Journal Publications
NMT
(8). Lumala Nelum Perera, Menake E. Piyasena. "Acoustic Focusing of Microplastics in Microfabricated and Steel Tube Devices: An Experimental Study on the Effects from Particle Size and Medium Density" Separation and Purification Technology. 2022, 288, 120649
(7). Shahriare Hossain, Kalika Pai, and Menake Piyasena. "Fluorescent Lipo-Beads for the Sensitive Detection of Phospholipase A2 and Its Inhibitors" ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 2020, 6, 1989-1997.
(6). Nishanthi Ellepola, Talysa Ogas, Danielle N. turner, Rubi Gurung et al. A toxicological study on photo-degradation products of environmental ibuprofen: Ecological and human health implications. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2020, 188, 109892.
(5). Gayatri Gautam, Rubi Gurung, Frank Fencl, and Menake Piyasena. Separation of submicron particles from micron particles using acoustic fluid relocation combined with acoustophoresis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2018, 410, 6561-6571.
(4). Sabino Maldonado-Torres, Rubi Gurung, Hom Rijal, Andrew Chan, Shishir Acharya, Menake Piyasena, Snezna Rogelj, and Gayan Rubasinghege, Fate, Transformation and Toxicological Impacts of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Surface Waters. Environmental Health Insights 2018, 12, 1-4.
(3). Gayatri P. Gautam, Tobias Burger, Andrew Wilcox, Michael J. Cumbo, Steven W. Graves, and Menake E. Piyasena. Simple and inexpensive micromachined Aluminum microfluidic devices for acoustic focusing of particles and cells. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2018, 410, 3385-3394.
(2). Gayan Rubasinghege, Rubi Gurung, Hom Rijal, Sabino Maldonado, Andrew Chan, Shishir Acharya, Snezna Rogelj, and Menake Piyasena. Abiotic degradation and environmental toxicity of Ibuprofen: Roles of mineral particles and solar radiation. Water Research, 2017, 131, 22-32.
(1). Menake E. Piyasena and Steven W, Graves, The Intersection of Flow Cytometry with Microfluidics and Microfabrication. Lab on a Chip 2014, 14, 1044-1059.
Non-NMT
(1). Kevin W. Cushing, Menake E. Piyasena, Nick J. Carroll, Gian C. Maestas, Beth Ann López, Bruce S. Edwards, Steven W. Graves, and Gabriel P. López. Elastomeric Negative Acoustic Contrast Particles for Affinity Capture Assays. Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85, 2208-2215.
(2). Pearlson P. Austin*, Menake E. Piyasena*, Travis A. Woods*, Mark A. Naivar, Gabriel P. Lopez, and Steven W. Graves. One-dimensional Acoustic Standing Waves in Rectangular Channels for Flow Cytometry. (* equal contribution) Methods 2012, 57, 259-271.
(3). Menake E. Piyasena, Pearlson P. Austin, Robert W. Applegate Jr., Andrew M. Goumas, Travis A. Woods, Gabriel P. Lopez, and Steven W. Graves. Multinode Acoustic Focusing for Parallel Flow Cytometry. Analytical Chemistry 2012, 84, 1831-1839.
(4). Marc Dandin, Im Deok Jung, Menake Piyasena, James Gallagher, Nicole Nelson, Mario Urdaneta, Chantelle Artis, Pamela Abshire, Elisabeth Smela. Post-CMOS Packaging Methods for Integrated Biosensors. Sensors 2009 IEEE, 795-798.
(5). Menake E. Piyasena, Robert Newby, Thomas J. Miller, Benjamin Shapiro and Elisabeth Smela. Nastic Actuators: Electroosmotically Driven Microfluidic Cells. Sensors & Actuators B, 2009, 141, 263-269.
(6). Menake E. Piyasena, Lilian J. Real, Rochelle A. Diamond, H. Howard Xu and Frank A. Gomez. Magnetic Microsphere-based Methods to Study the Interactions of Teicoplanin with Peptides and Bacteria. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2008, 392, 877-886.
(7). Menake E. Piyasena, Reema Zein-Eldin, Kyle Fenton and Gabriel P. Lopez. Biosensors based on Release of Compounds upon Disruption of Lipid Bilayers Supported on Porous Microspheres. BioInterphases 2008, 3, 38-49.
(8). Reema Zein-Eldin, Menake E. Piyasena, Troy S. Bergstedt, Larry A. Sklar, David Whitten and Gabriel P. Lopez. Detection of Membrane Biointeractions Based on Fluorescence Superquenching. Langmuir 2008, 24, 4125-4131.
(9). Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena, Lajos Daroczi and Frank A. Gomez. Magnetically Controlled Valve for Flow Manipulation in Polymer Microfluidic Devices. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2008, 4, 525-531
(10). Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena and Frank A. Gomez. Fabrication of Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles. Analytical Chemistry, 2007, 79, 7906-7909
(11). Reema Zeineldin, Menake E. Piyasena, Troy S. Bergstedt, Larry A. Sklar, David Whitten and Gabriel P. Lopez. Superquenching as a Detector for Microsphere-Based Flow Cytometric Assays. Cytometry Part A. 2006, 69A, 335-341.
(12). Menake E. Piyasena, Dimiter N. Petsev and Gabriel P. Lopez. An Electrokinetic Cell Model for Analysis and Optimization of Electroosmotic Microfluidic Pumps. Sensors and Actuators B. 2006, 113, 461-467.
(13). Menake E. Piyasena, Tione Buranda, Yang Wu, Larry A. Sklar and Gabriel P. Lopez. Near Simultaneous and Real Time Detection of Multiple Analytes in Bead-based Affinity Microcolumns. Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 76, 6266-6273.
(14). Dmitri A. Brevnov, Marcos Barela, Menake E. Piyasena, Gabriel P. Lopez and Plamen B. Atanassov. Patterning of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Arrays by Using Sol-Gel Processing, Photolithography, and Plasma Etching. Chemistry of Materials 2004, 16, 682-687.