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振动薄膜中Polymer通过纳米孔的移位

Polymer translocation through nano-pores in vibrating thin membranes

Timothee Menais, Stefano Mossa, Arnaud Buhot

摘要:

聚合物移位是下一代DNA测序技术的一个有前途的策略。然而,生物和合成纳米孔的使用仍然存在严重的缺点。特别是,膜层的宽度可以同时容纳几个碱基,使得精确测序应用变得困难。最近,石墨烯膜的使用为新的测序能力铺平了道路,其中包括测量横向电流的可能性。这些新的膜的厚度减少提出了新的问题上的变形性和振动的膜的易位过程中,这两个功能没有考虑到在完善的理论框架的影响。在这里,我们朝着这个方向迈出了第一步。我们报告的数值模拟工作的模型系统足够简单,允许收集显着的洞察力,这些功能的平均易位时间的影响,具有适当的统计意义。我们已经发现,热波动和纳米孔的变形性能之间的相互作用在确定过程中起着至关重要的作用。最后,我们讨论了进一步工作的新方向。

英文摘要:

Polymer translocation is a promising strategy for the next-generation DNA sequencing technologies. The use of biological and synthetic nano-pores, however, still suffers from serious drawbacks. In particular, the width of the membrane layer can accommodate several bases at the same time, making difficult accurate sequencing applications. More recently, the use of graphene membranes has paved the way to new sequencing capabilities, with the possibility to measure transverse currents, among other advances. The reduced thickness of these new membranes poses new questions on the effect of deformability and vibrations of the membrane on the translocation process, two features which are not taken into account in the well-established theoretical frameworks. Here, we make a first step forward in this direction. We report numerical simulation work on a model system simple enough to allow gathering significant insight on the effect of these features on the average translocation time, with appropriate statistical significance. We have found that the interplay between thermal fluctuations and the deformability properties of the nano-pore play a crucial role in determining the process. We conclude by discussing new directions for further work.

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