DIRECT SEQUENCING BIOMOLECULES AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF WITH TUNNELING ENHANCED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY ON NANOPORE CHIP

    公开(公告)号:US20250002990A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18709791

    申请日:2022-11-14

    Abstract: Disclosed are a nanopore-optical electronic device and a method for sequencing a biomolecule and modifications thereof. The nanopore-optical electronic device includes: a cis-fluidic chamber and a trans-fluidic chamber fabricated in a planar substrate; a nano-fluidic channel in between and connecting the cis-fluidic chamber and the trans-fluidic chamber; a first electrode and a second electrode sealed in the nano-fluidic channel and forming a nanogap/nanopore therebetween; a third electrode and fourth electrode disposed in the cis-fluidic chamber and the trans-fluidic chamber, respectively; an optical coupling element coupling an electromagnetic beam with the nanogap; an optical detector detecting an optical signal from the nanogap when a biomolecule translocates through the nanopore; and a current-measuring circuit concurrently measuring a tunneling current and ionic current when the biomolecule translocates through the nanopore. The recorded optical signal and tunneling current and ionic current signals are coincidental in time and colocalized in space.

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