Publications

2015
Rajapaksha AU, Ahmad M, Vithanage M, Kim K-R, Chang JY, Lee SS, Sik Ok Y. The role of biochar, natural iron oxides, and nanomaterials as soil amendments for immobilizing metals in shooting range soil. Environmental geochemistry and health. 2015;37(6):931-942.
Vithanage M, Rajapaksha AU, Zhang M, Thiele-Bruhn S, Lee SS, Sik Ok Y. Acid-activated biochar increased sulfamethazine retention in soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2015;22(3):2175-2186.
Rajapaksha AU, Vithanage M, Ahmad M, Seo D-C, Cho J-sik, Lee S-E, Lee SS, Sik Ok Y. Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam-activated invasive plant-derived biochar. Journal of hazardous materials. 2015;290:43-50.
Vithanage M, Bhattacharya P. Fluoride in drinking water: health effects and remediation. In: CO2 Sequestration, Biofuels and Depollution. Springer International Publishing; 2015. pp. 105-151.
Vithanage M, Bhattacharya P. Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation. Environmental chemistry letters. 2015;13(2):131-147.
Herath I, Kumarathilaka P, Navaratne A, Rajakaruna N, Vithanage M. Immobilization and phytotoxicity reduction of heavy metals in serpentine soil using biochar. Journal of soils and sediments. 2015;15(1):126-138.
Wijesekara HR, De Silva SN, Wijesundara DTDS, Basnayake BFA, Vithanage MS. Leachate plume delineation and lithologic profiling using surface resistivity in an open municipal solid waste dumpsite, Sri Lanka. Environmental technology. 2015;36(23):2936-2943.
Vithanage M, Rajapaksha AU, Ahmad M, Uchimiya M, Dou X, Alessi DS, Sik Ok Y. Mechanisms of antimony adsorption onto soybean stover-derived biochar in aqueous solutions. Journal of environmental management. 2015;151:443-449.
Seneviratne M, Seneviratne G, Madawala HMSP, Iqbal MCM, Rajakaruna N, Bandara T, Vithanage M. A preliminary study of the role of bacterial–fungal co-inoculation on heavy metal phytotoxicity in serpentine soil. Australian Journal of Botany. 2015;63(4):261-268.
2014
Sewwandi BGN, Vithanage M, Wijesekara SSRMDHR, Mowjood MIM, Hamamoto S, Kawamoto K. Adsorption of Cd (II) and Pb (II) onto Humic Acid–Treated. 2014.
Wijesekara SSRMDHR, Darandakumbura INK, Siriwardana AR, BASNAYAKE BFA, Vithanage M. Application of Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron For the Removal of Humic Substances. 2014.
Herath I, Wickremasinghe S, Rajakaruna N, Navaratne A, Vithanage M. Effects of Biochar the Imobilization and Phytotoxicity Reduction of Heavy Metals in Serpentine Soil. 2014.
Wijesekara SSRMDHR, Harischandra IGJC, Kumarathilaka SMPR, Vithanage M. Fate and Transport of Selection Nutrients and Heavy Metals in Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Amended Sand Columns. 2014.
Oze C, Vithanage MS, Kumarathilaka PR, Indraratne S, Horton TW. Potential Influence of Perchlorate on Organic Carbon in Martian Regolith. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014.
Seneviratne M, Vithanage M, Madawala HMSP, Seneviratne G. The Potential of Biofilms Developed From Heavy Metal Resistant Microbes to Remove Nickel Ions in Aqueous Media. 2014.
Kumarathilaka SMPR, Vithanage M, Oze C, Indraratne SP. Removal of Nickel and Carbon in the Presence of Perchlorate in Serpentine Soils; Implications for Martian Regolith. 2014.
Kumarasinghe KHTD, Wijesekara SSRMDHR, Vithanage M. Starch Stabilized Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles on Catechol Remediation Aqueous Media. 2014.
Mayakaduwa SS, Vithanage M, Karunarathne A, Mohan D. Use of Biochar Produced from Residue to Remove Carbofuran from Water. 2014.
Vithanage M, Mikunthan T, Pathmarajah S, Arasalingam S, Manthrithilake H. Assessment of nitrate-N contamination in the Chunnakam aquifer system, Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. SpringerPlus. 2014;3(1):271.
Vithanage M, Almaroai YA, Rajapaksha AU, Sung JK, Moon DH, Sik Y. Combined Effects of Carbon Nanotube and Biochar on Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals in Shooting Range Soils. 한국토양비료학회 학술발표회 초록집. 2014:211-211.

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