{"id":288,"date":"2015-08-15T05:54:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T05:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:56:55","slug":"prof-pradeep-m-jayaweera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/prof-pradeep-m-jayaweera\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Pradeep M. Jayaweera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senior Professor\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/em>B.Sc. (SJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. ( Belfast), M.I.Chem.C.
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Division:<\/span><\/strong>
\nPhysical Chemistry<\/p>\n

Biosketch:<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u2022 B.Sc. (Special, Chemistry), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (1993)
\n\u2022 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Queen\u2019s University of Belfast, UK. (1996)
\n\u2022 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Auckland University, New Zealand. (2005)
\n\u2022 Postdoctoral Scholar, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at University of Iowa, USA (2008\/09)
\n\u2022 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, Department of Electronics and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University. (2015)
\n\u2022 Associate Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Teaching:<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\u2022 CHE 207 1.0 Phase Equilibria and Surface Chemistry<\/a>
\n\u2022 CHE 361 1.0 Advanced Chemical Kinetics <\/a>
\n\u2022 CHE 369 1.0 Advanced Molecular Photochemisrty <\/a>
\n\u2022 CHE 481 1.0 Surface Techniques<\/a><\/p>\n

Research interest :<\/span> \u00a0\"chemistry-prof-jayaweera-180x180[1]\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Photochemistry and photophysics of labile metal complexes, Raman, Surface Enhanced Raman and Excited State studies of complexes. Surface chemistry of nano particles: applications and implications to nanoscience and nanotechnology. Spectroscopic studies of metal colloids, Sols and MELLFs, Reaction Kinetics, Corrosion\/Electrochemistry, Dye sensitized nano-porous photovoltaic devices, Studies on alternative energies.
\nGroup Website: http:\/\/pradeepjayaweera.pbworks.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

D.D.D.H Alwis, U.G. Chandrika, P.M. Jayaweera, \u201d Spectroscopic studies of neutral and chemically oxidized species of \u03b2-carotene, lycopene and norbixin in CH2Cl2: Fluorescence from intermediate compounds\u201d Journal of Luminescence, Available online 16 September 2014. DOI: 10.1016\/j.jlumin.2014.08.036.<\/p>\n

Charith E Nanayakkara , Pradeep M. Jayaweera ,Jonas Baltrusaitis , and Vicki H Grassian, \u201d Photochemistry of Adsorbed Nitrate Formed From Nitric Acid Adsorption on \u03b1-Fe2O3 Particle Surfaces: The Role of Adsorbed Water in the Formation of Nitrogen-Reduced Surface Species\u201d
\nJ. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118 (1), pp 158\u2013166 DOI: 10.1021\/jp409017m<\/p>\n

Jayaweera, P M; Jayaweera, P V V; Jayasundara, U L; Jayaweera, C D; Peiris, G S; Premalal, E V A, \u201cPhoto Induced Reductive Leaching of Iron from Ilmenite in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions\u201d Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, Volume 120, Number 3, 2011 , pp. 191-196(6)<\/p>\n

Jonas Baltrusaitis, Pradeep M. Jayaweera and Vicki H. Grassian, \u201d Sulfur Dioxide Adsorption on TiO2 Nanoparticles: Influence of Particle Size, Coadsorbates, Sample Pretreatment and Light on Surface Speciation and Surface Coverage\u201d J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115 (2), pp 492\u2013500.<\/p>\n

P.V.V. Jayaweera, P.K.D.Duleepa P. Pitigala, Jia Feng Shao, Kirthi Tennakone, A. G. Unil Perera, Pradeep M. Jayaweera and Jonas Baltrusaitis, \u201cLow-Cost ZnO-Based Ultraviolet\u2013Infrared Dual-Band Detector Sensitized With PbS Quantum Dots\u201d, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 2010<\/p>\n

Gayan Rubasinghege, Sherrie Elzey, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Pradeep M. Jayaweera and Vicki H. Grassian, \u201cReactions on Atmospheric Dust Particles: Surface Photochemistry and Size-Dependent Nanoscale Redox Chemistry\u201d; J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, pp 1729\u20131737<\/p>\n

Baltrusaitis, J., Jayaweera, P.M., Grassian, V.H., \u201cXPS Study of NO2 Adsorption on Metal Oxide Particle Surfaces Under Different Environmental Conditions\u201d, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 8295.<\/p>\n

Priyadarshana, W.M.G., Jayaweera, P.M., \u201cPhoto-control Reversible Removal of Coordinated Fe2+ Ions from TiO2 Surface Adsorbed Alizarin Comlexone: An Iron Storage Device\u201d Colloids and Surfaces-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2009, 344, 144.<\/p>\n

Jayaweera, P.M., Sanjeewa, T., and Tennakone, K., \u201cFormation of Ion Associated Complexes between SPADNS and Rhodamine B: Antenna Effect and Enhancement Photovoltaic Properties\u201d Solar Energy and Solar Materials., 2007, 91, 944.<\/p>\n

Jayaweera, P.M., Quah, E.L., and Idriss, H., \u201cPhotoreaction of Ethanol on TiO2(110) Single Crystal Surface\u201d J. Phys. Chem. C., 2007, 111, 1764.<\/p>\n

\u00a0CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Web :\u00a0http:\/\/scholar.sjp.ac.lk\/pradeep<\/a><\/h4>\n

Web :\u00a0pradeepjayaweera.pbworks.com<\/a><\/h4>\n

Email Address:\u00a0pradeep@sjp.ac.lk<\/h4>\n

Room : 2L002<\/h4>\n

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