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Dorey A, Howorka S. Nanopore DNA sequencing technologies and their applications towards single-molecule proteomics. Nat Chem 2024; 16:314-334. [PMID: 38448507 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01322-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Sequencing of nucleic acids with nanopores has emerged as a powerful tool offering rapid readout, high accuracy, low cost and portability. This label-free method for sequencing at the single-molecule level is an achievement on its own. However, nanopores also show promise for the technologically even more challenging sequencing of polypeptides, something that could considerably benefit biological discovery, clinical diagnostics and homeland security, as current techniques lack portability and speed. Here we survey the biochemical innovations underpinning commercial and academic nanopore DNA/RNA sequencing techniques, and explore how these advances can fuel developments in future protein sequencing with nanopores.
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- Adam Dorey
- Department of Chemistry & Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry & Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.
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Seth S, Bhattacharya A. DNA Barcodes Using a Dual Nanopore Device. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2744:197-211. [PMID: 38683320 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3581-0_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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We report a novel method based on the current blockade (CB) characteristics obtained from a dual nanopore device that can determine DNA barcodes with near-perfect accuracy using a Brownian dynamics simulation strategy. The method supersedes our previously reported velocity correction algorithm (S. Seth and A. Bhattacharya, RSC Advances, 11:20781-20787, 2021), taking advantage of the better measurement of the time-of-flight (TOF) protocol offered by the dual nanopore setup. We demonstrate the efficacy of the method by comparing our simulation data from a coarse-grained model of a polymer chain consisting of 2048 excluded volume beads of diameter 𝜎 = 24 bp using with those obtained from experimental CB data from a 48,500 bp λ-phage DNA, providing a 48500 2400 ≅ 24 base pair resolution in simulation. The simulation time scale is compared to the experimental time scale by matching the simulated time-of-flight (TOF) velocity distributions with those obtained experimentally (Rand et al., ACS Nano, 16:5258-5273, 2022). We then use the evolving coordinates of the dsDNA and the molecular features to reconstruct the current blockade characteristics on the fly using a volumetric model based on the effective van der Waal radii of the species inside and in the immediate vicinity of the pore. Our BD simulation mimics the control-zoom-in-logic to understand the origin of the TOF distributions due to the relaxation of the out-of-equilibrium conformations followed by a reversal of the electric fields. The simulation algorithm is quite general and can be applied to differentiate DNA barcodes from different species.
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Zheng F, Alawami M, Zhu J, Platnich CM, Sha J, Keyser UF, Chen K. DNA Carrier-Assisted Molecular Ping-Pong in an Asymmetric Nanopore. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:11145-11151. [PMID: 38033205 PMCID: PMC10722531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Nanopore analysis relies on ensemble averaging of translocation signals obtained from numerous molecules, requiring a relatively high sample concentration and a long turnaround time from the sample to results. The recapture and subsequent re-reading of the same molecule is a promising alternative that enriches the signal information from a single molecule. Here, we describe how an asymmetric nanopore improves molecular ping-pong by promoting the recapture of the molecule in the trans reservoir. We also demonstrate that the molecular recapture could be improved by linking the target molecule to a long DNA carrier to reduce the diffusion, thereby achieving over 100 recapture events. Using this ping-pong methodology, we demonstrate its use in accurately resolving nanostructure motifs along a DNA scaffold through repeated detection. Our method offers novel insights into the control of DNA polymer dynamics within nanopore confinement and opens avenues for the development of a high-fidelity DNA detection platform.
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- Fei Zheng
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, United Kingdom
- School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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Sun LZ, Ying YJ. Moving dynamics of a nanorobot with three DNA legs on nanopore-based tracks. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:15794-15809. [PMID: 37740362 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03747a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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DNA nanorobots have garnered increasing attention in recent years due to their unique advantages of modularity and algorithm simplicity. To accomplish specific tasks in complex environments, various walking strategies are required for the DNA legs of the nanorobot. In this paper, we employ computational simulations to investigate a well-designed DNA-legged nanorobot moving along a nanopore-based track on a planar membrane. The nanorobot consists of a large nanoparticle as the robot core and three single-stranded DNAs (ssDNAs) as the robot legs. The nanopores linearly embedded in the membrane serve as the toeholds for the robot legs. A charge gradient along the pore distribution mainly powers the activation of the nanorobot. The nanorobot can move in two modes: a walking mode, where the robot legs sequentially enter the nanopores, and a jumping mode, where the robot legs may skip a nanopore to reach the next one. Moreover, we observe that the moving dynamics of the nanorobot on the nanopore-based tracks depends on pore-pore distance, pore charge gradient, external voltage, and leg length.
