Nanopores light up for reading out DNA
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 06:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Nanopores are ideally suited for threading DNA molecules through them, enabling the genetic code to be read out. Researchers from TU Delft want to make this technology even more powerful by equipping the pores with 'plasmonics'. By utilising minuscule optical 'antennas', it is possible to focus light precisely and intensely on the nanopore. Eventually, the researchers hope to use this technique to control DNA and read it out efficiently.