M.Phil., 1979, University of Madras
Ph.D., 1985, University of Madras
| Dr.Rajalingam Renganathan | ||
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| Photoinduced reactions of TiO2 with DNA bases, Fluorescence quenching of dyes by TiO2, DBO as fluorescence probe for estrogens, catechols, flavonoids, FRET involving semiconductor quantum dots and porphyrins. | ||
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M.Sc.,
1978, Annamalai University M.Phil., 1979, University of Madras Ph.D., 1985, University of Madras |
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| Phone:++91-431-2407053 (Off) ++91-431-2772326 | Professor | |
| Fax: ++91-431-2407045, 2407030 | Department of Chemistry | |
| E-mail: rrengas@yahoo.com | Bharathidasan University | |
| Tiruchirapalli - 620 024 |
| RESEARCH and/or PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES | ||
| Jan 2003 onwards | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carrying out independent research work in frontier areas: Electron Transfer Reactions, Photochemistry, Photobiology, Radiation Chemistry and Photocatalysis | |
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| Jan.1995 – Dec 2002 | Reader, Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli | |
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| Nov. 1987 - Dec. 1994 | Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli | |
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| June 1987 - Nov 1987 | CSIR-Research Pool Officer, Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli | |
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| Aug 1985 - Jan 1987 | Post-doctoral Research Associate Max-Planck-Institut fur strhlenchemie, D-4330, Mulheim, GERMANY , Research Specialisation: Pulse Radiolytic studies on Organic Electron Transfer reactions involving biologically important radicals | |
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| 1984 - 85 | Assistant professor of Chemistry, Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu, India | |
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| 1982 - 84 | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Energy, University of Madras, Madras | |
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| 1980 - 82 | Junior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Madras Postgraduate Centre, Tiruchirappalli | |
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| Projects Completed | |||
| Agency | Title of the project | Amount | Year |
| DST (young scientist's scheme) | Investigations of electron transfer reactions of Hydroxaminc acid complexes of Iron, Cobalt and Nickel | Rs. 2 lakhs | 1991-1994 |
| DST | Investigations of Biomimetic oxidation of certain Nucleic acid components | Rs. 2 lakhs | 1994-1997 |
| DST | Photolytic Investigations on reactions of certain Porphyrins/metalloporphyrins in Zeolite with quinones | Rs. 6.5 lakhs | 1997-2000 |
| DST | Investigations on the Fluorescence Quenching of 2,3-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]oct-2-ene (DBO) as Fluorescence probe for certain antioxidants | Rs. 17 lakhs | 2003-2006 |
| Research Guidance | Membership | |||
| Number of Ph.D. students guided | 06 |
Life Member of Indian Society for Photochemical Sciences, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. |
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| Number of M.Phil. students guided | 06 | Member of Catalysis society of India | ||
| Foreign Visits | |
| Post Doctorial Fellow at Max-planck-Institute for Radiation chemistry (formerly) 1985-87, Mulheim, Germany. | |
| TWAS Research Associate at INIFTA, 1999, (two months) Laplata, Argentina | |
| Guest Researcher at Max-Planck-Institute, 1999, (one month) Mulheim, Germany. | |
| INSA Overseas Fellow at Universitat Bielefeld, 2000, three weeks, Bielefeld, Germany. | |
| INSA Overseas Fellow at Max-Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, March 2006- June 2006 (three months). | |
| SEMINAR AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED | |
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Presented a paper on, Photoradchem 2007 (PRDM 2007) organized by School of Chemical sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India held on 8-11th February 2007.
Presented a paper on, 14th National Symposium on Catalysis, Anna University, Chennai, India, December 16-18, 1998.
Paper presented on, "National Seminar on Social Relevance of Some Advanced Chemical Research In Independent India", Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India, March 16-17, 1998.
Paper presented on, "Proceedings of Trombay Symposium on Radiation and
Photochemistry", Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, Jan
14-19, 1998. Paper presented on "Workshop on National Centre for Ultrafast Processes" University of Madras, Chennai, India, November 28, 1997.
