Recent Research Publications

  • "Sustaining Physics Programs Through Interdisciplinary Programs:  A Case Study in Nanotechnology" Anura Goonewardene, Marian Tzolov, Indrajith Senevirathne , Donald Woodhouse, American Journal of Physics 79 (2011).
  • "Nucleation, Growth and Morphology of Co thin films onAg(110)" I. C. Senevirathne, O. Kizilkaya, Richard L. Kurtz, Phillip T. Sprunger., Surface Science 603, (2009).  
  • "The electronic structure of ultrathin aluminum oxide film grown on FeAl(110): A photoemission spectroscopy" O. Kizilkaya, I. C. Senevirathne, Phillip T. Sprunger., Journal of Applied Physics 101, (2007).

Recent Research Presentations

International/National Conferences

Talks Presented as the Principle Investigator (PI) with Students (presenting student author’s name)

2013 – Present

  • American Physical Society (APS) March NationalMeeting Baltimore Maryland (March 19, 2013) “SAM surface domains of 1-mercaptoundecanoic acid and 1-dodecanethiol mixtures on Au(111) investigated via polarized probes” Rose Pasquale, Reshani Senevirathne, Indrajith Senevirathne

Posters Presented as the Principle Investigator (PI) with Students (presenting student author’s name)

2013 – Present

  • Abstract Accepted - American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring National Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana (April 7, 2013) “ Surface engineering and roughness study of SAM surfaces of 1-mercaptoundecanoic acid and 1-undecanethiol towards biosensing ” Rose Pasquale, Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Baltimore Maryland (March 19, 2013) “ Study of Hydrogen flame annealed Au thin-film surface morphology, integrity and film quality on various substrate surfaces ” Michael Schell , Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Baltimore Maryland (March 19, 2013) “ SAM surface domains of 11-Mercapto-1-undecanol and 1-dodecanethiol mixtures on Au(111) investigated via hydrophilic and hydrophobic probes ” Indrajith Senevirathne, Mackenzie Maurer , Reshani Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Baltimore Maryland (March 19, 2013) “ Study of SAM surface morphology, integrity and film quality on various Au surfaces ” John Murphy , Indrajith Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Baltimore Maryland (March 19, 2013) “ SAM surface domains of 6-Amino-1-hexanethiol hydrochloride and 1-dodecanethiol mixtures on Au(111) investigated via hydrophilic and hydrophobic probes ” Albert Foster , Reshani Senevirathne, Indrajith Senevirathne.

2012 – 2013

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring National Meeting San Diego, California (March 25, 2012) ”Surface adhesion variation of Staphylococcus epidermidis on alkyl thiol SAM surfaces” Alicia R. Amroski, Morgan R. Olsen, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring National Meeting San Diego, California (March 25, 2012) “Surface engineering and modification towards adhesion on SAM surfaces of 1-hexanethiol, 1-octanethiol and 1-decanethiol: confining Staphylococcus epidermidis” Morgan R. Olsen, Alicia R. Amroski, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Surface adhesion and confinement variation of Staphylococcus aureus on SAM surfaces” Alicia R. Amroski, Morgan R. Olsen, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne .

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Surface engineering and adhesion modification of SAM surfaces of 1 hexanethiol and 1 decanethiol: confining Staphylococcus aureus” Morgan R. Olsen, Alicia R. Amroski, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Precipitant diffusion and surface segregation in Al Alloys near melting point: Al 2024” Austin Mohney and Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Micromechanical and structural study of ambient grown Au nanostructures on P doped Si(100)” Indrajith C. Senevirathne and Joshua Tatham.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Surface adhesion and confinement variation of Escherichia coli on SAM surfaces” Karisa M. Bowersox, Krista L. Sitler, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne. 

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Surface engineering and adhesion modification of SAM surfaces of 1-dodecanethiol, and 3-mercapto-1-propanol: confining Escherichia coli” Krista L. Sitler, Karisa M. Bowersox, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) “Surface adhesion and confinement variation of Bacillus subtilis on SAM surfaces” Lauren N. Swiger, Rose L. Pasquale, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Boston, Massachusetts (February 27, 2012) ”Surface engineering and adhesion modification of SAM surfaces of 1-mercaptoundecanoic acid 1-undecanethiol: confining Bacillus subtilis” Rose L. Pasquale, Lauren N. Swiger, Joseph P. Calabrese, Reshani N. Senevirathne, Indrajith C. Senevirathne.

2011 – 2012

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Dallas, Texas (March 22, 2011)“SEM and EDX Study of Al alloy Precipitant Surface Segregation due to Annealing” Austin Mohney and Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Dallas, Texas (March 22, 2011) “Pt Nanostructures Self Assembled on P doped Si(100) Under Ambient Conditions: AFM, and EDX Study” Zachary Barcikowski, Austin Mohney and Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Dallas, Texas (March 22, 2011) “AFM and EDX Study of Self Assembled Pt Nanostructures on PEDOT Thin Films under Ambient Conditions” Indrajith Senevirathne, Austin Mohney, Joshua Buchheit, and Anura Goonewardene.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Dallas, Texas (March 22, 2011) “AFM, and EDX Study of Self Assembled Au Nanostructures on P doped Si(100) Under Ambient Conditions” Joshua Tatham, Joshua Buchheit, and Indrajith Senevirathne.

2010 – 2011

  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Portland, Oregon (March 13, 2010) “Annealing variation of the morphology, elemental composition, stiffness and elastic modulus of the self assembled Ag nano structures on clean undoped Si(100) under ambient condition.” Matthew Pautz, Joshua Buchheit, Jeff Parks, Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Portland, Oregon (March 13, 2010) “Structure and morphology variation at annealing of self assembled Ag nanodots on HOPG under ambient conditions.” Indrajith Senevirathne, Matthew Pautz, Jeff Parks, Anura Goonewardene.
  • American Physical Society (APS) March National Meeting Portland, Oregon (March 13, 2010) “AFM, SEM and EDX study of morphology, elemental composition and spore surface stiffness/elasticity measurements for Hypocrea and Phomopsis spores” Brittany Ganther, Ekaterina Yarunova, Barrie Overton, Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual National Meeting Washington, DC (February, 2010) “AFM of the self assembled Ag nanodots on undoped Si(100)” Matthew Pautz, Jeff Parks, Anura Goonewardene, Indrajith Senevirathne.
  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual National Meeting Washington, DC (February, 2010) “STM of self assembled nano layered Ag structures on HOPG ” Matthew Pautz, Jeff Parks, Anura Goonewardene, Indrajith Senevirathne.

  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual National Meeting Washington, DC (February, 2010) “Common Fungi Spores Investigated by tapping mode AFM” Brittany Ganther, Ekaterina Yarunova, Barrie Overton, Indrajith Senevirathne.

2009 – 2010

  • American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA (March 18th, 2009) “Morphology and structure of the self assembled Ag nanodots on undoped Si(100) under ambient conditions” Jeff Parks, Anura Goonewardene, Marian Tzolov, Indrajith Senevirathne.