Search results for nitrogen-vacancy

Condensed Matter Nov 5, 2024

Ensuring a bright future for diamond electronics and sensors by perfecting the growth process

Researchers are developing new ideas about the best ways to make lab-grown diamonds while minimizing other forms of carbon, such as soot. These diamonds aren't destined for rings and necklaces, though. These are the kinds ...

Quantum Physics Oct 17, 2024

Harnessing diamond imperfections opens a new frontier in quantum sensor development

Quantum defects have the potential to act as ultra-sensitive sensors that could offer new kinds of navigation or biological sensor technology.

Nanophysics Oct 16, 2024

Diamond bonding technique could improve both quantum and conventional electronics

Synthetic diamond is durable, inert, rigid, thermally conductive and chemically well-behaved—an elite material for both quantum and conventional electronics. But there's one problem. Diamond only likes diamond.

Condensed Matter Oct 8, 2024

Highly sensitive quantum sensors for medicine: First successful demonstration of a dual-media NV diamond laser system

Measuring tiny magnetic fields, such as those generated by brain waves, enables many new novel opportunities for medical diagnostics and treatment. The research team led by Dr. Jan Jeske at Fraunhofer IAF is working on a ...

Nanophysics Oct 2, 2024

Researchers create orientation-independent magnetic field-sensing nanotube spin qubits

Purdue University researchers have developed patent-pending one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) containing spin qubits, or spin defects. The BNNTs are more sensitive in detecting off-axis magnetic fields at high ...

Condensed Matter Sep 27, 2024

Discovering quasiparticles ejected from color centers in diamond crystals

A research group led by University of Tsukuba has observed the cooperative behavior of polaron quasiparticles formed by the collective interaction of electrons and lattice vibrations around color centers in diamond crystals.

Nanophysics Sep 24, 2024

Quantum sensing approach captures nanoscale electrochemical evolution in battery

Battery performance is heavily influenced by the non-uniformity and failure of individual electrode particles. Understanding the reaction mechanisms and failure modes at nanoscale level is key to advancing battery technologies ...

Condensed Matter Sep 18, 2024

Antiferromagnetic spintronics advance opens door to next-gen electronics

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have achieved a breakthrough in antiferromagnetic spintronics, a development that could expand the nanotechnology's capabilities, which have been limited by their need for excessive ...

Nanomaterials Sep 9, 2024

Research team achieves high-resolution 2D imaging for graphene devices under high pressure

A research team led by Prof Zhang Zengming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has combined nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond with a diamond anvil ...

Condensed Matter Sep 6, 2024

Unlocking the secrets of diamond: New insights into nitrogen-vacancy center formation

Research teams from Wuhan University and the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) have revealed new insights into the formation mechanism of nitrogen-vacancies (NV) centers in type-Ib diamonds, a phenomenon critical to ...

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