Quantum-based NMR spectrometer: the final frontier for field deployable chemical sensors

该项目旨在利用尖端的金刚石量子传感器开发一种坚固，紧凑和敏感的核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪，用于痕量化学检测分析。核磁共振是化学表征和定量的金标准。然而，这种功能强大且无处不在的技术目前还无法用于需要表征和量化潜在剧毒或爆炸性样品的现场操作人员。我们提出的基于量子的传感技术将为国防部提供增强的态势感知能力，并可以大大减少军事人员暴露于化学/爆炸威胁的风险，同时提供高保真度的数据，从而可以做出真正明智的战术决策。

This project aims to use cutting edge diamond-based quantum sensors to develop a robust, compact and sensitive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer for trace chemical detection analysis. NMR is the gold standard of chemical characterisation and quantification. Yet this powerful and ubiquitous technique is not currently available to field operators needing to characterise and quantify samples that are potentially highly toxic or explosive. Our proposed quantum-based sensing technology would provide Defence with enhanced situational awareness and could dramatically reduce exposure of military personnel to chemical/explosive threats while providing high-fidelity data from which truly informed tactical decisions can be made.