Three-dimensional localization spectroscopy of individual nuclear spins with sub-Angstrom resolution.

Autor: Zopes, J., Cujia, K. S., Sasaki, K., Boss, J. M., Itoh, K. M., Degen, C. L.
Zdroj: Nature Communications; 11/8/2018, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1-1, 1p
Abstrakt: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful method for analyzing the chemical composition and molecular structure of materials. At the nanometer scale, NMR has the prospect of mapping the atomic-scale structure of individual molecules, provided a method that can sensitively detect single nuclei and measure inter-atomic distances. Here, we report on precise localization spectroscopy experiments of individual 13C nuclear spins near the central electronic sensor spin of a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in a diamond chip. By detecting the nuclear free precession signals in rapidly switchable external magnetic fields, we retrieve the three-dimensional spatial coordinates of the nuclear spins with sub-Angstrom resolution and for distances beyond 10 Å. We further show that the Fermi contact contribution can be constrained by measuring the nuclear g-factor enhancement. The presented method will be useful for mapping atomic positions in single molecules, an ambitious yet important goal of nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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