Name : T.M. Sampath U. Gunathilake
Position : Senior Lecturer
Contact information : Email Address: sgunathilake@sjp.ac.lk
Office location:1st Floor, Instrument Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences.
Office hours : 8.00-5.00 pm
Teaching :
Advanced polymer material
Polymers in Packaging Industry
Inorganic polymers
Polymers in medicinal and biotechnology application
Engineering plastics
Work experiences:
Post-doctoral fellow, Faculty of engineering, University of Malaya. 2019-2021
Senior Lecturer Grade II, Department of Polymer Science, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. 2021- Present
Research interests: Bionanocomposites, Biopolymer hydrogels, Biopolymer packaging, Drug delivery
Selected Recent Research Publications:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aMTpKq4AAAAJ&hl=en
Sampath, U.G., Ching, Y.C., Chuah, C.H., Singh, R. and Lin, P.C., 2017. Preparation and characterization of nanocellulose reinforced semi-interpenetrating polymer network of chitosan hydrogel. Cellulose, 24(5), pp.2215-2228.
Ching, Y.C., Gunathilake, T.M.S., Chuah, C.H., Ching, K.Y., Singh, R. and Liou, N.S., 2019. Curcumin/Tween 20-incorporated cellulose nanoparticles with enhanced curcumin solubility for nano-drug delivery: characterization and in vitro evaluation. Cellulose, 26(9), pp.5467-5481.
Gunathilake, T.M.S.U., Ching, Y.C., Chuah, C.H., Hai, N.D. and Nai-Shang, L., 2020. Electro-stimulated release of poorly water-soluble drug from poly (lactic acid)/carboxymethyl cellulose/ZnO nanocomposite film. Pharmaceutical research, 37(9), pp.1-20.
Gunathilake, T.M.S.U., Ching, Y.C., Uyama, H., Hai, N.D. and Chuah, C.H., 2022. Enhanced curcumin loaded nanocellulose: a possible inhalable nanotherapeutic to treat COVID-19. Cellulose, pp.1-20.
Gunathilake, T.M.S.U., Ching, Y.C., Uyama, H., Nguyen, D.H. and Chuah, C.H., 2021. Investigations on the interactions of proteins with nanocellulose produced via sulphuric acid hydrolysis. International journal of biological macromolecules, 193, pp.1522-1531.
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