Lithography-free formation of nanopores in plastic membranes using laser heating

S Wu, SR Park, XS Ling - Nano letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
Synthetic nanopores are a new class of single-molecule sensors capable of electronically
detecting, counting, and characterizing biomolecules. There have been studies of nanopore …

Shrinking of solid-state nanopores by direct thermal heating

W Asghar, A Ilyas, JA Billo, SM Iqbal - Nanoscale research letters, 2011 - Springer
Solid-state nanopores have emerged as useful single-molecule sensors for DNA and
proteins. A novel and simple technique for solid-state nanopore fabrication is reported here …

Fast and deterministic fabrication of sub-5 nanometer solid-state pores by feedback-controlled laser processing

E Zvuloni, A Zrehen, T Gilboa, A Meller - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanopores are single-molecule sensors capable of detecting and quantifying a broad range
of unlabeled biomolecules including DNA and proteins. Nanopores' generic sensing …

Nanopore arrays in a silicon membrane for parallel single-molecule detection: fabrication

T Schmidt, M Zhang, I Sychugov, N Roxhed… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Solid state nanopores enable translocation and detection of single bio-molecules such as
DNA in buffer solutions. Here, sub-10 nm nanopore arrays in silicon membranes were …

Automated, ultra‐fast laser‐drilling of nanometer scale pores and nanopore arrays in aqueous solutions

T Gilboa, E Zvuloni, A Zrehen… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to quickly and reliably fabricate nanoscale pore arrays in ultra‐thin membranes
such as silicon nitride (SixN) is extremely important for the growing field of nanopore …

DNA translocation through an array of kinked nanopores

Z Chen, Y Jiang, DR Dunphy, DP Adams, C Hodges… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Synthetic solid-state nanopores are being intensively investigated as single-molecule
sensors for detection and characterization of DNA, RNA and proteins. This field has been …

Optically-monitored nanopore fabrication using a focused laser beam

T Gilboa, A Zrehen, A Girsault, A Meller - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Solid-state nanopores (ssNPs) are extremely versatile single-molecule sensors and their
potential have been established in numerous biomedical applications. However, the …

SEM-induced shrinking of solid-state nanopores for single molecule detection

AS Prabhu, KJ Freedman, JWF Robertson… - …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have investigated the mechanism by which the diameter of solid-state nanopores is
reduced by a scanning electron microscope. The process depends on beam parameters …

Characteristics of solid-state nanometre pores fabricated using a transmission electron microscope

MJ Kim, B McNally, K Murata, A Meller - Nanotechnology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Solid-state nanopores can be used to detect nucleic acid structures at the single molecule
level. An e-beam has been used to fabricate nanopores in silicon nitride and silicon dioxide …

Fabrication of solid-state nanopores with single-nanometre precision

AJ Storm, JH Chen, XS Ling, HW Zandbergen… - Nature materials, 2003 - nature.com
Single nanometre-sized pores (nanopores) embedded in an insulating membrane are an
exciting new class of nanosensors for rapid electrical detection and characterization of …