Paper presented on, "National Symposium on Correlation Analysis", Bishop Heber college, Tiruchirappalli, India, August 30, 1997.
Presented a paper on "TiO2 promoted photooxidation of certain uracils", at International conference on Photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 28 – August 2, 1996.
Attended a discussion meeting on Fast Reactions, Inter University Consortium, Indore, July 30-31, 1993.
Attended Seminar on "Photochemistry, Laser chemistry, Photobiology and it's Applications, University of Madras, India, Jan 7-9, 1991.
Attended National Symposium on New Materials, Their Characteristics and Applications, Madurai Kamaraj Univeristy, India, Feb 26 & 27, 1990.
Attended International Symposium on Biological Oxidation System held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Oct 23-26, 1989.
Presented a paper on "Stopped flow Investigation of Permanganate Ion Oxidation of Uracils" in the National Seminar on "Current Research in Heterocyclic Chemistry" held at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, March 23-25, 1989.
Presented a paper on "One-Electron Reduction of Anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate by Pyrimidine-6-yl radicals: A pulse Radiolytic investigation" in the National Symposium on "Current Trends in Physical Organic chemistry" held at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, February 27 to March 1, 1989.
Attended the National Symposium on "New Materials" and 57th Annual session of the National Academy of Science, India held at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 1987.
Symposium on "Radiation induced strand Breaks in DNA" organized by the Max-Planck Institute fur Strahlenchemie, Mulheim, Germany, 1985.
The 69th session of the Indian Science Association held at the University of Mysore, 1982. The Annual Convention of chemists hosted jointly by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and University of Madras, 1981. |
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| RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS | |
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A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Photosensitization of Colloidal TiO2 nanoparticles with phycocyanin pigment", J. colloid interface sci. (2009) Submitted.
M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "An Investigation on Fluorescence Quenching of Certain Porphyrins by Colloidal CdS", J. Luminescence (revision) (2009).
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Photoinduced interactions between colloidal TiO2 nanoparticles and Calf thymus-DNA", Polyhedron (2009) revision.
M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Spectroscopic studies on interaction of colloidal capped CdS with Bovine serum albumin, Colloids and Surfaces B (2009) revision.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Interaction of Colloidal Zinc Oxide with Bovine Serum Albumin: A Fluorescence Quenching Study", Journal of Molecular structure (2009) Submitted. M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced interaction of flavins with colloidal CdS: A steady state and time resolved fluorescence study, Z.Phys. Chem. (2009) submitted. |
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M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Photoinduced interaction between Xanthene dyes and colloidal CdS", J. Mol. Structure (2009) In press.
V. Anbazhagan and R. Renganathan, "Investigation on the fluorescence quenching of 2,3-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] oct-2-ene (DBO) by Uracils" J. Luminescence 129 (2009) 382-388.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Effect of anchoring group on the photosensitization of colloidal TiO2 with porphyrins, J. colloid interface sci. 331 (2009) 401-407.
A. Kathiravan, M. Chandramohan, R. Renganathan and S. Sekar, "Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Phycoerythrin to Colloidal Metal Semiconductor Nanoparticles", Spectrochim Acta A 72 (2009) 496-501.
A. Kathiravan, M. Chandramohan, R. Renganathan and S. Sekar, Spectroscopic studies on the interaction between phycocyanin and bovine serum albumin, J. Mol. Structure 919 (2009) 210-214.
A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, "Excited singlet State Reactions of meso-tetrakis (p-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TSPP) with pyrimidines: A Steady State and Time-Resolved fluorescence quenching study", J. Mol. Struc. 919 (2009) 79-82.
A. Kathiravan, R. Renganathan and S. Anandan, Interaction of Colloidal AgTiO2 nanoparticles with Bovine Serum Albumin, Polyhedron 28 (2009) 157-161.
A. Kathiravan, P. Sathish Kumar, R. Renganathan and S. Anandan, Photoinduced electron transfer reactions between meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin and metal-semiconductor nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces A 333 (2009) 175-181.
