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Figure 1
SEM micrographs of (a) an untreated mature male damselfly and (b) a dewaxed mature male damselfly wing with removed epicuticle (scale bar 4 µm). (c) Average IR spectra of untreated and dewaxed wing surfaces. Their corresponding transmission IR maps observed for (d) an untreated mature male damselfly wing, showing its natural surface nanostructures, and (e) a dewaxed mature male damselfly wing with substantially smoother morphology, indicating the loss of surface nanostructures, respectively (x and y axis units are given in µm). Note that the transmission IR maps were obtained based on integrated band areas (amide I) in the range 1680–1610 cm−1 and were set to display the same scale in order to obtain a fair comparison.

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SYNCHROTRON
RADIATION
ISSN: 1600-5775
Volume 25| Part 3| May 2018| Pages 874-877
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577518004460
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