Source:
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS, Volume 1622, Number 1, p.57-63 (2003)
Abstract:
The dielectric properties of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) have been
measured using time domain dielectric spectroscopy (TDDS) in the
temperature range from 1 to 40 degreesC. A single dielectric dispersion
is observed in the MHz range. The activation energy of the process is
found to be in the range 1-2 kcal/mol. The experimental data could not
be completely accounted for by current theoretical models, but evidence
indicates that the dielectric loss arises from polarisation of charge
on and around the virus. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.
