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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03578-1
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) under the Centre of Excellence scheme [CE110001027]
- ARC [FL130100119, DE170100129]
- University of Melbourne
- Australian Government
Hyperpolarisation of nuclear spins is important in overcoming sensitivity and resolution limitations of magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Current hyperpolarisation techniques require high magnetic fields, low temperatures, or catalysts. Alternatively, the emergence of room temperature spin qubits has opened new pathways to achieve direct nuclear spin hyperpolarisation. Employing a microwave- free cross-relaxation induced polarisation protocol applied to a nitrogen vacancy qubit, we demonstrate quantum probe hyperpolarisation of external molecular nuclear spins to similar to 50% under ambient conditions, showing a single qubit increasing the polarisation of similar to 10(6) nuclear spins by six orders of magnitude over the thermal background. Results are verified against a detailed theoretical treatment, which also describes how the system can be scaled up to a universal quantum hyperpolarisation platform for macroscopic samples. Our results demonstrate the prospects for this approach to nuclear spin hyperpolarisation for molecular imaging and spectroscopy and its potential to extend beyond into other scientific areas.
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