Patent ID: 8491769

Claim:
A method of embedding a nanotube in a nanopore, the method comprising: configuring a reservoir comprising a membrane separating the reservoir into a first reservoir part and a second reservoir part, the nanopore being formed through the membrane for connecting the first and second reservoir parts; and filling the nanopore, the first reservoir part, and the second reservoir part with an ionic fluid; wherein a first electrode is dipped in the first reservoir part; wherein a second electrode is dipped in the second reservoir part; and providing a smooth inner surface for the nanopore by embedding the nanotube in the nanopore in order for an other surface of the nanotube to fit an inner surface of the nanopore from top to bottom: wherein the nanotube is driven into the nanopore by a voltage bias applied to the first and second electrodes, to cause the inner surface of the nanopore to form a covalent bond to the outer surface of the nanotube via an organic coating within the nanopore.