Roshan Gunasekara, PhD
Assistant Professor
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- Photosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle SubpopulationsWeerakkody J, Tseng T, Topper M, Thoduvayil S, Radhakrishnan A, Pincet F, Kyriakides T, Gunasekara R, Ramakrishnan S. Photosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulations. Advanced Functional Materials 2024 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202400390.
- Recognition and protection of glycosphingolipids by synthetic nanoparticle receptorsGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Recognition and protection of glycosphingolipids by synthetic nanoparticle receptors. Chemical Communications 2019, 55: 4773-4776. PMID: 30946397, PMCID: PMC7474536, DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01694e.
- Intrinsic Hydrophobicity versus Intraguest Interactions in Hydrophobically Driven Molecular Recognition in WaterGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Intrinsic Hydrophobicity versus Intraguest Interactions in Hydrophobically Driven Molecular Recognition in Water. Organic Letters 2017, 19: 4159-4162. PMID: 28753291, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01535.
- Correction to “A General Method for Selective Recognition of Monosaccharides and Oligosaccharides in Water”Gunasekara R, Zhao Y. Correction to “A General Method for Selective Recognition of Monosaccharides and Oligosaccharides in Water”. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2017, 139: 2530-2530. PMID: 28145116, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00661.
- Sequence-Selective Binding of Oligopeptides in Water through Hydrophobic CodingAwino JK, Gunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Sequence-Selective Binding of Oligopeptides in Water through Hydrophobic Coding. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2017, 139: 2188-2191. PMID: 28128940, PMCID: PMC5310974, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12949.
- A General Method for Selective Recognition of Monosaccharides and Oligosaccharides in WaterGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. A General Method for Selective Recognition of Monosaccharides and Oligosaccharides in Water. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2017, 139: 829-835. PMID: 27983819, PMCID: PMC5243169, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10773.
- Binding a Specific Peptide in Those DimplesJoseph K. Awino, Roshan W. Gunasekara, and Yan Zhao J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (7), 2531–2531
- Selective Recognition of d‑Aldohexoses in Water by Boronic Acid-Functionalized, Molecularly Imprinted Cross-Linked MicellesAwino JK, Gunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Selective Recognition of d‑Aldohexoses in Water by Boronic Acid-Functionalized, Molecularly Imprinted Cross-Linked Micelles. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2016, 138: 9759-9762. PMID: 27442012, PMCID: PMC4982515, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04613.
- Enhancing binding affinity and selectivity through preorganization and cooperative enhancement of the receptorGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Enhancing binding affinity and selectivity through preorganization and cooperative enhancement of the receptor. Chemical Communications 2016, 52: 4345-4348. PMID: 26923346, DOI: 10.1039/c5cc10405j.
- Conformationally Switchable Water-Soluble Fluorescent Bischolate Foldamers as Membrane-Curvature SensorsGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Conformationally Switchable Water-Soluble Fluorescent Bischolate Foldamers as Membrane-Curvature Sensors. Langmuir 2015, 31: 3919-3925. PMID: 25782344, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00379.
- Rationally Designed Cooperatively Enhanced Receptors To Magnify Host–Guest Binding in WaterGunasekara RW, Zhao Y. Rationally Designed Cooperatively Enhanced Receptors To Magnify Host–Guest Binding in Water. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2015, 137: 843-849. PMID: 25531747, DOI: 10.1021/ja510823h.