Jan 3, 2021

NIST Awards a Phase II Grant to Support QDTI’s Development of NV Imaging to Support Single Magnetic Nanoparticle Development

Following a successful Phase I SBIR research program, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a key federal science and technology agency, has awarded QDTI a Phase II SBIR contract to continue development of a platform for high-speed single magnetic nanoparticle analysis using the company’s quantum NV diamond sensing technology. Magnetic nanoparticles and beads are a key component of many biomedical diagnostics products, but the lack of a technology allowing individual magnetic particles to be tested quickly has hindered quality control and further technical development. QDTI’s technology allows the magnetic properties of thousands of magnetic particles to be tested in parallel.