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  • 2002 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

A. Prasanna de Silva is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and specializes in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work prominently involves Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials. The main topics addressed in their research include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials.

The scientist's publication record features contributions to several peer-reviewed journals with diverse focuses. Recent papers include:

  • "Supra-molecular agents running tasks intelligently (SMARTI): recent developments in molecular logic-based computation" (2020), published in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
  • "Fluorescent molecular logic gates based on photoinduced electron transfer (PET) driven by a combination of atomic and biomolecular inputs" (2020), published in Chemical Communications
  • "Taming Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) and Its Reactions in Water by Capture/Release with Shape-Switchable Symmetry-Matched Cyclophanes" (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates Driven by Temperature and by Protons in Solution and on Solid" (2021), published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "A Colorimetric Method for Quantifying Cis and Trans Alkenes Using an Indicator Displacement Assay" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Throughout their career, they have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Chaoyi Yao
  • Hongyu Lin
  • Hannah S. N. Crory
  • H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne
  • Eric V. Anslyn

The scientist's research has been disseminated across notable venues such as Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Chemical Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry - A European Journal, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Recognition within the academic community includes election as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Signaling Recognition Events with Fluorescent Sensors and Switches.

    A. Prasanna de Silva;H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne;Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson;Allen J. M. Huxley

  • Luminescent sensors and switches in the early 21st century

    John F. Callan;A. Prasanna de Silva;David C. Magri

  • Molecular logic and computing.

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Seiichi Uchiyama

  • Fluorescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) sensors as potent analytical tools

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Thomas S. Moody;Glenn D. Wright

  • Molecular fluorescent signalling with ‘fluor–spacer–receptor’ systems: approaches to sensing and switching devices via supramolecular photophysics

    Richard A. Bissell;A. Prasanna de Silva;H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne;P. L. Mark Lynch

  • Molecular‐Scale Logic Gates

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Nathan D. McClenaghan

  • Current developments in fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) sensors and switches.

    Brian Daly;Jue Ling;A. Prasanna de Silva

  • Fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) sensors

    Richard A. Bissell;A. Prasanna de Silva;H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne;P. L. Mark Lynch

  • New Fluorescent Model Compounds for the Study of Photoinduced Electron Transfer: The Influence of a Molecular Electric Field in the Excited State

    A. Prasanna de Silva;H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne;Jean-Louis Habib-Jiwan;Colin P. McCoy

  • Fluorescent polymeric AND logic gate with temperature and pH as inputs.

    Seiichi Uchiyama;Narumi Kawai;A. Prasanna De Silva;Kaoru Iwai

  • Molecular Photoionic AND Logic Gates with Bright Fluorescence and “Off−On” Digital Action

    A. Prasanna de Silva;H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne;Colin P. McCoy

  • Communicating chemical congregation: a molecular AND logic gate with three chemical inputs as a "lab-on-a-molecule" prototype.

    David C. Magri;Gareth J. Brown;Gareth D. Mcclean;A. Prasanna De Silva

  • Fluorescent molecular thermometers based on polymers showing temperature-induced phase transitions and labeled with polarity-responsive benzofurazans.

    Seiichi Uchiyama;Yuriko Matsumura;A Prasanna de Silva;Kaoru Iwai

  • Fluorescent signalling crown ethers; ‘switching on’ of fluorescence by alkali metal ion recognition and binding in situ

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Saliya A. de Silva

  • Molecular computational elements encode large populations of small objects

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Mark R. James;Bernadine O. F. McKinney;David A. Pears

  • Simultaneously multiply-configurable or superposed molecular logic systems composed of ICT (Internal Charge Transfer) chromophores and fluorophores Integrated with one- or two-ion receptors

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Nathan D. McClenaghan

  • Newer optical-based molecular devices from older coordination chemistry

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Bridgeen McCaughan;Bernadine O. F. McKinney;Manel Querol

  • Bright molecules with sense, logic, numeracy and utility

    A. Prasanna de Silva;Thomas P. Vance;Matthew E. S. West;Glenn D. Wright

  • A new class of fluorescent pH indicators based on photo-induced electron transfer

    A. Prasanna de Silva;R. A. D. Dayasiri Rupasinghe

  • Molecular Logic Gate Arrays

    A. Prasanna de Silva

  • Molecular Logic-based Computation

    A Prasanna de Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne
H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne Queen's University Belfast
John F. Callan
John F. Callan University of Ulster
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Trinity College Dublin
Juyoung Yoon
Juyoung Yoon Ewha Womans University
Jens Eilers
Jens Eilers Leipzig University
Peter Nockemann
Peter Nockemann Queen's University Belfast
Eric V. Anslyn
Eric V. Anslyn The University of Texas at Austin
Otto S. Wolfbeis
Otto S. Wolfbeis University of Regensburg

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