Microscopic Transport Analysis of Single Molecule Detection in MoS\(_2\) Nanopore Membranes

A microscopic physical analysis of the various resistive effects involved in the electronic detection of single biomolecules in a nanopore of a MoS2 nanoribbon is presented. The analysis relies on a combined experimental-theoretical approach, where the variations of the transverse electronic current along the two-dimensional (2D) membrane due to the translocation of DNA and proteins molecules through the pore are compared with model calculations based on molecular dynamics (MD) and Boltzmann transport formalism for evaluating the membrane conductance. Our analysis that points to a self-consistent interaction among ions, charge carriers around the pore rim and biomolecules, emphasizes the effects of the electrolyte concentration, pore size, nanoribbon geometry, but also the doping polarity of the nanoribbon on the electrical sensitivity of the nanopore in detecting biomolecules, which agrees well with the experimental data.