The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

Conspectus Relaxometry is a technique which makes use of a specific crystal lattice defect
in diamond, the so-called NV center. This defect consists of a nitrogen atom, which replaces …

Diamond magnetometry is a quantum sensing method involving detection of magnetic
resonances with nanoscale resolution. For instance, T1 relaxation measurements, inspired …

Optical biomarkers have been used extensively for intracellular imaging with high spatial
and temporal resolution. Extending the modality of these probes is a key driver in cell …

Beyond the sparkle, other properties of diamond have gained increasing attention in the
past few decades among chemists and physicists. Color centers impurities formed by one …

We present a study of the spin properties of dense layers of near-surface nitrogen-vacancy
(NV) centers in diamond created by nitrogen ion implantation. The optically detected …

The in situ measurement of the distribution of biomolecules inside a cell is one of the
important goals in life science. Among various imaging techniques, magnetic imaging (MI) …

Hyperpolarisation of nuclear spins is important in overcoming sensitivity and resolution
limitations of magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy …

Efficient polarization of organic molecules is of extraordinary relevance when performing
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and imaging. Commercially available routes to …

Sensing vector magnetic fields is critical to many applications in fundamental physics,
bioimaging, and material science. Magnetic field sensors exploiting nitrogen-vacancy (NV) …