

  Selvakumar, Rajendran ^a   Karuppanan, Karthikeyan K ^a   Pezhinkattil, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

AFM; Biological nanostructures; Dragon fly wing; Roughness; Sympetrum vulgatum

Indexed keywords

AFM; BIOLOGICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; FLY WINGS; MECHANICAL LOADING; MEMBRANE SURFACE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; SYMPETRUM VULGATUM; TAPPING MODES; TORSIONAL RESISTANCE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; LOADING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FORELIMB; ODONATA; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; ODONATA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WING;

SYMPETRUM VULGATUM;

EID: 84865813742     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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