Symposium EQ03-Spin-Based Sensing at the Nanoscale and Hyperpolarization with NV-Diamond and Beyond

Point defects like nitrogen vacancy centers (NV) in diamond can serve as highly sensitive and atomically small sensors making them ideal for localized measurements on the nanoscale. The spin state of a single NV center can be controlled and read-out optically enabling the detection of magnetic fields. Spin-based analytical methods like nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy are non-destructive and obtain information on a molecular level. They are routinely used for structure determination and quality control. The measurement principle is based on the interaction of individual nuclear spins under a strong magnetic field causing spin alignment. NV centers in close proximity to the analyte drastically decrease the sample volume simultaneously increasing spatial resolution. In addition, by hyperpolarization, spin polarization can be transferred e.g., from NV centers to other nuclei, beyond the thermal equilibrium, increasing the measurement signal. The material plays a key role for these techniques as material quality (defect density, contaminations, etc.) strongly influence decoherence times effectively reducing measurement time and hence increasing uncertainty. Apart from diamond, other materials like SiC and BN can host usable vacancy defects and are gaining more and more attention. Defects close to the surface show higher sensitivity to the adjacent magnetic field, however, in liquids fermi level shifts can result in discharging, i.e., sensor deactivation.

In this symposium, we want to address the challenges in spin-based sensing and hyperpolarization from the material synthesis to the application with a strong focus on diamond materials. This includes advanced defect and material characterization, diamond technology, surface treatments, spin manipulation protocols, biological applications and many more. Joint sessions on general diamond growth and doping will be organized to strenghten scientific exchange.

Topics will include:

Synthesis of NV-doped and Ultrapure Diamond
Other NV-like systems and materials
Creation of Color Centers
Defect Analysis and Material Characterization
Surface Treatments and Enhancement
Diamond Technology and Device Fabrication
Defect-based NMR Metrology
Hyperpolarization
NMR Techniques
Applications in Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry, Biology and Medicine

Invited Speakers:

Jocelyn Achard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
Ashok Ajoy (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Lee Bassett (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Ania Bleszynski Jayich (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Dmitry Budker (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany)
Andrew M. Edmonds (Element Six UK Ltd., United Kingdom)
Fedor Jelezko (Ulm University, Germany)
Hiromitsu Kato (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Anke Krüger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany)
Patrick Maletinsky (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Liam McGuinness (The Australian National University, Australia)
Mark Newton (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
Alexander Pines (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Romana Schirhagl (University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands)
Matthias Schreck (Universität Augsburg, Germany)
Ilay Schwarz (NVISION IMAGING Technologies GmbH, Germany)
Ronald L. Walsworth (Harvard University, USA)
Jörg Wrachtrup (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)