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Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.- 
Theoretical Modelling of Small and Wide Bandgaps in Thermoelectric Generators, with Special Attention on Schottky Barrier
URC Summer Fellowship 2012, University of Cincinnati (06/2012)
Outstanding Poster in Physical Science & Engineering- Graduate poster Forum 2010, University of Cincinnati
University Prize for Academic Excellence, University of Peradeniya (12/2004)
University Scholarship (Physical Science), University of Peradeniya (11/2001)Ceylon Journal of Science
D.C. Maddumage, B.M.K. Pemasiri (2023).
DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v52i1.8105
Materials Research Bulletin
D.C. Maddumage, S.A. Panamaldeniya, K.M.M.D.K.
Kimbulapitiya, D.N.P.R. Jayakantha, M.A.H.M. Munasinghe, B.M.K. Pemasiri, N.
Gunawardhana, B.S. Dassanayake (2022). Effect of substrate temperature on electrical
properties of RGO thin films deposited by atomized spray pyrolysis. Materials Research Bulletin, 111936: 154.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2022.111936
Materials Chemistry and Physics
T.M.W.J. Bandara, T.M.A.A.B. Thennakoon, G.G.D.M.G.
Gamachchi, L.R.A.K. Bandara, B.M.K. Pemasiri , U. Dahanayake (2022). An electrochemical route to exfoliate vein
graphite into graphene with black tea. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 126450: 289.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126450
Physica Scripta
R.A. Rathnayake, H.
Wijekoon , B.M.K. Pemasiri and N.D. Subasinghe (2022). Time-dependent
finite-difference model for transient and steady state analysis of
thermoelectric bulk materials. Physica Scripta, 97: 125008.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ac9e7e
Diamond & Related Materials
D.C. Maddumage, S.A. Panamaldeniya, K.M.M.D.K.
Kimbulapitiya, D.N.P.R. Jayakantha, M.A.H.M. Munasinghe, B.M.K. Pemasiri, N.
Gunawardhana, B.S. Dassanayake (2021). Effect of annealing temperature on electrical
properties of RGO thin films deposited by Atomized Spray Pyrolysis. Diamond & Related Materials, 108712: 120.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108712
SN Applied Sciences
Lalani Fernando, Karunananda Pemasiri, Buddhika Dassanayake (2020). Combined effects of rice husk ash and nylon fiber on engineering properties of cement mortar. SN Applied Sciences, 2: 379.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-2198-1
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
PKK Kumarasinghe, A Dissanayake, BMK Pemasiri, BS Dassanayake, (2017). Effect of post deposition heat treatment on microstructure parameters, optical constants and composition of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films,. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 58: 51-60.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
PKK Kumarasinghe, A Dissanayake, BMK Pemasiri, BS Dassanayake, (2016). Variation of optical, structural, electrical and compositional properties of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films due to substrate temperature,. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, : 1-8.
Journal of Applied Physics
K Pemasiri, HE Jackson, LM Smith, BM Wong, S Paiman, Q Gao, HH Tan, C Jagadish, (2015). Quantum confinement of excitons in wurtzite InP nanowires,. Journal of Applied Physics, 117 (19): 194306.
Advanced Materials Research
Paiman Suriati, Gao Qiang, Joyce Hannah, Tan Hark Hoe, Jagadish Chennupati, Kim Yong, Guo Yanan, Pemasiri Kuranananda, Montazeri Mohammad, Jackson Howard, Smith Leigh, (2014). MOCVD-grown indium phosphide nanowires for optoelectronics,. Advanced Materials Research, 832: 201-205.
AIP Conference Proceedings
Karunananda Pemasiri, Saranga Perera, Yuda Wang, Mohammad Montazeri, Howard Jackson, Leigh Smith, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Qian Gao, Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, (2013). Determining wurtzite band structure using optical spectroscopies on single InP nanowires,. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1566: 476-477.
AIP Conference Proceedings-American Institute of Physics
HE Jackson, S Perera, K Pemasiri, LM Smith, J Yarrison-Rice, JH Kang, Q Gao, HH Tan, C Jagadish, Y Guo, J Zou, Jisoon Ihm, Hyeonsik Cheong, (2011). Probing the valence band structure of wurtzite InP nanowires by photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy,. AIP Conference Proceedings-American Institute of Physics, 1399 (1): 481.
Applied Physics Letters
S. Perera, K. Pemasiri, M.A. Fickenscher, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J. Yarrison-Rice, S. Paiman, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, and C. Jagadish, (2010). Probing valence band structure in wurtzite InP nanowires using excitation spectroscopy,. Applied Physics Letters, 97: 023106.
Nano Letters
Kuranananda Pemasiri, Mohammad Montazeri, Richard Gass, Leigh M. Smith, Howard E. Jackson, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Suriati Paiman, Qiang Gao, H. Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Xin Zhang, and Jin Zou, (2009). Carrier dynamics and quantum confinement in Type-II ZB-WZ InP nanowire homostructures,. Nano Letters, 9: 648-654.
Applied Physics Letters
A. Maharjan, K. Pemasiri, P. Kumar, A. Wade, L.M. Smith, H.E. Jackson, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, A. Kogan, S. Paiman, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, and C. Jagadish, (2009). Room Temperature Photocurrent Spectroscopy of Single Zincblende and Wurtzite InP Nanowires,. Applied Physics Letters, 94: 193115.
Nanotechnology
S Paiman, Q Gao, H Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, K Pemasiri, M Montazeri, H E Jackson, L M Smith, J Yarrison-Rice, X Zhang and J Zou, (2009). Effect of V/III ratio and catalyst particle size on the crystal structure and optical properties of InP nanowires,. Nanotechnology, 20: 225606.