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Recently it has been shown that the mechanical properties of cells play a very important role in various biological processes. Most living cells are small, fragile and highly heterogeneous. [...]

Magnetic relaxation switches (MRS) based on target-induced state changes of magnetic nanoparticles are vital approaches for biomolecule detection in in vitro diagnosis. Recently, magnetic graphene quantum dots have been employed as magnetic probes instead of iron oxide nanoparticles and showed high sensitivity. [...]

Delocalized carbon-based radical species with unpaired spin, such as the phenalenyl (PLY) radical, have opened avenues for developing multifunctional organic spintronic devices. Using direct laser writing and in situ deposition, we successfully fabricated Cu-PLY- and Zn-PLY-based organic magnetic tunnel junctions (OMTJs) with improved morphology and a reduced junction area of 3 × 8 μm2. [...]

For realizing multi-contrast MPI with different types of SuperParamagnetic Nanoparticles (SPN), reconstruction of the particles’ core diameter distribution is required for various points in space. We propose a principle for distinguishing signals from SPNs of different diameters, which exploits the offset field concept already used in MPI. [...]

Frequency mixing magnetic detection (FMMD) has been widely used in magnetic immunoassay measurement techniques. It can also be used to characterize and distinguish different magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) types according to their magnetic cores size. [...]