Project description
Diamonds are key to next-generation magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Increasing the sensitivity and resolution of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is fundamental to medicine, chemistry and physics. Diamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centres could offer unprecedented sensing capabilities at room temperature. The EU-funded MaGNiFi project will develop a novel desktop NMR device to further boost the sensitivity and resolution of NMR based on nitrogen-vacancy centres. It will do so by switching the field strength and direction orders of magnitude faster than existing set-ups and by eliminating the need to shuttle the sample. The disruptive technology could allow earlier disease detection and enable unprecedented insight into cell functions at a molecular level, significantly reducing the cost and size of these systems.
Objective
Increasing the sensitivity and resolution of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is of fundamental importance in medicine, chemistry, and physics. Diamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centres are promising vehicles to provide NMR with unprecedented sensing capabilities at room temperature; however, hitherto employed nitrogen-vacancy NMR systems exhibit sensitivities orders of magnitude away from theoretical limits and impose impractical experimental conditions. This limitation is largely owing to their limited capability of generating a rapidly changing magnetic field as needed for optimal operation. This action aims to develop a novel desktop NMR device that boosts the sensitivity and resolution of nitrogen-vacancy based NMR by being capable of switching the field strength and direction orders of magnitude faster than existing setups and without needing to shuttle the sample. Among others, such disruptive technology could allow detecting diseases much earlier than ever and gaining insight on the functioning of cells at individual molecular level. Importantly, this device would complement the benefits of existing NMR systems at a fraction of their cost and size. Given the overarching use of NMR in areas such as health, environment and food, this project can have a broad positive impact in the European Research Area. Having developed a number of novel NMR devices, the experience of the fellow will be of great value and complements with that of Host and Partner supervisors, which are top-flight experts on quantum photonics for nanoparticles and spin polarisation dynamics respectively. This multidisciplinary nature of the project would provide fertile grounds for extensive knowledge transfer between all the actors. Importantly, beyond broadening the competences of the fellow in the fast-growing field of quantum sensing, proposed outreach, supervision, and complimentary course activities form a comprehensive training package for the fellow to reach professional maturity.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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20018 DONOSTIA - SAN SEBASTIAN
Spain
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