Publication detail

AFM study of structure influence on butterfly wings coloration

DALLAEVA, D. TOMÁNEK, P.

Original Title

AFM study of structure influence on butterfly wings coloration

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

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, has shiny brown color and the peak of surface roughness is about 600 nm. The changing of morphology at different temperatures is shown.

Keywords

Atomic force microscopy, diffraction, morphology, natural nanostructure, reflection, structural color, temperature influence

Authors

DALLAEVA, D.; TOMÁNEK, P.

RIV year

2012

Released

28. 6. 2012

ISBN

1804-3119

Periodical

Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering - intenetový časopis (http://advances.utc.sk)

Year of study

10

Number

2

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

120

Pages to

124

Pages count

5

BibTex

@article{BUT93118,
  author="Dinara {Sobola} and Pavel {Tománek}",
  title="AFM study of structure influence on butterfly wings coloration",
  journal="Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering - intenetový časopis
(http://advances.utc.sk)",
  year="2012",
  volume="10",
  number="2",
  pages="120--124",
  issn="1804-3119"
}