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- Li-Zhen Sun
- Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
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Hu R, Zhu R, Wei G, Wang Z, Gu ZY, Wanunu M, Zhao Q. Solid-State Quad-Nanopore Array for High-Resolution Single-Molecule Analysis and Discrimination. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2211399. [PMID: 37037423 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The ability to detect and distinguish biomolecules at the single-molecule level is at the forefront of today's biomedicine and analytical chemistry research. Increasing the dwell time of individual biomolecules in the sensing spot can greatly enhance the sensitivity of single-molecule methods. This is particularly important in solid-state nanopore sensing, where the detection of small molecules is often limited by the transit dwell time and insufficient temporal resolution. Here, a quad-nanopore is introduced, a square array of four nanopores (with a space interval of 30-50 nm) to improve the detection sensitivity through electric field manipulation in the access region. It is shown that dwell times of short DNA strands (200 bp) are prolonged in quad-nanopores as compared to single nanopores of the same diameter. The dependence of dwell times on the quad-pore spacing is investigated and it is found that the "retarding effect" increases with decreasing space intervals. Furthermore, ultra-short DNA (50 bp) detection is demonstrated using a 10 nm diameter quad-nanopore array, which is hardly detected by a single nanopore. Finally, the general utility of quad-nanopores has been verified by successful discrimination of two kinds of small molecules, metal-organic cage and bovine serum albumin (BSA).
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- Rui Hu
- State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226010, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, China
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Discriminating protein tags on a dsDNA construct using a Dual Nanopore Device. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11305. [PMID: 35787637 PMCID: PMC9253098 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14609-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We report Brownian dynamics simulation results with the specific goal to identify key parameters controlling the experimentally measurable characteristics of protein tags on a dsDNA construct translocating through a double nanopore setup. First, we validate the simulation scheme in silico by reproducing and explaining the physical origin of the asymmetric experimental dwell time distributions of the oligonucleotide flap markers on a 48 kbp long dsDNA at the left and the right pore. We study the effect of the electric field inside and beyond the pores, critical to discriminate the protein tags based on their effective charges and masses revealed through a generic power-law dependence of the average dwell time at each pore. The simulation protocols monitor piecewise dynamics at a sub-nanometer length scale and explain the disparate velocity using the concepts of nonequilibrium tension propagation theory. We further justify the model and the chosen simulation parameters by calculating the Péclet number which is in close agreement with the experiment. We demonstrate that our carefully chosen simulation strategies can serve as a powerful tool to discriminate different types of neutral and charged tags of different origins on a dsDNA construct in terms of their physical characteristics and can provide insights to increase both the efficiency and accuracy of an experimental dual-nanopore setup.
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Acharya A, Prajapati JD, Kleinekathöfer U. Atomistic Simulation of Molecules Interacting with Biological Nanopores: From Current Understanding to Future Directions. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:3995-4008. [PMID: 35616602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biological nanopores have been at the focus of numerous studies due to their role in many biological processes as well as their (prospective) technological applications. Among many other topics, recent studies on nanopores have addressed two key areas: antibiotic permeation through bacterial channels and sensing of analytes. Although the two areas are quite far apart in terms of their objectives, in both cases atomistic simulations attempt to understand the solute dynamics and the solute-protein interactions within the channel lumen. While decades of studies on various channels have culminated in an improved understanding of the key molecular factors and led to practical applications in some cases, successful utilization is limited. In this Perspective we summarize recent progress in understanding key issues in molecular simulations of antibiotic translocation and in the development of nanopore sensors. Moreover, we comment on possible advancements in computational algorithms that can potentially resolve some of the issues.
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- Abhishek Acharya
- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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Rand A, Zimny P, Nagel R, Telang C, Mollison J, Bruns A, Leff E, Reisner WW, Dunbar WB. Electronic Mapping of a Bacterial Genome with Dual Solid-State Nanopores and Active Single-Molecule Control. ACS NANO 2022; 16:5258-5273. [PMID: 35302746 PMCID: PMC9048701 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present an electronic mapping of a bacterial genome using solid-state nanopore technology. A dual-nanopore architecture and active control logic are used to produce single-molecule data that enables estimation of distances between physical tags installed at sequence motifs within double-stranded DNA. Previously developed "DNA flossing" control logic generates multiple scans of each captured DNA. We extended this logic in two ways: first, to automate "zooming out" on each molecule to progressively increase the number of tags scanned during flossing, and second, to automate recapture of a molecule that exited flossing to enable interrogation of the same and/or different regions of the molecule. Custom analysis methods were developed to produce consensus alignments from each multiscan event. The combined multiscanning and multicapture method was applied to the challenge of mapping from a heterogeneous mixture of single-molecule fragments that make up the Escherichia coli (E. coli) chromosome. Coverage of 3.1× across 2355 resolvable sites of the E. coli genome was achieved after 5.6 h of recording time. The recapture method showed a 38% increase in the merged-event alignment length compared to single-scan alignments. The observed intertag resolution was 150 bp in engineered DNA molecules and 166 bp natively within fragments of E. coli DNA, with detection of 133 intersite intervals shorter than 200 bp in the E. coli reference map. We present results on estimating distances in repetitive regions of the E. coli genome. With an appropriately designed array, higher throughput implementations could enable human-sized genome and epigenome mapping applications.
