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Hilmi Volkan Demir

Hilmi Volkan Demir

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Turkey
2026
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Materials Science
Turkey
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
77
Citations
22681
World Ranking
611
National Ranking
1

Materials Science

D-Index
77
Citations
23694
World Ranking
3097
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2020 - OSA Fellows Hilmi Volkan Demir Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Bilkent University UNAM, Turkey For pioneering and sustained contributions to the research and development of nanocrystal optoelectronics, semiconductor lighting and nanophotonics

Overview

Hilmi Volkan Demir is affiliated with Bilkent University in Turkey. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing extensively on nanocrystal optoelectronics, semiconductor lighting, and nanophotonics.

The primary fields of study in Demir's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Key subfields of their research involve:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The scientists' main research topics cover various nanomaterial and photonics domains, such as:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Demir include:

  • Savas Delikanli
  • Farzan Shabani
  • Furkan Işık
  • Emek G. Durmusoglu
  • Onur Erdem

Demir's research has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Notable publication venues where the scientist has contributed significantly are:

  • ACS Nano
  • Small
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Nano Letters

Significant research papers authored or coauthored by Demir include:

  • "State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Room-Temperature Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets via Mie-Resonant Bound States in the Continuum," 2020, Nano Letters
  • "Interfacial charge and energy transfer in van der Waals heterojunctions," 2022, InfoMat
  • "Lasing Action in Single Subwavelength Particles Supporting Supercavity Modes," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Bright Future of Deep-Ultraviolet Photonics: Emerging UVC Chip-Scale Light-Source Technology Platforms, Benchmarking, Challenges, and Outlook for UV Disinfection," 2022, ACS Photonics

Demir has contributed to academic literature beyond journal articles, including book publications. One such work is "Oriented Self-Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoplatelets on Liquid Interfaces" published by Springer Nature in 2022.

The scientist has been recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2020 with a citation noting pioneering and sustained contributions in nanocrystal optoelectronics, semiconductor lighting, and nanophotonics during a career spanning multiple institutions.

Best Publications

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Inorganic Halide Perovskites for Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes.

    Natalia Yantara;Saikat Bhaumik;Fei Yan;Dharani Sabba

  • Conjugated polymer nanoparticles

    Dönüs Tuncel;Hilmi Volkan Demir

  • High-Efficiency Light-Emitting Diodes of Organometal Halide Perovskite Amorphous Nanoparticles

    Jun Xing;Fei Yan;Yawen Zhao;Shi Chen

  • Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets

    Burak Guzelturk;Yusuf Kelestemur;Murat Olutas;Murat Olutas;Savas Delikanli

  • Full Visible Range Covering InP/ZnS Nanocrystals with High Photometric Performance and Their Application to White Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

    Xuyong Yang;Dewei Zhao;Kheng Swee Leck;Swee Tiam Tan

  • Photogeneration of hot plasmonic electrons with metal nanocrystals: Quantum description and potential applications

    Alexander O. Govorov;Hui Zhang;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Yurii K. Gun’ko

  • Quantum dot integrated LEDs using photonic and excitonic color conversion

    Hilmi Volkan Demir;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Sedat Nizamoglu;Talha Erdem;Evren Mutlugun;Evren Mutlugun

  • White light generation using CdSe/ZnS core-shell nanocrystals hybridized with InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes

    S Nizamoglu;T Ozel;E Sari;H V Demir

  • Color-converting combinations of nanocrystal emitters for warm-white light generation with high color rendering index

    Sedat Nizamoglu;Gulis Zengin;Hilmi Volkan Demir

  • Vertically aligned gold nanorod monolayer on arbitrary substrates : self-assembly and femtomolar detection of food contaminants

    Bo Peng;Guangyuan Li;Dehui Li;Stephanie Dodson

  • Bright white-light emitting manganese and copper co-doped ZnSe quantum dots.

    Subhendu K. Panda;Stephen G. Hickey;Hilmi Volkan Demir;Alexander Eychmüller

  • Material Binding Peptides for Nanotechnology

    Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker;Hilmi Volkan Demir

  • Stimulated emission and lasing from CdSe/CdS/ZnS core-multi-shell quantum dots by simultaneous three-photon absorption.

    Yue Wang;Van Duong Ta;Yuan Gao;Ting Chao He

  • Highly Efficient Visible Colloidal Lead-Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Diodes

    Fei Yan;Jun Xing;Guichuan Xing;Lina Quan

  • Metamaterial-based wireless strain sensors

    Rohat Melik;Emre Unal;Nihan Kosku Perkgoz;Christian Puttlitz

  • Lateral Size-Dependent Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission Properties in Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets.

    Murat Olutas;Murat Olutas;Burak Guzelturk;Yusuf Kelestemur;Aydan Yeltik

  • Experimental Determination of the Absorption Cross-Section and Molar Extinction Coefficient of Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets

    Aydan Yeltik;Savas Delikanli;Murat Olutas;Murat Olutas;Yusuf Kelestemur

  • Room-Temperature Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets via Mie-Resonant Bound States in the Continuum.

    Mengfei Wu;Son Tung Ha;Sushant Shendre;Emek G. Durmusoglu

  • A photometric investigation of ultra-efficient LEDs with high color rendering index and high luminous efficacy employing nanocrystal quantum dot luminophores

    Talha Erdem;Sedat Nizamoglu;Xiao Wei Sun;Hilmi Volkan Demir

  • Advances in the LED Materials and Architectures for Energy-Saving Solid-State Lighting Toward “Lighting Revolution”

    S. T. Tan;X. W. Sun;H. V. Demir;S. P. DenBaars

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Swee Tiam Tan
Swee Tiam Tan Xiamen University Malaysia
Handong Sun
Handong Sun Nanyang Technological University
Alexander O. Govorov
Alexander O. Govorov Ohio University
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Rui Chen
Rui Chen Southern University of Science and Technology
In-Hwan Lee
In-Hwan Lee Korea University
Qihua Xiong
Qihua Xiong Tsinghua University

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