Publications, Patents and Presentations
Publications:
1. Saravanababu Murugesan, Nathalie Karst, Tasneem Islam, John M. Wiencek and Robert J. Linhardt. "Dialkyl imidazolium benzoates - room temperature ionic liquids uesful in peracetylation and perbenzoylation". Synlett, 2003, 9, 1283.
2. Saravanababu Murugesan and Robert J. Linhardt. "Ionic Liquids in Carbohydrate Chemistry - Current Trends and Future Directions", Current Organic Synthesis, 2005, 2, 437.
3. Saravanababu Murugesan, John M. Wiencek, Rex R. Ren and Robert J. Linhardt. "Benzoate-based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids-Thermal Properties and Glycosaminoglycan Dissolution", Carbohydrate Polymers, 2006, 63, 268.
4. Saravanababu Murugesan, Shaker Mousa, Aravaind Vijayaraghavan, Pulickel M. Ajayan  and Robert J. Linhardt. "Ionic Liquid Derived Blood Compatible Composite Membranes For Kidney Dialysis", J. Biomedical Materials Research B:Applied Biomaterials, 2006, in press.
5. Saravanababu Murugesan, Tae-Joon Park, Hoichang Yang, Shaker Mousa and Robert J. Linhardt. "Blood Compatible Carbon Nanotubes - Nano-based Neoproteogylcans", Langmuir, 2006, in press.
6. Gunaranjan Viswanathan, Saravanababu Murugesan, Victor Pushparaj, Omkaram Nalamasu, Pulickel M. Ajayan and Robert J. Linhardt. "Preparation of Biopolymer Fibers by Electrospinning from Room Temperature Ionic Liquids" Biomacromolecules, 2006, 7, 415.
7. Tatiana Laremore,  Saravanababu Murugesan, Tae-Joon Park, Fikri Avci, Dmitri V. Zagorevski and Robert J. Linhardt. "MALDI-MS Analysis of Uncomplexed Highly Sulfated Oligosaccharides Using Ionic Liquid Matrices", Analytical Chemistry, 2006, 78, 1774.
8. Saravanababu Murugesan and Robert J. Linhardt. "Immobilization of Heparin - Applications and Available Techniques". in preparation

Patents:
1. Saravanababu Murugesan and Robert J. Linhardt, "Fabrication of Carbohydrate-based Polymeric Biomaterials from Room Temprature Ionic Liquids", US PATENT PENDING.
2. Saravanababu Murugesan, Tae-Joon Park and Robert J. Linhardt, "Nano-based Neoproteoglycans - Glycosaminoglycan Immobilized Nanotubes" US PATENT PENDING.

Presentations:
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Saravanababu Murugesan, Taejoon Park, Bilge Eker, Jonathan S. Dordick and Robert J. Linhardt. "Glycosaminoglycans in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis", Biotechnology Symposium, RPI. (Sep 2004)
2. Saravanababu Murugesan and Robert J. Linhardt. "Solubility Data on Glycosaminoglycans in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids", 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia. (Aug 2004)
3. Saravanababu Murugesan, Nathalie Karst  and Robert J. Linhardt. "Dialkyl imidazolium benzoates - room temperature ionic liquids uesful in peracetylation and perbenzoylation". 226th ACS National Meeting, New York. (Aug 2003)
4. Saravanababu Murugesan and Robert J. Linhardt. "Room Temperature Ionic Liquids - Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in Carbohydrate Chemistry". Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City. (March 2003)
5. Fikri Y. Avci, Tasneem Islam, Nathalie Karst, Saravanababu Murugesan, Jinzhou Zhang and Robert J. Linhardt. "Synthesis and Interaction Studies on Therapeutically Active Glycosaminoglycan Oligosaccharides". 41st Annual MIKI Meeting, The University of Kansas. (March 2003)
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