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Dr. Rengaswami Chandrasekaran

Professor

(765) 494-4923

chandra@purdue.edu

 

 

GENERAL RESEARCH AREAS

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X-ray diffraction

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Molecular architecture of biopolymers 

 

SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS

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Starch crystallinity

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Conformation of carbohydrates and nucleic acids

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Structure-function relationships in polysaccharides and polysaccharide mixtures 

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Implementation of modern techniques to fiber diffraction

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Selected Publications:

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  1. Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R. (2006) Sodium iota-carrageenan: A paradigm of polymorphism and pseudopolymorphism. Macromolecules 39:3345-3349.

  2. Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R. (2005) Polysaccharide structures from powder diffraction data: I. Molecular models of arabinan. Carbohydr. Res. 340:835-839.

  3. Tandjung, A.S., Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R., Aboubacar, A., Hamaker, B.R. (2005) Role of the pericarp cellulose matrix as a moisture barrier in microwaveable popcorn. Biomacromolecules 6:1654-1660.

  4. Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R. (2005) Cation-induced polymorphism in iota-carrageenan. Carbohydr. Polym. 60:499-505.

  5. Chandrasekaran, R., Janaswamy, S., Morris, V.J. (2003) Acetan:glucomannan interactions: a molecular modeling study. Carbohydr. Res. 338:2889-2898.

  6. Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R. (2002) Effect of calcium ions on the organization of iota-carrageenan helices: an X-ray investigation. Carbohydr. Res. 337:523-535.

  7. Chandrasekaran, R. (1998) X-ray diffraction of food polysaccharides. Adv. Food Nutrition Res. 42:131-210.

  8. Rao, V.S.R., Qasba, P.K., Balaji, P.V., Chandrasekaran, R. (1998) Conformation of Carbohydrates.  Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 1-359.

  9. Chandrasekaran, R., Bian, W., Okuyama, K. (1998) Three-dimensional structure of guaran. Carbohydr. Res. 312:219-224.

  10. Chandrasekaran, R. (1997) Molecular architecture of polysaccharide helices in oriented fibers. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem. 52:311-439.

 

 

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