Single-Stranded DNA Translocation Recordings through Solid-State Nanopores on Glass Chips at 10 MHz Measurement Bandwidth
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Accurate and low-cost analysis of biomolecules is important for many applications. This work seeks to further improve the measurement bandwidths achievable with solid-state nanopores, which have emerged as an important platform for this analysis. We report single-stranded DNA translocation recordings at a bandwidth of 10 MHz copolymers of 80 (C 20 A 20 C 20 A 20 ), 90 (C 30 A 30 C 30 ), and 200 (C 50 A 50 C 50 A 50 ) nucleotides through Si nanopores with effective diameters of 1.4–2.1 nm and effective membrane thicknesses 0.5–8.9 nm. By optimizing glass chips with thin nanopores and by integrating them with custom-designed amplifiers based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology, this work demonstrates detection of translocation events as brief as 100 ns with a signal-to-noise ratio exceeding seven at a measurement bandwidth of 10 MHz. We also report data robustness and variability across 13 pores of similar size and thickness, yielding a current blockade between 30 and 60% with a mean ionic current blockade (Δ I ) of ∼3–9 nA and a characteristic dwell time of ∼2–21 ns per nucleotide. These measurements show that characteristic translocation rates are at least 10 times faster than previously recorded. We detect transient intraevent fluctuations, multiple current levels within translocation events, and variability of DNA translocation event signatures and durations.
Source: ACS Nano
Institutions: University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1204860076, G1261373819, G143808173, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, NNCI: Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub (MANTH) for Research, Education, & Innovation, EFRI 2-DARE: Two-dimensional nanopores with electro-optical control for next generation biotechnological applications, Single Molecule Real Time Electronic Sequencing, G9000020264
OpenAlex ID: W2969908949