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Printing and Aligning Mesoscale Patterns of Tobacco mosaic virus on Surfaces
Author(s) -
Balci Sinan,
Leinberger Dirk M.,
Knez Mato,
Bittner Alexander M.,
Boes Fabian,
Kadri Anan,
Wege Christina,
Jeske Holger,
Kern Klaus
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200602879
Subject(s) - tobacco mosaic virus , materials science , wetting , mesoscale meteorology , mosaic , substrate (aquarium) , virus , nanotechnology , virology , biology , physics , composite material , meteorology , visual arts , art , ecology
Objects as large as whole virus particles can be printed after adsorption to siloxane stamps. Selective de‐wetting of suspensions results in alignment and linear aggregation of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particles on the stamps, and single‐virus lines can be printed. The process consists of simply contacting the stamp with a flat substrate.