• 文献标题:   Stacked Graphene-Al2O3 Nanopore Sensors for Sensitive Detection of DNA and DNA-Protein Complexes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VENKATESAN BM, ESTRADA D, BANERJEE S, JIN XZ, DORGAN VE, BAE MH, ALURU NR, POP E, BASHIR R
  • 作者关键词:   nanopore, graphene, dna, translocation, sequencing
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Illinois
  • 被引频次:   146
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn203769e
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We report the development of a multilayered graphene-Al2O3 nanopore platform for the sensitive detection of DNA and DNA-protein complexes. Graphene-Al2O3 nanolaminate membranes are formed by sequentially depositing layers of graphene and Al2O3, with nanopores being formed in these membranes using an electron-beam sculpting process. The resulting nanopores are highly robust, exhibit low electrical noise (significantly lower than nanopores in pure graphene), are highly sensitive to electrolyte pH at low KCl concentrations (attributed to the high buffer capacity of Al2O3), and permit the electrical biasing of the embedded graphene electrode, thereby allowing for three terminal nanopore measurements. In proof-of-principle biomolecule sensing experiments, the folded and unfolded transport of single DNA molecules and RecA-coated DNA complexes could be discerned with high temporal resolution. The process described here also enables nanopore integration with new graphene-based structures, Including nanoribbons and nanogaps, for single-molecule DNA sequencing and medical diagnostic applications.