Nanopore Illustration (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Dallas

Nanopore Illustration

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In this illustration, a single-stranded DNA molecule moves through a nanopore. The nanopore is about 2 nanometers (nm) in diameter. By comparison, a strand of human hair is 80,000 to 100,000 nm wide. A water shell (blue) surrounds the DNA strand.

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The University of Texas at Dallas

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