Professor A Prasanna de Silva

E.M. Graham, K. Iwai, S. Uchiyama, A.P. de Silva, S.W. Magennis and A.C. Jones,
Lab. Chip 2010, 10, 1267.
“Quantitative Mapping of Aqueous Microfluidic Temperature with Sub-degree Resolution Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy”

D.C. Magri and A.P. de Silva
New J. Chem. 2010, 34, 476
“From Pass 1 to YES to AND Logic: Building Parallel Processing into Molecular Logic Gates by Sequential Addition of Receptors”

A.P. de Silva
Aust. J. Chem. 2010, 63, 146 (Lead Essay. Issue for Research Front on Molecular Logic)
“Molecular Logic: Ways Forward”

A.P. de Silva, T.S. Moody and G.D. Wright
Analyst 2009, 134, 2385 (Critical Review)
“Fluorescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) Sensors as Potent Analytical Tools”

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))

A.P. de Silva
Nature 2008, 454, 417
"Molecular Computing – A Layer of Logic"

G.J. Brown, A.P. de Silva, M.R. James, B.O.F. McKinney, D.A. Pears and S.M. Weir
Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 8301
(Tetrahedron Symposium-in-print on Synthetic NanoSystems and NanoMachinery, in honour of J.F. Stoddart. Editor: R.J.K. Taylor)
“Solid-bound, Proton-driven, Fluorescent ‘Off-on-off’ Switches based on PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer)”

 

A.P. de Silva
Nature 2008, 452, 50
"A chemist looks at DNA-based molecular logic"

J.F. Callan, A.P. de Silva, R.C. Mulrooney and B. McCaughan
J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocycl. Chem. 2007, 58, 257
"Luminescent Sensing with Quantum Dots"

A.P. de Silva, S. Uchiyama, T.P. Vance and B. Wannalerse
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2007, 251, 1623 (Editor: A.T. Hutton)
“A Supramolecular Chemistry Basis for Molecular Logic and Computation”

A.P. de Silva and S. Uchiyama
Nature Nanotechnol. 2007, 2, 399
“Molecular Logic and Computing”

A.P. de Silva
Nature 2007, 445, 718
"Sense and Versatility"

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)

S. Uchiyama, A.P. de Silva and K. Iwai
J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 720 (Products of Chemistry Series)
"Luminescent Molecular Thermometers"

A.P. de Silva, Y. Leydet, C. Lincheneau and N.D. McClenaghan J. Phys. Condensed Matter 2006, 18, S1847 (Special Issue on Molecular Nano-machines) "Chemical Approaches to Nanometer-scale Logic Gates"

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)

A.P. de Silva and D.C. Magri
Chimia 2005, 59, 218 (Special issue on chemical sensors and bioassays, Editor: U. Spichiger-Keller)
"Optical Sensing and Switching with Designed Molecules"

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)

J. F. Callan, A.P. de Silva and D.C. Magri
Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 8551 (Tetrahedron Report)
"Luminescent Sensors and Switches in the early 21^st Century"

K. Iwai, Y. Matsumura, S. Uchiyama and A.P. de Silva
J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 2796 (Themed double issue on fluorescent sensors, Editors: A.P. de Silva and P. Tecilla)
"Development of Fluorescent Microgel Thermometers Based on Thermo-responsive Polymers and Their Modulation of Sensitive Range"

A.P. de Silva
Nature Mater. 2005, 4, January, 15
"Molecular Logic Gets Loaded"

J.F. Callan, A.P. de Silva, J. Ferguson, A.J.M. Huxley and A.M. O'Brien
Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 11125 (Tetrahedron Symposium-in-print. Editor: E.V. Anslyn)
"Fluorescent pH Sensors with Two Receptors and Two Sensing Mechanisms: Applications to Multistate Devices and Implications for Metal Ion Sensing"

J.F. Callan, A.P. de Silva and N.D. McClenaghan
Chem. Commun. 2004, 2048 (Hot paper)
"Switching between Molecular Switch Types by Module Rearrangement: Ca²⁺-enabled, H⁺-driven ‘Off-On-Off’, H⁺-driven YES and PASS 0 as well as H⁺, Ca²⁺-driven AND Logic Operations"

(Highlighted in Chemical Science, September 2004, Volume 1, C67)

S. Content, A.P. de Silva and D.T. Farrell
Rev. Fluoresc. 2004, 1, 41 (Editors: C.D. Geddes and J.R. Lakowicz)
"From Molecular Luminescence to Information Processing"

A.P. de Silva and N.D. McClenaghan
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Dekker, New York, 2004, 2749 (Editors: J.A. Schwarz, C. Contescu and K. Putyera)
"Optical Molecular Devices"

A.P. de Silva, G.J. Brown and S.M. Weir
Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry Dekker, New York, 2004, 893 (Editors: J.L. Atwood and J.W. Steed)
"Molecular Logic Gates"

A.P. de Silva, G.D. McClean and T.S Moody
Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry Dekker, New York, 2004, 572 (Editors: J.L. Atwood and J.W. Steed)
"Fluorescent Sensors"

S. Uchiyama, N. Kawai, A.P. de Silva and K. Iwai
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 3032
"Fluorescent Polymeric AND Logic Gate with Temperature and pH as Inputs"

S. Uchiyama, Y. Matsumura, A.P. de Silva and K. Iwai
Anal. Chem. 2004, 76, 1793
"Modulation of the Sensitive Temperature Range of Fluorescent Molecular Thermometers Based on Thermoresponsive Polymers"

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 )