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Prof. J K D S Jayanetti
(The Head of the Department)

Department of Physics
University of Colombo
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka
Telephone

+94 11 2584 777 (office)

Fax +94 11 2584 777 
Email sumedha@phys.cmb.ac.lk
Room 302 / 101
Extension 279 / 266
Academic Qualifications  
  • Ph.D ( Experimantal condensed Matter Physics ) -1993
    City University of New York(CUNY), New York, USA.
  • B.Sc ( Physics Special ) -1983
    University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka.
Research Interests / Experiences
Research associated with synchrotron radiation techniques: XAFS studies on metal complexes in supercritical solutions, mechanically milled powder interfaces, XAFS, X-ray reflectivity and X-ray diffraction studies on thin film interfaces, Research associated with photovoltaic and semiconductor film materials: Fabrication and characterization of thin photovoltaic and semiconductor film materials using thermal and electrochemical deposition methods.
Selected Publications

1. Robert A. Mayanovic, Sumedha Jayanetti, Alan J. Anderson, William A. Bassett, I-Ming Chou, The structure of Yb3+ aquo ion and chloro complexes in aqueous solutions up to 500oC and 270 MPa, Jou. Phys. Chem. A (in print)

2. Sumedha Jayanetti, Robert A. Mayanovic, Alan J. Anderson, William A. Bassett, I-Ming Chou, Analysis of radiation-induced small Cu particle cluster formation in aqueous CuCl2, J. Chem. Phys., 115, No. 2, (2001) 954

3. K.T.L. De Silva, W. A. A. Priyantha, J.K.D.S. Jayanetti, B.D. Chitrani, W. Siripala, K. Blake and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition and characterisation of CuInSe2 for applications in thin film solar cells, Thin Solid Films, 382, (2001) 158

4. J.K.D.S. Jayanetti, S.M. Heald and Z. Tan, Structural study of the Sn/Ge interface of highly milled Sn/Ge powders, Phys. Rev B. 47 (1993).

5. S. M. Heald, J.K.D.S. Jayanetti, A. A. Bright and G. W. Rubloff, X-ray Reflectivity Study of SiO2 on Si, Journal of Vac. Sci. Technol. A 8 (3), May/Jun (1990)

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