Assembly for nucleic acid sequencing by means of tunnel current analysis

An arrangement, comprising:

• a plurality of electrically conductive particles, each electrically conductive particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• a plurality of electrically insulating particles, each electrically insulating particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• at least two first electrodes contacting the electrically conductive particles;
• a substrate on which the at least two first electrodes, the plurality of electrically conductive particles, and the plurality of electrically insulating particles are arranged,
• the plurality of electrically conductive particles and the plurality of electrically insulating particles being arranged on the substrate in a substantially square planar fashion such that at least two of the electrically conductive particles lie diagonally opposite one another and such that at least two of the electrically insulating particles lie diagonally opposite to one another,
• the at least two electrically conductive particles being electrically insulated from one another by a gap;
• wherein each of electrically conductive particles and each of the electrically insulating particles is a spherical particle.

An arrangement, comprising:

• a plurality of electrically conductive particles, each electrically conductive particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• a plurality of electrically insulating particles, each electrically insulating particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• at least two first electrodes contacting the electrically conductive particles;
• a substrate on which the at least two first electrodes, the plurality of electrically conductive particles, and the plurality of electrically insulating particles are arranged,
• the plurality of electrically conductive particles and the plurality of electrically insulating particles being arranged on the substrate in a substantially square planar fashion such that at least two of the electrically conductive particles lie diagonally opposite one another and such that at least two of the electrically insulating particles lie diagonally opposite to one another,
• the at least two electrically conductive particles being electrically insulated from one another by a gap;
• wherein each of the electrically insulating particles is formed of polystyrene.

An arrangement, comprising:

• a plurality of electrically conductive particles, each electrically conductive particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• a plurality of electrically insulating particles, each electrically insulating particle having a diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm;
• at least two first electrodes contacting the electrically conductive particles;
• a substrate on which the at least two first electrodes, the plurality of electrically conductive particles, and the plurality of electrically insulating particles are arranged,
• the plurality of electrically conductive particles and the plurality of electrically insulating particles being arranged on the substrate in a substantially square planar fashion such that at least two of the electrically conductive particles lie diagonally opposite one another and such that at least two of the electrically insulating particles lie diagonally opposite to one another,
• the at least two electrically conductive particles being electrically insulated from one another by a gap;
• wherein the electrically conductive particles that are at a distance from one another of less than 1 nm with respect to one another are fixedly connected to one another.

A method for producing an arrangement, comprising:

• producing a plurality of depressions in a substrate;
• filling each of the depressions with a plurality of electrically conductive particles and a plurality of electrically insulating particles,
• the electrically conductive particles and the electrically insulating particles being statistically distributed in each of the depressions such that at least two of the electrically conductive particles lie diagonally opposite one another and such that at least of the electrically insulating particles lie diagonally opposite to one another, the at least two electrically conductive particles being electrically insulated from one another by a gap;
• and
• applying at least two electrodes on the substrate for each of the depressions, the at least two electrodes contacting the electrically conductive particles in the respective depression.