Tuesday, March 15th, 2016  11:30 AM – 1:00  pm
Texas Instruments (TI) Auditorium E-1
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, CA
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TITLE: Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging- the Quest for a Molecular Structure Microscope

SPEAKER: Dr. John Mamin, IBM

Cosponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
ABSTRACT:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has had a huge impact in the biomedical field, with its ability to image the body non-destructively in three dimensions. A number of groups around the world are working to develop nanoMRI, applying the principles of MRI to perform three dimensional microscopy, with the ultimate goal of imaging individual biological molecules such as protein. Because nuclear magnetism is such a weak effect, any such technique will require a magnetic sensor that is both extremely sensitive and nanometer scale. In the past our group has used ultrasensitive force detection to sense the minute forces (~10-18 N) between a magnetic tip and small ensembles of hydrogen nuclei. More recently, we have explored the use of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond as quantum magnetometers for detecting nuclear magnetic resonance. I will describe both recent progress and the considerable challenges that lay ahead.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
John Mamin graduated from Stanford with a B.S. in physics and did his Ph.D. and postdoc in physics at UC Berkeley, working in superconductivity and the then emerging field of scanning tunneling microscopy. He has been a Research Staff Member at IBM ever since, working in areas ranging from magnetic force microscopy to probe- based data storage to pushing the limits of force detection. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and co-recipient of the 2009 Cozzarelli and the 2011 Gunther Laukien Prize for work in nanoscale magnetic resonance.

AGENDA:

• 11:30 am – Registration & light lunch (pizza & drinks)
• Noon – Presentation & Questions/Answers
• 1:00 pm – Adjourn

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