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- Arthur Rand
- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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- Department
of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2T8
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- Nooma
Bio, 250 Natural Bridges
Drive, Santa Cruz, California 95060-5790, United States
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Choudhary A, Maffeo C, Aksimentiev A. Multi-resolution simulation of DNA transport through large synthetic nanostructures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:2706-2716. [PMID: 35050282 PMCID: PMC8855663 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04589j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Modeling and simulation has become an invaluable partner in development of nanopore sensing systems. The key advantage of the nanopore sensing method - the ability to rapidly detect individual biomolecules as a transient reduction of the ionic current flowing through the nanopore - is also its key deficiency, as the current signal itself rarely provides direct information about the chemical structure of the biomolecule. Complementing experimental calibration of the nanopore sensor readout, coarse-grained and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations have been used extensively to characterize the nanopore translocation process and to connect the microscopic events taking place inside the nanopore to the experimentally measured ionic current blockades. Traditional coarse-grained simulations, however, lack the precision needed to predict ionic current blockades with atomic resolution whereas traditional all-atom simulations are limited by the length and time scales amenable to the method. Here, we describe a multi-resolution framework for modeling electric field-driven passage of DNA molecules and nanostructures through to-scale models of synthetic nanopore systems. We illustrate the method by simulating translocation of double-stranded DNA through a solid-state nanopore and a micron-scale slit, capture and translocation of single-stranded DNA in a double nanopore system, and modeling ionic current readout from a DNA origami nanostructure passage through a nanocapillary. We expect our multi-resolution simulation framework to aid development of the nanopore field by providing accurate, to-scale modeling capability to research laboratories that do not have access to leadership supercomputer facilities.
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- Adnan Choudhary
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Si W, Yang H, Wu G, Zhang Y, Sha J. Velocity control of protein translocation through a nanopore by tuning the fraction of benzenoid residues. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:15352-15361. [PMID: 34498657 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04492c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Protein sequencing is essential to unveil the mechanism of cellular processes that govern the function of living organisms, and which play a crucial role in the field of drug design and molecular diagnostics. Nanopores have been proved to be effective tools in single molecule sensing, but the fast translocation speed of a peptide through a nanopore is one of the major obstacles that hinders the development of nanopore-based protein sequencing. In this work, by using molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) it is found that the peptide containing more hydrophobic residues permeates slower through a molybdenum disulfide nanopore, which originates from the strong interaction between the membrane surface and the hydrophobic residues. The binding affinity is remarkable especially for benzenoid residues as they contain a hydrophobic aromatic ring that is composed of relatively non-polar C-C and C-H bonds. By tuning the fraction of benzenoid residues of the peptide, the velocity of the protein translocation through the nanopore is well controlled. The peptide with all the hydrophobic residues being benzenoid residues is found to translocate through the nanopore almost ten times slower than the one without any benzenoid residues, which is beneficial for gathering adequate information for precise amino acid identification.
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- Wei Si
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China.
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- School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, China.
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Niedzwiecki DJ, DiPaolo B, Lin CY, Castan A, Keneipp R, Drndić M. Devices for Nanoscale Guiding of DNA through a 2D Nanopore. ACS Sens 2021; 6:2534-2545. [PMID: 34228425 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We fabricate on-chip solid-state nanofluidic-2D nanopore systems that can limit the range of motion for DNA in the sensing region of a nanopore. We do so by creating devices containing one or more silicon nitride pores and silicon nitride pillars supporting a 2D pore that orient DNA within a nanopore device to a restricted geometry, yet allow the free motion of ions to maintain a high signal-to-noise ratio. We discuss two concepts with two and three independent electrical connections and corresponding nanopore chip device architectures to achieve this goal in practice. Here, we describe device fabrication and transmission electron microscope (TEM) images, and provide simulated translocations based on the finite element analysis in 3D to demonstrate its merit. In both methods, there is a main 2D nanopore which we refer to as a "sensing" nanopore (monolayer MoS2 in this paper). A secondary layer is either an array of guiding pores sharing the same electrode pair as the sensing pore (Method 1) or a single, independently contacted, guiding pore (Method 2). These pores are constructed parallel to the "sensing" pore and serve as "guiding" elements to stretch and feed DNA into the atomically thin sensing pore. We discuss the practical implementation of these concepts with nanofluidic and Si-based technology, including detailed fabrication steps and challenges involved for DNA applications in solution.
