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Publications for Himiyage Bandulasena

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Journal Articles

Calverley, J, Ibenegbu, C, Hussein-Sheik, A, Bandulasena, H, Leak, DJ (2024) Ethanologenic fermentation by Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius with continuous hot microbubble gas-stripping, Microbial Cell Factories, 23(165), DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02433-x.

Sanyal, A, Malalasekera, W, Bandulasena, H, Wijayantha, KGU (2024) Review of the production of turquoise hydrogen from methane catalytic decomposition: optimising reactors for Sustainable Hydrogen production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 72, pp.694-715, ISSN: 0360-3199. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.397.

Karthikeyan, PK, Bandulasena, H, Radu, T (2024) A comparative analysis of pre-treatment technologies for enhanced biogas production from anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic waste, Industrial Crops and Products, 215(2024), 118591, ISSN: 0926-6690. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118591.

Tian, W, Ogunyinka, O, Oretti, C, Bandulasena, H, Rielly, C, Yang, H (2023) Protein crystallisation with gas microbubbles as soft template in a microfluidic device, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 8(10), pp.1275-1285, ISSN: 2058-9689. DOI: 10.1039/d3me00058c.

Fauvel, M, Trybala, A, Tseluiko, D, Starov, V, Bandulasena, H (2023) Continuous electrophoretic separation of charged dyes in liquid foam, Colloids and Interfaces.

Tafireyi, W, Littlewood, M, Bandulasena, H, Trybala, A, Starov, V (2023) Superspreading surfactant on hydrophobic porous substrates, Colloids and Interfaces, 7(2), 38, DOI: 10.3390/colloids7020038.

Fauvel, M, Trybala, A, Tseluiko, D, Starov, V, Bandulasena, H (2022) Foam-based electrophoretic separation of charged dyes, Langmuir, 38(45), pp.13935-13942, ISSN: 0743-7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02228.

Fauvel, M, Trybala, A, Tseluiko, D, Starov, V, Bandulasena, H (2022) Stability of two-dimensional liquid foams under externally applied electric fields, Langmuir, 38(20), pp.6305-6321, ISSN: 0743-7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00026.

Benyahia, B, Bandulasena, M, Bandulasena, H, Vladisavljevic, G (2021) Experimental and computational analysis of mixing inside droplets for microfluidic fabrication of gold nanoparticles, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, ISSN: 0888-5885.

Calverley, J, Zimmerman, W, Leak, D, Bandulasena, H (2021) Continuous removal of ethanol from dilute ethanol-water mixtures using hot microbubbles, Chemical Engineering Journal, 424, 130511, ISSN: 1385-8947. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130511.

Ogunyinka, O, Iza, F, Buckley, B, Bandulasena, H (2021) Epoxidation of trans-stilbene in a microfluidic plasma reactor, Chemical Engineering Science, 240, 116665, ISSN: 0009-2509. DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116665.

Ojiako, J, Cimpeanu, R, Bandulasena, H, Smith, R, Tseluiko, D (2020) Deformation and dewetting of liquid films under gas jets, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 905, A18, ISSN: 0022-1120. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.751.

Calverley, J, Zimmerman, WB, Leak, DJ, Bandulasena, H (2020) Hot microbubble air-stripping of dilute ethanol-water mixtures, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, pp.19392-19405, ISSN: 0888-5885. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03250.

Wright, A, Rollinson, A, Yadav, D, Lisowski, S, Iza, F, Holdich, R, Radu, T, Bandulasena, H (2020) Plasma-assisted pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for anaerobic digestion, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 124, pp.287-295, ISSN: 0960-3085. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2020.09.005.

Ogunyinka, O, Wright, A, Bolognesi, G, Iza, F, Bandulasena, H (2020) An integrated microfluidic chip for generation and transfer of reactive species using gas plasma, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 24, 13, ISSN: 1613-4982. DOI: 10.1007/s10404-019-2316-9.

