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- the present invention relates to apparatus and methods for investigating molecules, in particular biological molecules such as nucleic acids or proteins.
- the apparatus and methods are concerned with application of nanoscale technology to the problems of rapid and detailed analysis of these molecules.
- the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of sequencing nucleic acids.
- Nanotechnology like biology, is an area which is rapidly developing and is leading to novel approaches and materials for the manipulation and analysis of molecules. Nanotechnologists are now able to produce and manipulate materials down to the sub-nanometre scale. This provides the potential for the development of devices or techniques with new and previously unconsidered potential.
- nanotechnology has found utility, for example, in the electronics industry, it has not yet been widely harnessed in the field of biology.
- Plasmon resonance is a phenomenon wherby plasmons on a metallic surface are excited by light incident upon the surface. Plasmon resonance is used in a number of conventional analytical machines, such as Biacore®. Where plasmons on a planar surface are excited the term surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is used, and where a nanometre sized particle is excited the term localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is often used to differentiate this aspect of the phenomenon.
- SPR surface plasmon resonance
- LSPR localised surface plasmon resonance
- EMF intense, highly localised electromagnetic field
- the correct excitation wavelength must be used. This wavelength will depend on both the size and shape of the metal particle or nanostructure being excited.
- an apparatus for investigating a molecule comprising:
- - at least one channel provided in a substrate, the channel being suitable for the passage of the molecule therethrough; - at least one metallic moiety capable of plasmon resonance, the at least one metallic moiety being associated with said channel in a position suitable for the electromagnetic field produced by the metallic moiety to interact with the molecule passing therethrough;
- the apparatus comprises two reservoirs: a first reservoir suitable to receive a sample comprising the molecule to be investigated, and a second reservoir suitable for the molecule to pass into once it has passed through the channel.
- the two reservoirs are separated from each other by the substrate, and the molecule must pass through the at least one channel to pass from the first reservoir into the second reservoir.
- the substrate could be considered to be a membrane or diaphragm separating the two reservoirs.
- the dimensions of the channel should be suitable for a molecule to be investigated to pass through the channel, and such that the molecule is constrained to pass suitably close to the metallic moiety such that an interaction between the molecule and the localised EMF produced by the metallic moiety occurs.
- the channel should generally also have suitable dimensions such that only one molecule can pass through the channel at a time.
- the channel is an aperture, though it is possible that other forms of channels such as slots or grooves provided in a substrate may also be suitable.
- the aperture may have any suitable shape, although a circular or approximately circular aperture is envisaged as being most convenient.
- the aperture may have a diameter of from approximately 0.5 nm to 100 nm preferably 50 nm or less, especially 30 nm or less.
- diameter is used, it should be understood that it is not meant in a strict geometrical sense and may, for example, apply to the smallest dimension of a non-circular aperture or channel.
- the smallest aperture through which single-stranded nucleic acid will pass is approximately 1 nm. Double-stranded nucleic acids will pass through an aperture of approximately 2 nm or greater [see Heng J. B. et al. Biophysical Journal (2006), 90, 1098-1 106].
- the aperture should be from 1 nm to 100 nm in diameter, preferably 1 nm to 30 nm, especially 1 to 10 nm, particularly 1 to 5 nm.
- the aperture should be from 2 nm to 100 nm in diameter, preferably from 2 nm to 30 nm, especially from 2 nm to 4 nm.
- the channel may be formed of any suitable substance. It may be organic or inorganic.
- the aperture may be formed from an "organic" pore, i.e. a pore derived from a naturally occurring structure, for example a protein having a pore such as ⁇ -haemolysin or the organic pore found in the outer membrane of mitochondria.
- an "organic" pore i.e. a pore derived from a naturally occurring structure, for example a protein having a pore such as ⁇ -haemolysin or the organic pore found in the outer membrane of mitochondria.
- the aperture could be provided by a gel conventionally used for the manipulation of nucleic acid or other biological molecules, such as agarose or polyacrylamide.
- the aperture could be engineered in a substrate such as a film formed from silicon nitride or other such material. See, for example, Ho C. et ai, PNAS (2005), 102(30) 10445-10450 which discusses methods of forming nanometer diameter pores from silicon nitride.
- the aperture could also be formed from a nanoporous material such as porous gold, a colloidal crystal, colloidal cavities, metal toroids etc.
