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Detection of atomic spin labels in a lipid bilayer using a single-spin nanodiamond probe.


ABSTRACT: Magnetic field fluctuations arising from fundamental spins are ubiquitous in nanoscale biology, and are a rich source of information about the processes that generate them. However, the ability to detect the few spins involved without averaging over large ensembles has remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate the detection of gadolinium spin labels in an artificial cell membrane under ambient conditions using a single-spin nanodiamond sensor. Changes in the spin relaxation time of the sensor located in the lipid bilayer were optically detected and found to be sensitive to near-individual (4 ± 2) proximal gadolinium atomic labels. The detection of such small numbers of spins in a model biological setting, with projected detection times of 1 s [corresponding to a sensitivity of ?5 Gd spins per Hz(1/2)], opens a pathway for in situ nanoscale detection of dynamical processes in biology.

SUBMITTER: Kaufmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3704011 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Detection of atomic spin labels in a lipid bilayer using a single-spin nanodiamond probe.

Kaufmann Stefan S   Simpson David A DA   Hall Liam T LT   Perunicic Viktor V   Senn Philipp P   Steinert Steffen S   McGuinness Liam P LP   Johnson Brett C BC   Ohshima Takeshi T   Caruso Frank F   Wrachtrup Jörg J   Scholten Robert E RE   Mulvaney Paul P   Hollenberg Lloyd L  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130617 27


Magnetic field fluctuations arising from fundamental spins are ubiquitous in nanoscale biology, and are a rich source of information about the processes that generate them. However, the ability to detect the few spins involved without averaging over large ensembles has remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate the detection of gadolinium spin labels in an artificial cell membrane under ambient conditions using a single-spin nanodiamond sensor. Changes in the spin relaxation time of the sensor locat  ...[more]

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