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Nanodiamonds coated with thermoresponsive paramagnetic polymers
Čopák, Jakub ; Kotek, Jan (advisor) ; Kubíček, Vojtěch (referee)
Temperature is a fundamental physical quantity referring to processes occurring in living systems. Therefore, it is important to design a thermometer which can measure the temperature in a real time and in nano-resolution. Fluorescent nanodiamonds, showing fluorescence thanks to nitrogen-vacancy pairs (NV centres) present as common crystal lattice defects, seem to be promising candidates. The NV centres are highly sensitive to magnetic field changes (magnetic noise). Paramagnetic metal ions reduce T1 relaxation time of nanodiamonds NV centres and this effect strongly depends on the distance between the metal ion and the NV centrum. Among all paramagnetic ions, Gd3+ is most suitable due to its high spin (7/2) and thus causes a great change in reduce T1 relaxation time. Thermoresponsive polymers can be used to achieve a distance change of the Gd3+ ion from nanodiamons NV centres. The aim of this thesis is the preparation of nanodiamonds coated with thermoresponsive paramagnetic polymer layer which can be further utilized as nanothermometer. The nanodiamonds were covered with a thermoresponsive polymeric layer containing a Gd3+ -containing monomer. This architecture responds to temperature changes in a geometric manner, altering the distance of Gd3+ ions from the NV centres. Keywords: nanodiamonds, NV...
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Quantum optical nanosensors for microRNA
Čopák, Jakub ; Cígler, Petr (advisor) ; Ménová, Petra (referee)
Several disease processes taking place in the cells are characterized by an increase of the concentration of nucleic acids, in particular micro RNAs (miRNAs). A detection system that could selectively detect the increased presence of the miRNAs directly in the living cells in real time with nanoresolution is therefore highly desired. Fluorescent nanodiamond particles are considered promising candidates thanks to their biocompatibility, small size, allowing them to penetrate the cell membrane, and stable fluorescent defects in the crystal lattice, namely nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres. The NV centres are the most studied colour centres of nanodiamonds due to their unique room-temperature optical properties, allowing for highly sensitive detection of changes in the magnetic field (magnetic noise) with quantum sensing techniques. For instance, the length of the T1 relaxation time NV electronic spin is greatly influenced by the presence of paramagnetic species, which causes a shortening of the T1 relaxation time depending on the proximity to the NV centres. However, for selective quantum sensing with nanodiamonds, the use of molecular transducers is necessary to bind targeted molecules with high specificity and allow their detection via the change of the NV spin properties. In this work,...
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Nanodiamonds coated with thermoresponsive paramagnetic polymers
Čopák, Jakub ; Kotek, Jan (advisor) ; Kubíček, Vojtěch (referee)
Temperature is a fundamental physical quantity referring to processes occurring in living systems. Therefore, it is important to design a thermometer which can measure the temperature in a real time and in nano-resolution. Fluorescent nanodiamonds, showing fluorescence thanks to nitrogen-vacancy pairs (NV centres) present as common crystal lattice defects, seem to be promising candidates. The NV centres are highly sensitive to magnetic field changes (magnetic noise). Paramagnetic metal ions reduce T1 relaxation time of nanodiamonds NV centres and this effect strongly depends on the distance between the metal ion and the NV centrum. Among all paramagnetic ions, Gd3+ is most suitable due to its high spin (7/2) and thus causes a great change in reduce T1 relaxation time. Thermoresponsive polymers can be used to achieve a distance change of the Gd3+ ion from nanodiamons NV centres. The aim of this thesis is the preparation of nanodiamonds coated with thermoresponsive paramagnetic polymer layer which can be further utilized as nanothermometer. The nanodiamonds were covered with a thermoresponsive polymeric layer containing a Gd3+ -containing monomer. This architecture responds to temperature changes in a geometric manner, altering the distance of Gd3+ ions from the NV centres. Keywords: nanodiamonds, NV...
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