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Nature Materials volume 8, pages 368–369 (2009)Cite this article

Ultrapure, isotopically engineered diamonds show record spin coherence times. The ideal spin-free material for quantum information processing and magnetometry is one step closer.

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Figure 1: Engineering spin coherence through materials control.
Figure 2: Possible application of the new ultrapure, isotopically engineered diamond.

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