- Netti et a/ describe the formation of gold nanocavities and their ability to form surface plasmons [see Netti M. C. et al. Advanced Materials (2001 ), 13(18), 1368-1370].
- Aizpurua O. et al. describe the formation of gold nanorings [see Aizpurua et al. Physical Review Letters (2003), 90(5), 057401 -1 - 057401 -4].
- Lesuffleur et al. discuss gold nanopore arrays with enhanced plasmon resonance [Lesuffleur A. et al., Applied Physics Letter (2007), 90, 2431 10]. Where the aperture is itself formed from a metallic substance capable if exhibiting LSPR, then it will be apparent that a separate metallic moiety may not be required.
- the apparatus comprises a plurality of apertures passing through the substrate.
- the apertures could be arranged in an array where the position of each aperture is controlled; this is particularly convenient where nano-engineering is used to form apertures in a substrate.
- the apertures could be scattered across the substrate without control over their position.
- the metallic moiety must be able to form surface plasmons and thus form a localised EMF in the vicinity of the moiety. Any material which is suitable to achieve this function is suitable for use in the metallic moiety. Gold, silver, copper and aluminium metals have been found to have desirable properties in terms of plasmon formation and propagation, and thus it is generally preferred that the metallic moiety is formed predominantly or entirely from one or more of these metals.
- Nanotechnology allows the formation of gold or silver particles in essentially any shape. Shape can have a substantial effect on the EMF produced by a particle [see Mock J. J. et al., Journal of Chemical Physics, 1 16(15), 6755-6759].
- a spherical or substantially spherical (e.g. a sphere or spheroid) particle has suitable properties and thus forms a suitable embodiment of the metallic moiety. It has been found that spherical metal particles having a diameter of from 50 nm to 150 nm in diameter are especially suitable due to high levels of fluorescence enhancement [see Nakamura and Hayashi, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 44(9A), 6833-6837].
- annular metallic moiety may be used.
- the metallic moiety is arranged in a position such that it will interact with a molecule passing through the pore, but is spaced sufficiently from the pore to prevent or mitigate quenching of a signal emitted from the molecule.
- the channel may be shaped and sized such that a molecule passing through it is constrained in a position such that it does not get too close (thus avoiding quenching), or too far away (thus ensuring interaction) from the metallic moiety - this is especially suitable when the pore itself has no quenching activity.
- control means may be used to guide the molecule such that it does not get too close to the metallic moiety.
- the surface of the metallic moiety should be positioned to be 50 nm or less from the molecule as it passes through the channel, preferably 30 nm or less, especially 10 nm or less.
- the means to induce a molecule to pass through the channel may be one or more of means to induce electrophoresis, a micro-fluidics device, or a laser trapping device. However, any other means suitable to induce the molecule to move to and/or through the channel may also be suitable.
- the apparatus may comprise control means to control the passage of the molecule towards, into and/or through the aperture.
- the control means may be adapted to control one or more of the velocity, direction, position or conformation of the molecule.
- control means will vary depending on the type of molecule to be investigated and the type of control required. Where sequencing of nucleic acid is required, it is important that the speed of passage of the linear nucleic acid molecule through the channel is controlled. For sequencing it is also desirable that the nucleic acid molecule is held in a linear conformation.
- control means may comprise a porous matrix through which the molecule passes, the porous matrix lying immediately adjacent to the entrance to the channel.
- a porous matrix it is convenient if the molecule is induced to pass through the matrix via electrophoresis.
- the properties of the porous matrix in combination with the electrophoresis conditions serve to allow fine control of the movement of the molecule (e.g. nucleic acid) through the matrix and into the channel. Accurate control of the speed of movement of a nucleic acid through a gel can be achieved.
- An additional advantage of electrophoresis though a porous matrix is that the conformation of a linear molecule is drawn out into an elongated, linear form which is particularly suitable for sequencing.
- a suitable porous matrix may be formed from convention materials used for manipulating nucleic acids and proteins, such a polyacrylamide or agarose. Alternatively, other nano-porous materials may also be suitable.
- control means described above is well suited for the control of nucleic acids and other linear molecules. Other molecules may require a different level of control, or the degree of control may be higher or lower.
- the means to induce a molecule to pass through the channel and the control means may be provided by the same means.
- electrophoresis in a liquid medium alone may be suitable for controlling molecules where accurate control of conformation and velocity is not required.
- laser trapping may be used to accurately control the movement of a molecule toward and into the channel.
