Dr Nimali Rathnayake
Data Analyst
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Journal Articles
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Searles, Debra J., Duignan, Timothy T. and Zhao, X. S. (2023). Effect of fluoro and hydroxy analogies of diglyme on sodium-ion storage in graphite: a computational study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25 (28), 19106-19115. doi: 10.1039/d3cp00903c
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Duignan, Timothy T., Searles, Debra J. and Zhao, X. S. (2021). Exploring the effect of interlayer distance of expanded graphite for sodium ion storage using first principles calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23 (4), 3063-3070. doi: 10.1039/d0cp06134d
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Jayasekara, S. K., Huang, Hsin H., Yoshimura, Masamichi, Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C., Ratnayake, R. R. and Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. (2018). Convenient process to synthesize reduced needle platy graphite silver nanocomposite: a prospective antibiotic against common pathogenic microorganisms in the environment. Materials Research Express, 5 (1), 015404. doi: 10.1088/2053-1591/aaa613
Rathnayake, R.M.N.M., Mantilaka, M.M.M.G.P.G., Hara, Masanori, Huang, Hsin-Hui, Wijayasinghe, H.W.M.A.C., Yoshimura, Masamichi and Pitawala, H.M.T.G.A. (2017). Graphite intercalated polyaniline composite with superior anticorrosive and hydrophobic properties, as protective coating material on steel surfaces. Applied Surface Science, 410, 445-453. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.119
Rathnayake, R.M.N.M., Wijayasinghe, H.W.M.A.C., Pitawala, H.M.T.G.A., Yoshimura, Masamichi and Huang, Hsin-Hui (2017). Synthesis of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide by needle platy natural vein graphite. Applied Surface Science, 393, 309-315. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.008
Conference Papers
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Duignan, Timothy T., Searles, Debra J. and Zhao, X. S. (2021). Understanding the effect of interlayer distance of expanded graphite for sodium ion storage using first principles calculations. Molecular Modelling Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-8 December 2012.
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Huang, Hsin-Hui, Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C., Yoshimura, Masamichi and Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. (2016). Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticle embedded reduced graphene oxide composite for novel application. International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-16 December 2016.
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C., Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. and Yoshimura, Masamichi (2016). Inspectional analysis to produce graphene oxide using Sri Lankan natural vein graphite. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 4-5 November 2016.
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Hewathilake, H. P. T. S., Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C. and Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. (2016). Effect of structural varieties of natural vein graphite on synthesis of expanded graphite by chemical oxidation. Proceedings of 3rd PGIS research congress, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 7-8 October 2016.
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Hewathilake, H. P. T. S., Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C., Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. and Balasooriya, N. W. B. (2015). Acid intercalation of Sri Lankan vein graphite to produce expanded graphite by chemical oxidation. 2nd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2-4 September 2015.
Rathnayake, R. M. N. M., Hewathilake, H. P. T. S., Wijayasinghe, H. W. M. A. C., Pitawala, H. M. T. G. A. and Balasooriya, N. W. B. (2015). Preparation of expanded graphite using natural vein graphite by chemical oxidation. 5th International Conference on Functional Materials & Devices, Malaya, Malaysia, 1-3 August 2015.
Thesis
Rathnayake, Nimali (2022). Computational study of graphite-based electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries. PhD Thesis, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/b393dfe