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Bikaji Framji Khan Gold Medal for the Highest Excellence at B.Sc (special) degree in 1993
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) young scientist fellowship, 1997-1999
NSF- Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) Award -2013
Presidential Awards for Research-2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2007,2009,2012,2014,2015
MONBUSHO (Japan) Scholarship, 1994 -1996J. of Colloids and Interface Science
Meththika Vithanage, Rohana Chandrajith, Athula Bandara, Rohan Weerasooriya, (2006). Mechanistic Modeling of Arsenic Retention on Natural Red Earth in Simulated Environmental System. J. of Colloids and Interface Science, 294: 265-272.
Surface Science
Frank Hobel, Athula Bandara, Gunther Rupprechter and Hans-Jochim Freund, (2006). Deactivation of Pd particles supported on Nb 2O 5/Cu 3 Au(100): SFG and TPD studies from UHV to 100 mbar. Surface Science, 600: 963-970.
Topics in Catalysis
Athula Bandara, Frank Hobel, Gunther Rupprechter and Hans Jochim Freund, (2006). Molecular Adsorption on V2O3(0001) surfaces. Topics in Catalysis, .
J.Composite Materials.
W.M.A.T. Bandara, D.M.M. Krishantha, J.S.H.Q. Perera, R.M.G. Rajapakshe, and D.T.B. Tennakoon, (2005). Preparation of Nanostructure -Multilayer Polyaniline Intercalates of Bentonite ; Their Characterization and Conducting Properties. J.Composite Materials., 39: 759-775.
Colloids and Surfaces A : Physicochem Eng Aspects
M. Hoch and A. Bandara, (2005). Determination of the Adsorption Process of Tributyltin (TBT) and Monobutyltin (MBT) onto Kaolinite Surface using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. Colloids and Surfaces A : Physicochem Eng Aspects, 253: 117 -124.