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TY - JOUR
T1 - Graphene sculpturene nanopores for DNA nucleobase sensing
AU - Sadeghi, Hatef
AU - Algaragholy, L.
AU - Pope, T.
AU - Bailey, S.
AU - Visontai, D.
AU - Manrique, D.
AU - Ferrer, J.
AU - Garcia-Suarez, V.
AU - Sangtarash, Sara
AU - Lambert, Colin J.
PY - 2014/6/19
Y1 - 2014/6/19
N2 - To demonstrate the potential of nanopores in bilayer graphene for DNA sequencing, we computed the current-voltage characteristics of a bilayer graphene junction containing a nanopore and found that they change significantly when nucleobases are transported through the pore. To demonstrate the sensitivity and selectivity of example devices, we computed the probability distribution P-X(beta) of the quantity beta representing the change in the logarithmic current through the pore due to the presence of a nucleobase X (X = adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine). We quantified the selectivity of the bilayer-graphene nanopores by showing that P-X(beta) exhibits distinct peaks for each base X. To demonstrate that such discriminating sensing is a general feature of bilayer nanopores, the well-separated positions of these peaks were shown to be present for different pores, with alternative examples of electrical contacts.
AB - To demonstrate the potential of nanopores in bilayer graphene for DNA sequencing, we computed the current-voltage characteristics of a bilayer graphene junction containing a nanopore and found that they change significantly when nucleobases are transported through the pore. To demonstrate the sensitivity and selectivity of example devices, we computed the probability distribution P-X(beta) of the quantity beta representing the change in the logarithmic current through the pore due to the presence of a nucleobase X (X = adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine). We quantified the selectivity of the bilayer-graphene nanopores by showing that P-X(beta) exhibits distinct peaks for each base X. To demonstrate that such discriminating sensing is a general feature of bilayer nanopores, the well-separated positions of these peaks were shown to be present for different pores, with alternative examples of electrical contacts.
KW - SOLID-STATE NANOPORES
KW - ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR
KW - SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES
KW - SENSITIVE DETECTION
KW - CARBON NANOTUBES
KW - BIOSENSORS
KW - SINGLE
KW - TRANSLOCATION
KW - GENERATIONS
KW - CHALLENGES
U2 - 10.1021/jp5034917
DO - 10.1021/jp5034917
M3 - Journal article
VL - 118
SP - 6908
EP - 6914
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
SN - 1520-6106
IS - 24
ER -