Experience:

Narayanan has over twenty-two years of broad-based research experience in the areas of polymer/organic synthesis, characterization, and applications of a variety of polymeric materials. Since 1993, he has served as an on-site scientist at the Materials Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, investigating high performance polymers for structural and opto-electronic applications and more recently, for energy storage and power generation. He is an author/co-author of over 75 publications including ten US patents.

Narayanan is currently working as the principal investigator on a variety of sponsored research projects related to next-generation polymer dielectrics for high energy density capacitor applications.

Education and Training:

Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Bio-chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Professional Affiliations:

American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society Division, Polymer and Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering
Chair, Professional Practices Committee, Dayton Section, American Chemical Society (2004-present)

Selected Publications And Patents:

"The Relationship Between Chemical Structure and Dielectric Properties of Plasma-  Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposited Polymer Thin Films," Jiang, H.; Hong, L.;  Venkatasubramanian, N.; Grant, J.T.; Eyink, K.; Wiacek, K. J.; Fries-Carr, S. F.; Enlow, J.; Bunning, T. J. Thin Solid Films, 515 (2007): 3513-20.

"High Temperature Polymer Dielectrics for Capacitive Storage Applications," 
Venkatasubramanian, N.; Wiacek, K. J.; Fries-Carr, S. F.; Fossum, E.; Dang, T. D. (invited paper) Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers (K. L. Mittal, ed.), vol. 4 (2007): 393-406 (VSP Holland).

"Polyaryleneetherketone Phosphine Oxide Compositions Incorporating Cycloaliphatic Units for Use as Polymeric Binders in Thermal Control Coatings and Method for Synthesizing Same," Dang, T. D.; Dalton, M. J.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Johnson, J. A.;  Feld, W. A. US Patent 7,208,551 (2007); assignee: University of Dayton Research Institute.

"The Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structures of Poly(2,6-naphthalene-benzobisoxazole) and Poly(1,5-naphthalenebenzobisoxazole),” Park, S-Y.; Moon, S-C.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Dang, T. D.; Farmer, B. L. J. Poly. Sci., Poly. Phys., 44 (2006): 1948-57.

"Rigid-rod Benzobisazole Polymers Incorporating Naphthalene-1,5-Diyl Structure Units," Dang, T. D.; Venkatasubramanian, N.;  Lee, J. W.; Park, S-Y.; Arnold, F.E.; Farmer, B.L. US Patent 7,041,779 (2006); assignee: US Air Force.

"Crystal Structure of Poly(2,6-Naphthalenebenzobisthiazole," Park, S-Y.; Moon, S-C.; Dang, T. D.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Lee J. W.; Farmer, B L.  Polymer, 46(15) (2005): 5630-36

"Crystal Structure of Poly(1,5-Naphthalenebenzobisthiazole", Park, S-Y.; Moon, S-C.; Dang, T. D.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Lee J.W.; Farmer, B. L. Macromolecules, 38 (2005): 1711-16.

"Alignment of SWNTs in Lyotropic Rigid-Rod Polymer Compositions," Dang, T. D.; Kumar, S.; Uchida, T.; Strong, K. L.; Venkatasubramanian, N. (invited paper) Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers,” K. L. Mittal and R. Lacombe, eds., VSP Holland, Vol. 3 (2005): 517-33.

"Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaryleneetherketone Triphenylphosphine Oxides Incorporating Cycloaliphatic/Cage Hydrocarbon Units," Dang, T. D.; Dalton, M. J.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Johnson, J. A.; Cerbus, C. A.; Feld, W. A.; J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym Chem., 42 (2004): 6134-42.

Novel Ternary Molecular Composites Prepared by a Sol-gel Process and Their Conversion into Microcellular Foams," Sun, H. L.; Mark, J. E.; Venkatasubramanian, N.; Houtz, M. D.; Tan S. C.; Arnold F. E.; Lee, C. Y. C. Journal of Macromolecular Science-Pure and Applied Chemistry, A41 (9) (2004): 981-1000.