• Application of functional metal anionic Lewis acid ionic liquids in the alkylation of chlorobenzene/SOCl2 

      Jiru, Guo; Yanxia, Zheng; Yuchao, Li; Zijuan, Wen; Xiuxu, Shen; Zhao, Yansong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      4,4′-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfoxide is the main raw material for the manufacture of polysulfone, polyether sulfone and other engineering plastics. It is also an intermediate for medicines, dyes and pesticides, which has been ...
    • Berberine isolation from Coscinium fenestratum: optical, electrochemical, and computational studies 

      Rajapakse, R. M. Gamini; Horrocks, Benjamin R.; Malikaramage, A.U.; Gunarathna, H.M.N.P.; Egodawele, M.G.S.A.M.E.W.D.D.K.; Jayasinghe, J. M. Susanthi; Ranatunga, Udayana; Herath, W.H.M.R.N.K.; Sandakelum, Lahiru; Wylie, Shane; Abewardana, P.G.P.R.; Seneviratne, V.N.; Perera, L.L.K.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Berberine was extracted from Coscinium fenestratum (tree turmeric) and purified by column chromatography. The UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy of berberine was studied in acetonitrile and aqueous media. TD-DFT calculations ...
    • CO<inf>2</inf> adsorption performance of template free zeolite A and X synthesized from rice husk ash as silicon source 

      Madhu, Jayaprakash; Santhanam, Agilan; Natarajan, Muthukumarasamy; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this work, zeolite NaA (RA) and NaX (RX) have been successfully synthesized using rice husk ash and it is a low cost synthesis process and it does not produce environmental hazards. Sodium silicate (SS) is extracted ...
    • Implementing the donor–acceptor approach in electronically conducting copolymers via electropolymerization 

      Rajapakse, Gamini; Watkins, Davita; Ranathunge, Tharindu; Gunarathne, H M N P; Sandakelum, Lahiru; Malikaramage, Asitha Udayanga; Wylie, Shane; Abewardane, P G P R; Egodawela, M. G. S. A. M. E. W. D. D. K; Herath, W. H. M. R. N. K.; Bandara, Sanjaya; Strongin, Daniel R; Attanayake, Nuwan Harsha; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Horrocks, Benjamin R (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Electropolymerization has become a convenient method for synthesizing and characterizing complex organic copolymers having intrinsic electronic conductivity, including the donor (D)–acceptor (A) class of electronically ...
    • In-depth first-principle study on novel MoS 2 polymorphs 

      Eidsvåg, Håkon; Rasukkannu, Murugesan; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Vajeeston, Ponniah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a rising star among transition-metal dichalcogenides in photovoltaics, diodes, electronic circuits, transistors and as a photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. A wide range of MoS2 polymorphs ...
    • Nickel-cobalt hydroxide: a positive electrode for supercapacitor applications 

      Vidhya, S; Ravi, G; Yuvakkumar, R; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Thambidurai, M; Dang, Quong; Saravanakumar, B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      So far, numerous metal oxides and metal hydroxides have been reported as an electrode material, a critical component in supercapacitors that determines the operation window of the capacitor. Among them, nickel and cobalt-based ...
    • Potential transition and post-transition metal sulfides as efficient electrodes for energy storage applications: review 

      Thirunavukkarasu, Kajana; Pirashanthan, Arumugam; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Yuvapragasam, Akila; Yohi, Shivatharsiny; Ravirajan, Punniamoorthy; Senthilnanthanan, Meena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Electrochemical energy storage has attracted much attention due to the common recognition of sustainable energy development. Transition metal sulfides and post-transition metal sulfides have been intensively been focused ...
    • Sr doped TiO2 photocatalyst for the removal of Janus Green B dye under visible light 

      Keerthana, S P; Yuvakkumar, R; Ravi, Ganesan; Thambidurai, M; Nguyen, Hung D.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Hydrothermal synthesis of pristine and Sr doped TiO2 is proposed. The synthesized products were studied for their physiochemical properties. 3% Sr-TiO2 showed a narrow bandgap, which facilitate an increase in oxygen ...