• Electro-optical properties of lyotropic liquid crystals

• Photonic crystallinity of lyotropic liquid crystals

• Electrically tunable lenses based on liquid crystals

• Liquid Crystals (LC) Materials: lyotropic liquid crystals, nano - colloids

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Member of the American Physical Society (APS)

• Member of the Society for Information Display (SID)

• Member of Korea Information Display Society (KIDS) 

Journal Articles:

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana, Tian-Zi Shen, Seung-Ho Hong, and Jang-Kun Song, Widely Tunable GRIN Lenses Using Negative Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Phosphate Nanosheets Colloid, Advanced Optical Materials, 10,8 (2022).

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana,  Ju-Young  Park,  Seung-Ho  Hong,  and  Jang-Kun  Song, Multiresponsive  Polymer  Nanocomposite  Liquid  Crystals  Having  Heterogeneous  Phase Transitions      for  Battery‐Free      Temperature  Maintenance      Indicators, Small,18, 38 (2022).

• Tian-Zi Shen, Kurugamage Nuwan Asela Perera, Aurangzeb Rashid Masud, P.A.N.S  Priyadharshana,  Joo-Young  Park,  Oiong-Hwa  Wang,  Seung-Ho  Hong,  Dual-frequency photonic crystal nanocolloid having hue- and brightness-tunable  structural colour, Cell Reports Physical Science, 4(3) (2023).

• Sahul Hameed Syed  Ali,  P.  A.  N.  S.  Priyadharshana,  and  Jang-Kun  Song, Nanocolloidal lenses with tunable focal length for augmented reality system, ACS  Applied Optical Materials (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.3c00110), (2023).

 Conference Full Papers:

• P. A. N. S. Priyadharshana, Tian-Zi Shen, Seung-Ho Hong, Jang-Kun Song Tunable liquid crystal lens using 2D nano colloid, International Conference on Display Technology (ICDT), 53 (2022) 351, (https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.15945)

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana, S.H. Hong, J.K. Song, Electrically  Tunable  Liquid  Crystal  Lens  based  on  Zirconium  Phosphate  Nano  Colloid, International Research Conference (IRC) of the SLTC Research University, 2(2022), Padukka-Sri Lanka.

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana;  S.H.  Hong;  J.K.  Song, Multi  Responsive,  Anisotropic  Colloidal  Mixture  Using  2D  α-ZrP  Nanoparticles,  International  Research Conference (IRC) of the SLTC Research University, 2(2022), Padukka-Sri Lanka.

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana, U.K. Abeywarna, and A.S. Pannila, Investigation of sound absorption coefficient of materials using tube impedance method, Proceedings of Technical Sessions, 31 (2015) 61-68, Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka

• W.A.A.W.P. Weerasuriya,    U. L. Zainudeen,    P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana,  A Study of sound absorption coefficient of natural fiber samples, coir fiber, and rice dust at dry and wet    conditions, Annual Science Research Session, 6 (2017) South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

Conference Abstracts:

• P.A.N.S.  Priyadharshana,  Seung-Ho  Hong,  Tian-Zi  Shen,  and Jang-Kun Song, Tunable  liquid crystal  lens International Conference on Display Technology (ICDT), Ministry of Science and Technology, China.

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana; S.H. Hong; J.K. Song, Tunable Colloidal Lens for AR and VR Systems, International  Meeting  on  Information  Display  (IMID),22(2022), Busan-South Korea.

• A. N. S. Priyadharshana, Sahul Hameed SyedAli, Ju-Young Park, and   Jang-Kun   Song, Electrically Tunable Liquid Crystal Lens, Korea   Liquid   Crystal   Conference   (KLCC), 23(2023), Samcheok-South Korea.

• Ju-Young Park, P. A. N. S. Priyadharshana, and Jang-Kun Song, Electrodynamic   characteristics   of   titanium   phosphate   photonic   crystal   nano-coloids according to particle size, Korea Liquid Crystal Conference (KLCC), 23(2023), Samcheok-  South Korea.

• P.A.N.S.  Priyadharshana; S.H.  Hong; J.K.  Song, Widely  tunable  lens  using  lyotropic  liquid  crystalline  nano-colloid  of  2D  nanoparticles, International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC), 28(2022), Lisbon-Portugal.

• A. N. S. Priyadharshana, Sahul Hameed Syed Ali, Ju-Young Park, and Jang-Kun Song, Energy-saving temperature monitoring   device   utilizing   heterogeneous   dual   phase transition, Korea Liquid Crystal Conference (KLCC), 23(2023), Samcheok- South Korea.

• Sahul Hameed Syed Ali, P.  A.  N.  S.  Priyadharshana,  and  Jang-Kun  Song, Tunable Nanocolloidal Liquid Crystal Lens for AR/ VR Applications, Korea  Liquid Crystal Conference (KLCC), 23(2023), Samcheok-South Korea

• P.A.N.S.Priyadharshana, Ju-Young Park, Seung-Ho Hong, and Jang-Kun Song, Electrically    Tunable Liquid    Crystal Lens Based    on Phosphate Colloid, International Meeting on Information Display (IMID), 22(2022), Busan-South Korea.

• Ju-Young Park, P.A.N.S.Priyadharshan, and Jang-Kun Song Electrically Switching Properties of Photonic Crystal Nano Colloid, International Meeting on Information Display (IMID), 22(2022), Busan-South Korea.

• P.A.N.S.Priyadharshana, Ju-Young Park, Seung-Ho Hong, and Jang-Kun Song, 2D Nano Colloidal Based Tunable Lenses with Positive and Negative Focal Lengths Korea Liquid Crystal Conference (KLCC), 22(2022), Byeonsan-South Korea.

• P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana, Asela Perera, Seung-Ho Hong, and Jang-Kun Song, Optical Conditions of α-ZrP Colloid for Electro-Optical Reflectance. Ju-Young Park, International Meeting on Information Display (IMID), 21(2021), Seoul-South Korea.

• Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) for Postgraduate Studies, National Institute for International Education (NIIED), 2017 - Korean Government

• STEM scholarship for higher studies, 2021-2022 - Sungkyunkwan University

• Outstanding research performance award- 2023, Sustainable IT Future Talent Education Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering