Abstract
We present scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) images of untreated tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) deposited on thermally evaporated and on sputter‐coated palladium/gold 40:60 (Pd/Au) substrates, and imaged under ordinary atmospheric conditions. The TMV imaged on both evaporated and sputter‐coated substrates was consistently several times wider than the known diameter of the virus. TMV on evaporated Pd/Au became overcoated with Pd/Au material during sample preparation and appeared elevated in STM images, whereas TMV on sputter‐coated Pd/Au appeared as depressions. When naked TMV were intentionally overcoated with Pd/Au, the STM images were found to be similar to those for TMV on evaporated Pd/Au. 1990 Blackwell Science Ltd
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 109-116 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Microscopy |
Volume | 158 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Scanning tunnelling microscope
- evaporated substrate
- palladium/gold
- sputter‐coated substrate
- tobacco mosaic virus