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Department(s)/lab(s): Institute of Physical Chemistry | Tesi Group - Optically Addressable Molecular Spins @ Stuttgart
Summary:

Tesi leads an independent group at Stuttgart's Institute of Physical Chemistry working on optically addressable molecular spin systems -- the effort to reproduce the NV centre's defining trick (optical initialization and readout of a spin) in a designed molecule, where chemistry rather than crystal growth sets the properties. Work spans photogenerated spin-correlated radical pairs, ODMR on molecular chromophore-radical systems, spin-phonon coupling and coherence engineering, and embedding of molecular spins in films and matrices. Relative to the established NV-ensemble quantum-sensing playbook (DEER, nanoscale NMR, T1 relaxometry at pT/sqrt(Hz) ensemble sensitivity), this is arguably the most direct molecular analogue in the search: the target sensitivity and readout protocols are borrowed straight from NV ensembles, but the emitter is synthetic. Newer, smaller group; good fit for a postdoc who wants to own a direction rather than inherit one.

Created at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Updated at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Metadata: Freshness: 2026-07-14. Primary lab: Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart. Junior/independent group -- confirm exact title and funding.