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ArticleScience advances2026

Molecular quantum nanosensors functioning in living cells.

Hitoshi Ishiwata, Jiarui Song, Yoko Shigeno, Koki Nishimura, Nobuhiro Yanai

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hitoshi IshiwataInstitute for Quantum Life Science (iQLS), The National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7486-8772
Jiarui SongDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0009-0006-9883-8742
Yoko ShigenoInstitute for Quantum Life Science (iQLS), The National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Koki NishimuraDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1654-4558
Nobuhiro YanaiDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0297-6544

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitatively mapping temperature within living cells is essential for understanding subcellular biophysical processes; however, existing intracellular quantum sensors such as nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers, quantum dots, and fluorescent proteins face limitations in material heterogeneity, cytotoxicity, and thermometric specificity. Here, we present molecular quantum nanosensors (MoQNs) as a next-generation platform for intracellular quantum sensing. MoQNs embed pentacene molecular spin qubits within

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Biosensing TechniquesNanotechnologyQuantum DotsHumansQuantum MechanicsQuantum TheoryTemperature

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PMID42054450
PMCPMC13127561

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