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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Nanoscale Wetting of Single Viruses.

Annalisa Calò, Aitziber Eleta-Lopez, Thierry Ondarçuhu, Albert Verdaguer, Alexander M Bittner

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Annalisa CalòDepartment of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Barcelona, Calle Marti i Fraquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Aitziber Eleta-LopezCIC nanoGUNE (BRTA), Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2498-1857
Thierry OndarçuhuInstitut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT), Université de Toulouse, CNRS-INPT-UPS, 2 allée du Professeur Camille Soula, 31400 Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7657-5271
Albert VerdaguerCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
Alexander M BittnerCIC nanoGUNE (BRTA), Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia, Spain.
CIC nanoGUNE · ESCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRIkerbasque · ESInstitut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia · ES

Funding

Diputación Foral de Guipuzcoa PCTi 2015Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza Elkartek ng20Eusko Jaurlaritza PI2013-57Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España MAT2013-4006-RMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España MDM 2016 0618Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España PID2019-104650GB-C22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epidemic spread of many viral infections is mediated by the environmental conditions and influenced by the ambient humidity. Single virus particles have been mainly visualized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) in liquid conditions, where the effect of the relative humidity on virus topography and surface cannot be systematically assessed. In this work, we employed multi-frequency AFM, simultaneously with standard topography imaging, to study the nanoscale wetting of individual Tobacco Mosaic virions (TMV) from ambient relative humidity to water condensation (RH > 100%). We recorded amplitude and phase vs. distance curves (APD curves) on top of single virions at various RH and converted them into force vs. distance curves. The high sensitivity of multifrequency AFM to visualize condensed water and sub-micrometer droplets, filling gaps between individual TMV particles at RH > 100%, is demonstrated. Dynamic force spectroscopy allows detecting a thin water layer of thickness ~1 nm, adsorbed on the outer surface of single TMV particles at RH < 60%.

Indexed as

HumidityMicroscopy, Atomic ForceTobacco Mosaic VirusVirionWaterWettabilityWateramplitude-modulation AM-AFMforce reconstructionmultifrequency AFMnanoscale wettingTobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

Identifiers

PMID34500617
PMCPMC8434471
OpenAlexW3196323063

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