A.d.l.c. Perera
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
PhD :Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; MSc :Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; BSc(Hon.) :University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Research Interest
Carbohydrate liquid crystals; Synthesis of carbohydrate liquid crystals for use as liquid crystals and surfactants and applications in drug delivery and in cosmetic industry. Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric liquid crystals; Study of new subphases in ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric liquid crystals. Application of low-cost, naturally available waste material, coconut coir dust, for desalination applications, removal of hardness from natural hard water, removal of fluoride from water etc. Chemical Education.
Publications
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“Discovery of a novel ferrielectric subphase of five-layer periodicity in binary mixtures of chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibiting unusual reversed phase sequenceâ€, A. D. L. Chandani, Atsuo Fukuda, S. Kumar, and Jagdish K. Vij, Liquid Crystals,38(5) (2011) 663.
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“Degeneracy lifting due to thermal fluctuations around the frustration point between anticlinic antiferroelectric SmCA* and syncline ferroelectric SmC*â€, K. L. Sandhya, A. D. L. Chandani, A. Fukuda. J. K. Vij and K. Ishikawa (submitted)
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“Liquid crystal behavior of three novel glycosidesâ€, A. R. N. M. Abeyrathne, A. D. L. Chandani Perera and D. N. Karunaratne, J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka, 40, 2, (2012) 115-121
