... AFM, SEM, and EDX are in conformity with the above conclusions. The financial assistance from AICTE, New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are thankful to Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India...

... of the skeleton repeatedly. For accuracy, each examination was performed five times on different regions of the two sample surfaces. AFM (Pacific Nanotechnology Inc., Santa Clara, CA) was used in contact mode to obtain a nanoscale image of the cuticle surface to help identify how the surface structure affects its...