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- David J. Niedzwiecki
- Goeppert LLC, Pennovation, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146, United States
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- Goeppert LLC, Pennovation, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, David Rittenhouse Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, David Rittenhouse Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, David Rittenhouse Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, David Rittenhouse Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Chou YC, Chen J, Lin CY, Drndić M. Engineering adjustable two-pore devices for parallel ion transport and DNA translocations. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:105102. [PMID: 33722020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We report ionic current and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) translocation measurements through solid-state membranes with two TEM-drilled ∼3-nm diameter silicon nitride nanopores in parallel. Nanopores are fabricated with similar diameters but varying in effective thicknesses (from 2.6 to 10 nm) ranging from a thickness ratio of 1:1 to 1:3.75, producing distinct conductance levels. This was made possible by locally thinning the silicon nitride membrane to shape the desired topography with nanoscale precision using electron beam lithography (EBL). Two nanopores are engineered and subsequently drilled in either the EBL-thinned or the surrounding membrane region. By designing the interpore separation a few orders of magnitude larger than the pore diameter (e.g., ∼900 vs 3 nm), we show analytically, numerically, and experimentally that the total conductance of the two pores is the sum of the individual pore conductances. For a two-pore device with similar diameters yet thicknesses in the ratio of 1:3, a ratio of ∼1:2.2 in open-pore conductances and translocation current signals is expected, as if they were measured independently. Introducing dsDNA as analytes to both pores simultaneously, we detect more than 12 000 events within 2 min and trace them back with a high likelihood to which pore the dsDNA translocated through. Moreover, we monitor translocations through one active pore only when the other pore is clogged. This work demonstrates how two-pore devices can fundamentally open up a parallel translocation reading system for solid-state nanopores. This approach could be creatively generalized to more pores with desired parameters given a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio.
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- Yung-Chien Chou
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Seth S, Bhattacharya A. DNA barcode by flossing through a cylindrical nanopore. RSC Adv 2021; 11:20781-20787. [PMID: 34178311 PMCID: PMC8190898 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00349f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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We report an accurate method to determine DNA barcodes from the dwell time measurement of protein tags (barcodes) along the DNA backbone using Brownian dynamics simulation of a model DNA and use a recursive theoretical scheme which improves the measurements to almost 100% accuracy. The heavier protein tags along the DNA backbone introduce a large speed variation in the chain that can be understood using the idea of non-equilibrium tension propagation theory. However, from an initial rough characterization of velocities into “fast” (nucleotides) and “slow” (protein tags) domains, we introduce a physically motivated interpolation scheme that enables us to determine the barcode velocities rather accurately. Our theoretical analysis of the motion of the DNA through a cylindrical nanopore opens up the possibility of its experimental realization and carries over to multi-nanopore devices used for barcoding. We report a method for DNA barcoding from the dwell time measurement of protein tags (barcodes) along the DNA backbone using Brownian dynamics simulation of a model DNA and use a recursive scheme to improve the measurements to almost 100% accuracy.![]()
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- Swarnadeep Seth
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida Orlando FL 32816-2385 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida Orlando FL 32816-2385 USA
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The potential of a double nanopore system to determine DNA barcodes has been demonstrated experimentally. By carrying out Brownian dynamics simulation on a coarse-grained model DNA with protein tag (barcodes) at known locations along the chain backbone, we demonstrate that due to large variation of velocities of the chain segments between the tags, it is inevitable to under/overestimate the genetic lengths from the experimental current blockade and time of flight data. We demonstrate that it is the tension propagation along the chain's backbone that governs the motion of the entire chain and is the key element to explain the non uniformity and disparate velocities of the tags and DNA monomers under translocation that introduce errors in measurement of the length segments between protein tags. Using simulation data we further demonstrate that it is important to consider the dynamics of the entire chain and suggest methods to accurately decipher barcodes. We introduce and validate an interpolation scheme using simulation data for a broad distribution of tag separations and suggest how to implement the scheme experimentally.
