Patent ID: 11912577
Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G  H  B | IPC B  C  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for creating at least one nanopore on a membrane, comprising:
fabricating a mask with at least one nanotunnel therethrough;
placing the mask over the membrane that has one to five monolayer;
adjusting a bombardment energy of charged C60 molecules and adjusting an incident angle of bombardment thereof to 5 degrees to less than 20 degrees away from a nanotunnel axis, an adjusted bombardment energy and an adjusted incident angle determined by a number of the monolayers, to control a size of the at least one nanopore;
bombarding the mask with the charged C60 molecules at the adjusted bombardment energy and the adjusted incident angle such that one C60 molecule enters one nanotunnel, each of said C60 molecules colliding with an inner wall of the nanotunnel at least once whereby said adjusted bombardment energy and adjusted incident angle prevent crushing or deforming of the C60 molecule; and
bombarding the membrane with each of the charged C60 molecules after passing through the at least one nanotunnel, to create the at least one nanopore thereon.