- the means to detect interaction of the metallic moiety and the molecule may of course be any suitable device which can detect the interaction between the localised EMF produced by the moiety and the molecule in close proximity to it.
- Suitable means may include means to detect fluorescence or means to detect Raman scattering.
- Suitable means to detect fluorescence include any device which is sensitive enough to detect photons emitted from a fluorophore passing through the region of EMF.
- Suitable devices include a photomultiplier or an avalanche photodiode. Fluorescence is suitable to detect inherently fluorescent molecules or molecules which have been labelled with a fluorophore.
- Suitable means to detect Raman scattering include a Raman spectrometer.
- Raman scattering may be used to detect unlabelled and non-fluorescent molecules.
- Techniques to detect Raman scattering are well known in the art. Detection using Raman scattering in the present invention are based on the phenomenon of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy [see for background Jeanmaire, David L.; Richard P. van Duyne (1977). "Surface Raman Electrochemistry Part I. Heterocyclic, Aromatic and Aliphatic Amines Adsorbed on the Anodized Silver Electrode". Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 84: 1 -20.]
- a method of detection which does not rely on labelling of the molecule. This simplifies the preparation of the sample to be investigated, and also does not require the presence of a label which may interfere with the passage of the molecule through the channel.
- the present invention provides a method for investigating a molecule comprising the steps of;
- the molecule is a biological molecule, e.g. a nucleic acid or a protein/peptide.
- Linear molecules such as nucleic acids or linear proteins/peptides are particularly suitable for investigation using the present method.
- Single-stranded nucleic acid is especially suited for investigation using the present method.
- the method is a method of sequencing a nucleic acid.
- the method may also be used for investigation of other sorts of molecules, and need not be used for sequencing.
- the use of the method for counting individual molecules in a sample, and mapping of markers on linear molecules are envisaged as being amongst other potential uses.
- the molecule comprises a label which interacts with the metallic moiety. Accordingly, the method may further comprise the step of labelling the molecule with a label which will interact with said metallic moiety.
- Suitable labels include fluorophores. Fluorophores are well known in the art in relation to fluorescent labelling of all types of biological molecules. In the present invention it is important that the fluorophore is small enough that it does not inhibit passage of the labelled molecule through the channel. Typically the fluorophore will have a effective size of 2 nm or less, and preferably a dye molecule measuring less than 1 nm in any dimension. Examples of suitable fluorophores include Rose Bengal, Alexa Fluor 488 C 5 -maleimide, Alexa Fluor 532 C 2 -maleimide and Rhodamine Red C 2 - meleimide, and Rhodamine Green. These fluorophores can each be used to label the bases of nucleic acids using techniques known in the art.
- the molecule is a nucleic acid in which a substantial proportion or all of a particular base has been labelled.
- a substantial proportion or all of one or more bases in the molecule are labelled, each type of base having a label with an individually identifiable emission spectrum.
- all, or substantially all the bases are labelled, each type of base having a label with an individually identifiable emission spectrum. High density labelling of nucleic acid is discussed in Tasara et al., Nucleic Acids Research, 2003, 31 (10), 2636-2646.
- a fluorophore selected as a label is capable of interacting with the EMF produced by the metallic moiety. It is a routine matter to match a fluorophore to a metallic moiety of particular properties. In general for good interaction between the metallic moiety and the fluorophore, it is preferred that the fluorophore has an emission peak at slightly lower energy than the localised surface plasmon resonance peak of the metallic moiety, i.e. the fluorophore emission peak is slightly red shifted from the LSPR peak. Red shifts of from approximately 20 to 150 meV are suitable, preferably from approximately 40 to 120 meV [see Chen et al., Nano Letters (2007), 7(3), 690-696].
- the present invention provides a substrate suitable for use in an apparatus for investigating a molecule comprising: - at least one channel provided in the substrate, the channel suitable for the passage of a molecule therethrough; and - at least one metallic moiety suitable to have plasmon resonance induced therein, the at least one metallic moiety being associated with said channel in a position such that the electromagnetic field produced by the metallic moiety is able to interact with a molecule passing therethrough.
- Fig. 1 shows a pore and electrode suitable for use in the present invention
- Fig. 2 shows a substrate comprising pores and electrodes
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of aspects of an apparatus according to the present invention
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention
- Figs. 5 to 7 show schematic representations of alternative structures of the substrate.
- the oscillating electric field causes the particle's electrons to oscillate coherently.
