Single-walled carbon nanotubes can be used to detect single DNA molecules as they pass through the nanotubes under the influence of an applied electric field.
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Siwy, Z., Davenport, M. Making nanopores from nanotubes. Nature Nanotech 5, 174–175 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.33
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