91传媒

Eight academics from the Faculty of Applied sciences, 91传媒 was awarded with Presidential and NRC Merit Awards for Scientific Publication. This is selected by the National Research Council (NRC) of 91传媒 and it is considered as the most prestigious award for a research publication in 91传媒

President’s Awards for Scientific Publication which started in 2001 focuses on聽 recognizing scientists whose work reached international standards and to increase national scientific production. This scheme covers all the 鈥渉ard science鈥� journal titles (excluding the social sciences), with a 91传媒n institutional affiliation against at least one 91传媒n author.

List of award winners聽

Mr. P. Dias – Presidential Award
Dr. Lokupitya聽– Presidential Award
Dr. Ms. D.C.T. Dissanayaka – Presidential Award

Prof. M. M. Pathmalal NRC – Merit Award
Prof. Nissanka De. Silva – NRC Merit Award
Prof. L. Karunanayake NRC – Merit Award
Prof. N. Salim – NRC Merit Award
Dr. Ms. D.C.T. Dissanayaka – NRC Merit Award
Dr. Ms. M.N.S. Kottegoda – NRC Merit Award

Details of Research

Prof. L. Karunanayake NRC

Merit award was awarded from NRC for the following paper appeared in a science citation index cited journal

1. Synthesis,characterization, and metal adsorption properties of tannin-phenol
   formaldehyde resins produced using tannin from dried fruit of Terminalia
   chebula (Aralu), Araseratnem, S. and Karunanayake, L. J.App.Polym.Sci.,115(2): 1081听–听1088 (2010)
2. This paper has been cited in following papers already.
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      Yurtsever, M., 艦engil, A.I.,Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 22(11), 2846 – 2854, 2012
   2. Cytotoxic effect of tridham (TD) against human HepG2 Cell line: Isolationand characterization of 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid from aqueous extract of TD,Vijaya Ravinayagam, Ravindran Jaganathan, Sachdanandam Panchanadham, Shanthi Palanivelu, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG DISCOVERY AND HERBAL RESEARCH (IJDDHR),2(2): (2012), 371-385
   3. Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrogallol-Formaldehyde Nano Resin and Its Usage as an Adsorbent; Mustafa Can, Emrah Bulut, and Mahmut O虉 zacar; J. Chem. Eng. Data 2012, 57, 2710鈭�2717
   4. Synthesis and Characterization of Gallic Acid Resin and Its Interaction with Palladium(II), Rhodium(III) Chloro Complexes; Mustafa Can, Emrah Bulut and Mahmut O虉 zaca; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2012, 51, 6052鈭�6063
   5. Bark extractives-based phenol鈥揻ormaldehyde resins from beetle-infested lodgepole pine; Yong Zhao, Ning Yan andMartin W. Feng; Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (Impact Factor: 1.09). 01/2012; DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2012.697689
   6. Synthesis and characterization of valonea tannin resin and its interaction with palladium (II), rhodium (III) chloro complexes; Mustafa Can, Emrah Bulut, Ahmet 脰rnek, and Mahmut 脰zacar; Chemical Engineering Journal 221 (2013) 146鈥�158
   7. Removal of cations using ion-binding terpolymer involving 2-amino-6-nitro-benzothiazole and thiosemicarbazide with formaldehyde by batch equilibrium technique;聽 Mohamed A Riswan Ahamed, Duraisamy Jeyakumar, Abdul R Burkanudeen; Journal of hazardous materials (Impact Factor: 4.33). 01/2013; 248-249C:59-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.12.047.