{"id":16,"date":"2022-01-13T06:09:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T06:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:21:51","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Research<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrospinning and nanofiber-based drug delivery systems<\/li>\n<li>Nanotechnology and nanomaterials for drug delivery<\/li>\n<li>Smart biomaterials and stimuli-responsive drug delivery<\/li>\n<li>Transdermal and controlled drug delivery<\/li>\n<li>Wound care materials: antibacterial, hemostatic and anti-inflammatory dressings<\/li>\n<li>Pharmaceutical formulation and characterization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Journal Articles and Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chandraguptha, D., Fernando, L., Herath, L., Godakanda, V. U., Perera, N., Samarakoon, S., de Silva, K. M. N., Williams, G. R., de Silva, W. R. M. (2026). Biocompatibility vs antibacterial activity: chitosan-mediated nanosilver\/PCL\/gelatin nanofibers. <em>Materials Technology<\/em>, 41(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10667857.2025.2605316\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10667857.2025.2605316<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chandraguptha, D. T., Fernando, H. A. V., Samarakoon, S., de Silva, R. M., de Silva, K. M. N., Williams, G. R., Godakanda, V. U. (2025). Collagen-based nanofibers in wound dressings. In <em>Electrospun Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications<\/em> (pp. 343\u2013368). Woodhead Publishing. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-443-29066-4.00010-X\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-443-29066-4.00010-X<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Godakanda, V. U., Dziemidowicz, K., de Silva, R. M., de Silva, K. M. N., Williams, G. R. (2022). Electrospun fibers in drug delivery. In <em>Electrospun Nanofibers<\/em> (pp. 159\u2013181). Springer. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-99958-2_7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-99958-2_7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Manatunga, D. C., Godakanda, V. U., Herath, H. M. L. P. B., de Silva, R. M., et al., de Silva, K. M. N. (2020). Nanofibrous cosmetic face mask for transdermal delivery of nano gold. <em>Royal Society Open Science<\/em>, 7, 201266. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsos.201266\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsos.201266<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Manatunga, D. C., Godakanda, V. U., de Silva, R. M., de Silva, K. M. N. (2020). Recent developments in the use of organic\u2013inorganic nanohybrids for drug delivery. <em>WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wnan.1605\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wnan.1605<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Godakanda, V. U., Li, H., Alquezar, L., Zhao, L., Zhu, L., de Silva, R., de Silva, K. M. N., Williams, G. R. (2019). Tunable drug release from blend poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)-ethyl cellulose nanofibers. <em>International Journal of Pharmaceutics<\/em>, 562, 172\u2013179. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijpharm.2019.03.035\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijpharm.2019.03.035<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Li, H., Zhang, Z., Godakanda, V. U., et al., Williams, G. R. (2019). The effect of collection substrate on electrospun ciprofloxacin-loaded PVP and ethyl cellulose nanofibers as potential wound dressing materials. <em>Materials Science and Engineering C<\/em>, 104, 109917. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.msec.2019.109917\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.msec.2019.109917<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Research Interests Electrospinning and nanofiber-based drug delivery systems Nanotechnology and nanomaterials for drug delivery Smart biomaterials and stimuli-responsive drug [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/umayangana-godakanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}