A. Kathiravan, S. Anandan and R. Renganathan, "Interaction of Colloidal TiO2 with Human Serum Albumin: A Fluorescence Quenching, Study", Colloids and Surfaces A 333 (2009) 91-95.
A. Kathiravan, M. Chandramohan, R. Renganathan and S. Sekar, "Cynaobacterial chlorophyll as a sensitizer for colloidal TiO2", Spectrochim Acta A 71 (2009) 1783-1787.
A. Chandramohan, R. Bharathikannan, M. A. Kandhaswamy, J. Chandrasekaran, R. Renganathan and V. Kandavelu, Synthesis, spectral, thermal and NLO properties of N,N -dimethyl anilinium picrate, Cryst. Res. Technol. 43 (2008) 173–178.
R. Bharathikannan, A. Chandramohan, M. A. Kandhaswamy, J. Chandrasekaran, R. Renganathan and V. Kandavelu, Synthesis, crystal growth and properties of the charge transfer complex adduct of 2-nitro aniline with picric acid – An organic non-linear optical material, Cryst. Res. Technol. 43 (2008) 683–688.
A. Chandramohan, R. Bharathikannan, J. Chandrasekaran, P. Maadeswaran, R. Renganathan, V. Kandavelu, Synthesis, crystal growth and characterization of a new organic NLO material: Caffeinium picrate (CAFP) - A charge transfer molecular complex salt, Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 5409-5415.
A. Kathiravan, J. Thiruvengadam, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced Electron Transfer between Triphenylpyrylium Ion (TPP+) and Certain Phenols, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1591-1599.
M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced electron transfer from meso-tetrakis(N-methylpyridyl)porphyrin (TMPyP) to colloidal CdS, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1601-1610.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "An Investigation on Electron Transfer Quenching of Zinc(II) meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) by colloidal TiO2", Spectrochim. Acta: A 71 (2008) 1106-1109.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Photoinduced interaction between Riboflavin and TiO2 colloid", Spectrochim. Acta: A 71 (2008) 1080-1083.
M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Interaction between certain porphyrins and CdS colloid: A steady state fluorescence quenching study", Spectrochim. Acta: A 71 (2008) 1507-1511.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Fluorescence quenching of meso- tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin by certain organic dyes by certain organic dyes", Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 987-995.
A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, "Fluorescence quenching of Eosin by certain organic dyes", Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1013-1021.
V. Anbazhagan and R. Renganathan, "Study on the binding of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene with bovine serum albumin by fluorescence spectroscopy" J. Luminescence 128 (2008) 1454-1458.
A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, "Interaction of Colloidal TiO2 with Bovine Serum Albumin: A Fluorescence quenching study", Colloidal and Surfaces A 324 (2008) 176-180.
A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching of meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin by colloidal TiO2, Spectrochim. Acta A 70 (2008) 621-624.
V. Anbazhagan, A. Kalaiselvan, M. Jaccob, P. Venuvanalingam and R. Renganathan, Investigation on the fluorescence quenching of 2,3 diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (DBO) by certain flavonoids, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 91 (2008) 143-150.
V. Anbazhagan, V. Kandavelu, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Investigation on the fluorescence quenching of 2,3 diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (DBO) by estrogens and catechols, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Cem. 193 (2008) 204-212.
A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photosensitization of Colloidal TiO2 with ZnTPP and Pyrene, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 647-654.
