Electron tunnelling can be used to selectively identify the basic constituents of DNA, indicating that the approach could be used to efficiently read a DNA sequence.
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Thundat, T. Read with quantum mechanics. Nature Nanotech 5, 246–247 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.72
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