Issue 26, 2022

Conductance and tunnelling current characteristics for individual identification of synthetic nucleic acids with a graphene device

Abstract

Based on combined density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function quantum transport studies, in the present work we have demonstrated the quantum interference (QI) effect on the transverse conductance of Hachimoji (synthetic) nucleic acids when placed between the oxygen-terminated zigzag graphene nanoribbon (O-ZGNR) nanoelectrodes. We theorize that the QI effect could be well preserved in π–π coupling between a target nucleobase molecule and the carbon-based nanoelectrodes. Our study indicates that the QI effect, such as anti-resonance or Fano-resonance, affects the variation of transverse conductance depending on the nucleobase conformation. Furthermore, a variation of up to 2–5 orders of magnitude is observed in the conductance upon rotation for all the nucleobases. The current–voltage (IV) characteristics results suggest a distinct variation in the electronic tunnelling current across the proposed nanogap device for all five nucleobases with the applied bias voltage ranges from 0.1–1.0 V. The different rotation angles keep the distinct feature of the nucleobases in both transverse conductance and tunnelling current features. Both features could be utilized in an accurate synthetic DNA sequencing device.

Graphical abstract: Conductance and tunnelling current characteristics for individual identification of synthetic nucleic acids with a graphene device

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Mar 2022
Accepted
14 Jun 2022
First published
15 Jun 2022

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 15756-15766

Conductance and tunnelling current characteristics for individual identification of synthetic nucleic acids with a graphene device

R. L. Kumawat and B. Pathak, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 15756 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01255C

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