- the collective oscillation of these electrons is called the dipole plasmon resonance.
- the collective oscillation in the electron cloud produces an intense, highly localised electromagnetic field (EMF).
- EMF electromagnetic field
- the correct excitation wavelength must be used. This wavelength will depend on both the size and shape of the metal particle being excited. The correct wavelength for a particular particle can easily be determined experimentally or, for certain shapes, may be predicted using known modeling techniques.
- a fluorophore having a 90% quantum yield and a fluorescent lifetime of 2.5 ns could emit a maximum of 360 million photons/s.
- fluorescent dyes can emit several million photons before deteriorating.
- MEF can be induced and the fluorophore detected, or alternatively Raman scattering detected.
- a device is made such that there is a region in space where only one fluorophore may benefit from MEF at any given time, the position of that fluorophore can be known.
- a plasmonic structure e.g. a metallic moiety
- a fluorescent particle can be oriented such that it passes through an area of maximum fluorescent enhancement (MaxFE).
- Suitable pores include: gels (commonly used to confine polynucleotides), organic pores such ⁇ - haemolysin, solid state pores such as can be made in silicon nitride, nanoporous materials such as porous gold, colloidal crystals, colloidal cavities, metal toroids, or any other pore less than 10nm in diameter and preferentially less than 5nm in diameter, especially between 1.5 and 2.5 nm.
- colloids, porous thin films, 2D crystal arrays, and other nanostructures can made less than 2nm in size, it is reasonable to assume that maximum photon emission can be made to occur in an extremely small region.
- particular properties of a molecule, or regions within a molecule can be identified by characteristic patterns of Raman scattering. This, as with the identification of the location of a particular fluorophore, the position of a particular feature having an identifiable Raman spectrum can be identified by its proximity to the plasmonic structure.
- an ion is induced to pass through a pore by means of, for example microfluidics or electrophoresis, it can be made to pass through this area of MaxFE such that detection of a single ion-fluorophore conjugate, or a region having a particular Raman spectrum can be detected.
- photon emission is directly related to the intensity of the EMF, which in turn increases exponentially as the distance to the region of MaxFE decreases, the photon emission will also increase exponentially, producing a photon emission peak in the region of MaxFE and decreasing as the conjugate moves away from the area of MaxFE.
- the second identical fluorescent particle will produce the same pattern of photon emission. So long as peak photon emission occurs in a discrete region with a thickness less than the distance between the two fluorophore/ion conjugates, the fluorescence produced by these two fluorophores can be differentiated.
- MaxFE MaxFE- Should the two conjugates be spaced so closely together (less than 0.5nm) that individual detection would be difficult, the presence of more than one fluorophore in the area of MaxFE could be determined by photon emission. Two identical fluorophores exposed to equal EMF strengths should emit roughly twice as many photons/s as a single fluorophore. Given that a region of MaxFE can contain two, three or more conjugates, if the speed at which they travel through the EMF is known, quantification of the number of conjugates which pass through the EMF can be achieved.
- the ions which can be induced to migrate could be quantified regardless of whether the region of MaxFE can contain two, three or more conjugates so long as that number has been determined.
- Fluorescent labels are commonly incorporated into the both single stranded (ss) and double stranded (ds) polynucleotides DNA and RNA.
- ss single stranded
- ds double stranded
- CGTA fluorescently modified nucleotide
- a complete polynucleotide sequence could be assembled in the following way:
- PCR reactions can be performed in which in each, all of the C, T, G, or A nucleotide bases are fluorescently labelled.
- the strands are then denatured-forming ssDNA or ssRNA.
- Each strand is then induced to pass through a nanopore at a known speed and through an area of MaxFE able to contain a known number of nucleotides.
- the labelled nucleotides pass through the EMF, their positions can be determined relative to the other labelled nucleotides - providing a distance map for each of the four identical but differently labelled polynucleotides. These four distance maps can then be easily assembled into a complete polynucleotide sequence.
- fluorescently labeled random primers such as are available for whole genome amplification
- the sequence of these primers would be known and the fluorescent label could serve to indicate the 5' or 3' orientation of the DNA fragment as it passes through the pore.
- the labelled primer would also serve as an initial reference point from which the distance map of the labelled nucleotides could be related.
- all of more than one of the four bases would be fluorescently labeled and fluorescent labels with different emission spectra would be used to differentiate these bases. More than one fluorescent label spectra could also be used to label all of one type of base providing the labels had distinct max emission spectra.
