Journal Articles
Gungordu Er, S, Bulathsinghala, R, Kizilates, SB, Li, B, Ryan, R, Tabish, TA, 
Dharmasena, I, Edirisinghe, M (2025) 
Multifunctional Conductive Nanofibers for Self-Powered Glucose Biosensors, 
Advanced Science, ISSN: 2198-3844.  DOI: 
10.1002/advs.202416320.
Zhao, Z, Quan, Z, Tang, H, Xu, Q, Zhao, H, Wang, Z, Song, Z, Li, S, 
Dharmasena, I, Wu, C, Ding, W (2025) 
Correction to: A broad range triboelectric stiffness sensor for variable inclusions recognition, 
Nano-Micro Letters, 17(1), 108, ISSN: 2311-6706.  DOI: 
10.1007/s40820-024-01614-y.
Bulathsinghala, RL, Deane, JHB, Dharmasena, RDIG (2024) 
The Distance-Dependent Electric Field Theory for Sliding Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 
Advanced Energy Materials, ISSN: 1614-6832.  DOI: 
10.1002/aenm.202403853.
Dassanayaka, DG, Bulathsinghala, RL, Bulathsinghala, BTR, Lanarolle, G, Wanasekara, ND, Dharmasena, RDIG (2024) 
Optimising fundamental knitting parameters for wearable triboelectric nanogenerators, 
Nano Energy, 126, pp.109688-109688, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109688.
Bulathsinghala, RL, Ravichandran, A, Zhao, H, Ding, W, Dharmasena, RDIG (2024) 
The intrinsic impact of dielectric constant on output generation of triboelectric nanogenerators, 
Nano Energy, 123, 109383, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109383.
Zhao, Z, Quan, Z, Tang, H, Xu, Q, Zhao, H, Wang, Z, Song, Z, Li, S, 
Dharmasena, I, Wu, C, Ding, W (2023) 
A broad range triboelectric stiffness sensor for variable inclusions recognition, 
Nano-Micro Letters, 15(1), 233, ISSN: 2311-6706.  DOI: 
10.1007/s40820-023-01201-7.
Bulathsinghala, R, Ding, W, 
Dharmasena, I (2023) 
Triboelectric nanogenerators for wearable sensing applications: A system level analysis, 
Nano Energy, 116, 108792, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108792.
Basset, P, Beeby, SP, Bowen, C, Chew, ZJ, Delbani, A, 
Dharmasena, I, Dudem, B, Fan, FR, Galayko, D, Guo, H, Hao, J, Hou, Y, Hu, C, Jing, Q, Jung, YH, Karan, SK, Kar-Narayan, S, Kim, M, Kim, SW, Kuang, Y, Lee, KJ, Li, J, Li, Z, Long, Y, Priya, S, Pu, X, Ruan, T, Silva, SRP, Wang, HS, Wang, K, Wang, X, Wang, ZL, Wu, W, Xu, W, Zhang, H, Zhang, Y, Zhu, M (2022) 
Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics, 
APL Materials, 10(10), 109201, ISSN: 2166-532X.  DOI: 
10.1063/5.0085850.
Dassanayaka, DG, Alves, TM, Wanasekara, ND, 
Dharmasena, I, Ventura, J (2022) 
Recent progresses in wearable triboelectric nanogenerators, 
Advanced Functional Materials, 32(44), 2205438, ISSN: 1616-301X.  DOI: 
10.1002/adfm.202205438.
Gunawardhana, KRS, Wanasekara, ND, Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, U, 
Dharmasena, I (2022) 
Scalable textile manufacturing methods for fabricating triboelectric nanogenerators with balanced electrical and wearable properties, 
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 4(2), pp.678-688,  DOI: 
10.1021/acsaelm.1c01095.
