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190. “Absolute Configuration of C76 from Optical Rotatory Dispersion” Prsasd L. Polavarapu, Jiangtao He, Jeanne Crassous, Kenneth Ruud, ChemPhysChem  2005; 6(12): 2535-2540.
191. “Kramers-Kronig transformation for optical rotatory dispersion studies”,
Prasad L. Polavarapu, J. Phys. Chem A 2005; 109:7013-7023.
192. “Structures of plant viruses from vibrational circular dichroism”, G. Shanmugam, P. L. Polavarapu, A. Kendall, G. Stubbs, J Gen Virol., 2005; 86: 2371-2377.
193.”Determination of Absolute Configuration using Specific Rotation, Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Vibrational Raman Optical Activity”, P. L. Polavarapu in Chiral Analysis, K. Busch, Ed., (2006). Chapter 14, pp. 459-502.
194. “Quantum mechanical predictions of chiroptical vibrational properties”, P. L. Polavarapu, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2006;106:1809-1814.
195. “Circular dichroism of designed peptide helices and beta-hairpins: Analysis of Trp- and Tyr-Rich peptides”, R. Mahalakshmi, G. Shanmugam, P. L. Polavarapu, P. Balaram, ChemBioChem 2005; 6: 1 –6.
196.   “Some chiral and achiral low- and high-coordinated selenium and tellurium compounds: Syntheses, structural determination, and selected synthetic applications”, J. Drabowicz, J. Luczak, P. Lyzwa, P. Kielbasinski, M. Miklolajczyk, Y. Yamamato, S. Matsukawa, K. Akiba, F. Wang, P. L. Polavarapu, M. W. Wieczorek, Phosphorous, Sulfur, and Silicon, 2005; 180:741-753.
197. “The effect of D-aminoacids at Asp23 and Ser26 residues on the conformational preference of Ab20-29 peptides”, G. Shanmugam, P. L. Polavarapu, B. Hallgas and Z. Majer, Biochem Biophys Res Comm 2005; 335(3), 712-722.
198. “Characterization of glycoprotein structure from vibrational circular dichroism”, G. Shanmugam and P. L. Polavarapu,  Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 2006; 63: 768-776.
199. “Vibrational circular dichroism of matrix assisted amino acid films”, P. Zhang, P. L. Polavarapu, Appl. Spectrosc.2006; 60(4): 378-385.
200. “Structural transitions in polyadenylic acid induced by changes in pH and temperature: Vibrational circular dichroism study in solution and film states”, Ana G. Petrovic, P. L. Polavarapu, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 23698-23705.
201. “A thermal and solvocontrollable cylindrical nanoshutter based on a single screw-sense helical polyguanidine”, H.-Z. Tang, B. M. Novak, J. He and P. L. Polavarapu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005; 44: 7298 –7301. [selected as HOT PAPER; see press coverage in: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8224]; MRS Bulletin, Vol. 31, P. 13, January, 2006.
202.(+)-1-[(R)-3,3,3-Trifluoro-2-methoxy-2-phenylpropionyl]-4-(4-{[(2R,4S)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(1H-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl]methoxy}phenyl)piperazine methanol solvate, Oswald M. Peeters, Prasad L. Polavarapu, Peng Zhang, Lajos Gera and Joseph Gal, Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, o191–o192.
203. “Protocols for the analysis of theoretical optical rotations”, P. L. Polavarapu, Chirality 2006; 18: 348-356.
204. “Kramers-Kronig transformation of experimental electronic circular dichroism: Application to the analysis of optical rotatory dispersion in dimethyl tartrate”, P. L. Polavarapu, A. G. Petrovic, P. Zhang, Chirality (in press).


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