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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Henry S White, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
BO Zhang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ryan J White, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eric N Ervin, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Gangli Wang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Henry S White, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bo Zhang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ryan J White, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eric N Ervin, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Gangli Wang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sharpened internal signal transduction element ('ISTE') into a substrate, followed by polishing of the substrate until a nanometer-sized disk of the ISTE is exposed. The fabrication of a nanopore electrode is accomplished by etching the nanodisk electrode to create a pore in the substrate, with the remaining ISTE comprising the pore base. Complete removal of the ISTE yields a nanopore membrane, in which a conical shaped pore is embedded in a thin membrane of the substrate.