Dr Chatura Goonesinghe

Herchel Smith Research Fellow

Publications

Tuning the Degradability Profiles of Polyesters with Indium-Catalyzed Incorporation of Poly(ε-thiocaprolactone) Blocks.

J Chang, C Goonesinghe, H Roshandel, T Iwase, AL Granja, S Zhang, K Hosseini, K Sharma, P Srinivasan, JW-L Poon, M Ezhova, H-J Jung, PL Diaconescu, P Mehrkhodavandi

Journal of the American Chemical Society

(2025)

147

37667

(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c12988)

Selective Block Copolymerization of Lactide and Methyl Methacrylate with Cationic Indium Catalysts: Exploring the Influence of Noncovalent Ligand Interactions

JW-L Poon, Y Kuang, N Moradinik, C Goonesinghe, SH Rushdy, J Chang, T Iwase, M Ezhova, SG Hatzikiriakos, JP Reid, P Mehrkhodavandi

ACS Catalysis

(2025)

7588

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5c00092)

Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight Poly(ether-alt-ester) by Selective Double Ring-Opening Polymerization of Spiroorthoesters

H-J Jung, C Goonesinghe, Z Zhang, J Chang, K Nyamayaro, HA Baalbaki, SG Hatzikiriakos, P Mehrkhodavandi

ACS Macro Lett

(2024)

266

(doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00758)

Rethinking the Lewis Acidity of Cationic Gallium and Indium Catalysts

C Goonesinghe, H-J Jung, IO Betinol, JR Gaffen, CN Garrard, J Chang, K Hosseini, H Roshandel, K Nyamayaro, B Patrick, M Ezhova, CB Caputo, T Baumgartner, JP Reid, P Mehrkhodavandi

ACS Catalysis

(2023)

16148

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04918)

Mechanistic Insights into Selective Indium-Catalyzed Coupling of Epoxides and Lactones

K Hosseini, C Goonesinghe, H Roshandel, J Chang, K Nyamayaro, H-J Jung, PL Diaconescu, P Mehrkhodavandi

ACS Catalysis

(2023)

13195

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c03450)

Cooperative Initiation in a Dinuclear Indium Complex for CO2 Epoxide Copolymerization.

H-J Jung, K Nyamayaro, HA Baalbaki, C Goonesinghe, P Mehrkhodavandi

Inorganic Chemistry

(2023)

1968

(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03192)

An Air Stable Cationic Indium Catalyst for Formation of High-Molecular-Weight Cyclic Poly(lactic acid)

C Goonesinghe, H-J Jung, H Roshandel, C Diaz, HA Baalbaki, K Nyamayaro, M Ezhova, K Hosseini, P Mehrkhodavandi

ACS Catalysis

(2022)

7677

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02118)

Temperature triggered alternating copolymerization of epoxides and lactones via pre-sequenced spiroorthoester intermediates

H-J Jung, C Goonesinghe, P Mehrkhodavandi

Chemical Science

(2022)

3713

(doi: 10.1039/d1sc06634j)

Comparison of Imine- and Phosphinimine-Supported Indium Complexes: Tuning the Reactivity for the Sequential and Simultaneous Copolymerization of Lactide and ε-Caprolactone

C Diaz, J Fu, S Soobrattee, L Cao, K Nyamayaro, C Goonesinghe, BO Patrick, P Mehrkhodavandi

Inorganic chemistry

(2022)

3763

(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00043)

Indium-Catalyzed CO2/Epoxide Copolymerization: Enhancing Reactivity with a Hemilabile Phosphine Donor

HA Baalbaki, K Nyamayaro, J Shu, C Goonesinghe, H-J Jung, P Mehrkhodavandi

Inorganic chemistry

(2021)

19304

(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03123)

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