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 …

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 …

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 …

Photothermally assisted thinning of silicon nitride membranes for ultrathin asymmetric nanopores

H Yamazaki, R Hu, Q Zhao, M Wanunu - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sculpting solid-state materials at the nanoscale is an important step in the manufacturing of
numerous types of sensor devices, in particular solid-state nanopore sensors. Here we …

On stochastic reduction in laser-assisted dielectric breakdown for programmable nanopore fabrication

Z Tang, M Dong, X He, W Guan - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The controlled dielectric breakdown emerged as a promising alternative toward accessible
solid-state nanopore fabrication. Several prior studies have shown that laser-assisted …

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 …

Formation of single nanopores with diameters of 20–50 nm in silicon nitride membranes using laser-assisted controlled breakdown

C Ying, J Houghtaling, OM Eggenberger, A Guha… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanopores with diameters from 20 to 50 nm in silicon nitride (SiN x) windows are useful for
single-molecule studies of globular macromolecules. While controlled breakdown (CBD) is …

Controllable Shrinking Fabrication of Solid-State Nanopores

X Lei, J Zhang, H Hong, Z Yuan, Z Liu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanopores have attracted widespread attention in DNA sequencing and protein or
biomarker detection, owning to the single-molecule-scale detection accuracy. Despite the …

Force-controlled formation of dynamic nanopores for single-biomolecule sensing and single-cell secretomics

T Schlotter, S Weaver, C Forró, D Momotenko… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanopore sensing of single nucleotides has emerged as a promising single-molecule
technology for DNA sequencing and proteomics. Despite the conceptual simplicity of …

Solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays optimized for optical detection

F Sawafta, B Clancy, AT Carlsen, M Huber, AR Hall - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
While conventional solid-state nanopore measurements utilize ionic current, there is a
growing interest in alternative sensing paradigms, including optical detection. However, a …