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通过石墨烯电极的边缘氢化增强的DNA测序性能

Enhanced DNA sequencing performance through edge-hydrogenation of graphene electrodes

Yuhui He, Ralph H. Scheicher, Anton Grigoriev, Rajeev Ahuja, Shibing Long, ZongLiang Huo, Ming Liu

摘要:

我们建议使用石墨烯电极与氢化的边缘固态纳米孔为基础的DNA测序,并进行分子动力学模拟结合电子输运计算,以探索这种想法的潜在优点。我们的研究结果表明,与未氢化的系统相比,边缘氢化的石墨烯电极有利于在易位的DNA分子中暂时形成具有合适原子位点的氢键。因此,平均电导率大幅提高约3个数量级,同时表现出显著降低的统计方差。我们还研究了当相对电极之间的距离变化时这些结果如何受到影响,并且已经确定了两种机制:对于窄的电极间隔,由于纳米孔中突出的氢原子的存在而引起的仅仅阻碍被认为更重要,而对于较宽的电极间隔,H-键的形成成为主导效应。基于这些发现,我们得出结论,石墨烯电极边缘的氢化代表了一种有前途的方法,可以降低DNA通过纳米孔的移位速度,并大大提高全基因组测序测量过程的准确性。

英文摘要:

We propose using graphene electrodes with hydrogenated edges for solid-state nanopore-based DNA sequencing, and perform molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with electronic transport calculations to explore the potential merits of this idea. The results of our investigation show that, compared to the unhydrogenated system, edge-hydrogenated graphene electrodes facilitate the temporary formation of H-bonds with suitable atomic sites in the translocating DNA molecule. As a consequence, the average conductivity is drastically raised by about 3 orders of magnitude while exhibiting significantly reduced statistical variance. We have furthermore investigated how these results are affected when the distance between opposing electrodes is varied and have identified two regimes: for narrow electrode separation, the mere hindrance due to the presence of protruding hydrogen atoms in the nanopore is deemed more important, while for wider electrode separation, the formation of H-bonds becomes the dominant effect. Based on these findings, we conclude that hydrogenation of graphene electrode edges represents a promising approach to reduce the translocation speed of DNA through the nanopore and substantially improve the accuracy of the measurement process for whole-genome sequencing.

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