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Seth S, Bhattacharya A. Polymer escape through a three dimensional double-nanopore system. J Chem Phys 2021; 153:104901. [PMID: 32933266 DOI: 10.1063/5.0015310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We study the escape dynamics of a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) through an idealized double nanopore geometry subject to two equal and opposite forces (tug-of-war) using Brownian dynamics (BD) simulation. In addition to the geometrical restrictions imposed on the cocaptured dsDNA segment in between the pores, the presence of tug-of-war forces at each pore results in a variation of the local chain stiffness for the segment of the chain in between the pores, which increases the overall stiffness of the chain. We use the BD simulation results to understand how the intrinsic chain stiffness and the tug-of-war forces affect the escape dynamics by monitoring the local chain persistence length ℓp, the residence time of the individual monomers W(m) in the nanopores, and the chain length dependence of the escape time ⟨τ⟩ and its distribution. Finally, we generalize the scaling theory for the unbiased single nanopore translocation for a fully flexible chain for the escape of a semi-flexible chain through a double nanopore in the presence of tug-of-war forces. We establish that the stiffness dependent part of the escape time is approximately independent of the translocation mechanism so that ⟨τ⟩∼ℓp 2/D+2, and therefore, the generalized escape time for a semi-flexible chain can be written as ⟨τ⟩=ANαℓp 2/D+2. We use the BD simulation results to compare the predictions of the scaling theory. Our numerical studies supplemented by scaling analysis provide fundamental insights to design new experiments where a dsDNA moves slowly through a series of graphene nanopores.
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- Swarnadeep Seth
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA
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Fried JP, Swett JL, Nadappuram BP, Mol JA, Edel JB, Ivanov AP, Yates JR. In situ solid-state nanopore fabrication. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4974-4992. [PMID: 33623941 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00924e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nanopores in solid-state membranes are promising for a wide range of applications including DNA sequencing, ultra-dilute analyte detection, protein analysis, and polymer data storage. Techniques to fabricate solid-state nanopores have typically been time consuming or lacked the resolution to create pores with diameters down to a few nanometres, as required for the above applications. In recent years, several methods to fabricate nanopores in electrolyte environments have been demonstrated. These in situ methods include controlled breakdown (CBD), electrochemical reactions (ECR), laser etching and laser-assisted controlled breakdown (la-CBD). These techniques are democratising solid-state nanopores by providing the ability to fabricate pores with diameters down to a few nanometres (i.e. comparable to the size of many analytes) in a matter of minutes using relatively simple equipment. Here we review these in situ solid-state nanopore fabrication techniques and highlight the challenges and advantages of each method. Furthermore we compare these techniques by their desired application and provide insights into future research directions for in situ nanopore fabrication methods.
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- Jasper P Fried
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Choudhary A, Joshi H, Chou HY, Sarthak K, Wilson J, Maffeo C, Aksimentiev A. High-Fidelity Capture, Threading, and Infinite-Depth Sequencing of Single DNA Molecules with a Double-Nanopore System. ACS NANO 2020; 14:15566-15576. [PMID: 33174731 PMCID: PMC8848087 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanopore sequencing of nucleic acids has an illustrious history of innovations that eventually made commercial nanopore sequencing possible. Nevertheless, the present nanopore sequencing technology leaves much room for improvement, especially with respect to accuracy of raw reads and detection of nucleotide modifications. Double-nanopore sequencing-an approach where a DNA molecule is pulled back and forth by a tug-of-war of two nanopores-could potentially improve single-molecule read accuracy and modification detection by offering multiple reads of the same DNA fragment. One principle difficulty in realizing such a technology is threading single-stranded DNA through both nanopores. Here, we describe and demonstrate through simulations a nanofluidic system for loading and threading DNA strands through a double-nanopore setup with nearly 100% fidelity. The high-efficiency loading is realized by using hourglass-shaped side channels that not only deliver the molecules to the nanopore but also retain molecules that missed the nanopore at the first passage to attempt the nanopore capture again. The second nanopore capture is facilitated by an orthogonal microfluidic flow that unravels the molecule captured by the first nanopore and delivers it to the capture volume of the second nanopore. We demonstrate the potential utility of our double-nanopore system for DNA sequencing by simulating repeat back-and-forth motion-flossing-of a DNA strand through the double-nanopore system. We show that repeat exposure of the same DNA fragments to the nanopore sensing volume considerably increases accuracy of the nucleotide sequence determination and that correlated displacement of ssDNA through the two nanopores may facilitate recognition of homopolymer fragments.
