Controlling the temperature of nanopore sensors
Locally controlling temperature on the nanoscale can be exceptionally challenging but researchers at Imperial College London in the UK say that they are now able to do just this inside plasmonic nanostructures made from nanopores and “bulls-eye” nanoantennas. The structures are made from gold and silicon nitride and can be heated up using laser light of a specific wavelength. They can be used to detect single molecules and biomolecules, such as proteins and DNA, and analyse their properties…..
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