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60. Electronic Spin Relaxation and Clustering in High-Pressure High-Temperature Synthesized Microcrystalline Diamond Particles with Reduced Nitrogen Content
N. Nunn, S. Milikisiyants, M. Torelli, A. Healey, R. Styles, B. Johnson, J-P. Tetienne, P. Reineck, C. Long, T. Dumm, A. Dalis, H. Abe, T. Ohshima, L. Moon, E. Druga, A. Ajoy, A.I. Shames, A. Smirnov, O. Shenderova [PDF]
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129, 7493 (2025).

56. Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Sensing Within Functionalized Additively Manufactured Microporous Structures
B. W. Blankenship†, Y. Rho†, Z. Jones, T. Meier, R. Li, E. Druga, H. Singh, X. Xia, A. Ajoy*, C. P. Grigoropoulos* [PDF]
arXiv:2502.16434

51. Spatially Resolved Quantum Sensing with High-Density Bubble-Printed Nanodiamonds
B. Blankenship, J. Li, Z. Jones, M. Parashar, N. Zhao, H. Singh, R. Li, S. Arvin, A. Sarkar, R. Yang, T. Meier, Y. Rho, A. Ajoy*, C. Grigoropoulos* [PDF] [SI]
Nano. Lett. 24, 9711 (2024)

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.

40. Beauty Beyond the Eye: Color Centers in Diamond Particles for Imaging and Quantum Sensing Applications
N. Nunn, M. Torelli, A. Ajoy, A. Smirnov, O. Shenderova [PDF]
Rev. Adv. Chem., 12, 1, (2022).

32. High temperature annealing enhanced diamond 13C hyperpolarization at room temperature
M. Gierth, V. Krespach, A. I. Shames, P. Raghavan, E. Druga, N. Nunn, M. Torelli, R. Nirodi, S. Le, R. Zhao, A. Aguilar, X. Lv, M. Shen, C. A. Meriles, J. A. Reimer, A. Zaitsev, A. Pines, O. Shenderova, and A. Ajoy* [PDF]
arXiv:1911.03322 — Advanced Quantum Technologies 2000050 (2020) .