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  • Heading towards a renewable energy rich power system 
    Ekanayake, Janaka B (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2023-01)
    The Cabinet of Sri Lanka (Decision dated July 27, 2021) approved the commitment of achieving 70% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030 made under Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to the United ...
  • Humankind Faces a Bright Future, and so Chemistry 
    Keinan, Ehud (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2021-06)
    As a result of the population growth, mankind faces severe global challenges, including limited availability of energy, raw materials, food, fresh water, air quality, and health problems, which seem daunting because ...
  • Importance of Garlic (Allium sativum) 
    Perera, K. Sarath D.; Theeshya Dulmini, A. D. (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2023-09)
    Garlic (Allium sativum) is not only a spice, but also a plant with immense medicinal value. According to historical records, soldiers and athletes in ancient Greece and Egypt had taken garlic containing diets to ...
  • In Silico Study of potential drug leads for inhibition of angioensin converting enzyme using Sri Lankan Natural Products 
    Abdulla, Sara Mariyam (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2021-04)
    Almost fifty percent of the active ingredients present in modern medicine is derived from natural products. Natural products were widely used in the past for drug discovery before high-throughput screening and genomic ...
  • Industrial Revolutions and Educational Reforms 
    Priyantha, Namal (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    this revolution was the increased human productivity. Many years later, developments, such as the steampowered ship and the locomotive led to further changes in the society leading to the initiation of globalization. The ...
  • Integration of STEAM into Science Education for Sustainable Development 
    Ekanayake, T. M. Sakunthala Yatigammana (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2022-10)
    As a response to a growing concern about human society’s impact on the natural environment, the concept of sustainable development emerged.
  • Ionic Liquids 
    Perera, K. Sarath. D.; De Silva, Shanali (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2024-01)
    Ionic liquids (ILs) are salts that exist in the liquid state below 100 o C or at room temperature. They are also referred to as molten salts, ionic fluids, liquid organic salts, neoteric solvents, and designer solvents
  • A Journey: from a Chemist to a Cancer Biologist 
    Samarakkody, Ann Sanoji (Institute of chemistry Ceylon, 2022-06)
    Cells in an organism are under constant exposure to extrinsic and intrinsic stressors. Molecular mechanisms are in place to dampen the detrimental effects on the cell at the level of cellular pathways and also at ...
  • Management of Cancer Patients using Radiopharmaceutical Therapy 
    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 ...
  • Mechanisms of breast cancer progression and development of novel treatment options 
    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 ...
  • Multiplexed Assays for point-of-care diagnostic applications 
    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 ...
  • My life with light 
    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 ...
  • Nanomatrix Structures Prepared on Natural Rubber Particles in Latex Stage 
    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
  • A nanoscale aperture with molecular-level fingerprinting prospects 
    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 ...
  • Natural Products – A Sustainable Source of Therapeutics and Nutraceuticals 
    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 ...
  • Neglected Treasure for a Better Future 
    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 ...
  • Neurobiochemistry of Emotional Empowerment with New Normal The shift from “old normal” to “new normal”. The emergence of a “VUCA” world. 
    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.
  • The new era of biochar in environmental chemistry: Microcarbon materials 
    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, ...
  • Paper Based Sensors 
    Perera, Hasini R. (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2019-01)
    Since its inception in the early 21 st century, paper based sensors have evolved as good alternative for analytical, bioanalytical and point-of-care testing over traditional analytical instruments because they are ...
  • Past, Present and Future challenges to Chemistry Education at the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon 
    Costa, M.D.P.De (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-05)
    In the 1960’s, the government and the university system in Sri Lanka were faced with the challenge of providing university entrance to all Advanced Level qualified students to pursue their tertiary education, owing to ...

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