Featured Publications
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High-sensitivity multichannel zero-to-ultralow field NMR with atomic magnetometer arrays
B. Andrews, et al. PNAS Nexus 4, 6 (2025)
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Enhanced Reactivity at the Oil-Water Interface Accelerates the Synthesis of Zymonic Acid in Microemulsions
B. Wallace, et al. Chem. Sci. (in press) (2025).
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Experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal: Temporal Disorder in Spatiotemporal Order
L. Moon, et al. Nature Physics (in press) (2025)
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Nanoscale engineering and dynamical stabilization of mesoscopic spin textures
K. Harkins, et al. Science Advances 11, 13, eadn9021 (2025)
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Room-temperature quantum sensing with photoexcited triplet electrons in organic crystals
H. Singh, et al. Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013192 (2025)
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Complex 3-dimensional microscale structures for quantum sensing applications
B. Blankenship, et al. Nano. Lett. 23, 9272 (2023)
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High-Field Magnetometry with Hyperpolarized Nuclear Spins
O, Sahin, et al. Nature Comm 13, 5486 (2022)
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Electron induced nanoscale nuclear spin relaxation probed by hyperpolarization injection
W. Beatrez, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 010802 (2023)
Our Work Has Been Featured In
49. Electron-to-nuclear spectral mapping via "Galton board" dynamic nuclear polarization
A. Pillai, M. Elanchezhian, T. Virtanen, S. Conti, A. Ajoy* [PDF]
arXiv:2110.06826 — J. Chem. Phys. 159, 154201 (2023)
Selected as the Journal Cover Article in J. Chem. Phys.
Selected as the Editors' Featured Article in J. Chem. Phys.
48. Complex 3-dimensional microscale structures for quantum sensing applications
B. Blankenship†, Z. Jones†, N. Zhao, H. Singh, A. Sarkar, R. Li, E. Suh, A. Chen, C. Grigoropoulos*, A. Ajoy* [PDF] [SI]
arXiv:2307.15233 — Nano. Lett. 23, 9272 (2023)
Spotlighted by Berkeley Engineering: Researchers demonstrate new 3D printing technique for quantum sensors.
47. Electron induced nanoscale nuclear spin relaxation probed by hyperpolarization injection
W. Beatrez, A. Pillai, O. Janes, D. Suter, A. Ajoy* [PDF] [SI]
arXiv:2207.02827 — Phys. Rev. Lett. 131,010802 (2023).
Watch nuclear spins directly probing proximal electron relaxation: [Video 1] , [Video 2] , [Video 3] .
46. Optical and electronic spin properties of fluorescent micro- and nanodiamonds upon prolonged ultrahigh-temperature annealing
N. Nunn, S. Milikisiyants, M. Torelli, R. Monge, T. Delord, A. I. Shames, C. Meriles, A. Ajoy, A. I. Smirnov, O. Shenderova [PDF]
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 41, 042206 (2023)
Spotlighted as a Featured article in JVST.
45. Critical prethermal discrete time crystal created by two-frequency driving
W. Beatrez†, C. Fleckenstein†, A. Pillai, E. Sanchez, A. Akkiraju, J. Alcala, S. Conti, P. Reshetikhin, E. Druga, M. Bukov*, A. Ajoy* [PDF]
arXiv:2201.02162 — Nature Physics 19, 407 (2023)
Watch the formation and melting of a time-crystal: [Video 1] , [Video 2] , [Video 3] .