Dudem, B, 
Dharmasena, I, Riaz, R, Vivekananthan, V, Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, U, Lugli, P, Petti, L, Silva, SRP (2022) 
Wearable triboelectric nanogenerator from waste materials for autonomous information transmission via morse code, 
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14(4), pp.5328-5337, ISSN: 1944-8244.  DOI: 
10.1021/acsami.1c20984.
Dharmasena, I and Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, U (2021) 
Theoretical and experimental investigation into the asymmetric external charging of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 
Nano Energy, 90(Part A), 106511, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106511.
Dudem, B, Graham, SA, 
Dharmasena, I, Ravi P. Silva, S, Yu, JS (2021) 
Natural silk-composite enabled versatile robust triboelectric nanogenerators for smart applications, 
Nano Energy, 83, 105819, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105819.
Li, J, Wu, C, 
Dharmasena, I, Ni, X, Wang, Z, Shen, H, Huang, S-L, Ding, W (2020) 
Triboelectric nanogenerators enabled internet of things: A survey, 
Intelligent and Converged Networks, 1(2), pp.115-141, ISSN: 2708-6240.  DOI: 
10.23919/icn.2020.0008.
Gunawardhana, KRSD, Wanasekara, ND, 
Dharmasena, I (2020) 
Towards truly wearable systems: Optimizing and scaling up wearable triboelectric nanogenerators, 
iScience, 23(8), 101360,  DOI: 
10.1016/j.isci.2020.101360.
Dharmasena, I (2020) 
Inherent asymmetry of the current output in a triboelectric nanogenerator, 
Nano Energy, 76, 105045, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105045.
Dharmasena, I, Cronin, HM, Dorey, RA, Silva, SRP (2020) 
Direct current contact-mode triboelectric nanogenerators via systematic phase shifting, 
Nano Energy, 75, 104887, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104887.
Dudem, B, Dharmasena, RDIG, Graham, SA, Leem, JW, Patnam, H, Mule, AR, Silva, SRP, Yu, JS (2020) 
Exploring the theoretical and experimental optimization of high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators using microarchitectured silk cocoon films, 
Nano Energy, 74, pp.104882-104882, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104882.
Dharmasena, RDIG, Jayawardena, KDGI, Saadi, Z, Yao, X, Bandara, RMI, Zhao, Y, Silva, SRP (2019) 
Energy Scavenging and Powering E-Skin Functional Devices, 
Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(10), pp.2118-2136, ISSN: 0018-9219.  DOI: 
10.1109/JPROC.2019.2929286.
Dharmasena, RDIG and Silva, SRP (2019) 
Towards optimized triboelectric nanogenerators, 
Nano Energy, 62, pp.530-549, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.05.057.
Deane, JHB, Dharmasena, RDIG, Gentile, G (2018) 
Power computation for the triboelectric nanogenerator, 
Nano Energy, 54, pp.39-49, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.09.063.
Dharmasena, I, Deane, JHB, Silva, SRP (2018) 
Nature of power generation and output optimization criteria for triboelectric nanogenerators, 
Advanced Energy Materials, 8(31), 1802190, ISSN: 1614-6832.  DOI: 
10.1002/aenm.201802190.
Dharmasena, RDIG, Jayawardena, KDGI, Mills, CA, Dorey, RA, Silva, SRP (2018) 
A unified theoretical model for Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 
Nano Energy, 48, pp.391-400, ISSN: 2211-2855.  DOI: 
10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.03.073.
Dharmasena, RDIG, Jayawardena, KDGI, Mills, CA, Deane, JHB, Anguita, JV, Dorey, RA, Silva, SRP (2017) 
Triboelectric nanogenerators: providing a fundamental framework, 
Energy and Environmental Science, 10(8), pp.1801-1811, ISSN: 1754-5692.  DOI: 
10.1039/c7ee01139c.
Fernando, EASK, 
Dharmasena, IG, Niles, SN (2017) Kaolin shear thickening fluid reinforced uhmwpe composites for protective clothing, 
Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research, 42(2), pp.241-244, ISSN: 0971-0426.