Single bead detection with a NMR micro capillary probe

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December 6, 2012

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Nakashima, Michael A. Boss, Stephen E. Russek, John M. Moreland

Abstract

We have developed a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) microcapillary probe for the detection of single magnetic microbeads. The geometry of the probe has been optimized so that the signal from the background water has a similar magnitude compared to the signal from the dephased water nearby a single magnetic bead within the probe detector coil.In addition, the RF probes were tested in a 7 T (300 MHz) pulsed NMR spectrometer with sample volumes ranging from 5 nL down to 1 nL. The 1 nL probe had a single shot signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for pure water of 27 and a volume resolution that exhibits a 600-fold improvement over a conventional (5 mm tube) NMR probe with a sample volume of 18 υL. This allowed for the detection of a 1 υm magnetite/polystyrene bead (m = 2 × 10^-14Α m²) with an estimated experimental SNR of 30. Simulations of the NMR spectra for the different coil geometries and positions of the bead within the coil were developed that include the β₀ shift near a single bead, the inhomogeneity of the coils, the local coil sensitivity, the skin effect of the coil conductor, and quantitated estimates of the proximity effect between coil windings.

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Journal of Magnetic Resonance

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Keywords

magnetic particle, single particle detection, microcoil NMR, MRI contrast agent, medical imaging

Citation

Nakashima, Y. , Boss, M. , Russek, S. and Moreland, J. (2012), Single bead detection with a NMR micro capillary probe, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910557 (Accessed November 21, 2024)