Combining a sensor and a pH-gated nanopore based on an avidin-biotin system

Abstract

Here we propose a new approach to tailor nanopores, which combines both pH gating and sensing properties. This strategy is based on PEG like-avidin grafting in nanopores designed by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Below pH 5 the nanopore is blocked. We show that the PEG chains are at the origin of these properties.