Assessment of 1/f noise associated with nanopores fabricated through chemically tuned controlled dielectric breakdown
Recently, we developed a fabrication method—chemically‐tuned controlled dielectric breakdown (CT‐CDB)—that produces nanopores (through thin silicon nitride membranes) surpassing legacy drawbacks associated with solid‐state nanopores (SSNs). However, the noise characteristics of CT‐CDB nanopores are...
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Published in | Electrophoresis Vol. 42; no. 7-8; pp. 899 - 909 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Germany
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.04.2021
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Summary: | Recently, we developed a fabrication method—chemically‐tuned controlled dielectric breakdown (CT‐CDB)—that produces nanopores (through thin silicon nitride membranes) surpassing legacy drawbacks associated with solid‐state nanopores (SSNs). However, the noise characteristics of CT‐CDB nanopores are largely unexplored. In this work, we investigated the 1/f noise of CT‐CDB nanopores of varying solution pH, electrolyte type, electrolyte concentration, applied voltage, and pore diameter. Our findings indicate that the bulk Hooge parameter (αb) is about an order of magnitude greater than SSNs fabricated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) while the surface Hooge parameter (αs) is ∼3 order magnitude greater. Theαs of CT‐CDB nanopores was ∼5 orders of magnitude greater than theirαb, which suggests that the surface contribution plays a dominant role in 1/f noise. Experiments with DNA exhibited increasing capture rates with pH up to pH ∼8 followed by a drop at pH ∼9 perhaps due to the onset of electroosmotic force acting against the electrophoretic force. The1/f noise was also measured for several electrolytes and LiCl was found to outperform NaCl, KCl, RbCl, and CsCl. The 1/f noise was found to increase with the increasing electrolyte concentration and pore diameter. Taken together, the findings of this work suggest the pH approximate 7–8 range to be optimal for DNA sensing with CT‐CDB nanopores. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 B.I. Karawdeniya is an employee of the Australian National University as of March 2020. Y.M.N.D.Y. Bandara is affiliated with the Australian National University as of September 2020. |
ISSN: | 0173-0835 1522-2683 |
DOI: | 10.1002/elps.202000285 |