A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching of Xanthene dyes by TiO2, Z. Phys. Chem. 221(2007) 941-948. V. Anbazhagan, A. Kathiravan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching study on electron transfer from certain amines to excited state Triphenylpyrylium ion (TPP+). Z. Phys. Chem. 221(2007) 929-939. A. Chandramohan, R. Bharathikannan, M.A. Kandaswamy, J. Chandrasekaran, R. Renganathan, and V. Kandavelu, Synthesis, spectral, thermal and NLO properties of N,N-Dimethyl anilinium picrate. Cryst. Res. Technol. 1 – 6 (2007). S. Kalyanasundaram, G. Chandramohan, M. Suresh, V. Anbazhagan, S. Lavanya and R. Renganathan, A Kinetic and Mechanistic study on the Oxidation of Indole-3-acetic acid by Peroxodisulphate. Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 37 (2005) 355-360. P. Raja, A. Bozzi, W. F. Jardin, G. Mazola, R. Renganathan and J. Kiwi, Reductive/ Oxidative treatment with superior performance relative to Oxidative treatment during the degn of 4-Chlorophenol, Applied Catalysis, B: Environmental. 59 (2005) 249-257. P. Raja, M. Bensimon, A. Kulik, R. Foschia, D. Lauk, P. Albers, R. Renganathan and J. Kiwi, Dynamics and characterization of an innovative Raschig rings-TiO2 composite photocatalyst, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 237 (2005) 215-223. P. Raja, A.S. Faritha, N. Kumaraguru and R. Renganathan, Free Radical Mediated Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid by Peroxomonosulphate, Research on Chemical Intermediates 29 (2003) 393. G. Chandramohan, S. Kalyanasundharam and R. Renganathan, Oxidation of Indole-3-acetic acid by peroxomonosulphate: A kinetic and mechanistic study, Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 34 (2002) 569.
M. R. Dhananjeyan, V. Kandavelu and R. Renganathan, A Study on the Photocatalytic Reactions of TiO2 with Certain Pyrimidine Bases: Effects of Dopants (Fe3+) and Calcination. J. Mol.catal. A: Chem. 151 (2000) 217.
V. Kandavelu, M. R. Dhananjeyan, R. Renganathan, S. K. Badamali and P.Selvam, Photocatalysed Reaction of meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin on Mesoporous Timcm-41 Molecular Sieves. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 157 (2000) 189.
M. R. Dhananjeyan, V. Kandavelu and R. Renganathan, An Investigation of the effects of Cu2+ and heat treatment on TiO2 photooxidation of certain pyrimidines J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 158 (2000) 577.
M.R. Dhananjeyan, R. Annapoorani, and R. Renganathan, A Comparative Study on TiO2 Mediated photooxidation of Uracil, Thymine, and 6-Methyluracil. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 109 (1997) 147.
R. Annapoorani, M.R. Dhananjeyan and R. Renganathan, An Investigation on ZnO Photocatalysed Oxidation of Uracil, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 111 (1997) 215.
S. Lakshmi, R. Renganathan and S. Fujita, A Pulse Radiolytic Study On the Reactions of Certain Uracil-6-yl radicals with Cu(II)-amino acid Complexes, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 48 (1996) 643.
M.R. Dhananjeyan, R. Annapoorani, S. Lakshmi and R. Renganathan, An Investigation on TiO2 Assisted Photooxidation of Thymine, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 96 (1996) 187.
S. Lakshmi and R. Renganathan, Kinetics of Oxidation of certain Pyrimidine bases by Ce(IV), Int.J.Chem.Kinet. 28 (1996) 713.
S. Lakshmi, R. Renganathan, Stopped Flow Kinetic Investigation of the Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid by Fe(III)benzohydraxamic acid complex, J. Inorg. Biochem. 61 153 (1996).
S. Lakshmi, R. Renganathan and S. Fujita, Study on TiO2 mediated Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene blue, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 88 (1995) 163.
S. Lakshmi, R. Renganathan, Photolytic determination of OH and SO4 reaction rate constants with certain Pyrimidines, Z. Phys. Chem. 1 (1991) 172-185.
R. Renganathan and P. Maruthamuthu, Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Aromatic aldehydes by Peroxomonosulphate, J.Chem.Soc. Perkin Trans.II 285 (1986).
R. Renganathan and P. Maruthamuthu, Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Aliphatic aldehydes by Peroxomonosulphate, Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 18 (1986) 49.
R. Renganathan and P. Maruthamuthu, Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid by Peroxomonosulphate, Oxidation Commun.7 (1984) 57. R. Somuthevan, R. Renganathan and P. Maruthamuthu, Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Tris (2,2'bypy) Iron (II) sulphate by Peroxomonosulphate, Inorg. Chim. Acta Letters L45 (1980) 165. |
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