Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2019,10, 2128–2151, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.207
diamond with unique properties for use in ultra-sensitive, high-resolution magnetometry. One of the most interesting and challenging applications is nanoscalemagneticresonanceimaging (nano-MRI). While many review papers have covered other NV centers in diamond applications, there is no survey targeting
methods, this review presents a survey of the latest advances in NV center nano-MRI.
Keywords: nanodiamonds; nanoscalemagneticresonanceimaging (nano-MRI); nitrogen-vacancy center; optically detected magnetic resonance; Review
Introduction
Spin echoes and free induction decays were first detected in
image resolution on the molecular or even the atomic scale. This has given rise to the investigation of nanoscalemagneticresonanceimaging (nano-MRI) [5].
Different nano-MRI technologies have been proposed that are based on different sensors. Some of these technologies use the nitrogen-vacancy (NV
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Figure 1:
Diamond NV center mediated optomagnetic imaging of brain sample neural activity [72]. Image reproduced ...