Nucleosides diffusing through a 2 nm electron-tunneling junction generate current spikes of sub-millisecond duration with a broad distribution of peak currents. This distribution narrows …
JT Huang, CH Tsai - US Patent App. 11/409,793, 2006 - Google Patents
The invention disclosed a method based on nano-transistors for ultra-rapid DNA sequencing. The method provides micro-fabricated electrodes, which are applied for …
Techniques for controlling the position of a charged polymer inside a nanopore are provided. For example, one technique includes using electrostatic control to position a linear …
M Zhu - US Patent 7,279,337, 2007 - Google Patents
Systems and methods of identifying molecules of polymers such as, for example, a nucleic acid, are described. The method involves centering a bias voltage across a pair of …
X Ling, B Bready - US Patent App. 11/538,189, 2007 - Google Patents
A method of employing a nanopore structure in a manner that allows the detection of the positions (relative and/or absolute) of nucleic acid probes that are hybridized onto a single …
MH Gershow, JA Golovchenko, D Branton - US Patent 8,273,532, 2012 - Google Patents
The invention provides nanopore device configurations and techniques for employing such configurations to enable single molecule manipulation and characterization with a …
B Tran - US Patent 7,019,391, 2006 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are disclosed to process a semicon ductor substrate by fabricating a first layer on the substrate using macroscale semiconductor fabrication techniques; …
JS Oliver - US Patent 8,715,933, 2014 - Google Patents
Assay methods and apparatus for the analysis of biopolymers are disclosed. The assays employ nicking endonucleases to enable the generation of flaps on target biomolecules …