{"id":19,"date":"2019-06-18T05:05:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2024-12-14T01:35:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T01:35:49","slug":"prof-l-karunanayake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/prof-l-karunanayake\/","title":{"rendered":"Snr. Prof. L. Karunanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name :\u00a0<\/strong>L.Karunanayake, PhD<\/p>\n

Position\u00a0 :\u00a0<\/strong>Senior Professor<\/p>\n

Contact information : <\/strong>Email Address: laleen@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\n

Office location: <\/strong>Room No-501, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex.<\/p>\n

Office hours :\u00a0<\/strong>08:30 \u2013 16:30<\/p>\n

Teaching :\u00a0<\/strong>Polymers Science & Technology<\/p>\n

Work experiences :\u00a0<\/strong>Research Officer – Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka (1989-2000),\u00a0University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2000-2022)<\/p>\n

Research interests :\u00a0<\/strong>Polyurethane chemistry & technology, Polymer nano-composites, Cellular Polymers and Natural Materials<\/p>\n

Selected Recent Research Publications :
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(2021-2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) Cellulose microfibres from traditional rice straw: Physicochemical properties and analytical characterization,A Ratnakumar, A Samarasekara, DAS Amarasinghe, L Karunanayake (2021) Materials Today: Proceedings<\/p>\n

b) Computational development and validation of a representative MDI-BDO\u2013 based polyurethane hard segment model,B Karunarathna, RS Jayakody, L Karunanayake, KK Govender (2021) Journal of Molecular Modeling 27 (2), 1-20<\/p>\n

c) HUMIDITY SENSING POTENTIAL OF A MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE SHEET, ANNE D. FERNANDOPULLE, LALEEN KARUNANAYAKE, DON A. S. AMARASINGHE, ADIKARI M. P. B. SAMARASEKARA and DINESH ATTYGALLE, Cellulose Chem. Technol., 55 (5-6), 469-475(2021)<\/p>\n

d)\u00a0Individualization of Nanofibrillated Cellulose from Sri Lankan Rice Straw: Structural Characteristics and Thermal Properties<\/a>, A Ratnakumar, AMPB Samarasekara, DAS Amarasinghe, L Karunanayake, 2021 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 37-42<\/p>\n

e)\u00a0Microfibrillated Cellulose Fabrication and Characterization from Sri Lankan Rice Straw: A Comparison between Traditional and Hybrid Variety<\/a>,2021 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 164-168<\/p>\n

f)\u00a0Characterization of Blends of Virgin Nitrile Rubber and Compounded Nitrile<\/a>\u00a0Rubber Latex Waste Reclaimed with Urea: Part II<\/a>–<\/a>Physico<\/a>–<\/a>Mechanical<\/a>\u00a0Properties<\/a>,<\/a>\u00a0KIDP Perera, DG Edirisinghe, L.Karunanayake (2021), Journal of Advanced Chemical Sciences, 733-737<\/p>\n

g) Waste mica as filler for natural rubber latex foam composites, S. A. V. Dananjaya,Y.R. Somarathna, L. Karunanayake, S. Siriwardena (2022) Journal of Polymer Research 29:71<\/p>\n

h)\u00a0Effect of Sonication Time on Cellulose Nanofiber Disintegration from Locally Available Rice Straw<\/a>, A Ratnakumar, BAMP Samarasekara, SDA Amarasinghe, L.Karunanayake (2022) Macromolecular Symposia 402 (1), 2100425<\/p>\n

i) The influence of particle size on the extraction of cellulose nanofibers using chemical-ultrasonic process, A. Ratnakumar, A.M.P.B. Samarasekara, D.A.S. Amarasinghe, L. Karunanayake, Materials Today: Proceedings 9 May 10, 2022<\/p>\n

Awards :<\/strong>\u00a0Presidential Award, NRC Merit Award and PRI Merit Award[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Name :\u00a0L.Karunanayake, PhD Position\u00a0 :\u00a0Senior Professor Contact information : Email Address: laleen@sjp.ac.lk Office location: Room No-501, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex. Office hours :\u00a008:30 \u2013 16:30 Teaching :\u00a0Polymers Science & Technology Work experiences :\u00a0Research Officer – Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka (1989-2000),\u00a0University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2000-2022) Research interests :\u00a0Polyurethane … Continue reading Snr. Prof. L. Karunanayake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4274,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/4274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}