Systems and methods for writing and reading data stored in a polymer

A method of storing and retrieving data using a polymer, comprising:

• storing data in a nanopore polymer memory device, the device having an add “0” chamber, an add “1” chamber, and a “deblock” chamber, and the data being encoded as part of the storing process as raw stored data;
• retrieving the raw stored data from the nanopore memory cell;
• and
• processing the raw data to provide clean data for use by a user device,
• wherein the polymer is DNA.

A method for loading a polymer into a nanopore-based device, comprising:

• providing at least one memory cell, each cell having at least two add chambers each of the add chambers having a nanopore arranged to allow the polymer to enter and exit the add chamber from an adjacent deblock chamber, and each of the add chambers arranged to add a unique code to the polymer when the polymer enters the respective add chamber, the deblock chamber arranged to enable the polymer to receive the code when the polymer enters the respective add chamber and the deblock chamber having at least one loading hole in a side opposite from the nanopore;
• providing a loading chamber, fluidically connected to the deblock chamber via the at least one loading hole;
• loading the loading chamber with a loading fluid having the polymer;
• and
• loading the polymer from the loading chamber through the loading hole into the deblock chamber;
• and
• sealing the loading hole,
• wherein the polymer is DNA.

A method for storing data on a polymer in a nanopore-based device, comprising:

• providing a memory cell having at least three add chambers each of the add chambers having a nanopore arranged to allow the polymer to enter and exit the add chamber and each of the add chambers arranged to add a unique code to the polymer when the polymer enters the respective add chamber, and a “deblock” chamber arranged to enable the polymer to receive the code when the polymer enters the respective add chamber;
• and
• successively steering the polymer from the “deblock” chamber through the nanopore to the add chambers to add the codes to the polymer based on a predetermined digital data pattern to create the digital data pattern on the polymer,
• wherein the polymer is DNA.