Nanopore device with graphene supported artificial lipid membrane
US8828211B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/734
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention features the use of graphene, a one atom thick planar sheet of bonded carbon atoms, in the formation of artificial lipid membranes. The invention also features the use of these membranes to detect the properties of polymers (e.g., the sequence of a nucleic acid) and identify transmembrane protein-interacting compounds.
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