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Mapping spins in flatland

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Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy is used to map the properties of atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride, with the help of the nitrogen–vacancy colour centres engineered in a diamond layer placed under the 2D material.

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Figure 1: Principles of NQR spectroscopy.

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  1. Igor Aharonovich is at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia,

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  2. Fedor Jelezko is at the Institute for Quantum Optics and the Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany,

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Aharonovich, I., Jelezko, F. Mapping spins in flatland. Nature Mater 16, 397–398 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4881

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