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. 2023 Feb 3;5(3):157–169. doi: 10.1038/s42254-023-00558-3

Fig. 6. Thermometry with nitrogen–vacancy (NV) centres in nanodiamonds.

Fig. 6

a, NV energy-level diagram with spin quantum number ms = 0,±1 and temperature-dependent zero-field splitting, D(T), which is typically used for thermometry. b, Four-point measurement scheme for noise-robust determination of temperature using NVs. c, Heat gradients between two cells AB and P1 at the early embryo stage, generated by localized heating using an infrared (IR) laser. Parts b,c adapted with permission from ref. 137, PNAS.