Printing and Aligning Mesoscale Patterns of Tobacco mosaic virus on Surfaces

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. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2089/2008/adma200602879_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.