Particle Adhesion Measurements on Insect Wing Membranes Using Atomic Force Microscopy

Table 1

Dimensional parameters of all the particles used for adhesion measurements. The values are averaged for 10 particles per particle type.

Microsphere; supplier	Chemical composition	Actual diameter	Actual surface roughness (1×1𝜇m^2 area) RMS (nm)
Bangs Laboratories	Silica	4.53±0.07 𝜇m	3.5±1.3
Microspheres-nanospheres Company	Silica	30.18±0.16 𝜇m	14.3±7.2