Telluride Science Town Talks: Quantum Dots 101, 6/27!

23 Jun Telluride Science Town Talks: Quantum Dots 101, 6/27!

This coming week the 2023 Telluride Science Town Talks series continues with Dr. Jennifer Hollingsworth on “Quantum Dots”: how these tiny light emitters are created, how they work, and what they can do for us. The event takes place June 27th, 6:30 pm, at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village. Town Talks are FREE and open to the public.

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In addition to the talk, Dr. Hollingsworth is coming to town to attend the Nanophotonics Out-of-Equilibrium workshop.

The 2023 Telluride Science Town Talks series is being presented by Alpine Bank with additional support from the Telluride Mountain Village Owner’s Association.

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Jennifer Hollingsworth, courtesy Telluride Science.

Sometimes referred to as artificial atoms, quantum dots are crystals consisting of a few hundred to a few thousand atoms of a semiconductor material. Even the largest quantum dot is at most a few nanometers wide. They are so small that the particles inside a quantum dot are constrained and have well-defined energy levels, much like individual atoms.

Also like atoms, quantum dots will emit certain colors of light; however, for a quantum dot, the color released is determined by how large the dot is. Over the past 30 years, scientists and engineers have become more adept at controlling quantum dots and have found many uses for the technology and their value in visual applications is readily apparent.

Quantum dots have been utilized for years in displays and lighting, but the technology is just getting better and better. The dots can now be tuned to display the exact right red, green, and blue that platforms need for accurate, lifelike color. Other uses include single-electron transistors, solar cells, lasers, quantum computing, cell biology research, microscopy, and medical imaging. They are also likely to be important building blocks for future nano-devices.

Dr. Jennifer Hollingsworth, more:

Jennifer Hollingsworth works at the cutting-edge of quantum dot and nanotechnology research. As a Laboratory Fellow and Staff Scientist for the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, she is focused on developing new synthetic approaches to create novel functional nano-materials including giant quantum dots.

Hollingsworth is committed to understanding the nanoscale phenomena of materials in order to better design and control nano-materials in general.

Her talk should educate and excite. So many possibilities lie ahead.