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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yann Astier, Livermore, CA (US);
Zsolt Majzik, Dublin, CA (US);
Flint Mitchell, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Juraj Topolancik, Redwood City, CA (US);
Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
Molecules may be analyzed (e.g., sequencing of nucleic acid molecules) by tunneling recognition at a tunneling junction. Embodiments of the present invention may allow detecting individual nucleotides and the sequencing of a nucleic acid molecule using a tunneling junction. By labeling a specific 5 nucleotide with a moiety, tunneling junctions may generate a signal with a suitable signal-to-noise ratio. An electric field may be applied to move the nucleic acid molecule and the moiety close to the tunneling junction so that a current may travel through the moiety. Because a single nucleotide can be detected with a signal with a suitable signal-to-noise ratio resulting from the tunneling current passing through 10 the moiety, embodiments of the present invention may allow for fast detection of nucleotides using a tunneling current.