Communication—Cucurbituril Mediated Electronic Identification of Single Nucleobases. Issue 5 (1st May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xiao, Bohuai; Li, Yunchuan; Chang, Shuai
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Volume 169:Issue 5(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-01
• Subjects: Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 541.3705
• DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ac700a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-4651

Abstract

Abstract : Electronically detecting and identifying four DNA nucleosides offers great opportunity in DNA sequencing. By introducing a cage-shaped molecule cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) into the tunneling junction to capture nucleobases, we show that all four DNA nucleobases can be better detected and identified, in contrast to the results measured with bare electrodes, and a conductivity order of T < A ∼ C < G can be clearly revealed with a correct single base read up to 84% from each individual tunneling signal. This work provides a unique electronic approach in identifying single DNA bases and paves the way for the realization of high-precision DNA single-molecule analysis using tunneling current.