Exact schedule: 9:10-9:50
Quantum sensing using fluorescent atomic-scale defects, like the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides novel characterization of molecular systems and fresh insight into chemical functionality. Manipulated by light and microwaves, NVs enable highly localized detection of nuclear and electron spin dynamics in soft materials (e.g., polymers) and molecules to probe molecular structure–function relationships and intramolecular spin and charge transport. I will show how single NVs can be used for surface nuclear magnetic resonance detection of biomolecules, as well as to observe a transient photochemical electron-transfer reaction in a single molecule for the first time. This talk will highlight future opportunities of using these sensors for nanoscale magnetic resonance spectroscopies, such as spatiotemporal mapping of radical chemistry at biomimetic interfaces.