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- Adnan Choudhary
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Si W, Yu M, Wu G, Chen C, Sha J, Zhang Y, Chen Y. A Nanoparticle-DNA Assembled Nanorobot Powered by Charge-Tunable Quad-Nanopore System. ACS NANO 2020; 14:15349-15360. [PMID: 33151055 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Molecular machines hold keys to performing intrinsic functions in living cells so that the organisms can work properly, and unveiling the mechanism of functional molecule machines as well as elucidating the dynamic process of interaction with their surrounding environment is an attractive pharmaceutical target for human health. Due to the limitations of searching and exploring all possible motors in human bodies, designing and constructing functional nanorobots is vital for meeting the fast-rising demand of revealing life science and related diagnostics. Here, we theoretically designed a nanoparticle-DNA assembled nanorobot that can move along a solid-state membrane surface. The nanorobot is composed of a nanoparticle and four single-stranded DNAs. Our molecular dynamics simulations show that electroosmosis could be the main power driving the movement of a nanorobot. After the DNA strands were one-to-one captured by the nanopores in the membrane, by tuning the surface charge density of each nanopore, we have theoretically shown that the electroosmosis coupled with electrophoresis can be used to drive the movement of the nanorobot in desired directions along the graphene membrane surface. It is believed that the well-controlled nanorobot will lead to many exciting applications, such as cargo delivery, nanomanipulation, and so on, if it is implemented in the near future.
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- Wei Si
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Bhattacharya A, Seth S. Tug of war in a double-nanopore system. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:052407. [PMID: 32575312 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.052407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We simulate a tug-of-war (TOW) scenario for a model double-stranded DNA threading through a double nanopore (DNP) system. The DNA, simultaneously captured at both pores, is subject to two equal and opposite forces -f[over ⃗]_{L}=f[over ⃗]_{R} (TOW), where f[over ⃗]_{L} and f[over ⃗]_{R} are the forces applied to the left and the right pore, respectively. Even though the net force on the DNA polymer Δf[over ⃗]_{LR}=f[over ⃗]_{L}+f[over ⃗]_{R}=0, the mean first passage time (MFPT) 〈τ〉 depends on the magnitude of the TOW forces |f_{L}|=|f_{R}|=f_{LR}. We qualitatively explain this dependence of 〈τ〉 on f_{LR} from the known results for the single-pore translocation of a triblock copolymer A-B-A with ℓ_{pB}>ℓ_{pA}, where ℓ_{pA} and ℓ_{pB} are the persistence length of the A and B segments, respectively. We demonstrate that the time of flight of a monomer with index m [〈τ_{LR}(m)〉] from one pore to the other exhibits quasiperiodic structure commensurate with the distance between the pores d_{LR}. Finally, we study the situation where we offset the TOW biases so that Δf[over ⃗]_{LR}=f[over ⃗]_{L}+f[over ⃗]_{R}≠0, and qualitatively reproduce the experimental result of the dependence of the MFPT on Δf[over ⃗]_{LR}. We demonstrate that, for a moderate bias, the MFPT for the DNP system for a chain length N follows the same scaling ansatz as that for the single nanopore, 〈τ〉=(AN^{1+ν}+η_{pore}N)(Δf_{LR})^{-1}, where η_{pore} is the pore friction, which enables us to estimate 〈τ〉 for a long chain. Our Brownian dynamics simulation studies provide fundamental insights and valuable information about the details of the translocation speed obtained from 〈τ_{LR}(m)〉, and accuracy of the translation of the data obtained in the time domain to units of genomic distances.
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- Aniket Bhattacharya
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA
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Cadinu P, Kang M, Nadappuram BP, Ivanov AP, Edel JB. Individually Addressable Multi-nanopores for Single-Molecule Targeted Operations. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:2012-2019. [PMID: 32053383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The fine-tuning of molecular transport is a ubiquitous problem of single-molecule methods. The latter is evident even in powerful single-molecule techniques such as nanopore sensing, where the quest for resolving more detailed biomolecular features is often limited by insufficient control of the dynamics of individual molecules within the detection volume of the nanopore. In this work, we introduce and characterize a reconfigurable multi-nanopore architecture that enables additional channels to manipulate the dynamics of DNA molecules in a nanopore. We show that the fabrication process of this device, consisting of four adjacent, individually addressable nanopores located at the tip of a quartz nanopipette, is fast and highly reproducible. By individually tuning the electric field across each nanopore, these devices can operate in several unique cooperative detection modes that allow moving, sensing, and trapping of DNA molecules with high efficiency and increased temporal resolution.
