Method for Producing a Sequencing Unit for Sequencing a Biochemical Material and Sequencing Unit
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorFranz Laermer
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a sequencing unit for sequencing a biochemical material. In this case, at least one sequencing pore for sequencing the biochemical material in a precursor layer is created in a thermal lithography process in order to produce a pre-structured layer. The pre-structured layer is then converted into a graphene layer by heating to a conversion temperature in order to produce the sequencing unit. The sequencing pore is reduced to a size suitable for sequencing, depending on the transformation temperature.
Claims13
A method for producing a sequencing unit for sequencing a biochemical material, the method comprising:
- creating at least one sequencing pore in a precursor layer by generating a prestructured layer using thermal lithography;
- and
- converting the prestructured layer into a graphene layer by heating the prestructured layer to a conversion temperature thereby configuring the at least one sequencing pore for sequencing the biochemical material.
The method as claimed inclaim 1, wherein creating the at least one sequencing pore comprises:
- creating the at least one sequencing pore with a diameter between 10 and 20 nanometers.
A sequencing unit for sequencing a biochemical material, the sequencing unit comprising:
- a graphene layer having at least one sequencing pore configured to sequence the biochemical material, the at least one sequencing pore formed by:
- creating the at least one sequencing pore in a precursor layer by generating a prestructured layer using thermal lithography;
- and
- converting the prestructured layer into a graphene layer by heating the prestructured layer to a conversion temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.