Publications

1. Surface Functionalization and Texturing of Optical Metasurfaces for Sensing Applications. Buddini I Karawdeniya,
Adam M Damry, Krishnan Murugappan, Shridhar Manjunath, YM Nuwan DY Bandara, Colin J Jackson, Antonio
Tricoli, Dragomir Neshev, Chemical Reviews, 2022

2. (preprint) Controlled Fabrication of Thin Silicon Nitride Membranes for Nanopore Sensing. Dutt, S., Karawdeniya,
B.I., Bandara, Y.M. and Kluth, P., 2022. arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09024.

3. Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays for High-Performance Miniaturized Chemical Sensing. Shiyu Wei, Zhe Li, Alishba
John, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Ziyuan Li, Fanlu Zhang, Kaushal Vora, Hark Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish,
Krishnan Murugappan, Antonio Tricoli, and Lan Fu, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 2107596.

4. Nanopore Data Analysis: Baseline Construction and Abrupt Change-Based Multilevel Fitting. Y. M. Nuwan D. Y.
Bandara, Jugal Saharia, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Patrick Kluth, and Min Jun Kim. Anal. Chem. 2021, 93, 34, 11710–
11718

5. (invited) Resonant Dielectric Metagratings for Response Intensified Optical Sensing. Rifat Ahmmed Aoni, Shridhar
Manjunath, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Khosro Zangeneh Kamali, Lei Xu, Adam M. Damry, Colin J. Jackson, Antonio
Tricoli, Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Mohsen Rahmani, Dragomir N. Neshev. Adv. Funct. Mater.2021, 2103143

6. Modulation of electrophoresis, electroosmosis and diffusion for electrical transport of proteins through a solid-state
nanopore. Jugal Sahariaa, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Cassandra Hammonda, George
Alexandrakisb and Min Jun Kim. RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 24398-24409

7. Targeting improved reproducibility in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with planar substrates using 3D printed
alignment holders. Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, Robert B. Chevalier, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, and Jason
R. Dwyer. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021, 92, 043102

8. Assessment of 1/f noise associated with nanopores fabricated through chemically tuned controlled dielectric
breakdown. Jugal Saharia, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, George Alexandrakis, Min Jun
Kim. Electrophoresis, 2020, 42, 7-8, 899-909

9. Adeno-Associated Virus Characterization for Cargo Discrimination through Nanopore Responsiveness. Buddini
Iroshika Karawdeniya*, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara*, Aminul Islam Khan*, Jeron Chen, Adnan Morshed, Junghae
Suh, Prashanta Dutta, and Min Jun Kim. *authors contributed equally. Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 23721-23731

10. Chemically tailoring nanopores for single molecule sensing and glycomics. James T. Hagan, Brian S. Sheetz, Y.M.
Nuwan D.Y. Bandara, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Melissa A. Morris, Robert B. Chevalier & Jason R. Dwyer.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Perspectives, 2020, 6, 10

11. Beyond nanopore sizing: improving solid-state single-molecule sensing performance, lifetime, and analyte scope for
omics by targeting surface chemistry during fabrication. Y M Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Jugal Saharia, Buddini I
Karawdeniya, James T Hagan, Jason R Dwyer and Min Jun Kim. Nanotechnology, 2020, 31, 33

12. Mechanical characterization of vesicles and cells: A review. Adnan Morshed, Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, Y.M.
Nuwan D.Y. Bandara, Min Jun Kim, and Prashanta Dutta. Electrophoresis, Special Issue: Fundamentals 2020, 41, 7-
8, 449-470

13. Chemically Functionalizing Controlled Dielectric Breakdown Silicon Nitride Nanopores by Direct
Photohydrosilylation. Bandara, Nuwan; Karawdeniya, Buddini; Hagan, James; Chevalier, Robert; Dwyer, Jason.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11, 30411-30420

14. Molecular Level Profiling of Human Serum Transferrin Protein through Assessment of Nanopore-Based Electrical
and Chemical Responsiveness. Saharia, Jugal; D.Y. Bandara, Y.M. Nuwan; Goyal, Gaurav; Lee, Jung Soo;
Karawdeniya, Buddini Iroshika; Kim, Min Jun. ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 4, 4246-4254

15. (Review) Challenging Nanopores with Analyte Scope and Environment. Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Y.M. Nuwan D.Y.
Bandara, Jonathan W. Nichols, Robert B. Chevalier, James T. Hagan, and Jason R. Dwyer. Journal of Analysis and
Testing, 2019, 3, 61-79

16. Mechanical measurement of shape deformation of liposome using solid-state nanopore sensor with automated
recapturing platform. Jung Soo Lee, Jugal Saharia, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya,
Gaurav Goyal, Armin Darvish, Qingxiao Wang, Moon J. Kim, and Min Jun Kim. Electrophoresis, 2019, 40, 1337-
1344

17. A Push-Button Method to Create Nanopores Using a Tesla Coil Lighter. Y.M. Nuwan D.Y. Bandara, Buddini
Iroshika Karawdeniya, and Jason R. Dwyer. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 226–230

18. “Lights, Camera, Questions and Answers!”: Talking About Science on Camera. Buddini Karawdeniya, Y.M. Nuwan
D.Y. Bandara, Julie Whelan, John Yacano, Marissa DeOliveira, Dana Neugent, Regina Bell, Jason Dwyer.
ChemRxiv, 2018

19. Surveying Silicon Nitride Nanopores for Glycomics and Heparin Quality Assurance. Buddini Iroshika
Karawdeniya, Y.M. Nuwan D.Y. Bandara, Jonathan W. Nichols, Robert B. Chevalier, and Jason R. Dwyer. Nature
Communications, 2018, 9, 3278-3286

20. General Strategy to Make an On-Demand Library of Structurally and Functionally Diverse SERS Substrates. Buddini
Iroshika Karawdeniya, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Julie C. Whelan, and Jason R. Dwyer. ACS Applied Nano
Materials, 2018, 1, 960–968

21. Conductance-Based Profiling of Nanopores: Accommodating Fabrication Irregularities. Y.M. Nuwan D.Y. Bandara,
Jonathan W. Nichols, Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, and Jason R. Dwyer. Electrophoresis, 2018, 39, 626-634

22. A Comparison of SERS and MEF of Rhodamine 6G on a Gold Substrate. Elizabeth Kohr, Buddini I. Karawdeniya,
Jason R. Dwyer, Anju Gupta, and William B. Euler. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 27074-27080

23. Real-time Profiling of Solid-State Nanopores During Solution-Phase Nanofabrication. Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara,
Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, and Jason R. Dwyer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 30583−30589

24. Solution-Based Photo-Patterned Gold Film Formation on Silicon Nitride. Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Buddini
Iroshika Karawdeniya, Julie C. Whelan, Lucas D. S. Ginsberg, and Jason R. Dwyer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
2016, 8, 34964−34969

25. (Invited) Silicon Nitride Thin Films for Nanofluidic Device Fabrication. Dwyer, J.R., Bandara, Y.M.N.D.Y.,
Whelan, J.C., Karawdeniya, B.I., Nichols, J.W.Royal Society of Chemistry: Nanofluidics, 2nd Edition, Editors
Joshua Edel & Min Jun Kim

26. Electroless Plating of Ultrathin Gold Films Directly onto Silicon Nitride Thin Films. Julie Whelan, Buddini Iroshika
Karawdeniya*, Y. M. Nuwan D.Y. Bandara*, Brian Velleco, Caitlin M. Masterson, and Jason R. Dwyer. *authors
contributed equally. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 10952−10957