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  • Rajapaksha, D; Rathnayake, P; Rosa, S. R. D (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2022-10)
    Cancer is the major cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe. Cancer shows a significant annual increase, approximately 30,000 new cases were recorded in 2021. It has become one of the major health burdens in ...
  • Perera, K. Sarath. D. (Institute of Chemistry, 2021-06)
    Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to obtain information on the structure and molecular weight/accurate mass of a given compound. The main components of the mass spectrometer are the ion source, mass ...
  • Fernando, Wasundara (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, with a new breast cancer being diagnosed every 29 seconds. Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that responds poorly ...
  • Rajapakse, Wijeyadasa (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2023-06)
    It is with great pleasure that I issue this message on the occasion of the 52nd Annual Sessions, 2023 & 82nd Anniversary Celebrations of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon which is one of the oldest professional bodies ...
  • Perera, K. Sarath. D. (Institute of Chemistry, 2020-09)
    Carbon monoxide is a good π-acceptor and the M-C bond in metal carbonyls [M(CO)n ] has a significant π character. Thus, the M-C bond is strengthened and the carbon oxygen bond is weakened with the increase in back bonding.
  • Perera, K. Sarath. D. (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2021-04)
    We know that main group hydrides such as LiAlH4 and NaBH4 are the common reducing agents used by organic chemists to reduce aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids. Transition metal hydrides act as ...
  • Perera, K. Sarath. D. (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-10)
    Metathesis of simple salts is a double replacement reaction as shown below. AX + BY → AY + BX In Greek, “Metathesis” is known as the change of position or transposition. Olefin metathesis (OM) is the catalytic scission ...
  • Perera, K. Sarath. D. (Institute of Chemistry, 2021-06)
    In 1960, chemists at BASF developed the carbonylation of methanol into acetic acid. CH3 OH + CO CH3 COOH Monsanto process Monsanto Company introduced a new catalytic system in 1966. It is now known as the Monsanto ...
  • Gunasekera, Angelo (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    Bacterial and viral disease outbreaks have always been a threat to global public health, making affordable, rapid and accurate diagnostics highly important tools to slow down the spread of pathogens and decrease ...
  • Perera, Tharushi .A (2019-09)
    I sincerely thank Dr. Ranmal Gunatilake, Hon. Editor, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon for the opportunity to address the Chemistry in Sri Lanka readers through the medium of this guest editorial. It is a real honor ...
  • Gannoruwa, Asangi (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2024-01)
    Nanomatrix structures are prominent filler network structure which usually improves the mechanical properties of natural rubber or sometimes used to introduce novel properties
  • Bandara, Nuwan (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    A nanopore is a nanoscale aperture in an otherwise impervious membrane (solid state or biological) that functions as the sole fluidic pathway between two electrolyte reservoirs. The application of a suitable voltage ...
  • Choudhary, M. Iqbal; Rahman, Atta-ur (Institute of Chemistry, 2021-06)
    Sciences at the interface of chemistry and biology have led to increased opportunities for the identification of lead molecules against various therapeutic targets. For centuries, natural products have served as key ...
  • Jayaruk, Charitha (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-10)
    Living in Sri Lanka has become a question to many Sri Lankans today due to the hardest economic crisis that we as a country are facing currently. It is hard to balance the terms of each requirement including the main ...
  • Mahawithanage, Sanath (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-09)
    Measles infected people for 1,500 years. The disease killed more than one million people annually during the 20 th century for years before the vaccine was developed in 1954.
  • Ratnaweera, Chinthaka Nadun (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2021-09)
    Let’s begin with something everyone knows, SI units! Everyone of us applies them, but do you know the concept behind its definitions? Very recently definitions of SI units were changed and they are now defined by ...
  • Ratnaweera, Chinthaka Nadun (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    In the previous article we learnt how fixed values of hyperfine transition frequency of Cs, speed of light, Planck constant, and Avogadro constant are used to define SI units of time, length, mass and amount of substances ...
  • Ramanayaka, Sammani (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-09)
    Biochar is renowned as a solid carbonaceous material which is commonly used in various environmental applications; as a material for soil amendment, sustainable option for solid waste management, wastewater treatment, ...
  • Ratnaweera, Pamoda B (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2019-09)
    Antibiotic resistance within a wide range of infectious agents is increasing steadily, causing a growing public health crisis in the world today. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported infectious and parasitic ...
  • Abeysinghe, A.A.D.T (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-09)
    Obesity is a serious health issue related with increased body fat content. Escalating numbers of patients have been reported worldwide throughout the recent past, associated with a high cost in the health care sector

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