- DNA fragments could then be induced to pass through the pore as described above at a rate determined by the photon emission.
- photon emission rates for MEF of between 3 and 9 million photons/s have been obtained [1 ].
- An array of nanostructures would allow this speed to be multiplied by the size of the array.
- whole genome assembly software such as is used for whole shotgun sequencing would be required for accurate alignment and assembly.
- the invention allows enhanced single molecule detection.
- the invention can be used to determine the position and speed of single molecules.
- PCR can be used to fluorescently label single molecules, the present apparatus and method is not reliant on chemical or enzymatic reactions.
- the apparatus can be arrayed such that tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of these nanostructures can be in operation at once.
- DNA sequencing using the method outlined above would be extremely fast. The cost of sequencing using this method would be limited to the cost of no more than four PCR reagents such as fluorescent labels, nucleotides, polymerases and other minor consumables.
- the heart of the invention lies in inducing a single molecule to pass through a highly localised EMF in a controlled manner and detecting interaction between the molecule and the EMF.
- the present invention allows any surface to be used so long as the plasmon resonance induced by an incident EMF will induce MEF in a fluorescently labeled single molecule or SERS, and that single molecule can be induced to pass through an area of MaxFE.
- the present invention allows any means of inducing a single molecule to pass through a region of MaxFE including microfluidics, electrophoresis, or laser trapping.
- the present invention allows any fluorescent label to be used which will fluoresce at the frequency of maximum plasmon resonance of the surface being used.
- the fluorescent label will have a high quantum yield, low fluorescent lifetime, low molecular weight, and be easily incorporated by a polymerase.
- the nucleotides themselves are intrinsically fluorescent.
- SERS has the advantage that no labeling is required, but rather the specific Raman spectrum of features of the molecule to be identified should be known.
- an "organic" pore to control a single molecule allows gold nanoparticles to be covalently bound either to the pore itself or to the surrounding lipids.
- the organic pore can be placed inside a larger solid state nanopore such as can be made in silicon nitride, and the plasmonic structure (e.g. metallic moiety) positioned such that MEF or SERS is optimized for those molecules or parts of molecules within the organic pore.
- an organic pore could be placed inside a plasmonic structure such as a photonic nanocavity (see Figs. 5 and 6).
- the advantages of this method include the well- characterised behavior of single molecules induced to pass through such a pore, the small and highly reproducible pore diameter an organic pore allows, and the low cost of producing such organic pores.
- a third general method of construction is to allow for a random distribution of highly localised EMFs such that the field intensity at any given point on a porous surface is not known and to allow for the single molecule to pass through this surface at a controlled speed but uncontrolled location (Fig. 7).
- This has a tremendous advantage over the other two methods in that as neither the location nor the distribution of either the EMFs or the single molecules are precisely controlled, the ease with which such a device can be constructed is correspondingly greater.
- a method controlling the speed of the single molecules at the intersection of a 20nm pore and a surface containing randomly distributed EMFs is described below. This method has the advantage in that it is intrinsically multiplexed. Even if the fluorescence produced by a single molecule passing through an EMF is such that only one molecule can be detected per second, the device can be multiplexed such that several hundred or thousand or million pores are in operation at once.
- An apparatus comprises the following: - A first reservoir 19 capable of holding several ⁇ l_ of solution and containing an electrode 26 embedded in its bottom surface;
- the gold nanoparticles 14 are of known size and geometry, and when excited at the appropriate frequency, produce an EMF;
- a gel 24 such as agarose or polyacrylamide is applied to the membrane 22 having an average pore size such that when ssDNA 20 is induced to migrate through the gel 22 it will adopt an approximately linear conformation.
- a second reservoir 21 is provided on the other side of the substrate 22 into which a molecule will pass after having travelled through the pore;
- An array of voltage modulators (not shown) with a high skew rate are linked to a sensitive photon detector such as an avalanche photodiode (not shown);
- a photon detector such as an avalanche photodiode (not shown) is provided;
- a means of controlling an array of voltage supplies based on input from a photon detector (not shown) is provided;
- a laser of a frequency capable of inducing plasmon resonance in the metal colloids of known size and geometry (not shown) is provided.
