In contrast to sequence-specific techniques such as polymerase chain reaction, DNA sequencing does not require prior knowledge of the sample for surveying DNA. However, current sequencing technologies demand high inputs for a suitable library preparation, which typically necessitates DNA amplification, even for single-molecule sequencing methods. Here, electro-optical zero-mode waveguides (eZMWs) are presented, which can load DNA into the confinement of zero-mode waveguides with high efficiency and negligible DNA fragment length bias. Using eZMWs, highly efficient voltage-induced loading of DNA fragments of various sizes from ultralow inputs (nanogram-to-picogram levels) is observed. Rapid DNA fragment identification is demonstrated by burst sequencing of short and long DNA molecules (260 and 20 000 bp) loaded from an equimolar picomolar-level concentration mixture in just a few minutes. The device allows further studies in which low-input DNA capture is essential, for example, in epigenetics, where native DNA is required for obtaining modified base information.
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