Enhanced DNA sequencing performance through edge-hydrogenation of graphene electrodes

Details Enhanced DNA sequencing performance through edge-hydrogenation of graphene electrodes Enhanced DNA sequencing performance through edge-hydrogenation of graphene electrodes

2010-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/1012.0031v1

Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 2674 (2011)

Physics

Biological Physics

15 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1002/adfm.201002530

We propose using graphene electrodes with hydrogenated edges for solid-state nanopore-based DNA sequencing, and perform molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with electronic transport calculations to explore the potential merits of this idea. The results of our investigation show that, compared to the unhydrogenated system, edge-hydrogenated graphene electrodes facilitate the temporary formation of H-bonds with suitable atomic sites in the translocating DNA molecule. As a consequence, the average conductivity is drastically raised by about 3 orders of magnitude while exhibiting significantly reduced statistical variance. We have furthermore investigated how these results are affected when the distance between opposing electrodes is varied and have identified two regimes: for narrow electrode separation, the mere hindrance due to the presence of protruding hydrogen atoms in the nanopore is deemed more important, while for wider electrode separation, the formation of H-bonds becomes the dominant effect. Based on these findings, we conclude that hydrogenation of graphene electrode edges represents a promising approach to reduce the translocation speed of DNA through the nanopore and substantially improve the accuracy of the measurement process for whole-genome sequencing.

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