Hussein-Sheik, A, Montazersadgh, F, Starov, V, Trybala, A, Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, U, Bandulasena, H (2020) Electrokinetic transport of a charged dye in a freely suspended liquid film: Experiments and numerical simulations, Langmuir, 36(5), pp.1183-1191, ISSN: 0743-7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03852.

Rimington, R, Capel, A, Chaplin, K, Fleming, J, Bandulasena, H, Bibb, R, Christie, S, Lewis, M (2019) Differentiation of bioengineered skeletal muscle within a 3D printed perfusion bioreactor reduces atrophic and inflammatory gene expression, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 5(10), pp.5525-5538, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00975.

Wright, ARP, Uprety, B, Shaw, AH, Shama, G, Iza, F, Bandulasena, H (2019) Effect of humic acid on E. coli disinfection in a microbubble-gas plasma reactor, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 31, 100881, ISSN: 2214-7144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2019.100881.

Seri, P, Wright, ARP, Shaw, A, Iza, F, Bandulasena, H, Borghi, CA, Neretti, G (2019) Influence of the voltage waveform’s shape and on-time duration on the dissolved ozone produced by a DBD bubble reactor, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, ISSN: 0963-0252. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab024f.

Montazersadgh, F, Wright, ARP, Ren, J, Shaw, AH, Neretti, G, Bandulasena, H, Iza, F (2019) Influence of the on-time on the ozone production in pulsed dielectric barrier discharges, Plasma, 2(1), pp.39-50, DOI: 10.3390/plasma2010005.

Wright, ARP, Taglioli, M, Montazersadgh, F, Shaw, A, Iza, F, Bandulasena, H (2019) Microbubble-enhanced DBD plasma reactor: Design, characterisation and modelling, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 144, pp.159-173, ISSN: 1744-3563. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.01.030.

Sheik, AH, Montazersadgh, F, Starov, V, Trybala, A, Bandulasena, H (2018) Procedures used in electrokinetic investigations of surfactant-laden interfaces, liquid films and foam system, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 37, pp.128-135, ISSN: 1359-0294. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2018.09.001.

Sheik, AH, Trybala, A, Starov, V, Bandulasena, H (2018) Electroosmotic flow in free liquid films: Understanding flow in foam plateau borders, Colloids and Interfaces, DOI: 10.3390/colloids2010008.

Wright, A, Bandulasena, H, Ibenegbu, C, Leak, D, Holmes, T, Zimmerman, WB, Shaw, A, Iza, F (2018) Dielectric barrier discharge plasma microbubble reactor for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, AIChE Journal, ISSN: 0001-1541. DOI: 10.1002/aic.16212.

Wright, A, Marsh, A, Ricciotti, F, Shaw, A, Iza, F, Holdich, R, Bandulasena, H (2018) Microbubble-enhanced dielectric barrier discharge pretreatment of microcrystalline cellulose, Biomass and Bioenergy, ISSN: 0961-9534. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.08.005.

Wright, A, Fuster, J, Shaw, A, Bandulasena, H, Buckley, B, Iza, F (2018) Quantification of the ozone dose delivered into a liquid by indirect plasma treatments: method and calibration of the Pittsburgh Green Fluorescence Probe, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, ISSN: 0272-4324. DOI: 10.1007/s11090-018-9923-1.

Holdich, R, Schou, K, Dragosavac, M, Kellet, S, Bandulasena, H (2017) A comparison of azimuthal and axial oscillation microfiltration using surface and matrix types of microfilters with a cake-slurry shear plane exhibiting non-Newtonian behaviour, Journal of Membrane Science, ISSN: 0376-7388. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.12.079.

Hussein Sheik, A, Bandulasena, HCH, Starov, V, Trybala, A (2017) Electroosmotic flow measurements in a freely suspended liquid film: Experiments and numerical simulations, ELECTROPHORESIS, ISSN: 0173-0835. DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600549.

