Quantum sensing

CL Degen, F Reinhard, P Cappellaro - Reviews of modern physics, 2017 - APS
“Quantum sensing” describes the use of a quantum system, quantum properties, or quantum
phenomena to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. Historical examples of …

A review of carbon dots in biological applications

J Wang, J Qiu - Journal of materials science, 2016 - Springer
Luminescent carbon-based nanomaterials have inspired tremendous research interests due
to their tunable optical properties as well as superior biocompatibility. In this review, distinct …

Subnanometre resolution in three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of individual dark spins

MS Grinolds, M Warner, K De Greve… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized biomedical science by providing non-
invasive, three-dimensional biological imaging. However, spatial resolution in conventional …

Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetic Relaxometry of Nanoclustered Cytochrome C Proteins

S Lamichhane, R Timalsina, C Schultz, I Fescenko… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry offers an alternative tool to detect paramagnetic
centers in cells with a favorable combination of magnetic sensitivity and spatial resolution …

Probing many-body dynamics in a two-dimensional dipolar spin ensemble

EJ Davis, B Ye, F Machado, SA Meynell, W Wu… - Nature physics, 2023 - nature.com
The most direct approach for characterizing the quantum dynamics of a strongly interacting
system is to measure the time evolution of its full many-body state. Despite the conceptual …

Local and bulk 13C hyperpolarization in nitrogen-vacancy-centred diamonds at variable fields and orientations

GA Álvarez, CO Bretschneider, R Fischer… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Polarizing nuclear spins is of fundamental importance in biology, chemistry and physics.
Methods for hyperpolarizing 13C nuclei from free electrons in bulk usually demand …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities for nitrogen-vacancy-assisted magnetometry to study magnetism in 2D van der Waals magnets

A Laraoui, K Ambal - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Exploring and understanding magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW)
magnetic materials present a promising route for developing high-speed and low-power …

Photoinduced charge injection from shallow point defects in diamond into water

K Xu, D Pagliero, GI López-Morales… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Thanks to its low or negative surface electron affinity and chemical inertness, diamond is
attracting broad attention as a source material of solvated electrons produced by optical …

Spin dynamics of a solid-state qubit in proximity to a superconductor

R Monge, T Delord, NV Proscia, Z Shotan… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A broad effort is underway to understand and harness the interaction between
superconductors and spin-active color centers with an eye on hybrid quantum devices and …

Optical hyperpolarization of nuclear spins in nanodiamond ensembles

Q Chen, I Schwarz, F Jelezko, A Retzker, MB Plenio - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Dynamical nuclear polarization holds the key for orders of magnitude enhancements of
nuclear magnetic resonance signals which, in turn, would enable a wide range of novel …