Influence of different alkali metal halide salts on the
translocation
event signals of 4.8 kb linearized dsDNA. The dsDNA was diluted to
0.3 nM in 0.1 M KCl, and this solution was used to fill the nanopipettes.
Different 0.1 M alkali metal halides were used to generate the PEG
35K bath; these were LiCl, LiBr, LiI, NaF, NaCl, NaBr, NaI, KF, KCl,
KBr, KI, CsF, CsCl, CsBr, and CsI. The KCl diluted dsDNA nanopipettes
were immersed into the different metal halide PEG 35K baths, and −500
mV was applied to drive the dsDNA translocations. The plot displays
the mean current peak maxima and the dwell time, and each salt is
color coded with its associated lattice energy. Three independent
nanopore experiments were performed for each salt condition.