Ongoing Postgraduate Research
- Development of Metal Organic Frameworks as Semiconductor Materials for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : D.U.G.S.N. Abeysingha
- Application of Concept Maps in Understanding Organic Reaction Mechanisms in G.C.E. A/L
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : A.M.E.K. Abeykoon - Determination of TMTD Content in Natural Rubber latex
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : U.B.D. Perera - Development of Doping Materials for Metal Organic Frameworks to Enhance the Conductivity
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : Y.T.P. Pieris - Graphene as Hole Conducting Material in Perovskite Solar Cell
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : K.D.G.H. Kottapala - Increasing the Stability of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Reducing the Volume of Iodide/Triiodide Redox Mediator
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : M.M.A.G. Bandara - Problem Faced by A/L Students in Learning Chemistry in Ambalangoda zone
Supervisors : Dr. H.A.I.R. Perera
Student : T.M.L.P. Bandara
Ongoing Undergraduate Projects
- Carbon Dioxide Reduction
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Manawadevi Ganahenage - Conducting polymers, and their utilization in solar cells
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Supervisor(s): Dr. Subashini Gunathilake - Dye-sensitized solar cells
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Gamini Rajapakse, Dr. Subashini Gunathilake, Dr. Rangeeka Perera - Isolation and Synthesis of Natural Compounds
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Veranja Karunaratne, Prof. Anura Wickramasinghe, Prof. Rathnayake Bandara, Dr. Susanthi Jayasi - Layered Double Hydroxides
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Supervisor(s): Dr. Chamara Jayasundera - Metal-Organic Framework
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Manawadevi Ganahenage, Dr. Champika Vitharana, Dr. Rangeeka Perera - Synthesis and Optimization of Electrochromic Molecules
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Supervisor(s): Dr. Champika Vitharana - Sythesis and utilization of Zero-Valent Iron
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Supervisor(s): Dr. Athula Bandara - The use of cyclodextrins and montmorrilonite for the delivery of therapeutics
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Rathnayake Bandara, Dr. Udayana Ranatunga - Utilization of natural polymers for medicine and industry
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Supervisor(s): Prof. Nedra Karunaratne
Recent Research Publications
- Supramolecular Reinforcement of a Large Pore 2D Covalent Organic Framework
Publication : ”J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Year : 2022
Members : Diwakara, S. D.; Ong, W.; Wijesundara, Y.; Gearhart, R.; Herbert, F.; Fisher, S.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Gassensmith, J. J.; Dodani, S.; Smaldone, R. A. - High-strength, two-dimensional rigid benzoxazole-linked polymer thin films
Publication : ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
Year : 2022
Members : Miller, K. A.; Alemany, L. B.; Roy, S.; Yan, T.; Alahakoon S. B.; Egap, E.; Thomas, E. L.; Ajayan, P. M.; - Hydrogen Bonding: The Foundation for Future 2D-Covalent Organic Framework Development
Publication : The Foundation for Future 2D-Covalent Organic Framework Development”
Year : 2022
Members : Alahakoon S. B.; Zhu, Y. - Profiling Urinary Sulfate Metabolites With Mass Spectrometry
Publication : Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Year : 2022
Members : Fitzgerald, C. C. J., Hedman, R., Uduwela, D. R., Paszerbovics, B., Carroll, A. J., Neeman, T., Cawley, A., Brooker, L., McLeod, M. D.
- Dual functioning TiO2-brilliant yellow composite for efficient removal of methylene blue from water
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2021
Members : I.R. Perera, Y. Wijesundara, C.V. Hettiarachchi - Effect of Benzene Derivatives as Guest
Molecules on Semiconductor Properties of MOF‐199
Publication : ChemistrySelect
Year : 2021
Members : Haleemathul Zahadiya, Ruwan P. Wijesundera, Champika V. Hettiarachchi, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera - High Surface Area Carbon Fiber Supercapacitor Electrodes Derived from an In Situ Porogen Containing Terpolymer: Poly(Acrylonytrile-co-1-Vinylimidazole-co-Itaconic Acid
Publication : ACS Appl. Energy Mater.
Year : 2021
Members : Abeykoon, N. C.; Mahmood, S. F.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Wunch, M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Yang, D. J.; Ferraris, J. P. - Impact of environmental regions in Sri Lanka on
the bioactivity of Dendrophthoe
falcata grown on the host Limonia acidissima
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2021
Members : Anjalee, S. M. N., & Uduwela, D. R. - Metal oxide catalysts for the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks and one-step preparation of covalent organic framework-based composites
Publication : Chem. Mater.
