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Update date: Aug. 31, 2024
W. M. C. Sameera
W. M. C. Sameera
Affiliation and department：
Job title：
Assistant Professor
Homepage URL (1)：
http://wmcsameera.com/index.html
Research field (1)：
Inorganic and coordination chemistry
Research keywords (1)：
Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods, reaction mechanisms.
Research theme for competitive and other funds (12)：
- 2022 - 2027 ラジカルの拡散が活性化させる星間塵表面での分子進化:複雑有機分子生成の鍵
- 2021 - 2023 Quantum Chemical Determination of the Complex Organic Molecules Formation in the Interstellar Medium
- 2023 - This grant will help seven chemistry students in the Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo to visit the Institute for Chemical Research (ICR) at Kyoto University. Students will visit Kyoto in November this year, and spend ten days with the research groups in ICR.
- 2023 - On the mechanism of the CO2 reduction catalyzed by cubic [Mo3S4Pd] clusters: a computational study.
- 2023 - Systematic mechanistic survey on the formation of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium.
- 2021 - 2022 Electronic Structure of Biomimetic [Mo3S4Fe] Clusters and its Relation to the catalytic N2-Reduction: A Computational Study
- 2017 - 2022 Elucidation of mechanism and etraction of key for hybrid catalytic systems based on the automated reaction path search method
- 2022 - Connect computational chemistry, surface science, and low-temperature sciences to study the radical processes on ice.
- 2022 - Predicting radical behaviors on interstellar dust surface: a collaborative theoretical and experimental approach.
- 2017 - 2021 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) Grant
- 2019 - 2019 Multiscale modeling of radical diffusion and radical reactions on interstellar ices
- 2014 - 2016 Aartificial enzyme models for Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases (PGHSs) and cytochrome P-450 enzymes
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Papers (80)：
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Yuto Matsuoka, Yuta Sakai, Hitoshi Izu, Sayaka Shimoyama, Mayu Fujisawa, Mizuki Tada, Nishshanka M. Lakshan, W.M.C. Sameera, Kazuki Tanifuji, Yasuhiro Ohki. Silylation of N2 catalyzed by cubic [Mo3S4Ni] clusters bearing Mo-bound cyclopentadienyl ligands. Coordination Chemistry Research. 2024. 1. 100001-100001
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Tomoya Saito, Masaki Yoshida, Kaito Segawa, Daisuke Saito, Junichi Takayama, Satoshi Hiura, Akihiro Murayama, Nishshanka M. Lakshan, W. M. C. Sameera, Atsushi Kobayashi, et al. Thermo-responsive emission induced by different delocalized excited-states in isomorphous Pd(ii) and Pt(ii) one-dimensional chains. Chemical Science. 2024
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Atsuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Hidaka, W. M. C. Sameera, Yasuhiro Oba, Naoki Watanabe. Determination of the Branching Ratio of CH3OH + OH Reaction on Water Ice Surface at 10 K. The Astrophysical Journal. 2024
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Sae Kondo, Nobutaka Yoshimura, Atsushi Kobayashi, K. D. Charith Kuruppu, W. M. C. Sameera, Saki Fujii, Masaki Yoshida, Masako Kato. Vapoluminescent thin-film with unsaturated copper(i) complex for rapid light-on sensing of N-heteroaromatic vapour. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2024
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Y. Nakai, W. M. C. Sameera, K. Furuya, H. Hidaka, A. Ishibashi, N. Watanabe. Methanol Formation through Reaction of Low-energy CH3 + Ions with an Amorphous Solid Water Surface at Low Temperature. The Astrophysical Journal. 2023
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MISC (2)：
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Ayane Miyazaki, Naoki Watanabe, W. M. C. Sameera, Tetsuya Hama, Hiroshi Hidaka, Akira Kouchi. Activation energy of OH-radical diffusion on water ice surface. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2019. 258
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Naoki Watanabe, Ayane Miyazaki, W. M. C. Sameera, Tetsuya Hama, Akira Kouchi. Behavior of OH radical on ice. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2019. 258
Books (2)：
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R. Ramozzi, W. M. C. Sameera, K. Morokuma, "Predicting reaction pathways from reactants", Applied Theoretical Chemistry, World scientific publishing. Book title: Applied theoretical organic chemistry, Ed. Dean J. Tantillo (ISBN: 978-1-78634-408-3)
2016
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Polysaccharides in solution: experimental and computational studies
InTech 2016
Lectures and oral presentations (47)：
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OH radical on ice: photodesorption and reactivity from quantum chemical calculations
(Symposium on Next Generation Astrochemistry. Tokyo, Japan. 2023)
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Radical binding and radical reactions on interstellar ices: a combined experimental and quantum chemical study
(Asia Pacific Conference of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, APATCC-10, Vietnam. 2023)
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Design novel ligands for luminescent Cu complexes
(CECAM Virtual Winter School for Computational Chemistry. 2023)
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Computational study of Nitrogen reduction by a biomimetic [Mo3S4Co] cluster
(CECAM Virtual Winter School for Computational Chemistry. 2023)
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Radical processes on interstellar ices: a combined experimental and quantum chemical study
(Symposium on Next Generation Astrochemistry, Japan. 2022)
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Education (2)：
- 2006 - 2009 Glasgow University School of Chemistry PhD
- 2001 - 2005 University of Sri Jayawardanapura Department of Chemistry BSc (Hons)
Professional career (1)：
- PhD (University of Glasgow)
Work history (6)：
- 2022/08 - 現在 Kyoto University Institute for Chemical Research
- 2016 - 現在 Hokkaido University
- 2014 - 2016 Kyoto University
- 2010 - 2011 Oxford University
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
- Gothenburg University
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Awards (9)：
- 2023/08 - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan. Associate Professor (Visiting)
- 2022 - Professor (Visiting), CY Cergy Paris Université Institute for Chemical Research, France.
- 2016 - Hokkaido University Assistant professorship
- 2014 - Kyoto University JSPS postdoctoral fellowship
- 2012 - Gothenburg University Marie Curie fellowship
- 2009 - Oxford University Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) fellowship
- 2008 - Glasgow University The Jim Gatheral Scholarship
- 2006 - Glasgow University WestCHEM postgraduate scholarship
- Associate Professor (Visiting), Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Association Membership(s) (2)：
Member of the Amarican Chemical Society, USA
, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
