Embedding a nanotube inside a nanopore for DNA translocation

A system for embedding a nanotube in a nanopore, the system comprising:

• an apparatus comprising:
• a membrane separating a 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;
• an ionic fluid filling the nanopore, the first reservoir part, and the second reservoir part;
• a first electrode dipped in the first reservoir part;
• a second electrode dipped in the second reservoir part;
• and
• the nanotube embedded in the nanopore as a smooth inner surface for the nanopore in which an outer surface of the nanotube fits an inner surface of the nanopore from top to bottom within the nanotube;
• and
• a voltage source configured to drive the nanotube into the nanopore so that the outer surface of the nanotube is in contact with the inner surface of the nanopore to form a covalent bond via an organic coating.

An apparatus for embedding a nanotube in a nanopore, the apparatus comprising:

• a membrane separating a 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;
• an ionic fluid filling the nanopore, the first reservoir part, and the second reservoir part;
• a first electrode dipped in the first reservoir part;
• a second electrode dipped in the second reservoir part;
• and
• the nanotube embedded in the nanopore as a smooth inner surface for the nanopore in which an outer surface of the nanotube fits an inner surface of the nanopore from top to bottom within the nanotube;
• wherein the nanotube is driven into the nanopore by a difference in fluidic pressure on two sides of the membrane, which causes the inner surface of the nanopore to form a covalent bond to the outer surface of the nanotube via an organic coating.