- DNA is labelled via PCR as previously described such that all of two bases (C and A or G and T) in a given strand of ssDNA are fluorescently labelled with fluorescent labels which have a maximum emission near, but preferably slightly red shifted in relation to, the plasmon resonant frequency of the metal colloids 14 being used.
- the labelled ssDNA is then placed in the first reservoir 19.
- the membrane 22 coated with a nanoporous gel 24 and containing an approximately even distribution of gold nanoparticles 14 such that the spacing between them varies randomly between 1 nm and 100nm is placed above the first reservoir 19.
- the silicon layer 1 1 is then placed on the membrane 22 and the entire assembly can be immersed in a conducting solution.
- a positive charge is then given to the electrodes 12 inside the 20nm pores 10 such that ssDNA 20 will be induced to migrate through the second reservoir 21 into the gel 24, pass through the gel 24 in linear conformation and pass the gold nanoparticle 14 array emitting photons as they pass through the EMF produced by the plasmon resonance.
- the fluorescently labelled random primers were used in the PCR reaction, the first photon emission will be produced by either the 5' or 3' primer. The photon emission obtained from the primer will immediately indicate the speed at which the ssDNA 20 fragment can be induced to migrate through the EMF and a clear signal still be obtained.
- a distance map containing the distances relative to each other and to the known primers can be created from the photon emission data. This data can then be assembled into a complete genome sequence.
- Example 1 Organic Pore in a Plasmonic Nanocavity (As illustrated in Figs 5 and 6)
- An array of plasmonic structures such as photonic nanocavities 30 are constructed of a suitable material 32 as described in [4], the nanocavities having an inside diameter of 8 to 10 nm as in Fig. 5, or having an inside diameter of 4 to 5 nm as in Fig. 6.
- the plasmon resonance wavelength of these nanocavities 30 is then precisely determined and a laser and fluorescent dye spectra are chosen to correspond with the defined plasmon resonance.
- the fluorescent dye spectra should be slightly redshifted (20 to 150 meV) from the peak of plasmon resonance.
- ssDNA is fluorescently labelled using PCR and random primers such as are used in whole genome amplification.
- PCR and random primers such as are used in whole genome amplification.
- the four nucleotides present in the PCR reaction one will be present only in its dye-modified form, ensuring high density fluorescent labelling of the chosen nucleotide.
- several fluorescent dyes may have to be tested with various polymerases as described in [7].
- Photon emission from the dye molecules is obtained by an APD accurate to one millionth of a second.
- the timings of these bursts of photon emission are normalised with what is known regarding translocation of ssDNA through a pore and several thousand or million distance maps are created revealing the spacing between identical nucleotides.
- An array of conical nanopores having an inside radius at the tip of 30 nm or less are etched in a semiconducting silicon nitride or conducting metal membrane 40 using electron beam lithography well known in the art. These nanopores are spaced 1 ⁇ m apart.
- the etched silicon membrane is installed on a stage as described in [1 1 ] and placed in electroplating liquid in a small Teflon tube (2 mm diameter), which operates as an electroplating bath.
- TEMPEREX 8400 (Tanaka Kikinzoku) including 1.17% (w/w) KAu(CN)2 is used as the electroplating liquid at room temperature.
- a gold wire (0.5 mm diameter) was immersed in the solution as a counterelectrode.
- a bias voltage of 1.4 to 1.5 V is then applied to the initial electrodes relative to the counterelectrode in the system. This is followed by the electrodeposition of gold on the surface of the initial electrodes.
- an inducing current of 0.2 mA allows an electroplating rate of 1 A ° /s at room temperature.
- a layer of gold 42 is then deposited using electrodeposition as described in [1 1 ] to produce a pore 1.5 to 2.5 nm in diameter. When excited by an incident wave of the appropriate wavelength, this structure will produce a highly localised EMF concentrated at the tip of the conical pore [12].
- the plasmonic resonance wavelength of these electroplated conical pores 44 is then precisely determined and a laser and fluorescent dye spectra are chosen to correspond with the defined plasmon resonance.
- the fluorescent dye spectra should be slightly redshifted (20 to 150 meV) from the peak plasmon resonance.
- the PCR reactions are denatured as is well known in the art, to allow labelled ssDNA to pass through the nanopores 44.
- Photon emission from the dye molecules is obtained by an APD accurate to one millionth of a second. The timings of these bursts of photon emission are normalised with what is known regarding translocation of ssDNA through a pore 44 and several thousand or million distance maps are created revealing the spacing between identical nucleotides.
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