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Molecules, up Your Spins!
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: Received: 30 March 2024 / Approved: 1 April 2024 / Online: 2 April 2024 (02:29:21 CEST)
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Barskiy, D.A. Molecules, Up Your Spins! Molecules 2024, 29, 1821. Barskiy, D.A. Molecules, Up Your Spins! Molecules 2024, 29, 1821.
Abstract
The last 50 years witnessed the emergence of various so called “hyperpolarization technologies” that allow generating large magnetizations of spin ensembles. This Editorial Essay provides a brief overview of the use of these technologies in various fields, including medicine, chemistry, and quantum sensing. It is concluded that critical questions still need to be addressed to harness benefits of nuclear hyperpolarization in clinical medical imaging while interdisciplinary innovation can unlock potential of novel (yet unexplored) methods. My hope is that this Editorial Essay provides valuable insights into the current state and future directions of spin technologies.
Keywords
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); hyperpolarization (HP); positron emission tomography (PET); dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP); chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP); parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP); signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE); atomic magnetometers (AMs); nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond; quantum information processing (QIP); quantum metrology (QM).
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Applied Chemistry
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