Jennifer Hollingsworth

Education

• Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry
• Washington University in St. Louis
• 1999

• B.A., Chemistry
• Grinnell College
• 1992

Positions

• 2016 - Present | Laboratory Fellow
• 2015 - Present | Technical Staff Member, Scientist 5
• 2010 - 2015 | Technical Staff Member, Scientist 4
• 2006 - 2010 | Technical Staff Member, Scientist 4
• 1/2001 - 1/2006 | Technical Staff Member
• 1999 - 2001 | Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow

Awards

• LANL Program Recognition Award and LANL Achievement Award (2014)
• LANL Fellows’ Prize for Research (2013)
• LANL Associate Directorate for Chemistry, Life, & Earth Sciences Achievement Award (2009)
• LANL Awards for Outstanding Scientific Achievement (2010, 2006, 2001)
• LANL Women’s Career Development Mentoring Award (2005)
• LANL Distinguished Postdoctoral Performance Award (Small Team) (2002)
• LANL Director's Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-2001)
• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Center Fellow (1996-1999)
• MRS Graduate Student Award Finalist (Fall, 1997)
• Phi Beta Kappa (1992-present)
• National Merit Scholarship, Grinnell College (1988-1992)

Publications

• Orfield, N. J., McBride, J. R., Wang, F., Buck, M. R., Keene, J. D., Reid, L. R., Htoon, H.,* Hollingsworth, J. A.,* Rosenthal, S. J.* (*co-corresponding) Quantum Yield Heterogeneity Among Single Nonblinking Quantum Dots Revealed by Atomic Structure-Quantum Optics Correlation. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 1960-1968.
• Hollingsworth, J. A., Htoon, H., Piryatinski, A., Götzinger, S., Sandoghdar, V. When excitons and plasmons meet: Emerging function through synthesis and assembly. Invited Review MRS Bull. 2015, 40, 768.
• Hanson, C. J., Buck, M. R., Acharya, K., Torres, J. A., Kundu, J., Ma, X., Bouquin, S., Hamilton, C. E., Htoon, H. & Hollingsworth, J. A. Giant Quantum Dots: Matching Solid-State to Solution-Phase Photoluminescence Performance for Near-Unity Down-Conversion Efficiency. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 13125-13130.
• Acharya, K. P., Nguyen, H. M., Paulite, M., Piryatinski, A., Zhang, J., Casson, J. L., Xu, H., Htoon, H. & Hollingsworth, J. A. Elucidation of Two Giants: Challenges to Thick-shell Synthesis in CdSe/ZnSe and ZnSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3755-3758.
• Karan, N. S., Keller, A. M., Sampat, S., Roslyak, O., Arefin, A., Hanson, C. J., Casson, J. L., Desireddy, A., Ghosh, Y., Piryatinski, A., Iyer, R. , Htoon, H., Malko, A. V. & Hollingsworth, J. A. Plasmonic Giant Quantum Dots: Hybrid Semiconductor-Metal Nanostructures for Truly Simultaneous Optical Imaging, Photothermal Effect and Thermometry. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2224-2236.
• Acharya, K. P; Ji; Z.; Holesinger, T. G.; Crisp, J. A.; Ivanov, S. A.; Sykora,M.; and Hollingsworth, J. A. Layer-by-Layer Fabrication of Nanowire Sensitized Solar Cells: Geometry-Independent Integration. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 6843-6852.
• Keller, A. M.; Ghosh, Y.; DeVore, M. S.; Phipps, M. E.; Stewart, M. H.; Lidke, D. S.; Wilson, B. S.; Hollingsworth, J. A.;* Werner, J. H.* 3-Dimensional Tracking of Non-blinking ‘Giant’ Quantum Dots in Live Cells. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 4796-4803. (*co-corresponding)
• Hollingsworth, J. A. Nanoscale engineering facilitated by controlled synthesis: From structure to function. Coordin. Chem. Rev. (Invited Review) 2014, 263-64, 197-216.
• Laocharoensuk, R.; Palaniappan, K.; Smith, N. A.; Dickerson, R. M.; D. Werder, Baldwin, J. K.; Hollingsworth, J. A. Flow-based solution–liquid–solid nanowire synthesis, Nature Nanotechnology 2013 8, 660-666. (Highlight article in NPG Asia Materials.)
• Hollingsworth, J. A. Heterostructuring Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Toward Intentional Suppression of Blinking and Auger Recombination. (Invited Review) Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 1318-1331.
• Dennis, A. M.; Mangum, B.; Piryatinski, A.; Park, Y.-S.; Hannah, D.; Casson, J.; Williams, D.; Schaller, R.; Htoon, H.; Hollingsworth, J. A. Suppressed Blinking and Auger Recombination in Near-Infrared Type-II InP/CdS Nanocrystal Quantum Dots. Nano Lett. 2012 12, 5545-5551.
• Ghosh, Y.; Mangum, B.D.; Casson, J. L.; Williams, D. J.; Htoon, H.; Hollingsworth, J. A. New Insights into the Complexities of Shell Growth and the Strong Influence of Particle Volume in Non-Blinking “Giant” Core/Shell Nanocrystal Quantum Dots. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9634–9643.
• Kundu, J.; Ghosh, Y.; Dennis, A. M.; Htoon, H.; Hollingsworth, J. A. Giant Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Stable Down-Conversion Phosphors that Exploit a Large Stokes Shift and Efficient Shell-to-Core Energy Relaxation. Nano Lett., 2012, 12, 3031-3037.
• Pal, B.N.; Ghosh, Y.; Brovelli, S.; Laocharoensuk, R.; Klimov, V.I.; Hollingsworth, J.A.*; Htoon, H.* ‘Giant’ CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanocrystal Quantum Dots As Efficient Electroluminescent Materials: Strong Influence of Shell Thickness on Light-Emitting Diode Performance. Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 331 (*co-corresponding).
• Galland, C.; Ghosh, Y.; Steinbrück, A.; Sykora, M.; Hollingsworth, J.A.; Klimov, V.I.; Htoon, H. Two types of luminescence blinking revealed by spectroelectro-chemistry of single quantum dots. Nature 2011, 479, 203-207.

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