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Nanopore Membranes for Single-Molecule Detection and Characterization. Anna Schibel, Ryuji Kawano and Henry S. White University of Utah October 26, 2007. The Glass Nanopore (GNP) Membrane . Zhang et al. Anal. Chem. 2007 , 79 , 4778-4787. . Fabrication of the GNP Membrane. Bo Zhang.
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Nanopore Membranes for Single-Molecule Detection and Characterization Anna Schibel, Ryuji Kawano and Henry S. White University of Utah October 26, 2007
The Glass Nanopore (GNP) Membrane Zhang et al. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 4778-4787.
Fabrication of the GNP Membrane Bo Zhang Nanopore membrane Nanopore electrode Nanodisk electrode Zhang, B.; Galusha, J.; Wang, G.; Bergren, A. J.; Jones, R. M.; White, R. J.; Ervin, E. N.; Cauley, C. C.; Shiozawa, P.; White, H. S. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 4778-4787.
Stochastic Single-Molecule Detection HL insertion Single Binding Events Applied Voltage -40 mV 250 nm pore 1 M KCl 10 mM Potassium phosphate buffer pH 7.4 3 M aHL backside 50 M s7CD frontside Unbound State Bound State - -Hemolysin (HL) Gu et al., Science 2001, 291, 636-640 - hepta-sulfano--cyclodextrin (s7CD) R = -OSO3-
Stochastic Single-Molecule Detection i 1 s a7CD Electrostatic trapping Clement Osei Akoto Rainer Group R = NH3+ GNP radius - 95 nm Voltage in wrt cis side 50 M a7CD detection cis - Reference Electrostatically trap molecule inside HL channel trans + - a7CD + + + 50 M a7CD
Nanoparticle Detection Gold Nanoparticle with Tiopronin Monolayer 2nm Wang, G., Single Nanoparticle Sensing with Protein Ion Channel Embedded in Lipid Bilayer Supported By Glass Nanopore Membrane (unpublished)
Characterization of Hairpin DNA Structures Common structure 9bp-GC 9bp-AT 9bp-TG
Discrimination Of Individual DNA Hairpin Molecules 9 bp-TG 9 bp-AT 1 sec 1 sec 1 sec 9 bp-GC Current ~1 minute
Heparin Detection - - - - - Heparin
Applications In Development • Biomedical Analysis • DNA sequencing • Heparin analysis • Homeland Defense • Chemical warfare agent detection • Environmental Analysis • Ultra-trace level detection of pollutants • Nano-particle analysis