Publications

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Amherst College undergraduate co-authors underlined

Independent Work at Amherst College:

Hernandez, F.; Yang, M.; Nagelj, N.; Lee, A. Y.; Noh, H.; Hur, K. P.; Fu, X.; Savoie, C. J.; Scwartzberg, A. M.; Olshansky, J. H.; The Role of Surface Functionalization in Quantum-Dot Based Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Balancing Efficiency and Stability. Nanoscale 2024 100, 5624-5633. Link

Emerging Investigators special issue

Chung, J.; Bunnell, S. L.; Lopez, A. M.; Olshansky, J. H.; Leveraging Student–Faculty–Staff Partnerships to Implement Inclusive Curricular Reform in Chemistry Education. J. Chem. Ed. 2023 100 (6), 2243-2252. Link

Featured in Science as a highlight from other journals

Peifer, S.; Wiscons, R. A.; Olshansky, J. H.; Correlating structural distortions and optical shifts in carboxylate-exchanged CdSe nanoplatelets. J. Chem. Phys. 2023158, 164705. Link

Lee, A. Y.; Colleran, T. A.; Jain, A.; Niklas, J.; Rugg, B. K.; Mani, T.; Poluektov, O. G.; Olshansky, J. H.; Quantum dot-organic molecule conjugates as hosts for photogenerated spin qubit pairs. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023145 (8), 4372-4377. Link

Nagelj, N.; Brumberg, A.; Peifer, S.; Schaller, R. D.; Olshansky, J. H.; Compositionally Tuning Electron Transfer from Photoexcited Core/Shell Quantum Dots via Cation Exchange. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13 (14), 3209–3216. Link

Hoffman, M. P.*; Lee, A. Y.*; Nagelj, N.; Lee, Y. V.; Olshansky, J. H.; Mapping the Effect of Geometry on the Radiative Rate in Core/Shell QDs: Core Size Dictates the Conduction Band Offset. RSC Adv. 2021, 11 (57), 35887–35892. Link

Hughes, S. M.; Hendricks, M. P.; Mullaugh, K. M.; Anderson, M. E.; Bentley, A. K.; Clar, J. G.; Daly, C. A.; Ellison, M. D.; Feng, Z. V.; Gonzalez-Pech, N. I.; Hamachi, L. S.; Heinecke, C. L.; Keene, J. D.; Maley, A. M.; Munro, A. M.; Njoki, P. N.; Olshansky, J. H.; Plass, K. E.; Riley, K. R.; Sonntag, M. D.; St. Angelo, S. K.; Thompson, L. B.; Tollefson, E. J.; Toote, L. E.; Wheeler, K. E.; The Primarily Undergraduate Nanomaterials Cooperative: A New Model for Supporting Collaborative Research at Small Institutions on a National Scale. ACS Nanosci. Au 2021, 1 (1), 6–14. Link

Postdoctoral Work at Northwestern University:

Harvey, S. M.; Olshansky, J. H.; Li, A.; Panuganti, S.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Hupp, J. T.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Schaller, R. D.; Ligand Desorption and Fragmentation in Oleate-Capped CdSe Nanocrystals under High-Intensity Photoexcitation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024146, 3732-3741. Link

Lorenzo, E. R.*, Olshansky, J. H.*; Abia, D. S. D.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Young, R. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Interaction of Photogenerated Spin Qubit Pairs with a Third Electron Spin in DNA Hairpins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4625-4632. Link

Olshansky, J. H.*; Harvey, S. M.*; Pennel, M. L.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Schaller, R. D.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Using Photoexcited Core/Shell Quantum Dots to Spin Polarize Appended Radical Qubits. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13590-13597. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Zhang, J.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Lorenzo, E. R.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Selectively Addressable Photogenerated Spin Qubit Pairs in DNA Hairpins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020,142, 3346-3350. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Young, R. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Charge Separation and Recombination Pathways in Diblock DNA Hairpins. J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 1545-1553. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Young, R. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Photogenerated Spin-Entangled Qubit (Radical) Pairs in DNA Hairpins: Observation of Spin Delocalization and Coherence. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2152-2160. Link

Graduate Work at UC Berkeley:

Balan, A. D.; Olshansky, J. H.; Horowitz, Y.; Han, H. L.; O’Brien, E. A.; Tang, L.; Somorjai, G. A.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Unsaturated Ligands Seed and Order to Disorder Transition in Mixed Ligand Shells of CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 13784-13796. Link

