Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging with nanometer resolution requires new detection techniques with sensitivity well beyond the capability of conventional inductive detection. Here, we demonstrate two dimensional imaging of 1H NMR from an organic test sample using a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond as the sensor. The NV center detects the oscillating magnetic field from precessing protons in the sample as the sample is scanned past the NV center. A spatial resolution of 12 nm is shown, limited primarily by the scan accuracy. With further development, NV-detected magnetic resonance imaging could lead to a new tool for three-dimensional imaging of complex nanostructures, including biomolecules.
@article{arxiv.1406.2983,
title = {Proton magnetic resonance imaging with a nitrogen-vacancy spin sensor},
author = {D. Rugar and H. J. Mamin and M. H. Sherwood and M. Kim and C. T. Rettner and K. Ohno and D. D. Awschalom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.2983},
year = {2015}
}
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