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Gamini Sumanasekera is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including 2D Materials and Applications, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, Graphene research and applications, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Sumanasekera has contributed to numerous publications, with several recent notable papers as follows:

  • Intercalation as a versatile tool for fabrication, property tuning, and phase transitions in 2D materials, 2021, npj 2D Materials and Applications
  • Stable and Flexible Sulfide Composite Electrolyte for High-Performance Solid-State Lithium Batteries, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Strain-induced vibrational properties of few layer black phosphorus and MoTe2 via Raman spectroscopy, 2020, Nanotechnology
  • Structural and Thermoelectric Properties of Black Arsenic-Phosphorus, 2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Synthesis of Fluorine-Doped Lithium Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Nanotechnology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Collaborations form an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including Jacek B. Jasiński, Ming Yu, Dinushika Vithanage, Manthila Rajapakse, and Bhupendra Karki.

Best Publications

  • Charge Transfer Equilibria Between Diamond and an Aqueous Oxygen Electrochemical Redox Couple

    Vidhya Chakrapani;John C. Angus;Alfred B. Anderson;Scott D. Wolter

  • Effects of gas adsorption and collisions on electrical transport in single-walled carbon nanotubes

    G. U. Sumanasekera;C. K. W. Adu;S. Fang;P. C. Eklund

  • Hybrid Tin Oxide Nanowires as Stable and High Capacity Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries

    Praveen Meduri;Chandrashekhar Pendyala;Vivekanand Kumar;Gamini U Sumanasekera

  • Reversible Intercalation of Charged Iodine Chains into Carbon Nanotube Ropes

    L. Grigorian;K. A. Williams;S. Fang;G. U. Sumanasekera

  • Recent advances in synthesis, properties, and applications of phosphorene

    Meysam Akhtar;George Anderson;Rong Zhao;Adel Alruqi

  • The synthesis and fabrication of one-dimensional nanoscale heterojunctions.

    Aneta J. Mieszawska;Romaneh Jalilian;Gamini U. Sumanasekera;Francis P. Zamborini

  • MoO 3−x Nanowire Arrays As Stable and High-Capacity Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Praveen Meduri;Ezra Clark;Jeong H. Kim;Ethirajulu Dayalan

  • Synthesis and Raman characterization of boron-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes

    K. McGuire;N. Gothard;P.L. Gai;M.S. Dresselhaus

  • Electrochemical Oxidation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Bundles in Sulfuric Acid

    G. U. Sumanasekera;J. L. Allen;S. L. Fang;A. L. Loper

  • Preferential Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Metallic Conductivity

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  • Intercalation as a versatile tool for fabrication, property tuning, and phase transitions in 2D materials

    Manthila Rajapakse;Bhupendra Karki;Usman O. Abu;Sahar Pishgar

  • Confined phonons in Si nanowires.

    K. W. Adu;H. R. Gutiérrez;U. J. Kim;G. U. Sumanasekera

  • Electrostatic deposition of graphene

    Anton N Sidorov;Mehdi M Yazdanpanah;Romaneh Jalilian;P J Ouseph

  • Carbon nanotubes: A thermoelectric nano-nose

    Clement K.W. Adu;Gamini U. Sumanasekera;Bhabendra K. Pradhan;Hugo E. Romero

  • Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction.

    Dustin R. Cummins;Ulises Martinez;Andriy Sherehiy;Rajesh Kappera;Rajesh Kappera

  • Diameter-selective resonant Raman scattering in double-wall carbon nanotubes

    S. Bandow;G. Chen;G. U. Sumanasekera;R. Gupta

  • In situ Raman scattering studies of alkali-doped single wall carbon nanotubes

    Agnes Claye;S. Rahman;John E Fischer;A. Sirenko

  • Mechanisms of 1D crystal growth in reactive vapor transport: indium nitride nanowires.

    Sreeram Vaddiraju;Aditya Mohite;Alan Chin;M. Meyyappan

  • Transport properties of alkali-metal-doped single-wall carbon nanotubes

    L. Grigorian;G. U. Sumanasekera;A. L. Loper;S. Fang

  • Chemically doped double-walled carbon nanotubes: cylindrical molecular capacitors.

    Gugang Chen;S. Bandow;E. R. Margine;C. Nisoli

  • Giant thermopower effects from molecular physisorption on carbon nanotubes.

    G. U. Sumanasekera;B. K. Pradhan;H. E. Romero;K. W. Adu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacek B. Jasinski
Jacek B. Jasinski University of Louisville
Mahendra K. Sunkara
Mahendra K. Sunkara University of Louisville
Peter C. Eklund
Peter C. Eklund Pennsylvania State University
Ming Yu
Ming Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Aditya D. Mohite
Aditya D. Mohite Rice University
Jan L. Allen
Jan L. Allen United States Army Research Laboratory
Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima Meijo University
Carolyn M. Klinge
Carolyn M. Klinge University of Louisville
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Shunji Bandow
Shunji Bandow Meijo University

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