Staff
- Academic Staff
- Dr M.N. Ahmad
- Dr F. Aiouache
- Professor S.J. Allen
- Professor S.E.J. Bell
- Professor D.R. Boyd
- Professor R. Burch OBE
- Dr M.J. Cook
- Professor A.P. de Silva
- Dr A.P. Doherty
- Dr N.C. Fletcher
- Dr Q. Gan
- Dr A. Goguet
- Dr W. P.D.Goldring
- Professor K.J. Hale
- Professor C. Hardacre
- Professor P. Hu
- Dr M. Huang
- Dr. J. Jacquemin
- Professor S.L. James
- Dr M.C. Lagunas
- Dr I.C. Lane
- Dr W.F. Lin
- Professor T.R.A. Magee
- Professor J. Mann
- Dr A.C. Marr
- Dr P.C. Marr
- Professor J.J. McGarvey
- Professor A. Mills
- Dr M. Mirzaeian
- Dr M.J. Muldoon
- Dr P. Nancarrow
- Dr P. Nockemann
- Professor E.V. Rebrov
- Dr D.W. Rooney
- Professor K.R. Seddon
- Dr G.N. Sheldrake
- Dr P.J. Stevenson
- Dr K. Tchabanenko
- Dr J. Thompson
- Dr J.S. Vyle
- Dr G.M. Walker
- All Staff
Professor A Prasanna de Silva
Professor A Prasanna de Silva
BSc (University of Colombo), 1976
PhD (Queen’s University of Belfast), 1980
Chair of Organic Chemistry
Tel: + 44 (0) 28 9097 4422
Fax: + 44 (0) 28 9097 6524
E-mail: a.desilva@qub.ac.uk
A.P. de Silva
Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 750 (Focus Review)
“Molecular Logic Gate Arrays”
A.P. de Silva, C.M. Dobbin, T.P. Vance and B. Wannalerse
Chem. Commun. 2009, 1386 (Hot paper)
“Multiply Reconfigurable ‘Plug and Play’ Molecular Logic via Self-Assembly”
Chemical Communications, 12 February 2009, Hot article notice
(http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cc/News/B822181B_de_Silva_120209.asp);
Chemie DE Information Service, 17 February 2009
(http://www.chemie.de/news/e/96966/);
SpectroscopyNow.com, 1 March 2009
(http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=20782&type=Feature&chId=5&page=1);
Chemistry and Industry, 23 February2009;
Chemical Technology, 5 March 2009
(http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2009/04/de_Silva_interview.asp))
S. Uchiyama, K. Iwai and A.P. de Silva
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 4667
(Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 4745)(VIP paper)(Cover Story)
“Multiplexing Sensory Molecules Map Protons near Micellar Membranes”
(Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News;
New Scientist;
Nature)
A.P. de Silva, T.P. Vance, M.E.S. West and G.D. Wright
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 2468
(Perspectives Article)(Hot paper)(Inside Cover Story)
“Bright Molecules with Sense, Logic, Numeracy and Utility”
Highlighted in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
A.P. de Silva and S. Uchiyama
Nature Nanotechnol. 2007, 2, 399
“Molecular Logic and Computing”
A.P. de Silva, S.S.K. de Silva, N.C.W. Goonesekera, H.Q.N. Gunaratne, P.L.M. Lynch, K.R. Nesbitt, S.T. Patuwathavithana and N.L.D.S. Ramyalal
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3050
"Analog Parallel Processing of Molecular Sensory Information"
(Highlighted in Chemistry World 27 February 2007;
Chemical and Engineering News 28 February 2007;
Nature Nanozone 1 March 2007;
Sciencebase.com 6 March 2007)
A.P. de Silva, M.R. James, B.O.F. McKinney, D.A. Pears and S.M. Weir
Nature Mater. 2006, 5, 787
"Molecular Computational Elements Encode Large Populations of Small Objects"
(Highlighted in Nature Press Release 3 September 2006;
New Scientist 3 September 2006;
Nature 2006, 443, 39 (News & Views);
Nature Podcast 7 September 2006;
New Scientist 9 September 2006,;
Chemical and Engineering News 11 September 2006;
Reactive Reports, 14 September 2006)
D.C. Magri, G.J. Brown, G.D. McClean and A.P. de Silva
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4950
"Communicating Chemical Congregation: A Molecular AND Logic Gate with Three Chemical Inputs as a ‘Lab-on-a-Molecule’ Prototype"
(Highlighted in
Chemical and Engineering News, 10 April volume 84, number 15, p 15;
Nature Nanozone 2006, 5 April)
S. Uchiyama, G.D. McClean, K. Iwai and A.P. de Silva J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8920 "Membrane Media Create Small Nanospaces for Molecular Computation"
(Highlighted in The Chemical Daily (Japan), 13 May 2005;
Reactive Reports, Issue 46 June 2005;
Chemical and Engineering News 2005, 20 June volume 83, number 25, p 15;
EETimes 2005, 27 June, number 1377, p 40;
Chemistry World, 2005, July volume 2, number 7, p 23;
Scienzz, 2005, 17 June;
Tokyo Shimbun, 2005, 12 July;
EPSRC Press Release for the British Association Festival of Science, 2005, 1 September,
NanotechCafe, 2005, September;
Irish Times, 2005, 8 September;
BBC World Service, 8 September 2005;
BBC Radio 5 Live, 8 September 2005;
Space Daily, 2005, 12 September;
Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2006, 54, 241)
A.P. de Silva and N.D. McClenaghan
Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 574 (Concepts Article)
"Molecular-Scale Logic Gates"
A.P. de Silva and N.D. McClenaghan
Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 4935
"Simultaneously Multiply-Configurable or Superposed Molecular Logic Systems Composed of ICT (Internal Charge Transfer) Chromophores and Fluorophores Integrated with One or Two Ion Receptors "
(Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News, 6 January 2003, 81, 31 )
