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Freeze fracture of colloidal crystalline TMV (Wetter) |
Thin section EM from colloidal crystal TMV. |
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CC of TMV viewed under crossed polars (Fraden) |
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All four images above are of colloidal crystalline TMV illuminated with white light. The TMV has a periodicity of 300 nm that acts like a diffraction grating for the white light. The samples are beautifully irridescent (Kreibig). |
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Carl Wetter, "Die Flussigkristalle des Tabakmosaikvirus", Biologie in unserer Zeit 3, 81-89 (1985).
Kreibig, U. and Wetter, C. "Light Diffraction of in vitro Crystals of Six Tobacco Mosaic Viruses." Z.Naturforsch. 35c:750, 1980
Fraden, S., Hurd, A.J., Meyer, R.B., Cahoon, M., and Caspar, D.L.D. "Magnetic Field Induced Alignment and Instabilities in Ordered Colloids of Tobacco Mosaic Virus." J.de Physique C3:85-113, 1985.
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