Publications

36. Photo-formation of gold nanoparticles: Photoacoustic studies on solid monoliths of Au(III)-chitosan-silica aerogels, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Adam Dean, Chunhua Yao, and William Risen Jr., Spectroschim. Acta A (in press, 2007).

35. Nonlinear Optical Scattering and absorption in bismuth nanorod suspensions, S. Sivaramakrishnan, V.S.Muthukumar, Si.Sivasankara Sai, K. Venkataramaniah, J. Reppert, Apparao Rao, M. Anija, Reji Philip, and Narayanan Kuthirummal, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 1 (2007).

34. Spectroscopy and femtosecond dynamics of the ring-opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene,
Narayanan Kuthirummal, Fedor M. Rudakov, Conor Evans, and Peter M. Weber, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 133307 (2006).

33. Structure Sensitive photoionization via Rydberg levels, Narayanan Kuthirummal and Peter Weber, J. Mol. Struct., 787, 163 (2006).
 
32. Control of local ionization and charge transfer in the bifunctional molecule 2-phenyl- N,N-dimethylamine using Rydberg Fingerprint Spectroscopy,  Wei Cheng, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Jaimie Gosselin, Thies Solling, R. Weikauff, and Peter Weber, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 1920 (2005).
 
31. Probing reaction dynamics with Rydberg states: The ring-opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene
Narayanan Kuthirummal and Peter M. Weber, Femtochemistry and Femtobiology (eds.M.M.Martin and J.T.Hynes), Elsavier Publishers, 27 (2004).
 
30. Rydberg states: sensitive probes of molecular structure Narayanan Kuthirummal and Peter M. Weber, Chem. Phys. Lett., 378, 647 (2003).
 
29.  A 9eV superexcited state revealed by femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy, Femtosecond studies on 1,3-cyclohexadiene Wei-Cheng, Conor Evans, Narayanan Kuthirummal, and Peter M.Weber, Chem. Phys. Lett., 349, 405 (2001).
 
28. Carotenoids of an Antarctic psychrotolerant bacterium, Sphingobacterium antarcticus,  and a mesophilic bacterium, Sphingobacterium multivorum. M.V.Jagannadham, M.K.Chattopadhyay, C.Subbalakshmi, M.Vairamani,  K.Narayanan, Ch.Mohan Rao and S.Shivaji, Arch. Microbiol., 173, 418 (2000).
 
27. Vibronic features of p-ethylaniline, p-ethylaniline-NHD and p-ethylaniline-ND2 by resonant two-photon ionization spectrometry W.B.Tzeng and K.Narayanan, J. Mol. Struct., 482-483, 315 (1999).
 
26. Detection of styrene impurity in phenylacetylene by resonance enhanced multiphoton Ionization Time-of-flight mass spectrometry W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, and J.L. Lin, Appl. Spectrosc., 53, 731 (1999).
 
25. Structures and vibrations of o-methylaniline in the S0 and S1states studied by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan and J.L. Lin, Spectrochim.Acta., 53A, 153 (1999).
 
24. Vibronic features of 2,6-dimethylaniline, 2,6-dimethylaniline-NHD and 2,6-dimethylaniline-ND2 by resonant two-photon ionization spectrometry W.B.Tzeng, J.L. Lin and K.Narayanan, J.Chem.Soc.Faraday Trans., 94, 2913 (1998).
 
23. Simultaneous detection of C6H5NHD, C6H5ND2, C6D5NH2, C6D5NHD and C6D5ND2 by resonant two-photon ionization mass spectrometry. W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, and G.C.Chang, Appl.Spectrosc. 52,890 (1998).
 
22. Excited state structure and vibrations of p-diaminobenzene studied by ab initio calculations. W.B.Tzeng and K.Narayanan, J.Mol.Struct.(THEOCHEM), 434, 247(1998).
 
21. A study of the structures and vibrations of C6H5NH2,C6H5NHD,C6H5ND2,C6D5NH2, C6D5NHD and C6D5ND2 in the S1 state by ab initio calculations W.B.Tzeng and K.Narayanan, J.Mol.Struct.(THEOCHEM), 428, 231 (1998).
 
