Research Fellow
Our Team
Dr. Vishakya Jayalatharachchi
QUT Contact Details
- P Block, Level 8, Gardens Point Campus (QUT)
mailto:vishakya.jayalatharachchi@qut.edu.au
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Brief Curriculum Vitae
| since 04/22 | Postdoctoral researcher under supervision of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik and Dr. Laura Delafresnaye, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia |
| 04/21 – 04/22 | Postdoctoral researcher under supervision of Asso. Prof. Josh Lipton-Duffin, Prof. Stephen Blanksby, Prof. Leonie Barner and Asso. Prof. Jennifer MacLeod, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia |
| 06/17 – 07/21 | PhD under supervision of Asso. Prof. Josh Lipton- Duffin, Asso. Prof. Jennifer MacLeod and Prof. Kathryn Fairfull-Smith, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia |
| 07/14 – 12/16 | Masters Research Degree under supervision of Asso. Prof Sara Couperthwaite and Prof. Graeme Millar, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia |
| 02/10 – 04/14 | Graduate chemist, College of Chemical Sciences, Sri Lanka |
Research Interests and Opportunities
Advanced Surface Characterisation
- Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- Low Energy Electron Diffraction
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscope
- Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy
Awards and Prizes
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2020
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Beamtime Bursary from Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),
Soft- Xray Spectroscopy (Investigator and editor) |
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2017 – 2021
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QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA), Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
Presentations
| [06] | Adsorption and reactivity of monodispersed silver clusters stabilized by an organic network. V. Jayalatharachchi, E. Graham, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science, 2021, Virtual. Poster presentation. |
| [05] | Monodisperse Silver Clusters Stabilized by an Organic Networks. V. Jayalatharachchi, E. Graham, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, Australian Synchrotron User Meeting, 2020, Australia. Poster presentation. |
| [04] | Monodisperse Silver Clusters Stabilized by an Organic Network. V. Jayalatharachchi, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, The 44th Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga 2020, Rotorua, New Zealand. Oral presentation. |
| [03] | Robust and inexpensive microsubstrates for molecular self-assembly. V. Jayalatharachchi, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), Brisbane Australia, 2020. Poster presentation. |
| [02] | Surface Science at Queensland University of Technology. V. Jayalatharachchi, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, Polymer characterisation and Processing, Organized by RACI Queensland Polymer Group, Brisbane 2019. Oral presentation. |
| [01] | Self-assembly of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid on Ag passivated Silicon surface. V. Jayalatharachchi, J. MacLeod, J. Lipton-Duffin, CPME Summer School Australia-China Research Showcase, Brisbane, 2018. Poster presentation. |
Publications
Other Publications
2021
| [03] | Metal Microsubstrates on Si(111): Crystallography, Morphology, and Interactions with a Molecular Adsorbate Jayalatharachchi, V.; MacLeod, J.; Lipton-Duffin, J.; J. Phys. Chem. C., 2021, 125, 26, 14326-14331. |
| [02] | Robust and inexpensive microsubstrates for molecular self-assembly Jayalatharachchi, V.; MacLeod, J.; Lipton-Duffin, J.; Microsc. Microanal., 2021, 27, 3290-3291. |
2018
| [01] | Directed ON-Surface Growth of Covalently-Bonded Molecular Nanostructures Abyazisani, M.; Jayalatharachchi, V.; MacLeod, J.; Comprehensive Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Second Edition), 2018, 2, 299-326. |