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- Paolo Cadinu
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K
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Liu X, Zimny P, Zhang Y, Rana A, Nagel R, Reisner W, Dunbar WB. Flossing DNA in a Dual Nanopore Device. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1905379. [PMID: 31858745 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201905379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Solid-state nanopores are a single-molecule technique that can provide access to biomolecular information that is otherwise masked by ensemble averaging. A promising application uses pores and barcoding chemistries to map molecular motifs along single DNA molecules. Despite recent research breakthroughs, however, it remains challenging to overcome molecular noise to fully exploit single-molecule data. Here, an active control technique termed "flossing" that uses a dual nanopore device is presented to trap a proteintagged DNA molecule and up to 100's of back-and-forth electrical scans of the molecule are performed in a few seconds. The protein motifs bound to 48.5 kb λ-DNA are used as detectable features for active triggering of the bidirectional control. Molecular noise is suppressed by averaging the multiscan data to produce averaged intertag distance estimates that are comparable to their known values. Since nanopore feature-mapping applications require DNA linearization when passing through the pore, a key advantage of flossing is that trans-pore linearization is increased to >98% by the second scan, compared to 35% for single nanopore passage of the same set of molecules. In concert with barcoding methods, the dual-pore flossing technique could enable genome mapping and structural variation applications, or mapping loci of epigenetic relevance.
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- Xu Liu
- Ontera Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
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- Department of Physics, McGill University Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, McGill University Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada
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Huang HC, Hsiao PY. Scaling Behaviors of a Polymer Ejected from a Cavity through a Small Pore. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:267801. [PMID: 31951464 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.267801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Langevin dynamics simulations are performed to investigate ejection dynamics of spherically confined flexible polymers through a pore. By varying the chain length N and the initial volume fraction ϕ_{0} of the monomers, two scaling behaviors for the ejection velocity v on the monomer number m in the cavity are obtained: v∼m^{1.25}ϕ_{0}^{1.25}/N^{1.6} for large m and v∼m^{-1.4} as m is small. A robust scaling theory is developed by dividing the process into the confined and the nonconfined stages, and the dynamical equation is derived via the study of energy dissipation. After trimming the prior stage related to the escape of the head monomer across the pore, the evolution of m is shown to be well described by the scaling theory. The ejection time exhibits two proper scaling behaviors: N^{(2/3ν)+y_{1}}ϕ_{0}^{-(2/3ν)} and N^{2+y_{2}} under the large and small ϕ_{0} or N conditions, respectively, where y_{1}=1/3, y_{2}=1-ν, and ν is the Flory exponent.
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- Hao-Chun Huang
- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
- Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
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Zrehen A, Huttner D, Meller A. On-Chip Stretching, Sorting, and Electro-Optical Nanopore Sensing of Ultralong Human Genomic DNA. ACS NANO 2019; 13:14388-14398. [PMID: 31756076 PMCID: PMC6933818 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Solid-state nanopore sensing of ultralong genomic DNA molecules has remained challenging, as the DNA must be controllably delivered by its leading end for efficient entry into the nanopore. Herein, we introduce a nanopore sensor device designed for electro-optical detection and sorting of ultralong (300+ kilobase pair) genomic DNA. The fluidic device, fabricated in-silicon and anodically bonded to glass, uses pressure-induced flow and an embedded pillar array for controllable DNA stretching and delivery. Extremely low concentrations (50 fM) and sample volumes (∼1 μL) of DNA can be processed. The low height profile of the device permits high numerical aperture, high magnification imaging of DNA molecules, which remain in focus over extended distances. We demonstrate selective DNA sorting based on sequence-specific nick translation labeling and imaging at high camera frame rates. Nanopores are fabricated directly in the assembled device by laser etching. We show that uncoiling and stretching of the ultralong DNA molecules permits efficient nanopore capture and threading, which is simultaneously and synchronously imaged and electrically measured. Furthermore, our technique provides key insights into the translocation behavior of ultralong DNA and promotes the development of all-in-one micro/nanofluidic platforms for nanopore sensing of biomolecules.
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- Adam Zrehen
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technion −
IIT, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technion −
IIT, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Technion −
IIT, Haifa 32000, Israel
- Russell
Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion
− IIT, Haifa 32000, Israel
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St-Denis T, Yazda K, Capaldi X, Bustamante J, Safari M, Miyahara Y, Zhang Y, Grutter P, Reisner W. An apparatus based on an atomic force microscope for implementing tip-controlled local breakdown. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:123703. [PMID: 31893796 DOI: 10.1063/1.5129665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Solid-state nanopores are powerful tools for sensing of single biomolecules in solution. Fabrication of solid-state nanopores is still challenging, however; in particular, new methods are needed to facilitate the integration of pores with larger nanofluidic and electronic device architectures. We have developed the tip-controlled local breakdown (TCLB) approach, in which an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip is brought into contact with a silicon nitride membrane that is placed onto an electrolyte reservoir. The application of a voltage bias at the AFM tip induces a dielectric breakdown that leads to the formation of a nanopore at the tip position. In this work, we report on the details of the apparatus used to fabricate nanopores using the TCLB method, and we demonstrate the formation of nanopores with smaller, more controlled diameters using a current limiting circuit that zeroes the voltage upon pore formation. Additionally, we demonstrate the capability of TCLB to fabricate pores aligned to embedded topographical features on the membranes.
