Decreasing the Limits of Detection and Analysis Time of Ion Current Rectification Biosensing Measurements via a Mechanically Applied Pressure Differential

Improving on the analytical capabilities of a measurement is a fundamental challenge with all assays, particularly decreasing the limit of detection while maintaining a practical associated analysis time. Of late, ion current rectification (ICR) biosensing measurements have received a great deal of attention as an analyte-specific, label-free assay. In ICR biosensing, a nanopore coated with an analyte specific binding molecule (e.g., an antibody, an aptamer, etc.) is used to detect a target analyte based on the ability of the target analyte to alter the ICR response of the nanopore upon it binding to the aperture interior. This binding changes the local surface charge and/or size of the nanopore aperture, thus altering its ICR response in a time dependent manner. Here, we report the ability to enhance the transport of a target analyte molecule to and through the aperture of an antibody modified glass nanopore membrane (AMGNM) with the application of a mechanically applied pressure differential. We demonst...