Color centers in diamond: versatile and powerful tools for bioimaging

POSTER

Abstract

We present recent progress in the application of nitrogen vacancy (NV) and other color centers in diamond to demanding bioimaging applications, including: (i) nanodiamond cathodoluminescence (CL) to provide molecular-function correlated color to electron microscopy of the connections between neurons (``Connectomics''); (ii) super-resolution optical imaging of functionalized nanodiamonds in brain tissue using variants of STED, GSD or STORM techniques; and (iii) magnetic field sensing and imaging of neural activities using an NV- diamond magnetometer.

Authors

  • Huiliang Zhang

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    • Harvard University

  • David Glenn

    • Harvard-Smithsonian
    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    • Harvard University

  • Alexei Trifonov

    • Harvard
    • Harvard University

  • My Linh Pham

    • Harvard University
    • Harvard

  • David Le Sage

    • Harvard-Smithsonian
    • Harvard University

  • Narayanan Kasthuri

    • Harvard University

  • Richard Schalek

    • Harvard University

  • Jeff Lichtman

    • Harvard University

  • Ronald Walsworth

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Department of Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    • Harvard-Smithsonian
    • Harvard University