About
Professor and Head of Department
B.Sc. (SJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. ( Belfast), M.I.Chem.C.
Division:
Physical Chemistry
Biosketch:
• B.Sc. (Special, Chemistry), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (1993)
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. (1996)
• Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Auckland University, New Zealand. (2005)
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at University of Iowa, USA (2008/09)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, Department of Electronics and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University. (2015)
Recent Publications
- Spectroscopic studies of neutral and chemically oxidized species of $\beta$-carotene, lycopene and norbixin in CH 2 Cl 2: Fluorescence from intermediate compounds
- Self-Assembly of Carotenoids During Solution Casting of Solar Devices
- Synthesis, photophysics and spectroelectrochemical studies of transition metal complexes
- Photochemistry of adsorbed nitrate formed from nitric acid adsorption on alpha-Fe2O3 particle surfaces: The role of adsorbed water in the formation of reduced nitrogen surface species
- UV light induced photo-degradation study of carotenoids in MeOH: The influence of inorganic anions
- Effect on chloride ions on dissolution of ilmenite in acid solutions