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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Bedau, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin P. Kinney, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for controlling a translocation speed of a molecule through a nanopore. In some embodiments, a speed-control device comprises at least one fluid-retaining surface, a fluid region, a field-responsive fluid coupled to the fluid-retaining surface and situated in the fluid region. In some embodiments, a system comprises the nanopore, the speed-control device, and a field generator for generating a magnetic or electric field across the fluid region. The viscosity of the field-responsive fluid is dependent on a magnitude of the magnetic or electric field across the fluid region and can be controlled by changing a magnitude of the magnetic or electric field across the fluid region.