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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2017
Quantapore, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel Koslover, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brett N. Anderson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Quantapore, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to nanopore arrays comprising opaque layers that reduce background fluorescence in optical signal collected in applications of such arrays for analyzing molecules. In some embodiments, such arrays are used to determine characteristics of polymers, such as polynucleotides, in methods comprising the steps of translocating polymers through nanopores of such arrays wherein polymers have one or more optical labels, exciting optical labels of the polymers in a signal generation region of each nanopore extending from the opaque layer toward the direction of the excitation beam, detecting optical signals from the signal generation regions of each nanopore to determine characteristics of the polymer translocating therethrough.