Until the new study, «nobody has ever shown it directly» at room temperature by
turning nuclear spins to change an electrical current, he adds.
This high levels of hyperpolarization, together with the long
nuclear -
spin polarization lifetimes in nanodiamonds and the relatively high density of 13C nuclei,
turn functionalized and hyperpolarized nanodiamonds into attractive MRI probes for molecular imaging both in vitro and in vivo.