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Ultrapure, isotopically engineered diamonds show record spin coherence times. The ideal spin-free material for quantum information processing and magnetometry is one step closer.

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Figure 1: Engineering spin coherence through materials control.
Figure 2: Possible application of the new ultrapure, isotopically engineered diamond.

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  1. Ronald Hanson is at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. R.Hanson@tudelft.nl,

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Hanson, R. Mother Nature outgrown. Nature Mater 8, 368–369 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2433

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