Patent ID: 9255321
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B82Y,C23C,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A nanopore structure comprising a single molecule receptor, the nanopore structure comprising: a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a nanochannel extending from the first surface to the opposing second surface and defining an interior surface; a raised patch of a material disposed onto a selected area of the interior surface of the nanochannel, wherein the raised patch does not fully encompass the circumference of the nanochannel, the raised patch material having a surface area of about 3 to about 10,000 nm a chemical compound disposed onto the material to form a functionalized material that forms the single molecule receptor; wherein the single molecule receptor is a binding site with nanometer dimensions that binds to only a single molecule of an analyte in a complex sample.