Nenon, D. P.; Pressler, K.; Kang, J.; Koscher, B. A.; Olshansky, J. H.; Osowiecki, W. T.; Koc, M. A.; Wang, L. W.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Design Principles for Trap Free CsPbX3 Nanocrystals: Enumerating and Eliminating Surface Halide Vacancies with Softer Lewis Bases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 17760-17772. Link

Norel, L.; Darago, L. E.; Le Guennic, B. L.; Chakarawet, K.; Gonzalez, M. I.; Olshansky, J. H.; Rigaut, S.; Long, J. R. A Terminal Fluoride Ligand Generates Axial Magnetic Anisotropy in Dysprosium Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 7, 1951-1956. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Balan, A. D.; Fu, X.; Ding, T. X.; Lee, Y. V.; Leone, S. R.; Alivisatos, A. P. Temperature Dependence of Hole transfer from Photoexcited Quantum Dots: Evidence for Trap-Mediated Transfer. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 8346-8355. Link

Koc, M. A., Raja, S. N.; Hanson, L. A.; Nguyen, S. C.; Borys, N. J.; Powers, A. S.; Wu, S.; Takano, K.; Swabeck, J. K.; Olshansky, J. H.; Lin, L.; Ritchie, R. O.; Alivisatos, A. P. Characterizing Photon Reabsorption in Quantum Dot-Polymer Composites for Use as Displacement Sensors. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 2075-2084. Link

Balan, A. D.; Eshet, H.; Olshansky, J. H.; Lee, Y. V.; Rabani, E.; Alivisatos, A. P. Effect of Thermal Fluctuations on the Radiative Rate in Core/Shell Quantum Dots. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 1629-1636. Link

Koscher, B. A.; Bronstein, N. D.; Olshansky, J. H.; Bekenstein, Y.; Alivisatos, A. P. Surface vs Diffusion Limited Mechanisms of Anion Exchange in CsPbBr3 Nanocrystal Cubes Revealed through Kinetic Studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12065-12068. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Ding, T. X.; Lee, Y. V.; Leone, S. R.; Alivisatos, A. P. Hole Transfer from Photoexcited Quantum Dots: The Relationship Between Driving Force and Rate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015137, 15567-15575. Link

Ding, T. X.; Olshansky, J. H.; Leone, S. R.; Alivisatos, A. P. Efficiency of Hole Transfer from Photoexcited Quantum Dots to Molecular Species. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2021-2029. Link

Tarafder, K.; Surendranath, Y.; Olshansky, J. H.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Wang, L.W. Hole Transfer Dynamics from a CdSe/CdS Quantum Rod to a Tethered Ferrocene Derivative. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5121–5131. Link

Undergraduate work at Haverford College:

Xu, R. J.; Olshansky, J. H.; Adler, P. D. F.; Huang, Y.; Smith, M. D.; Zeller, M.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J. Understanding Structural Adaptability: A Reactant Informatics Approach to Experiment. Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2018, 3, 473-484. Link

Adler, P. D.; Xu, R.; Olshansky, J. H.; Smith, M. D.; Elbert, K. C.; Yang, Y.; Zeller, M.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J. Probing Structural Adaptability in Templated Vanadium Selenites. Polyhedron2016114, 184-193. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Wiener, K. J.; Smith, M. D.; Nourmahnad, A.; Charles, M. J.; Zeller, M.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J. Formation Principles of Vanadium Selenites: The Role of pH on Product Composition. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 12027–12035. Link

Koffer, J. H.; Olshansky, J. H.; Smith, M. D.; Hernandez, K. J.; Zeller, M.; Ferrence, G. M.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J. Formation Principles for Templated Vanadium Selenite Oxalates. Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13, 4504–4511. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Tran, T. T.; Hernandez, K. J.; Zeller, M.; Halasyamani, P. S.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J.; Role of Hydrogen-Bonding in the Formation of Polar Achiral and Nonpolar Chiral Vanadium Selenite Frameworks. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11040-11048. Link

Olshansky, J. H.; Blau, S. M.; Zeller, M.; Schrier, J.; Norquist, A. J., Understanding an Order-Disorder Phase Transition in Ionothermally Synthesized Gallium Phosphates. Cryst. Growth Des. 2011, 11, 3065-3071. Link

*equal contribution