SAHAN D. PERERA,PH.D.(Green
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Air Liquide2024.01-Current(3 years)s Perform comprehensive compositional and trace-level evaluations on varied solid bulk materials (such as ingots,wafers, coupons, devices, and powders) supporting critical industries including semiconductor manufacturing, healthcare, and clean energy Translating complex failure investigations into clear, evidence-based reports that effectively align both technical engineering teams and business stakeholders Execute contamination identification and Non-Volatile Residue (NVR) analysis on solid and liquid matrices. Utilize advanced sample preparation techniques, such as solvent extraction, alongside analytical tools like FTIR and Raman spectroscopy to evaluate sample cleanliness against ASTM G93-03, IDEMA, IEST, and KSc-C standards Oversee instrument maintenance and troubleshooting while spearheading the development of methods to significantly enhance detection limits Master analytical equipment and tools such as FTiR, Raman, UV, TGA, XRD,DSC, RGA etc. to optimized performancePost-Doctoral Researcher
LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB2022.01-2024.01(2 years)Developed and characterized heterogeneous systems consisting of plasmonic metal nanoparticles (Au/Ag/Pt NPs) or molecule dyes (N3/N719 dyes) attached to semiconductor materials (Si/TiO2/ZnO) to develop plasmon-enabled light- harvesting technologies. Investigate photon-to-charge conversion efficiencies Led research projects to investigate photoinduced charge-transfer (CT) dynamics in the dye/metal nanoparticlePost-Doctoral Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI, MANOA2020.01-2022.01(2 years)Graduate Research Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN2010.01-2019.01(9 years)Characterized unique structure, packing, and order information of complex organicelectronic polymers using near- edge X-ray fine structure absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFs) Prepared organicthin films/single crystals on silicon, SiO2, p-doped SiO2, Si3Na semiconductor wafers and characterized their physio-chemical properties Hands-on experience in wet etch techniques, sintering, and spin casting for sample preparation Maintained thermalevaporator(Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technique), FTIR spectroscopy(Nicolet 6700), Optical Reflection Microscope (Nikon Eclipse ME600, withaQImaging CCD camera), Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC2500 TA instruments), and Spin Coater(VTC 50)
Projects
/semiconductor heterosystems using time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(TRxPS) and scanning electron microscopy (sem)
decomposition process of high-performance hydrocarbon jet fuels (JP-10)
Educational experience
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Materials and PhysicalChemistry2011.01-2019.01(8 years)Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
2006.01-2010.01(4 years)
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