{"id":359,"date":"2015-08-26T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T05:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2020-01-23T06:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T06:53:06","slug":"dr-isurika-fernando","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/dr-isurika-fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Isurika R. Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"isurika\"<\/a>Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nB.Sc. (USJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. (Western Michigan University, USA)<\/p>\n

Biosketch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.Sc. – University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2004<\/p>\n

Ph.D. – Western Michigan University, USA, 2013<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral scholar – Northwestern University, USA, 2013-2015<\/p>\n

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Division:<\/strong>
\nOrganic Chemistry<\/p>\n

Research interest :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organic Synthesis\/ Supramolecular Chemistry\/ Natural Products Chemistry<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Teaching:<\/span><\/strong>
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\n \u2022 CHE 108 1.0 Organic Chemistry I<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 357 2.0 Natural Products Chemistry<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 373 2.0 Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 491 1.0 Supramolecular Chemistry<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 383 1.0 Organic Reaction Mechanisms<\/a>
\n \u2022 ICH 358 2.0 Organic Chemistry for Industry I – Physical Organic Chemistry<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Wu, Y.; Han, J-M.; Hong, M.; Krzyaniak, Matthew D.; Blackburn, A. B.; Fernando, I. R.; Cao, D. D.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F. X-shaped oligomeric pyromellitimide polyradicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140(1), 515-523. DOI: 10.1021\/jacs.7b12124<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Frasconi, M.; Wu, Y.; Wang, Yang, Y.-W.; Goddart III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. Sliding Ring Catenanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10214-10225. DOI: 10.1021\/jacs.6b04982<\/p>\n

Frasconi, M.; Fernando, I. R.; Wu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Liu, W.-G.; Dyar, S. M.; Barin, G.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. Redox control of the binding modes of an organic receptor, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11057\u201211068. DOI: 10.1021\/jacs.5b05618<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Ferris, D. P.; Frasconi, M.; Malin, D.; Strekalova, E.; Yilmaz, M. D.; Ambrogio, M. W.; Algaradah, M. M.; Hong, M. P.; Chen, X.; Nassar, M. S.; Botros, Y. Y.; Cryns, V. L.; Stoddart, J. F. Esterase\u2013 and pH\u2013responsive poly(beta\u2013aminoester)\u2013capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 7178\u20127183. DOI: 10.1039\/C4NR07443B<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Mo, Y.; Mezei, G. Metal-binding studies of linear rigid-axle [2]pseudorotaxanes with in situ generated anionic metal halide complexes, CrystalEngComm. 2014, 16, 7320\u20127333. DOI: 10.1039\/C4CE00789A<\/p>\n

Narakathu, B. B.; Devadas, M. S.; Reddy, A. S. G.; Eshkeiti, A.; Moorthi, A.; Fernando, I. R.; Miller, B. P.; Ramakrishna, G.; Sinn, E.; Joyce, M.; Rebros, M.; Rebrosova, E.; Mezei, G.; Atashbar M. Z. Novel fully screen printed flexible electrochemical sensor for the investigation of electron transfer between thiol functionalized viologen and gold clusters, Sensors and Actuators B. 2013, 176, 768\u2012774. DOI: 10.1016\/j.snb.2012.10.069<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Surmann, S. A.; Urech, A. A.; Poulsen A. M; Mezei, G. Selective total encapsulation of the sulfate anion by neutral, hydrophobic nano\u2013jars, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6860\u20126862. DOI: 10.1039\/C2CC32074F<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Mezei, G. Blue colored, linear rigid-axel [2]pseudorotaxanes: Metal-binding properties, crystal structures and blue\/red dichroism, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3156\u20123160. DOI: 10.1021\/ic2026329<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Jianrattanasawat, S.; Daskalakis, N; Demadis, K. D.; Mezei, G. Mapping the supramolecular chemistry of pyrazole-4-sulfonate: layered inorganic-organic networks with Zn2+, Cd2+, Ag+, Na+ and NH4+, and their use in copper anticorrosion protective films, CrystalEngComm. 2012, 14, 908\u2012919. DOI: 10.1039\/C1CE06027A<\/p>\n

Fernando, I. R.; Bairu, S. G.; Guda, R.; Mezei, G. Single-color pseudorotaxane-based temperature sensing, New. J. Chem. 2010, 34(10), 2097\u20122100. DOI: 10.1039\/C0NJ00541J<\/p>\n

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