Viral transport in evaporating sessile model respiratory droplets
Javier Martínez Puig, Carlos de la Torre Luque, Carolina Arbesu Nieto, Pepijn I. Hoekstra, Fernando Usera, Beatriz Martín Jouve, Arancha de la Encina, Teresa Bartolomé, Marta Sanz, Fernando Almazán, Ana Oña, Alvaro Marin, Javier Rodríguez‐Rodríguez
The paper experimentally shows that viral particles in evaporating respiratory droplets aggregate in protein-rich regions, outside salt crystals, and links this to internal flow dynamics.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics