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Mukhopadhyay T, Ghosh A, Datta A. Screening 2D Materials for Their Nanotoxicity toward Nucleic Acids and Proteins: An In Silico Outlook. ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2024; 4:97-121. [PMID: 38560753 PMCID: PMC10979489 DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Since the discovery of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been anticipated to demonstrate enormous potential in bionanomedicine. Unfortunately, the majority of 2D materials induce nanotoxicity via disruption of the structure of biomolecules. Consequently, there has been an urge to synthesize and identify biocompatible 2D materials. Before the cytotoxicity of 2D nanomaterials is experimentally tested, computational studies can rapidly screen them. Additionally, computational analyses can provide invaluable insights into molecular-level interactions. Recently, various "in silico" techniques have identified these interactions and helped to develop a comprehensive understanding of nanotoxicity of 2D materials. In this article, we discuss the key recent advances in the application of computational methods for the screening of 2D materials for their nanotoxicity toward two important categories of abundant biomolecules, namely, nucleic acids and proteins. We believe the present article would help to develop newer computational protocols for the identification of novel biocompatible materials, thereby paving the way for next-generation biomedical and therapeutic applications based on 2D materials.
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- Titas
Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road,
Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road,
Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road,
Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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Shrestha B, Tang L, Hood RL. Nanotechnology for Personalized Medicine. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8984-0_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cao Z, Yadav P, Barati Farimani A. Which 2D Material is Better for DNA Detection: Graphene, MoS 2, or MXene? NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7874-7881. [PMID: 36165777 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite much research on characterizing 2D materials for DNA detection with nanopore technology, a thorough comparison between the performance of different 2D materials is currently lacking. In this work, using extensive molecular dynamics simulations, we compare nanoporous graphene, MoS2 and titanium carbide MXene (Ti3C2) for their DNA detection performance and sensitivity. The ionic current and residence time of DNA are characterized in each nanoporous materials by performing hundreds of simulations. We devised two statistical measures including the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the absolute pairwise difference to compare the performance of nanopores. We found that graphene nanopore is the most sensitive membrane for distinguishing DNA bases. The MoS2 is capable of distinguishing the A and T bases from the C and G bases better than graphene and MXene. Physisorption and the orientation of DNA in nanopores are further investigated to provide molecular insight into the performance characteristics of different nanopores.
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- Zhonglin Cao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Cost-effective, rapid, and accurate virus detection technologies play key roles in reducing viral transmission. Prompt and accurate virus detection enables timely treatment and effective quarantine of virus carrier, and therefore effectively reduces the possibility of large-scale spread. However, conventional virus detection techniques often suffer from slow response, high cost or sophisticated procedures. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been used as promising sensing platforms for the high-performance detection of a variety of chemical and biological substances. The unique properties of 2D materials, such as large specific area, active surface interaction with biomolecules and facile surface functionalization, provide advantages in developing novel virus detection technologies with fast response and high sensitivity. Furthermore, 2D materials possess versatile and tunable electronic, electrochemical and optical properties, making them ideal platforms to demonstrate conceptual sensing techniques and explore complex sensing mechanisms in next-generation biosensors. In this review, we first briefly summarize the virus detection techniques with an emphasis on the current efforts in fighting again COVID-19. Then, we introduce the preparation methods and properties of 2D materials utilized in biosensors, including graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and other 2D materials. Furthermore, we discuss the working principles of various virus detection technologies based on emerging 2D materials, such as field-effect transistor-based virus detection, electrochemical virus detection, optical virus detection and other virus detection techniques. Then, we elaborate on the essential works in 2D material-based high-performance virus detection. Finally, our perspective on the challenges and future research direction in this field is discussed.
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Shrestha B, Tang L, Hood RL. Nanotechnology for Personalized Medicine. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9374-7_18-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Meyer N, Abrao-Nemeir I, Janot JM, Torrent J, Lepoitevin M, Balme S. Solid-state and polymer nanopores for protein sensing: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 298:102561. [PMID: 34768135 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In two decades, the solid state and polymer nanopores became attractive method for the protein sensing with high specificity and sensitivity. They also allow the characterization of conformational changes, unfolding, assembly and aggregation as well the following of enzymatic reaction. This review aims to provide an overview of the protein sensing regarding the technique of detection: the resistive pulse and ionic diodes. For each strategy, we report the most significant achievement regarding the detection of peptides and protein as well as the conformational change, protein-protein assembly and aggregation process. We discuss the limitations and the recent strategies to improve the nanopore resolution and accuracy. A focus is done about concomitant problematic such as protein adsorption and nanopore lifetime.
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Cao Z, Markey G, Barati Farimani A. Ozark Graphene Nanopore for Efficient Water Desalination. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:11256-11263. [PMID: 34591487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A nanoporous graphene membrane is crucial to energy-efficient reverse osmosis water desalination given its high permeation rate and ion selectivity. However, the ion selectivity of the common circular graphene nanopore is dependent on the pore size and scales inversely with the water permeation rate. Larger, circular graphene nanopores give rise to the high water permeation rate but compromise the ability to reject ions. Therefore, the pursuit of a higher permeation rate while maintaining high ion selectivity can be challenging. In this work, we discover that the geometry of graphene nanopore can play a significant role in its water desalination performance. We demonstrate that the ozark graphene nanopore, which has an irregular slim shape, can reject over 12% more ions compared with a circular nanopore with the same water permeation rate. To reveal the physical reason behind the outstanding performance of the ozark nanopore, we compared it with circular, triangular, and rhombic pores from perspectives including interfacial water density, energy barrier, water/ion distribution in pores, the ion-water RDF in pores, and the hydraulic diameter. The ozark graphene nanopore further explores the potential of graphene for efficient water desalination.
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- Zhonglin Cao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Zeng X, Xiang Y, Liu Q, Wang L, Ma Q, Ma W, Zeng D, Yin Y, Wang D. Nanopore Technology for the Application of Protein Detection. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1942. [PMID: 34443773 PMCID: PMC8400292 DOI: 10.3390/nano11081942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Protein is an important component of all the cells and tissues of the human body and is the material basis of life. Its content, sequence, and spatial structure have a great impact on proteomics and human biology. It can reflect the important information of normal or pathophysiological processes and promote the development of new diagnoses and treatment methods. However, the current techniques of proteomics for protein analysis are limited by chemical modifications, large sample sizes, or cumbersome operations. Solving this problem requires overcoming huge challenges. Nanopore single molecule detection technology overcomes this shortcoming. As a new sensing technology, it has the advantages of no labeling, high sensitivity, fast detection speed, real-time monitoring, and simple operation. It is widely used in gene sequencing, detection of peptides and proteins, markers and microorganisms, and other biomolecules and metal ions. Therefore, based on the advantages of novel nanopore single-molecule detection technology, its application to protein sequence detection and structure recognition has also been proposed and developed. In this paper, the application of nanopore single-molecule detection technology in protein detection in recent years is reviewed, and its development prospect is investigated.
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- Xiaoqing Zeng
- Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400044, China; (X.Z.); (Y.X.); (W.M.)
- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400044, China; (X.Z.); (Y.X.); (W.M.)
- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
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- Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400044, China; (X.Z.); (Y.X.); (W.M.)
- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
- School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; (Q.L.); (L.W.); (Q.M.); (D.Z.)
- Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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Heiranian M, Noh Y, Aluru NR. Dynamic and weak electric double layers in ultrathin nanopores. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:134703. [PMID: 33832257 DOI: 10.1063/5.0048011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The unique properties of aqueous electrolytes in ultrathin nanopores have drawn a great deal of attention in a variety of applications, such as power generation, water desalination, and disease diagnosis. Inside the nanopore, at the interface, properties of ions differ from those predicted by the classical ionic layering models (e.g., Gouy-Chapman electric double layer) when the thickness of the nanopore approaches the size of a single atom (e.g., nanopores in a single-layer graphene membrane). Here, using extensive molecular dynamics simulations, the structure and dynamics of aqueous ions inside nanopores are studied for different thicknesses, diameters, and surface charge densities of carbon-based nanopores [ultrathin graphene and finite-thickness carbon nanotubes (CNTs)]. The ion concentration and diffusion coefficient in ultrathin nanopores show no indication of the formation of a Stern layer (an immobile counter-ionic layer) as the counter-ions and nanopore atoms are weakly correlated in time compared to the strong correlation observed in thick nanopores. The weak correlation observed in ultrathin nanopores is indicative of a weak adsorption of counter-ions onto the surface compared to that of thick pores. The vanishing counter-ion adsorption (ion-wall correlation) in ultrathin nanopores leads to several orders of magnitude shorter ionic residence times (picoseconds) compared to the residence times in thick CNTs (seconds). The results of this study will help better understand the structure and dynamics of aqueous ions in ultrathin nanopores.
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- Mohammad Heiranian
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Yadav P, Cao Z, Barati Farimani A. DNA Detection with Single-Layer Ti 3C 2 MXene Nanopore. ACS NANO 2021; 15:4861-4869. [PMID: 33660990 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nanopore based sequencing is an exciting alternative to the conventional sequencing methods as it allows for high-throughput sequencing with lower reagent costs and time requirements. Biological nanopores, such as α-hemolysin, are subject to breakdown under thermal, electrical, and mechanical stress after being used millions of times. On the contrary, two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been explored as a solid-state platform for the sequencing of DNA. Their subnanometer thickness and outstanding mechanical properties have made possible the high-resolution and high-signal-to-noise ratio detection of DNA, but such a performance is dependent on the type of nanomaterial selected. Solid-state nanopores of graphene, Si3N4, and MoS2 have been studied as potential candidates for DNA detection. However, it is important to understand the sensitivity and characterization of these solid-state materials for nanopore based detection. Recent developments in the synthesis of MXene have inspired our interest in its application as a nanopore based DNA detection membrane. Here, we simulate the metal carbide, MXene (Ti3C2), with single stranded DNA to understand its interactions and the efficiency of MXene as a putative material for the development of a nanopore based detection platform. Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we present evidence that a MXene based nanopore is able to detect the different types of DNA bases. We have successfully identified features to differentiate the translocation of different types of DNA bases across the nanopore.
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Liu Q, Wang Y, Liu Y, Wang H, Li W, Tang P, Weng T, Zhou S, Liang L, Yuan J, Wang D, Wang L. Reduction chemistry-assisted nanopore determination method for immunoglobulin isotypes. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:19711-19718. [PMID: 32966507 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04900j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Immunoglobulins can bind to an unlimited array of foreign antigens presented to the immune system. Among those isotypes, IgG and IgM play crucial roles in initial immune defense associated with innate immunity factors. Hence, the determination of IgG and IgM deficiencies or varying concentrations is widely used as a diagnostic indicator for immune deficiency disorders. Herein, we report a reduction chemistry-assisted nanopore method for IgG and IgM determination. TCEP (tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine) was used to cleave Ig proteins in fragments by means of disulfide bond reduction under different experimental conditions. This strategy enabled the observation of distinguishable current signals afforded by separated polypeptide fragments in an αHL nanopore. Together with molecular dynamics (MD) simulation results, highly effective electrostatic potentials and H-bonds, the dominant factors for these current signals, facilitated the capture of Ig fragments in an α-HL nanopore. More importantly, the signature signals were applicable for differentiating between IgG and IgM in blood serum without any problems of protein adsorption and clogging in the nanopore sensing. Furthermore, with comparative sensing sensitivity and selectivity, it is concluded that our method is a label-free single-molecule approach to measuring disease states that present as a result of the absence or over presence of immunoglobulin isotypes.
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- Qianshan Liu
- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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Application of Solid-State Nanopore in Protein Detection. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082808. [PMID: 32316558 PMCID: PMC7215903 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A protein is a kind of major biomacromolecule of life. Its sequence, structure, and content in organisms contains quite important information for normal or pathological physiological process. However, research of proteomics is facing certain obstacles. Only a few technologies are available for protein analysis, and their application is limited by chemical modification or the need for a large amount of sample. Solid-state nanopore overcomes some shortcomings of the existing technology, and has the ability to detect proteins at a single-molecule level, with its high sensitivity and robustness of device. Many works on detection of protein molecules and discriminating structure have been carried out in recent years. Single-molecule protein sequencing techniques based on solid-state nanopore are also been proposed and developed. Here, we categorize and describe these efforts and progress, as well as discuss their advantages and drawbacks.
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Heiranian M, Aluru NR. Nanofluidic Transport Theory with Enhancement Factors Approaching One. ACS NANO 2020; 14:272-281. [PMID: 31854970 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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High performance water transport in nanopores has drawn a great deal of attention in a variety of applications, such as water desalination, power generation, and biosensing. High water transport enhancement factors in carbon-based nanopores have been reported over the classical Hagen-Poiseuille (HP) equation which does not account for the physics of transport at molecular scale. Instead, comparing the experimentally measured transport rates to that of a theory, that accounts for the microscopic physics of transport, would result in enhancement factors approaching unity. Such a theory is currently missing. Here, molecular corrections are introduced into the HP equation by considering the variation of key hydrodynamical properties (viscosity and friction) with thickness and diameter of pores in ultrathin graphene and finite-length carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using Green-Kubo relations and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The corrected HP (CHP) theory successfully predicts the permeation rates from nonequilibrium MD pressure driven flows. The previously reported enhancement factors over no-slip HP (of the order of 1000) approach unity when the permeations are normalized by the CHP flow rates. The results of our study will help better understand nanoscale flows in carbon-based pores and tubes.
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- Mohammad Heiranian
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Mukhopadhyay TK, Datta A. Screening two dimensional materials for the transportation and delivery of diverse genetic materials. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:703-719. [PMID: 31829380 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05930j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In spite of several reports of graphene and other 2D materials concerning their capacity for biomolecular adsorption and delivery, recent toxicity evaluations found them to be nanotoxic toward different biomolecules, especially nucleic acids. Therefore, there is urgent demand for the synthesis of 2D materials exhibiting biocompatible and non-nanotoxic features. In this article, employing classical molecular dynamics simulations, we provide a benchmarking of h2D-C2N, graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) toward the adsorption, preservation, targeting and delivery of various classes of nucleic acids namely single stranded DNA, double stranded natural as well as unnatural base substituted DNA and two different types of human telomeric guanine quadruplexes, all comprising different secondary structures. Our simulations reveal that, while h2D-C2N preserves the structures of most of the nucleic acids, graphene and h-BN disrupt them through strong π-π stacking with aromatic nucleobases. Interestingly, for the first time we identified a 'quartet-by-quartet' disruption mechanism of guanine quadruplexes, but only on graphene and h-BN. The lateral diffusion of adsorbed nucleic acids over C2N is restricted unlike that over both graphene and h-BN, thereby increasing the targeting efficacy for C2N. Modeling of the delivery phenomena suggests orders of magnitude longer release times from graphene and h-BN compared to C2N, thereby demonstrating the preferential suitability of C2N for all the hierarchical steps of nucleic acid transportation.
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- Titas Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
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Chaturvedi P, Vlassiouk IV, Cullen DA, Rondinone AJ, Lavrik NV, Smirnov SN. Ionic Conductance through Graphene: Assessing Its Applicability as a Proton Selective Membrane. ACS NANO 2019; 13:12109-12119. [PMID: 31592639 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Inspired by recent reports on possible proton conductance through graphene, we have investigated the behavior of pristine graphene and defect engineered graphene membranes for ionic conductance and selectivity with the goal of evaluating a possibility of its application as a proton selective membrane. The averaged conductance for pristine chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene at pH1 is ∼4 mS/cm2 but varies strongly due to contributions from the unavoidable defects in our CVD graphene. From the variations in the conductance with electrolyte strength and pH, we can conclude that pristine graphene is fairly selective and the conductance is mainly due to protons. Engineering of the defects with ion beam (He+, Ga+) irradiation and plasma (N2 and H2) treatment showed improved areal conductance with high proton selectivity mostly for He-ion beam and H2 plasma treatments, which agrees with primarily vacancy-free type of defects produced in these cases confirmed by Raman analysis.
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- Pavan Chaturvedi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico 88003 , United States
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico 88003 , United States
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Chinappi M, Cecconi F. Protein sequencing via nanopore based devices: a nanofluidics perspective. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:204002. [PMID: 29595524 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aababe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Proteins perform a huge number of central functions in living organisms, thus all the new techniques allowing their precise, fast and accurate characterization at single-molecule level certainly represent a burst in proteomics with important biomedical impact. In this review, we describe the recent progresses in the developing of nanopore based devices for protein sequencing. We start with a critical analysis of the main technical requirements for nanopore protein sequencing, summarizing some ideas and methodologies that have recently appeared in the literature. In the last sections, we focus on the physical modelling of the transport phenomena occurring in nanopore based devices. The multiscale nature of the problem is discussed and, in this respect, some of the main possible computational approaches are illustrated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mauro Chinappi
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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Bramini M, Alberini G, Colombo E, Chiacchiaretta M, DiFrancesco ML, Maya-Vetencourt JF, Maragliano L, Benfenati F, Cesca F. Interfacing Graphene-Based Materials With Neural Cells. Front Syst Neurosci 2018; 12:12. [PMID: 29695956 PMCID: PMC5904258 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2018.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The scientific community has witnessed an exponential increase in the applications of graphene and graphene-based materials in a wide range of fields, from engineering to electronics to biotechnologies and biomedical applications. For what concerns neuroscience, the interest raised by these materials is two-fold. On one side, nanosheets made of graphene or graphene derivatives (graphene oxide, or its reduced form) can be used as carriers for drug delivery. Here, an important aspect is to evaluate their toxicity, which strongly depends on flake composition, chemical functionalization and dimensions. On the other side, graphene can be exploited as a substrate for tissue engineering. In this case, conductivity is probably the most relevant amongst the various properties of the different graphene materials, as it may allow to instruct and interrogate neural networks, as well as to drive neural growth and differentiation, which holds a great potential in regenerative medicine. In this review, we try to give a comprehensive view of the accomplishments and new challenges of the field, as well as which in our view are the most exciting directions to take in the immediate future. These include the need to engineer multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) able to cross the blood-brain-barrier to reach neural cells, and to achieve on-demand delivery of specific drugs. We describe the state-of-the-art in the use of graphene materials to engineer three-dimensional scaffolds to drive neuronal growth and regeneration in vivo, and the possibility of using graphene as a component of hybrid composites/multi-layer organic electronics devices. Last but not least, we address the need of an accurate theoretical modeling of the interface between graphene and biological material, by modeling the interaction of graphene with proteins and cell membranes at the nanoscale, and describing the physical mechanism(s) of charge transfer by which the various graphene materials can influence the excitability and physiology of neural cells.
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- Mattia Bramini
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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Yin B, Xie W, Liang L, Deng Y, He S, He F, Zhou D, Tlili C, Wang D. Covalent Modification of Silicon Nitride Nanopore by Amphoteric Polylysine for Short DNA Detection. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:7127-7135. [PMID: 31457292 PMCID: PMC6645049 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In this work, we demonstrate a chemical modification approach, by means of covalent-bonding amphoteric poly-l-lysine (PLL) on the interior nanopore surface, which could intensively protect the pore from etching when exposed in the electrolyte under various pH conditions (from pH 4 to 12). Nanopore was generated via simple current dielectric breakdown methodology, covalent modification was performed in three steps, and the functional nanopore was fully characterized in terms of chemical structure, hydrophilicity, and surface morphology. I-V curves were recorded under a broad range of pH stimuli to evaluate the stability of the chemical bonding layer; the plotted curves demonstrated that nanopore with a covalent bonding layer has good pH tolerance and showed apparent reversibility. In addition, we have also measured the conductance of modified nanopore with varied KCl concentration (from 0.1 mM to 1 M) at different pH conditions (pHs 5, 7, 9, and 11). The results suggested that the surface charge density does not fluctuate with variation in salt concentration, which inferred that the SiN x nanopore was fully covered by PLL. Moreover, the PLL functionalized nanopore has realized the detection of single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocation under bias voltage of 500 mV, and the 20 nt homopolymers could be evidently differentiated in terms of the current amplitude and dwell time at pHs 5, 8, and 11.
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