Davis Bret H, Pan Junhan, Tung Chih-Kuan, Austin Robert H, Riehn Robert
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University Campus Box 8202, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Nano Life. 2013 Mar;3(1). doi: 10.1142/S1793984413400072.
We report an integrated nanochannel/nanoelectrode sensor for the detection of DNA using alternating currents. We find that DNA can be detected using platinum as the metal for the detecting electrodes, with a signal to noise ratio exceeding 10. We argue that the signal is at least in part electrochemical in nature, thus holds the promise to yield a sequence-dependent signal. However, we also find that for large voltages, DNA attaches irreversibly to the driving electrodes.
我们报道了一种用于检测DNA的集成纳米通道/纳米电极传感器,该传感器使用交流电。我们发现,以铂作为检测电极的金属,可以检测到DNA,信噪比超过10。我们认为该信号至少部分本质上是电化学的,因此有望产生序列依赖性信号。然而,我们也发现,在高电压下,DNA会不可逆地附着在驱动电极上。