20. Structures and vibrations of p-methylaniline in the S0 and S1 states studied by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy. W.B.Tzeng and K.Narayanan, J.Mol.Struct. 446, 93 (1998).

19. Structures and vibrations of p-dimethoxybenzene conformers in the S0 and S1states studied by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy, W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, C.Y. Hsieh, and C.C. Tung, J.Mol.Struct. 448, 91 (1998).
 
18. A study of the excited state structure and vibrations of hydroquinone by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon  ionization spectroscopy W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, C.Y.Hsieh and C.C.Tung, Spectrochim.Acta., 53A, 2595 (1997).
 
17. S1¬S0 transition of para-fluoroaniline studied by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon ionization
spectroscopy, W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, C.Y.Hsieh, and C.C.Tung, Asian J. Spectrosc., 1, 45 (1997).
 
16. Structures and Vibrations of ortho- meta- and para-fluoroanilines in the S0 and S1 states by ab initio calculations and resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy, W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, C.Y.Hsieh, and C.C.Tung, J.Chem.Soc. Faraday Trans., 93, 2981 (1997).
 
15. Depth profiling of mammalian cells by photoacoustic spectroscopy: localization of ligands K.Narayanan, S.Chandani, T.Ramakrishna and Ch.Mohan Rao, Biophysical Journal, 72, 2365 (1997).
 
14. In Vivo characteristics and localization of carotenoid pigments in psychrotrophic and mesophilic micrococcus roseus using photoacoustic spectroscopy: M.V.Jagannadham, K.Narayanan, Ch.Mohan Rao and S.Shivaji, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 227, 221 (1996).
 
13. Intracluster reaction, Fragmentation, and Structure of Monomethylamine, Dimethylamine, and Trimethylamine W.B.Tzeng, K.Narayanan, G.C.Chang, W.B.Tsai, and J. J. Ho, J.Phys.Chem., 100, 15340, (1996).
 
12. S1¬S0 transition of phenylacetylene : ab initio and resonant two-photon ionization studies, K.Narayanan, G.C.Chang, K.C.Shieh, C.C.Tung and W.B.Tzeng,  Spectrochim. Acta, 52A,1703 (1996).
 
11. Rydberg series in the visible two-photon optogalvanic spectrum of neon: S.N.Thakur and K.Narayanan, Opt.Commun., 94, 59 (1992).
 
10. Origin of photoacoustic signals in the laser photoacoustic spectrum of I2 vapour: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena (Ed.Bicanic),Springer Verlag, Berlin, 69, 147 (1992).
 
9. Effect of external constraint on the photoacoustic spectrum of Nd2O3 powders: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Appl.Opt., 31, 5785 (1992).
 
8. Nonradiative deexcitation mechanisms in the visible spectrum of I2 vapour: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Spectrochim. Acta, 48A, 1573 (1992).
 
7. Laser photoacoustic spectrum of I2 vapour in the 490-680 nm region: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Appl.Opt., 31, 4987(1992).
 
6. Photoacoustic effect: Listening to interaction between light and matter: A demonstration kit K.Narayanan
and S.N.Thakur, Bulletin of IAPT, 1, 167 (1991).
 
5. High resolution photoacoustic spectra of Ho3+and Er3+ in chloride hexahydrate matrix: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Appl. Opt., 30, 1175(1991).
 
4. High resolution photoacoustic spectroscopy of Ho2O3 and Nd2O3 powders with a piezoelectric detector:
K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena II (Ed.Murphy), Springer Verlag, Berlin, 62, 214 (1990).
 
3. High resolution photoacoustic spectra of Ho2O3and Nd2O3: K.Narayanan and S.N.Thakur, Appl.Opt., 29, 2478 (1990).
 
2. One- and two-photon optogalvanic spectrum of neon: 610-710 nm: K.Narayanan, G.Ullas, and S.B.Rai, Chem. Phys. Lett., 156, 55 (1989).
 
1. X-ray diffraction effects from 2H crystals undergoing transition to the 3C structure by the layer displacement mechanism: M.T.Sebastian, K.Narayanan and P.Krishna, Phys.Stat.Solidi(a), 102, 241 (1987).