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- T St-Denis
- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Norcada, 4548-99 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5H5, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
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Polson JM, Heckbert DR. Polymer translocation into cavities: Effects of confinement geometry, crowding, and bending rigidity on the free energy. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:012504. [PMID: 31499877 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.012504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the translocation of a polymer into a cavity. Modeling the polymer as a hard-sphere chain with a length up to N=601 monomers, we use a multiple-histogram method to measure the variation of the conformational free energy of the polymer with respect to the number of translocated monomers. The resulting free-energy functions are then used to obtain the confinement free energy for the translocated portion of the polymer. We characterize the confinement free energy for a flexible polymer in cavities with constant cross-sectional area A for various cavity shapes (cylindrical, rectangular, and triangular) as well as for tapered cavities with pyramidal and conical shape. The scaling of the free energy with cavity volume and translocated polymer subchain length is generally consistent with predictions from simple scaling arguments, with small deviations in the scaling exponents likely due to finite-size effects. The confinement free energy depends strongly on cavity shape anisometry and is a minimum for an isometric cavity shape with a length-to-width ratio of unity. Entropic depletion at the edges or vertices of the confining cavity are evident in the results for constant-A and pyramidal cavities. For translocation into infinitely long cones, the scaling of the free energy with taper angle is consistent with a theoretical prediction employing the blob model. We also examine the effects of polymer bending rigidity on the translocation free energy for cylindrical cavities. For isometric cavities, the observed scaling behavior is in partial agreement with theoretical predictions, with discrepancies arising from finite-size effects that prevent the emergence of well-defined scaling regimes. In addition, translocation into highly anisometric cylindrical cavities leads to a multistage folding process for stiff polymers. Finally, we examine the effects of crowding agents inside the cavity. We find that the confinement free energy increases with crowder density. At constant packing fraction the magnitude of this effect lessens with increasing crowder size for a crowder-to-monomer size ratio ≥1.
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- James M Polson
- Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3
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- Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3
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Liu X, Zhang Y, Nagel R, Reisner W, Dunbar WB. Controlling DNA Tug-of-War in a Dual Nanopore Device. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1901704. [PMID: 31192541 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Methods for reducing and directly controlling the speed of DNA through a nanopore are needed to enhance sensing performance for direct strand sequencing and detection/mapping of sequence-specific features. A method is created for reducing and controlling the speed of DNA that uses two independently controllable nanopores operated with an active control logic. The pores are positioned sufficiently close to permit cocapture of a single DNA by both pores. Once cocapture occurs, control logic turns on constant competing voltages at the pores leading to a "tug-of-war" whereby opposing forces are applied to regions of the molecules threading through the pores. These forces exert both conformational and speed control over the cocaptured molecule, removing folds and reducing the translocation rate. When the voltages are tuned so that the electrophoretic force applied to both pores comes into balance, the life time of the tug-of-war state is limited purely by diffusive sliding of the DNA between the pores. A tug-of-war state is produced on 76.8% of molecules that are captured with a maximum two-order of magnitude increase in average pore translocation time relative to the average time for single-pore translocation. Moreover, the translocation slow-down is quantified as a function of voltage tuning and it is shown that the slow-down is well described by a first passage analysis for a 1D subdiffusive process. The ionic current of each nanopore provides an independent sensor that synchronously measures a different region of the same molecule, enabling sequential detection of physical labels, such as monostreptavidin tags. With advances in devices and control logic, future dual-pore applications include genome mapping and enzyme-free sequencing.
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- Xu Liu
- Ontera, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
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- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T8, Canada
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Zhou Y, Wang D, Li C, Hu P, Jin Y. Resistive-Pulse Sensing and Surface Charge Analysis of a Single Nanoparticle Collision at a Conical Glass Nanopore. Anal Chem 2019; 91:7648-7653. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Ya Zhou
- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Si W, Liu C, Sha J, Zhang Y, Chen Y. Computational modeling of ionic currents through difform graphene nanopores with consistent cross-sectional areas. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26166-26174. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05459f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Unveiling the mystery of ion transport behavior in nanopores with consistent cross-sectional areas shows that this behavior is highly related to the geometry and hydrophobicity of the nanopores.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei Si
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Southeast University
- Nanjing 211189
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments
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- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Southeast University
- Nanjing 211189
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments
| | - Jingjie Sha
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Southeast University
- Nanjing 211189
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments
| | - Yin Zhang
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Southeast University
- Nanjing 211189
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments
| | - Yunfei Chen
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Southeast University
- Nanjing 211189
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments
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