Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with 90-nm resolution

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Mamin, H J ^a   Poggio, M ^a,b   Degen, C L ^a   Rugar, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; FLUORSPAR; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOMAGNETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 34249983210     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.105     Document Type: Article

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