Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging applications

Alberto Boretti; Lorenzo Rosa; Jonathan Blackledge; Stefania Castelletto

doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.207

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging applications

Beilstein J Nanotechnol. 2019 Nov 4:10:2128-2151. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.10.207. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Alberto Boretti^{1

2}, Lorenzo Rosa^{3

4}, Jonathan Blackledge^{5

6

7}, Stefania Castelletto⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
² Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
³ Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
⁴ Applied Plasmonics Lab, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Technological University Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Wales, Wrexham, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Computer Science, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ School of Engineering, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a point defect in diamond with unique properties for use in ultra-sensitive, high-resolution magnetometry. One of the most interesting and challenging applications is nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (nano-MRI). While many review papers have covered other NV centers in diamond applications, there is no survey targeting the specific development of nano-MRI devices based on NV centers in diamond. Several different nano-MRI methods based on NV centers have been proposed with the goal of improving the spatial and temporal resolution, but without any coordinated effort. After summarizing the main NV magnetic imaging methods, this review presents a survey of the latest advances in NV center nano-MRI.

Keywords: nanodiamonds; nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (nano-MRI); nitrogen-vacancy center; optically detected magnetic resonance.

Publication types

Review