A research team has developed diamond quantum sensors that can be used to improve resolution in magnetic imaging. In order to test the method, the scientists placed a microchip with microscopic water-filled channels on the diamond quantum sensor. This allowed the researchers to simulate microstructures of a cell. They were able to successfully analyze the diffusion of water molecules within the microstructure.

In the next step the researchers want to develop the method further to enable the investigation of microstructures in single living cells, tissue sections, or the ion mobility of thin-film materials for battery applications.

The ability of NMR and MRI techniques to directly detect the mobility of atoms and molecules makes them absolutely unique compared to other imaging methods. (Image credit: A. Heddergott/TUM)

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    This article first appeared in the December, 2023 issue of Medical Design Briefs Magazine (Vol. 13 No. 12).

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