Figure 5.
Morphological analysis by AFM (A–D) and SEM (a–d) of the membrane surfaces used for LFT construction. NC membrane (A and a), conjugate pad before (B and b) and after loading of the detector conjugate (C and c), test line with capture conjugate (D and d), test line with sandwich complex (E and e). Detector conjugate: AuNPs-Nbs on the conjugate pad. Capture conjugate: AuNPs-ACE2 on the test line. Sandwich complex: S1 antigen in positive samples, sandwiched between the detector and capture conjugates on the test line.
