
Akalanka Tennakoon
Position
- Graduate Assistant
Dept: CHEM
Contact Info
1605 Gilman
2415 Osborn Dr.
Ames
,
IA
50011-1021
Email
akalanka@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-6342
Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, May 2018
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Publications
- Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Patnaik, S.; Pei, Y.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Hackler, R. A.; Heyden, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Coates, G. W.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A., "Catalytic Upcycling of High-Density Polyethylene Via a Processive Mechanism." Nature Catalysis 2020, 3, 893-901. DOI:10.1038/s41929-020-00519-4
- Celik, G.; Kennedy, R. M.; Hackler, R. A.; Ferrandon, M.; Tennakoon, A.; Patnaik, S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Heyden, A.; Perras, F. A.; Pruski, M.; Scott, S. L.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Sadow, A. D.; Delferro, M., "Upcycling Single-Use Polyethylene into High-Quality Liquid Products." ACS Central Science 2019, 5, 1795-1803. DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.9b00722
- Wu, X.; Tennakoon, A.; Yappert, R.; Esveld, M.; Ferrandon, M. S.; Hackler, R. A.; LaPointe, A. M.; Heyden, A.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Sadow, A. D.; Huang, W., Size-Controlled Nanoparticles Embedded in a Mesoporous Architecture Leading to Efficient and Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 5323-5334. DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c11694