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Dr. R V Coorey

Department of Physics
University of Colombo
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka
Telephone

+94 11 2584 777 (office)
+94 11 2648 718 (home)

Fax +94 11 2584 777 
Email ramal@phys.cmb.ac.lk
rvcoorey@yahoo.com
Room 308
Extension 285
Academic Qualifications  
  • Ph.D. (Mass Spectrometry) - 2001: University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • B. Sc. Physics Special - 1992: University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Research Interests/Experience
  • Study of ionization mechanisms and matrix effects of laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
  • Application of mass spectrometric techniques; matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry to biological samples and natural products

Ph.D Thesis

Ion- and photon- induced mass spectrometry of natural products: ion formation, matrix effects and instrumentation, R.V. Coorey, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2001 Abstract

Publications

Selected publications


1. Comparative studies of natural products using soft ionisation techniques, Ramal V. Coorey, Gamini Piyadasa, Per Håkansson and Kristina Håkansson, 10th Nordic Conference on mass spectrometry, Umeå, Sweden, August, 22-25, 1998

2. Interaction between explosive- and analyte layers in explosive matrix assisted plasma desorption mass spectrometry, K. Håkansson, R.A. Zubarev, R.V. Coorey and P. Hakansson, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 13, 1169 (1999)

3. Construction of a matrix assisted laser desorption/ioinisation time-of-flight mass spectrometer, R.V. Coorey, T.R. Ariyaratne, D.D.N.Barlo Daya and W.M.K.P. Wijayarthna, Sri Lanka Journal of Physics -Vol 1 (2000-March) 33

4. Low mass ions observed in plasma desorption mass spectrometry of high explosives, K. Håkansson, R.V. Coorey, R.A. Zubarev, V.L. Talrose and P. Håkansson , J. Mass Spectrom. 35 (2000) 337


5. Applications of mass spectrometry to characterize the components present in a curcumin sample, R.V. Coorey and P. Håkansson, Sri Lankan Journal of Physics, 4, 11 (2003)

List of publications/ presentations

 
 
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