AFM Study of Structure Influence on Butterfly Wings Coloration

Dinara Sultanovna Dallaeva, Pavel Tomanek
2012 Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering  
This study describes the structural coloration of the butterfly Vanessa Atalanta wings and shows how the atomic force microscopy (AFM) can be applied to the study of wings morphology and wings surface behavior under the temperature. The role of the wings morphology in colors was investigated. Different colors of wings have different topology and can be identified by them. AFM in semi-contact mode was used to study the wings surface. The wing surface area, which is close to the butterfly body,
more » ... s shiny brown color and the peak of surface roughness is about 600 nm. The changing of morphology at different temperatures is shown.
doi:10.15598/aeee.v10i2.616 fatcat:xsdonswtd5hkzkbyubvav3irfm