| Acidic ionic liquids AS Amarasekara Chemical reviews 116 (10), 6133-6183, 2016 | 841 | 2016 |
| Mechanism of the dehydration of d-fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in dimethyl sulfoxide at 150 C: an NMR study AS Amarasekara, LTD Williams, CC Ebede Carbohydrate research 343 (18), 3021-3024, 2008 | 453 | 2008 |
| Hydrolysis and decomposition of cellulose in Bronsted acidic ionic liquids under mild conditions AS Amarasekara, OS Owereh Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 48 (22), 10152-10155, 2009 | 249 | 2009 |
| Renewable resources based polymers: Synthesis and characterization of 2, 5-diformylfuran–urea resin AS Amarasekara, D Green, LTD Williams European Polymer Journal 45 (2), 595-598, 2009 | 237 | 2009 |
| Synthesis of a sulfonic acid functionalized acidic ionic liquid modified silica catalyst and applications in the hydrolysis of cellulose AS Amarasekara, OS Owereh Catalysis Communications 11 (13), 1072-1075, 2010 | 206 | 2010 |
| Efficient oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-diformylfuran using Mn (III)–salen catalysts AS Amarasekara, D Green, E McMillan Catalysis Communications 9 (2), 286-288, 2008 | 201 | 2008 |
| Zinc chloride mediated degradation of cellulose at 200 C and identification of the products AS Amarasekara, CC Ebede Bioresource technology 100 (21), 5301-5304, 2009 | 157 | 2009 |
| Handbook of cellulosic ethanol AS Amarasekara John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | 138 | 2013 |
| Vanillin based polymers: I. An electrochemical route to polyvanillin AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu, A Razzaq Green Chemistry 14 (9), 2395-2397, 2012 | 128 | 2012 |
| Effect of oversulfation on the chemical and biological properties of fucoidan X Qiu, A Amarasekara, V Doctor Carbohydrate Polymers 63 (2), 224-228, 2006 | 118 | 2006 |
| Degradation of Cellulose in Dilute Aqueous Solutions of Acidic Ionic Liquid 1-(1-Propylsulfonic)-3-methylimidazolium Chloride, and p-Toluenesulfonic Acid at … AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Industrial & engineering chemistry research 50 (21), 12276-12280, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |
| Acidic ionic liquid catalyzed one-pot conversion of cellulose to ethyl levulinate and levulinic acid in ethanol-water solvent system AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu BioEnergy Research 7, 1237-1243, 2014 | 97 | 2014 |
| A comparison of kombucha SCOBY bacterial cellulose purification methods AS Amarasekara, D Wang, TL Grady SN Applied Sciences 2, 1-7, 2020 | 88 | 2020 |
| NaOH catalyzed condensation reactions between levulinic acid and biomass derived furan-aldehydes in water AS Amarasekara, TB Singh, E Larkin, MA Hasan, HJ Fan Industrial Crops and Products 65, 546-549, 2015 | 84 | 2015 |
| Sperm antimotility properties of seed extract of Abrus precatorius WD Ratnasooriya, AS Amarasekera, NSD Perera, GAS Premakumara Journal of Ethanopharmacology 33, 85-90, 1991 | 81 | 1991 |
| Pd/C catalyzed conversion of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone using alcohol as a hydrogen donor under microwave conditions AS Amarasekara, MA Hasan Catalysis Communications 60, 5-7, 2015 | 78 | 2015 |
| Synthesis of levulinic acid–glycerol ketal–ester oligomers and structural characterization using NMR spectroscopy AS Amarasekara, SA Hawkins European Polymer Journal 47 (12), 2451-2457, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| Photochemical approach to the taxanes WF Berkowitz, AS Amarasekara, JJ Perumattam The Journal of Organic Chemistry 52 (6), 1119-1124, 1987 | 68 | 1987 |
| Vanillin‐Based Polymers—part II: Synthesis of Schiff Base Polymers of Divanillin and Their Chelation with Metal Ions AS Amarasekara, A Razzaq International Scholarly Research Notices 2012 (1), 532171, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
| Catalytic upgrading of biomass derived furans F Deng, AS Amarasekara Industrial Crops and Products 159, 113055, 2021 | 61 | 2021 |
Bernard Wiredu, PhD ChemAssistant Professor, Prairie View A&M UniversityVerified email at pvamu.edu
