MRI at the molecular level

A group of Harvard researchers led by Amir Jacobi developed a magnetic resonance imaging, capable of generating nanosubmarine.



The development of Harvard researchers will enable to look into the atomic structure of individual molecules. "What we showed in this new work is an opportunity to obtain very high spatial resolution for the entire volume of MRI technology," said Jacobi. Although the technology is not fully worked out, it can be used to capture images of single electron-spin. In the future, the system can look at the structure of molecules.





Nano-system developed by Jacoby uses the magnet, which is 20 nanometers in diameter — about 300 times smaller than a red blood cell, but it is capable of generating a magnetic field gradient 100,000 times larger than even the most powerful conventional systems.



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