Hanotu, JO, Bandulasena, H, Zimmerman, WB (2017) Aerator Design for Microbubble Generation, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, ISSN: 0263-8762. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.01.034.

Sagu, J, Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, U, Holland, P, Bohm, M, Bohm, S, Rout, TK, Bandulasena, H (2016) Growth of carbon nanotubes from waste blast furnace gases at atmospheric pressure, Crystal Research and Technology, ISSN: 0232-1300. DOI: 10.1002/crat.201600068.

Silva, PTS, Dragosavac, M, Vladisavljevic, G, Bandulasena, H, Holdich, R, Stillwell, MT (2015) Azimuthally oscillating membrane emulsification for controlled droplet production, AIChE Journal, 61(11), pp.3607-3615, ISSN: 0001-1541. DOI: 10.1002/aic.14894.

Rehman, F, Medley, GJD, Bandulasena, H, Zimmerman, WBJ (2015) Fluidic oscillator-mediated microbubble generation to provide cost effective mass transfer and mixing efficiency to the wastewater treatment plants, Environmental Research, 137, pp.32-39, ISSN: 0013-9351. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.11.017.

Othman, R, Vladisavljevic, G, Bandulasena, H, Nagy, Z (2015) Production of polymeric nanoparticles by micromixing in a co-flow microfluidic glass capillary device, Chemical Engineering Journal, 280, pp.316-329, ISSN: 0300-9467. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.083.

Hanotu, J, Karunakaran, E, Bandulasena, HCH, Biggs, C, Zimmerman, WB (2014) Harvesting and Dewatering Yeast by Microflotation, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 82, pp.174-182, DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.10.019.

Vladisavljevic, G, Laouini, A, Charcosset, C, Fessi, H, Bandulasena, H, Holdich, R (2014) Production of liposomes using microengineered membrane and co-flow microfluidic device, ISSN: 0927-7757. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.03.016.

Hanotu, J, Bandulasena, HCH, Chiu, TY, Zimmerman, WB (2013) Oil emulsion separation with fluidic oscillator generated microbubbles, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 56, pp.119-125, ISSN: 0301-9322. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2013.05.012.

Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB, Al-Mashhadani, MKH (2013) Evaporation dynamics of microbubbles, Chemical Engineering Science, 101, pp.865-877, ISSN: 0009-2509. DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.026.

Hanotu, J, Ying, K, Shada, OI, Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB (2013) Microalgae Recovery by Microflotation for Biofuel Production using Metallic Coagulants, Biofuel, 4(4), pp.363-369.

Hanotu, J, Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB (2012) Microflotation performance for algal separation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(7), pp.1663-1673, ISSN: 0006-3592. DOI: 10.1002/bit.24449.

Al-Mashhadani, MKH, Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB (2012) CO 2 mass transfer induced through an airlift loop by a microbubble cloud generated by fluidic oscillation, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(4), pp.1864-1877, ISSN: 0888-5885. DOI: 10.1021/ie200960v.

Zimmerman, WB, Tesař, V, Bandulasena, HCH (2011) Towards energy efficient nanobubble generation with fluidic oscillation, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 16(4), pp.350-356, ISSN: 1359-0294. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.01.010.

Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB, Rees, JM (2011) An inverse method for rheometry of power-law fluids, Measurement Science and Technology, 22(12), ISSN: 0957-0233. DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/12/125402.

Tesař, V and Bandulasena, HCH (2011) Bistable diverter valve in microfluidics, Experiments in Fluids, 50(5), pp.1225-1233, ISSN: 0723-4864.

Zimmerman, WB, Zandi, M, Hemaka Bandulasena, HC, Tesař, V, James Gilmour, D, Ying, K (2011) Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina, Applied Energy, 88(10), pp.3357-3369, ISSN: 0306-2619. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.013.

Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB, Rees, JM (2010) Rheometry of non-Newtonian polymer solution using microchannel pressure driven flow, Applied Rheology, 20(5), pp.1-13, ISSN: 1430-6395. DOI: 10.3933/ApplRheol-20-55608.

Bandalusena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB, Rees, JM (2010) Creeping flow analysis of an integrated microfluidic device for rheometry, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165(19-20), pp.1302-1308, ISSN: 0377-0257. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.06.013.

Zimmerman, WB, Hewakandamby, BN, Tesař, V, Bandulasena, HCH, Omotowa, OA (2009) On the design and simulation of an airlift loop bioreactor with microbubble generation by fluidic oscillation, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 87(3), pp.215-227, ISSN: 0960-3085. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2009.03.006.

Zimmerman, WB, Hewakandamby, BN, Tesar, V, Bandulasena, HCH, Omotowa, OA (2009) On the design and simulation of an airlift loop bioreactor with microbubble generation by fluidic oscillation, FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, 87(C3), pp.215-227, ISSN: 0960-3085. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2009.03.006.

Hemaka Bandalusena, HC, Zimmerman, WB, Rees, JM (2009) Microfluidic rheometry of a polymer solution by micron resolution particle image velocimetry: A model validation study, Measurement Science and Technology, 20(11), ISSN: 0957-0233. DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/115404.

Bandulasena, HCH, Zimmerman, WB, Rees, JM (2008) An inverse methodology for the rheology of a power-law non-Newtonian fluid, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 222(5), pp.761-768, ISSN: 0954-4062. DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES747.

Zimmerman, WB, Tesař, V, Butler, S, Bandulasena, HCH (2008) Microbubble generation, Recent Patents on Engineering, 2(1), pp.1-8, ISSN: 1872-2121. DOI: 10.2174/187221208783478598.



Conferences

Kannappan-Karthikeyan, P, Bandulasena, H, Radu, T (2024) Enhanced biogas generation from high lignocellulosic biomass through plasma-assisted microbubble pre-treatment [Abstract]. In RHODES 2024 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management; RHODES 2024 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Rhodes, Greece.

Ojiako, CJ, Cimpeanu, R, Bandulasena, H, Smith, R, Tseluiko, D (2019) Deformation of a liquid film by an impinging gas jet: modelling and experiments. In , ottawa,ISBN: 9781927877593. DOI: 10.11159/ffhmt19.171.

Ren, J, Taglioli, M, Wright, A, Bandulasena, H, Iza, F (2016) A microbubble plasma reactor for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass [Abstract]. In International Conference on Ozone and Advanced Oxidation for the Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus, Swansea, UK.

Sheik, AH, Bandulasena, H, Starov, V, Trybala, A (2016) Determining electroosmotic velocity in a free liquid film. In 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016, pp.766-767, ISBN: 9780979806490.

Wright, ARP, Bandulasena, H, Shaw, AH, Iza, F, Leak, D (2015) DBD plasma microbubble reactor for pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. In Bioplasmas and Plasmas with Liquids, Bertinoro. Italy.

Othman, R, Vladisavljevic, G, Bandulasena, H, Nagy, ZK (2014) Numerical simulation of nanoparticle formation in a co-flow capillary device. In , London, pp.314-314.

Vladisavljevic, GT, Laouini, A, Charcosset, C, Fessi, H, Bandulasena, HCH, Holdich, RG (2013) Production of liposomes using microengineered membrane and co-flow microfluidic device. In FORMULA VII: “How Does Your Formulation Work?, Abstracts Orals, Mulhouse, France, pp.67-68.

Zandi, M, Zimmerman, WBJ, Gilmour, J, Woolass, S, Adderley, B, Ying, K, Bandulasena, HCH, Schofield, N, Hanotu, J (2011) Steel plant CO2 sequestration using high efficiency micro-algal bioreactor, Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry. In Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry, Dusseldorf.



Thesis/Dissertation

Bandulasena, HCH (2008) Microfluidic Inference of Rheology of Complex fluids.



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