Publications

2016
Rajapaksha AU, Chen SS, Tsang DCW, Zhang M, Vithanage M, Mandal S, Gao B, Bolan NS, Sik Ok Y. Engineered/designer biochar for contaminant removal/immobilization from soil and water: potential and implication of biochar modification. Chemosphere. 2016;148(27):6e291.
Mayakaduwa SS, Kumarathilaka P, Herath I, Ahmad M, Al-Wabel M, Sik Ok Y, Usman A, Abduljabbar A, Vithanage M. Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal. Chemosphere. 2016;144:2516-2521.
Herath I, Weerasundara L, Vithanage M, Kumarathilaka P, Achinthya SS, Mayakaduwa SS, Bandara T, Jayawardhana Y. Iodine in commercial edible iodized salts and assessment of iodine exposure in Sri Lanka. Archives of Public Health. 2016;74(1):21.
Vithanage M, Mayakaduwa SS, Herath I, Sik Ok Y, Mohan D. Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanistic studies of carbofuran removal using biochars from tea waste and rice husks. Chemosphere. 2016;150:781-789.
Herath I, Kumarathilaka P, Al-Wabel MI, Abduljabbar A, Ahmad M, Usman ARA, Vithanage M. Mechanistic modeling of glyphosate interaction with rice husk derived engineered biochar. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2016;225:280-288.
Herath I, Vithanage M, Bundschuh J, Maity JP, Bhattacharya P. Natural arsenic in global groundwaters: distribution and geochemical triggers for mobilization. Current Pollution Reports. 2016;2(1):68-89.
Kumarathilaka P, Oze C, Indraratne SP, Vithanage M. Perchlorate as an emerging contaminant in soil, water and food. Chemosphere. 2016;150:667-677.
Seneviratne M, Gunaratne S, Bandara T, Weerasundara L, Rajakaruna N, Seneviratne G, Vithanage M. Plant growth promotion by Bradyrhizobium japonicum under heavy metal stress. South African Journal of Botany. 2016;105:19-24.
Rajapaksha AU, Vithanage M, Lee SS, Seo D-C, Tsang DCW, Sik Ok Y. Steam activation of biochars facilitates kinetics and pH-resilience of sulfamethazine sorption. Journal of soils and sediments. 2016;16(3):889-895.
2015
Oze C, Kumarathilaka PR, Indraratne S, Vithanage MS. Potential Influence of Perchlorate on Heavy Metals and Organic Carbon in Serpentine Soil; Implications for Martian Regolith. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015.
Weerasundara L, Vithanage M. THE CHALLENGE OF VEHICULAR EMISSION AND ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION: FROM AIR TO WATER. International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics. 2015;23(4/5):603.
Kumarathilaka P, Mayakaduwa S, Herath I, Vithanage M. chapter outline. Biochar: Production, Characterization, and Applications. 2015:17.
Jayawardhana BAYB, Vithanage M, Kawamoto K, Hara J, Zhang M. Vector Based GIS Applications to Select Suitable Land for Landfill Sitting in Kandy, Sri Lanka. ACEPS 2015. 2015:194.
Geekiyanage N, Vithanage M, Wijesekara H, Pushpakumara G. 5 State of the environment, environmental challenges and governance in Sri Lanka. Environmental Challenges and Governance: Diverse Perspectives from Asia. 2015;37:92.
Zhang M, Ahmad M, Al-Wabel MI, Vithanage M, Rajapaksha AU, Kim HS, Lee SS, Sik Ok Y. Adsorptive removal of trichloroethylene in water by crop residue biochars pyrolyzed at contrasting temperatures: Continuous fixed-bed experiments. Journal of Chemistry. 2015;2015.
Usman ARA, Abduljabbar A, Vithanage M, Sik Ok Y, Ahmad M, Ahmad M, Elfaki J, Abdulazeem SS, Al-Wabel MI. Biochar production from date palm waste: Charring temperature induced changes in composition and surface chemistry. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 2015;115:392-400.
Vithanage M, Villholth KG, Mahatantila K, Engesgaard P, Jensen KH. Lesson Learnt from the 2004 Tsunami: The Effect of Well Cleaning on Groundwater Quality in Coastal Aquifers in Sri Lanka. 地学前缘. 2015;(S1):22-23.
Seneviratne M, Vithanage M, Madawala HMSP, Seneviratne G. A novel microbial biofilm for bioremoval of nickel from aqueous media. Bioremediation Journal. 2015;19(3):239-248.
Herath I, Vithanage M. Phytoremediation in constructed wetlands. In: Phytoremediation. Springer International Publishing; 2015. pp. 243-263.
Herath Mr I. Rice husk derived engineered biochar for glyphosate removal in aqueous media. 2015.

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