[HTML][HTML] A nanofluidic knot factory based on compression of single DNA in nanochannels

S Amin, A Khorshid, L Zeng, P Zimny… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Knots form when polymers self-entangle, a process enhanced by compaction with important
implications in biological and artificial systems involving chain confinement. In particular, …

Flossing DNA in a dual nanopore device

X Liu, P Zimny, Y Zhang, A Rana, R Nagel, W Reisner… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state nanopores are a single‐molecule technique that can provide access to biomolecular
information that is otherwise masked by ensemble averaging. A promising application …

Dynamic compression of single nanochannel confined DNA via a nanodozer assay

A Khorshid, P Zimny, D Tétreault-La Roche… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We show that a single DNA molecule confined and extended in a nanochannel can be
dynamically compressed by sliding a permeable gasket at a fixed velocity relative to the …

Electronic mapping of a bacterial genome with dual solid-state nanopores and active single-molecule control

A Rand, P Zimny, R Nagel, C Telang, J Mollison… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We present an electronic mapping of a bacterial genome using solid-state nanopore
technology. A dual-nanopore architecture and active control logic are used to produce single-…

Hydrogel droplet single-cell processing: DNA purification, handling, release, and on-chip linearization

P Zimny, D Juncker, W Reisner - Biomicrofluidics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The preparation and handling of mammalian single-cell genomic DNA is limited by the
complexity bottleneck inherent to performing multi-step, multi-reagent operations in a microfluidic …

[PDF][PDF] CATIA V5 Deployments with NetApp Solutions

R Godbole, M Davied, P ZIMNY, D Systèmes - 2005 - Citeseer
NetApp delivers a fast and efficient storage infrastructure for support of CATIA deployments.
New installs or upgrades of CATIA can be quickly and easily deployed on NetApp storage …

[PDF][PDF] Repeated Sensing of Single DNA Molecules in a Dual Nanopore Device

P Zimny, Y Zhang, A Rana, R Nagel, W Reisner… - Biophysical …, 2020 - cell.com
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at reduced speeds of a molecule that is maintained in a linearized state. A DNA molecule …

Multi-scanning of single DNA Molecules in a Dual Nanopore Device

X Liu, P Zimny, Y Zhang, A Rana, R Nagel… - Bulletin of the American …, 2020 - APS
Single-molecule techniques can access to biomolecular information that is otherwise
masked by ensemble averaging, and that can lead to new research discoveries or clinically …

Droplet Microfluidics for Compartmentalized Cell Lysis and Extension of DNA from Single-Cells

P Zimny, D Juncker, W Reisner - APS March Meeting …, 2017 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Current single cell DNA analysis methods suffer from (i) bias introduced by the need for
molecular amplification and (ii) limited ability to sequence repetitive elements, resulting in (iii) an …

Optical Nanofluidic Piston: Assay for Dynamic Force-Compression of Single Confined Polymer Chains

A Khorshid, P Zimny, P Macos… - APS March Meeting …, 2014 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
While single-molecule approaches now have a long-history in polymer physics, past methodology
has a key limitation: it is not currently possible to apply well-defined forces to a precise …