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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
454 Life Sciences Corporation, Brandford, CT (US);
Yann Astier, White Plains, NY (US);
Venkat K. Balagurusamy, Suffern, NY (US);
Steven Lefkowitz, Branford, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
454 Life Sciences Corporation, Branford, CT (US);
Abstract
A nanopore device includes a multi-layer structure comprising a surface defining an aperture extending through the multi-layer structure, wherein at least the surface comprising a minimal diameter comprises a monosilane functionalized silicon dioxide having a silicon-oxygen-silicon bond, the monosilane functionalized silicon dioxide having the following structure: wherein n is an integer from 1 to 12; Rand Rare each independently a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, a butyl group, or a tert-butyl group; and Ris a chloride, a carboxylic acid group, an amine group, an amide group, a thiol group, an alcohol group, an acyl chloride group, an acyl bromide group, an acyl iodide group, an alkene group, an alkyne group, or a polyether group. Also disclosed are methods for making, wetting, and operating the nanopore device.