Year : 2021
Members : Zhu, Y.; Zhu, D.; Yan, Q.; Gao, G.; Xu, J.; Liu, Y.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Rahman, M. M.; Ajayan, P.; Egap, E.; Verduzco, R. - Recent development and future prospects of TiO2 photocatalysis
Publication : Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society
Year : 2021
Members : S. Peiris, H.B. de Silva, K.N. Ranasinghe, S.V. Bandara, I.R. Perera - Synthesis of Side Chain Free Hydrazone Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Activation
Publication : Organic Materials
Year : 2021
Members : Diwakara, S. D. M.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Smaldone, R. A.
- 2D-Covalent Organic Framework with Interlayer Hydrogen Bonds Oriented Through Designed Nonplanarity
Publication : J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Year : 2020
Members : Alahakoon, S. B.; Tan, K.; Pandey, H.; Diwakara, S. D. M.; McCandless, G. T.; Thonhauser, T.; Smaldone, R. A. - Synthesis of Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Catalyzed by Metal Halides and in situ Growth of Perovskite@COF Composites
Publication : ACS Materials Lett.
Year : 2020
Members : Liu, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Egap, E - A comparison of the bioactivity of Dendrophthoe falcata on the hosts; Limonia acidissima and Mangifera indica
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Karunaratne, R. T., Uduwela, D. R. - Acute and sub-chronic toxicity profile of a polyherbal drug used in Sri Lankan traditional medicine
Publication : Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Year : 2020
Members : Liyanagamage, D.S.N.K.; Jayasinghe, S.;Karunaratne, V.; Attanayake A.P - Biological Activity of Exacum trinervium
Publication : Proceedings of PGIS Research Congress, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya
Year : 2020
Members : Rajapaksha D.G., Uduwela D. R. - Chapter 17 : Conducting Polymers as Cost Effective Counter Electrode Material in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Publication : Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities
Year : 2020
Members : Shanal Gunasekaraa , Ishanie Rangeeka Perera, Samodha Subhashini Gunathilake - Conducting Polymers as Cost Effective Counter Electrode Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Publication : Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities- Springer
Year : 2020
Members : Shanal Shalindra Bandara Gunasekera, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera, Samodha Subhashini Gunathilaka - Correlation between antioxidant activity and the garcinol content released from fruit rinds of endemic Garcinia quaesita Pierre on different cooking condition
Publication : Journal of Food Quality
Year : 2020
Members : Liyanagamage, D.S.N.K.; Jayasinghe, S.; Karunaratne, V.; Attanayake A.P. - Hierarchical Porous Carbon Arising from MOF Encapsulated Bacteria and ist Energy Storage Potential
Publication : ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
Year : 2020
Members : Li, S.; Zhou, X.; Zhou, C.; Herbert, F. C.; Jayawicramage, R.; Panangala, S. D.; Luzurianga, M. A.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Diwakara, S. D. M.; Meng, X.; Fei, L.; Smaldone, R. A.; Gassensmith, J. J. - Medicinal plants in management of diabetes mellitus: an overview
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Liyanagamage, D.S.N.K.; Jayasinghe, S.;Karunaratne, V.; Attanayake A.P. - One-pot synthesis of highly dye impregnated TiO2 nanoparticles for improved white light photo-degradation
Publication : Pigment & Resin Technology
Year : 2020
Members : Iresha Herath, Ishanie Perera, Champika Hettiarachchi - p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: An Overview of Factors Limiting Efficiency
Publication : Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities- Springer
Year : 2020
Members : Sasanka Peiris, RJKU Ranatunga, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera - Supramolecular Design in 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks
Publication : ChemSocRev,
Year : 2020
Members : Alahakoon, S. B.; Diwakara, S. D.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A. - Yet to Be Challenged: TiO2 as the Photo-Anode Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Publication : Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities, Springer
Year : 2020
Members : Janethri B Liyanage, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera, RJKU Ranatunga - Zn based 3D-Coordination polymer as the photoanode material in dye-sensitized solar cells
Publication : Materials Chemistry and Physics
Year : 2020
Members : Suleshi Niwarthana Abeysingha, Ruwan Palitha Wijesundera, Champika Vithana Hettiarachchi, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
- Screen printed Sri Lankan vein graphite/polyaniline
composite counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2019
Members : I.P. Perera, S.K.S. Thennakoon and S.S. Gunathilake - Conductive Triethylene
Glycol Monomethyl Ether Substituted Polythiophenes with High Stability in the
Doped State
Publication : Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Year : 2019
Members : Dushanthi S. Dissanayake, Samodha S. Gunathilake, Chinthaka M. Udamulle Gedara, Jia Du, Sang Ha Yoo, Youngmin Lee, Qing Wang, Enrique D. Gomez, Michael C. Biewer, Mihaela C. Stefan - Metal-Organic Frameworks in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Publication : Adv. Sol. Energ. Res., Springer
Year : 2019
Members : I.R. Perera, C.V. Hettiarachchi, R.J.K.U. Ranatunga