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Senior Professor in Chemistry
CVCD award for most outstanding senior researcher in physical sciences-2014
Presidentail awards for scientific
publications-13 pubications 
NSF SUSRED award 2013 
Nature’s secrets award for best
commercially-viable research-2013 
TWAS/NARESA prize for young
scientists 1995
Hayleys studentship for the best
performance in overall chemistry at B.Sc. special degree in chemistry year-end
examinations Electrochimica Acta
E.V.A Premalala, N. Dematage, G.R.R.A. Kumara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, K. Murakami, A. Konno, (2012). Shorter nanotubes and finer nanoparticles of TiO2 for improved performance in dye-sensitized solar cells,. Electrochimica Acta, 63: 375-380 .
J. Power Sources
E.V.A Premalala, N. Dematage, G.R.R.A. Kumara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, M. Shimomura, K. Murakami, A. Konno, (2012). Preparation of structurally modified, conductivity enhanced-p-CuSCN and its application in dye-sensitized solid-state solar cells,. J. Power Sources, 203: 288– 296 .
J. Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
K. Premaratne, G.R.A. Kumara, R.M.G. Rajapakse and M.L. Karunarathne, (2012). Highly efficient optically semi-transparent, ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells with Indoline D-358 as the dye,. J. Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 229: 29-32 .
Electrochimica acta
E.V.A. Premalal, R.M.G. Rajapakse and Akinori Konno, (2011). Pulse electrodeposition as a tool to enhance the penetration of cuprous iodide in dye-sensitized solid-state solar cells,. Electrochimica acta, 56: 9180-9185 .
Electrochimica acta
H.M.N. Bandara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, K. Murakami, G.R.R.A. Kumara and G. Anuradha Sepalage, (2011). Dye-sensitized solar cell based on optically transparent TiO2 nanocrystalline electrode prepared by Atomized Spray Pyrolysis technique,. Electrochimica acta, 56: 9159-9161 .
Electrochimica acta
K.A.T.A. Perera, S.G. Anuradha, G.R.A. Kumara, M.L. Paranawithana, H.M.N. Bandara and R.M.G. Rajapakse, (2011). The interconnected CaCO3 coated SnO2 nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell with superior performance,. Electrochimica acta, 56: 4135-4138 .
J.Composite Materials
R.M. Gamini Rajapakse*, Simon Higgins, Kuhamoorthy Velauthamurty, H.M.N. Bandara, Salinda Wijeratne and R.M.M.Y. Rajapakse, (2011). Nanocomposites of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and Montmorillonite Clay: Synthesis and Characterization. J.Composite Materials, 45: 597-608 .
J. Composite Materials
Q. Y. Saundrarajah, B.S.B. Karunaratne and R.M.G. Rajapakse*, (2010). Mechanical Properties of PVA-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites,. J. Composite Materials, 44: 302-312 .