Publications by Virendra Kumar Parashar

Multi-photon polymerization using upconversion nanoparticles for tunable feature-size printing

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Moser, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Antoine Vincent Boniface

The recent development of light-based 3D printing technologies has marked a turning point in additive manufacturing. Through photopolymerization, liquid resins can be solidified into complex objects. Usually, the polymerization is triggered by exciting a p ...

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH2023

Ripening of two-dimensional colloidal CdSe nanocrystals into zero-dimensional nanodots

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Xiaopeng Huang

Understanding the ripening of two-dimensional (2D) colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is important for the controllable synthesis of NCs with desired morphology and properties. In this study, we systematically investigate the ripening behavior of the 2D CdSe NCs ...

CELL PRESS2021

Insight into the Growth of Anisotropic CdSe Nanocrystals: Attachment of Intrinsically Different Building Blocks

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Xiaopeng Huang

An in-depth understanding of the growth mechanism of nanocrystals (NCs) is of great significance for shape control of colloidal semiconductor nanostructures. In this study, we elucidate the formation mechanism of anisotropic CdSe NCs by systematically inve ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Spontaneous Formation of CdSe Photoluminescent Nanotubes with Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Xiaopeng Huang

Two-dimensional (2D) colloidal CdSe nanocrystals (NCs) with precise atomic-scale thickness have attracted intensive attention in recent years due to their optical properties and quantum confinement effects originating from their particular band structure. ...

2019

Dimensional tailoring of hydrothermally grown zinc oxide nanostructures in a continuous flow micro reactor

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar

Dynamic deposition of ZnO nanostructures with varying morphologies (nanorods, nanocones, nanopencils, nanosheets, etc.), diameters, lengths and aerial densities on ITO-PET substrates has been achieved using a continuous flow microreactor in which we mainta ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Nucleation and Growth Behavior of CdSe Nanocrystals Synthesized in the Presence of Oleylamine Coordinating Ligand

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Xiaopeng Huang

We established the dual role played by oleylamine (OAm) during the synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals (NCs) by the hot injection method. Earlier reports suggest its role either as nucleating or as passivating agent in controlling the growth of CdSe NCs. Remark ...

2018

Synergistic effect of carboxylic and amine ligands on the synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar

We demonstrate the drastic improvement in absorbance and photoluminescence (UV-PL) of CdSe nanocrystals (NCs) upon adding both a carboxylic acid and an amine ligand to the cadmium acetate green chemistry source. We combined carboxylate complexes of lauric ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2016

Spherical superstructures of oxide nanoparticles for catalytic reactions in microchemical reactors

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Josias Basil Wacker

We report the fabrication of spherical superstructures composed of SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles and their applications in catalyzing organic reactions. Assembling of the nanoparticles into superstructures is done by heating a water-in-oil micro-emulsion, wh ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

A microfluidic process for on-chip formation of assemblies of oxide nanoparticles

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Josias Basil Wacker, Danut Necula

We report the continuous growth of spherical assemblies of silica and titania nanoparticles, which were pre-activated to produce hydroxyl/ peroxy groups on their surface, by flowing a colloid-in-dioctyl phthalate emulsion into a polydimethylsiloxane microf ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2014

Large spherical assemblies of oxide nanoparticles

Martinus Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Josias Basil Wacker

2014