Journal Articles
Xue, B, Huang, Z, Li, Z, Sun, X, Shen, Z, Luo, J, Ren, K, Zhang, W, Yang, R, Xiao, X, Su, X, Liu, S, Ge, A, Li, J,
Dharmasena, I, Lew, TTS, Wu, C (2026)
A multiplexed wearable microfluidic platform for non-invasive sweat-inspired monitoring of plant guttation biomarkers,
Nature Communications, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI:
10.1038/s41467-026-77955-6.
Lukomiak, A, Bulathsinghala, R, Varga, J, Meng, S, Marasinghe, K, Refai, I, Fernando, B, Patel, A, Halloluwa‐Arachchige, CM, Oliveira, C, Shahidi, AM, Rahemtulla, Z, Turner, A, Ding, Z, Liew, BXW, Kerr, A, Preatoni, E, Hughes‐Riley, T,
Dharmasena, I, Lugoda, P (2026)
Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators,
Advanced Functional Materials, 36(60), e75714, ISSN: 1616-301X. DOI:
10.1002/adfm.75714.
Bulathsinghala, R, Meng, S, King, B, Nassiuma, I, Kinnell, P,
Dharmasena, I (2025)
Spatial engineering of textile threads for all-textile embroidered triboelectric nanogenerators,
Nano Energy, 146, 111510, ISSN: 2211-2855. DOI:
10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111510.
Meng, S, McErlain-Naylor, S,
Dharmasena, I (2025)
Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators for biomechanical sensing,
Nano Energy, 144, 111412, ISSN: 2211-2855. DOI:
10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111412.
Er, SG, Bulathsinghala, R, Kizilates, SB, Li, B, Ryan, R, Tabish, TA,
Dharmasena, I, Edirisinghe, M (2025)
Multifunctional Conductive Nanofibers for Self‐Powered Glucose Biosensors (Adv. Sci. 18/2025),
Advanced Science, 12(18), p.2570129, ISSN: 2198-3844. DOI:
10.1002/advs.202570129.
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.
