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Thamarasee Jeewandara

Thamarasee Jeewandara

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Thamarasee Jeewandara, Ph.D., is a researcher and science writer with a Doctorate in Medicine and Bioengineering from the University of Sydney, Australia. She has multi-disciplinary Postdoctoral research experience as a research scientist in biochemistry, plasma physics, genetics, bone tissue engineering, paleontology, cell dynamics and organ-on-a-chip technologies broadly within the U.S and internationally. Thamarasee enjoys travelling, reading/writing, the theatre and fine arts.

Articles by Thamarasee Jeewandara

Phys.org / Spin photovoltaic effects in magnetic van der Waals heterostructures

In a new report now published on Science Advances, Tiancheng Song and a research team at the department of physics, University of Washington, U.S., and materials and nanoarchitectronics in Japan and China, detailed spin photovoltaic ...

Sep 14, 2021
Phys.org / Fast nanoparticle diffusion in synovial fluid and hyaluronic acid solutions

Nanoparticles have applications as therapeutic agents for joint diseases such as osteoarthritis. But the role of nanoparticle diffusion in synovial fluid or the fluid inside the joint is incompletely understood. In a new ...

Sep 6, 2021
Phys.org / Materials for superconducting qubits

The connection between microscopic material properties and qubit coherence are not well understood despite practical evidence that material imperfections present an obstacle to applications of superconducting qubits. In a ...

Sep 2, 2021
Phys.org / Extremely strong nano-twinned pure nickel with extremely fine twin thickness

In a new report on Science Advances, Fenghui Duan and a research team in China detailed continuous strengthening in nanotwinned pure Nickel materials. The material recorded an unprecedented strength of 4.0 GPa at extremely ...

Sep 1, 2021
Medical Xpress / Soft tissue regeneration in a cell-free scaffold microenvironment

In a new report now published on Scientific Reports, Irini Gerges and a team of scientists in Italy and the U.S. studied the importance of biomechanical and biochemical cues to create culture conditions suited for three-dimensional ...

Jul 7, 2021
Phys.org / In-situ diagnostic of femtosecond laser probe pulses for ultrafast imaging applications

Ultrafast imaging plays an important role in physics and chemistry to investigate the femtosecond dynamics of nonuniform samples. The method is based on understanding phenomena induced by an ultrashort laser pump pulse using ...

Jul 6, 2021
Phys.org / Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system-based optical metasurfaces

Optical metasurfaces can unprecedently regulate versatile wavefronts at the subwavelength scale. Most well-established optical metasurfaces are, however, static and feature well-defined optical responses that are determined ...

Jul 5, 2021
Phys.org / Observing a prethermal discrete time crystal

A framework of statistical physics can be extended to the nonequilibrium setting to discover previously unidentified phases of matter catalyzed by periodic driving. Scientists aim to reduce the runaway heating associated ...

Jun 24, 2021
Phys.org / Self-healing liquid-metal elastomers

Soft electronics are increasingly in demand for diverse applications, but they lack rigid enclosures and are therefore susceptible to premature disposal after electronic applications. It is therefore necessary to create soft ...

Jun 23, 2021
Phys.org / A cavitation-on-a-chip device with a multiple microchannel configuration

Hydrodynamic cavitation is a major phase change phenomena that can occur with a sudden decrease in the local static pressure within a fluid. The emergence of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and high-speed microfluidic ...

Jun 21, 2021
Phys.org / Order from disorder in the sarcomere

Alpha-actinin can cross-link actin filaments and anchor them to the Z-disk in sarcomeres. Sarcomeres are a structural unit of myofibril in striated muscle. The FATZ (filamin, α-actinin- and telethonin-binding protein of the ...

Jun 18, 2021
Tech Xplore / Smart fabrics and self-powered sensing

Smart fabrics and wearable electronics can be developed using highly conductive and stretchy fibers. Most of these fiber conductors are, however, strain sensitive with limited conductance on stretching. As a result, a new ...

Jun 15, 2021
Phys.org / Dynamics of contact electrification

A new report on Science Advances developed by Mirco Kaponig and colleagues in physics and nanointegration in Germany, detailed the very basic concept of contact electrification between two metals. In a new experimental method, ...

Jun 9, 2021
Phys.org / Strain-driven autonomous control of cation distribution for artificial ferroelectrics

Theoretical material design and experimental synthesis have advanced in the past few decades with a key role in the development of functional materials, useful for next generation technologies. Ultimately, however, the goal ...

Jun 3, 2021
Phys.org / Charge transport physics of a unique class of rigid-rod conjugated polymers

In a new report now published on Science Advances, Mingfei Xiao and a team of interdisciplinary and international scientists in the U.K., Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, China and Belgium, investigated the charge transport ...

Jun 1, 2021