The Statistics of DNA Capture by a Solid-State Nanopore

Abstract

A solid-state nanopore can electrophoretically capture a DNA molecule and pull it through in a folded configuration. The resulting ionic current signal indicates where along its length the DNA was captured. A statistical study using an 8 nm wide nanopore reveals a strong bias favoring the capture of molecules near their ends. A theoretical model shows that bias to be a consequence of configurational entropy, rather than a search by the polymer for an energetically favorable configuration. We also quantified the fluctuations and length-dependence of the speed of simultaneously translocating polymer segments from our study of folded DNA configurations.

10 pages, 3 figures

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