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Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant: The University of Texas at Dallas, USA- ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
Miller, K. A.; Alemany, L. B.; Roy, S.; Yan, T.; Alahakoon S. B.; Egap, E.; Thomas, E. L.; Ajayan, P. M.; (2022). High-strength, two-dimensional rigid benzoxazole-linked polymer thin films. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14: 1861-1873.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c17501
”J. Am. Chem. Soc.
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. (2022). Supramolecular Reinforcement of a Large Pore 2D Covalent Organic Framework. ”J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144: 2468-2473..
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.1c12020
The Foundation for Future 2D-Covalent Organic Framework Development”
Alahakoon S. B.; Zhu, Y. (2022). Hydrogen Bonding: The Foundation for Future 2D-Covalent Organic Framework Development. The Foundation for Future 2D-Covalent Organic Framework Development”, 1: 35-42.
https://sljoas.uwu.ac.lk/index.php/sljoas/article/view/43
Organic Materials
Diwakara, S. D. M.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Smaldone, R. A. (2021). Synthesis of Side Chain Free Hydrazone Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Activation . Organic Materials, 3: 277-282..
DOI: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/a-1477-5123
ACS Appl. Energy Mater.
Abeykoon, N. C.; Mahmood, S. F.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Wunch, M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Yang, D. J.; Ferraris, J. P. (2021). High Surface Area Carbon Fiber Supercapacitor Electrodes Derived from an In Situ Porogen Containing Terpolymer: Poly(Acrylonytrile-co-1-Vinylimidazole-co-Itaconic Acid. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 4: 8988-8999.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.1c01253
Chem. Mater.
Zhu, Y.; Zhu, D.; Yan, Q.; Gao, G.; Xu, J.; Liu, Y.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Rahman, M. M.; Ajayan, P.; Egap, E.; Verduzco, R. (2021). Metal oxide catalysts for the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks and one-step preparation of covalent organic framework-based composites. Chem. Mater., 33: 6158-6165.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01747
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
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. (2020). Hierarchical Porous Carbon Arising from MOF Encapsulated Bacteria and ist Energy Storage Potential. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12: 11884-11889.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.9b15667
ChemSocRev,
Alahakoon, S. B.; Diwakara, S. D.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A. (2020). Supramolecular Design in 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks. ChemSocRev,, 49: 1344-1356..
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/cs/c9cs00884e
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Alahakoon, S. B.; Tan, K.; Pandey, H.; Diwakara, S. D. M.; McCandless, G. T.; Thonhauser, T.; Smaldone, R. A. (2020). 2D-Covalent Organic Framework with Interlayer Hydrogen Bonds Oriented Through Designed Nonplanarity. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142: 2987-12994.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.0c03409
ACS Materials Lett.
Liu, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Egap, E (2020). Synthesis of Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Catalyzed by Metal Halides and in situ Growth of Perovskite@COF Composites . ACS Materials Lett., 2: 1561-1566..
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00376
Chem. Eur. J.
Alahakoon, S. B.; McCandless, G. T.; Karunathilake, A. K.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A. (2017). Enhanced Structural Organization in Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Fluorination. Chem. Eur. J., 23: 2843-2845.
DOI: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201700412
Chem. Eur. J (Frontispiece)
Alahakoon, S. B.; McCandless, G. T.; Karunathilake, A. K.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A. (2017). Enhanced Structural Organization in Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Fluorination. Chem. Eur. J (Frontispiece), 23: 4255.
DOI: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.201781862
ChemSusChem
Alahakoon, S. B.; Thompson, C. M.; Occhialini, G.; Smaldone, R. A. (2017). Design Principles for Covalent Organic Frameworks in Energy Storage Applications. ChemSusChem, 10: 2116-2129.
DOI: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cssc.201700120
CrystEngComm
Alahakoon, S. B.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Karunathilake, A. K.; Nielsen, S. O.; Smaldone, R. A. (2017). Experimental and Theoretical Insight into the Effect of Fluorine Substituents on the Properties of Azine Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks. CrystEngComm, 19: 4882-4885.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ce/c7ce00598a/unauth
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Lin, Y.; Jiang, X.; Kim, S.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Hou, X.; Zhang, Z.; Thompson, C. M.; Smaldone, R. A.; Ke, C. (2017). An Elastic Hydrogen-bonded Covalent Organic Framework for Effective Iodine Capture in Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139: 7172–7175.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b03204
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Thompson, C. M.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Alahakoon, S. B.; Cameron, V. V.; Nielsen, S. O.; Smaldone, R. A. (2017). Computational and Experimental Studies on the Effects of Monomer Planarity on Covalent Organic Framework Formation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139: 10506-10513.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b05555
Chem. Commun.
Alahakoon, S. B.; Thompson, C. M.; Nguyen, A. X.; Occhialini, G.; McCandless, G. T.; Smaldone, R. A. (2016). An Azine Linked Hexaphenylbenzene-Based Covalent Organic Framework. Chem. Commun., 52: 2843-2845.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cc/c5cc10408d/unauth