Table 1 Relevant parameters for imaging a molecular phantom β-cyclodextrin using NV spin based molecular structure microscope by projection-reconstruction method.

From: A nitrogen-vacancy spin based molecular structure microscope using multiplexed projection reconstruction

Quantity

 

Value

Phantom molecule

Molecule name

β-Cyclodextrin (Cycloheptaamylose)

Chemical formula

C42H70O35

Molecular weight

1135 g/mol (1.14 kDa)

Molecular size

OD-15 Ǻ and ID- 6 Ǻ

Molecular shape

Toroidal

Proton density

5.8 × 1028 m−3 (58 protons/nm3)

B0 Field

B0 Field

500 Gauss

1H Larmor

2128.5 kHz

Encoding

Gradient (magnetic tip)

3 G/nm @ 100 nm

Larmor frequency spread

30.6 kHz

Spectral resolution (Δf)

1.28 kHz

Signal B (r.m.s.)

1041H @ 7 nm19

~400 nT

70–1H @ 5 nm

~94 nT

Signal acquisition time/point

 

Δf = 1.3 kHz

Δf  = 30 kHz23

1H using (XY8)n (SNR = 6)23

586 sec

22 sec

+DQC(XY8)n47

37 sec

1.3 sec

+Enhanced collection48,50

1 sec

0.036 sec

Projections

Distinct projections

θ (0°–180°) and φ (0°–180°)

Total

81 [9 × 9]

3D structure acquisition time

 

~33 minutes