Optical sequencing of digital polymers for molecular data storage – M2

Name of host organization: Institut Fresnel CNRS UMR7249
Mail address :Faculté des Sciences de Saint Jérôme, 52 avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen,
13013 Marseille

Name of the supervisor(s): Jérôme Wenger
Email address : Jerome.wenger@fresnel.fr
Phone number : +33 7 86 39 18 49

Molecular data storage relies on the ability to write and read digital information encoded onto large molecules, and usually DNA is used. Recently, digital polymers have been introduced offering interesting perspectives for data storage due to a larger versatility and variety. However, sequencing of macromolecules, i.e. reading the digital information they contain, is a major challenge for molecular data storage. Nowadays, the main characterization techniques are based on mass spectrometry or electrical current detection. Despite their high sensitivity, these methods remain restricted to specific polymers and low level of parallelization.

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