Abstract:
Provided are a first tank; a second tank; a thin film having a nanopore, which communicates the first tank to the second tank, and disposed between the first and second tanks; a first electrode provided in the first tank; and a second electrode provided in the second tank. A wall surface of the nanopore has an ion adsorption preventing structure to prevent desorption/adsorption of an ion contained in a solution filling the first tank and/or the second tank, and a voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes to measure an ion current flowing through the nanopore.
Abstract:
A composite structure with high pressure resistance that is suitable for a flow channel is produced by reducing the number of components while maintaining the excellent chemical resistance and high stress tolerance inherent to a glass substrate and a resin substrate. A glass substrate surface is modified with a hydrolyzable silicon compound, and the glass substrate is brought into contact with the resin substrate. Subsequently, the contact surface between the glass substrate and the resin substrate is heated to a temperature from the glass transition temperature to the pyrolysis temperature of the resin substrate, eliminating gaps between the glass substrate and the resin substrate to bring them into close contact with each other, and causing chemical binding or anchor effects between the glass substrate and the resin substrate via the hydrolyzable silicon compound. Thus, the glass substrate and the resin substrate are firmly fixed to each other.
Abstract:
To slow down the speed of a biopolymer passing through a nanopore during electrophoresis to such a speed that enables a monomer sequence analysis to be performed. A biopolymer analysis device includes two tanks 101a and 101b each capable of storing a solution containing a biopolymer and an electrolyte, a pair of electrodes 105a and 105b, a thin film 104 with a nanopore, and a three-dimensional structure 103 disposed on the thin film. The three-dimensional structure has a void that can store a solution, and the void forms a flow channel, the flow channel being adapted to allow the solution to pass therethrough from the nanopore to a portion above the three-dimensional structure, and having on its surface a functional group capable of adsorbing the biopolymer. Thus, when a voltage is applied, the three-dimensional structure is not re-dispersed in the solution at least in the range of a hemisphere having the nanopore as the center and having a biopolymer trapping length r as the radius.
Abstract:
A detector for liquid chromatography has light sources that generate light in an ultraviolet region and in a near-infrared region; a flow cell, through which sample liquid flows; an optical system to let light generated from the light sources become incident on the flow cell concurrently; a detection element that detects light in the ultraviolet region that passes through the flow cell; a detection element that detects light in the near-infrared region that passes through the flow cell; and an arithmetic operation part that performs arithmetic operation of a first signal value obtained from the detection element and of a second signal value obtained from the detection element. The arithmetic operation part combines the first signal value and the second signal value to calculate a signal value with a reduced baseline fluctuation resulting from a mobile phase during a gradient analysis.
Abstract:
The purpose of the invention is to provide a method for analyzing biomolecules with which it is possible to easily suppress the occlusion of nanopores. The first embodiment of the invention is a method for analyzing biomolecules including a step for preparing a substrate having nanopores, a step for placing a sample solution including biomolecules and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, guanidine compounds, and salts thereof on the substrate, and a step for detecting the changes in light or electrical signal generated when the biomolecules pass through the nanopores.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a biomolecule measuring device that can decrease the influence of crosstalk between chambers. A biomolecule measuring device according to the present invention supplies, to electrodes equipped on chambers, voltages modulated differently to each other.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to solve inhibition of biopolymer measurement in a nanopore, which involves three-dimensional conformation of a biopolymer containing a nucleic acid. The present invention provides a device for analyzing a biopolymer containing a nucleic acid, the device including: an array device including a plurality of thin film parts having a nanopore; a single common container and a plurality of individual containers capable of storing a measurement solution which is brought into contact with the thin films; and individual electrodes respectively provided in the plurality of individual containers, wherein: the measurement solution is introduced into each of the individual containers and the common container so as to be brought into contact with the thin films; and the measurement solution has a pH equal to or greater than pKa of a guanine base and contains cesium ions as electrolyte cations.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for treating biomolecules and a method for analyzing biomolecules with which it is possible to effectively suppress the clog of nanopores. The present invention is a method for treating biomolecules for analysis in which nanopores are used, wherein the method includes a step for preparing a sample solution that includes ammonium cations represented by a prescribed formula and biomolecules in which at least a portion of the higher-order structure has been fused.
Abstract:
To enhance the potential stability of a solid-electrode-type ion-selective electrode and reduce individual variations, the present invention is provided with an ion-sensitive membrane adapted to be in contact with a measurement solution, a mixture of graphite and liquid oil that is in contact with the ion-sensitive membrane, and a conductor that is in contact with the mixture of graphite and liquid oil.
Abstract:
A composite structure with high pressure resistance that is suitable for a flow channel is produced by reducing the number of components while maintaining the excellent chemical resistance and high stress tolerance inherent to a glass substrate and a resin substrate. A glass substrate surface is modified with a hydrolyzable silicon compound, and the glass substrate is brought into contact with the resin substrate. Subsequently, the contact surface between the glass substrate and the resin substrate is heated to a temperature from the glass transition temperature to the pyrolysis temperature of the resin substrate, eliminating gaps between the glass substrate and the resin substrate to bring them into close contact with each other, and causing chemical binding or anchor effects between the glass substrate and the resin substrate via the hydrolyzable silicon compound. Thus, the glass substrate and the resin substrate are firmly fixed to each other.