Research Interests
The main interest is in Structure determination of Adsorbate molecule on metal surfaces. Research is carried out using the surface science facilities in the Physics Department of KFUPM and also at the synchrotron radiation source facility at Daresbury, UK.

The surface science research laboratory at KFUPM owns a VG ESCALAB MK II UHV surface analysis systems equipped with a wide range of spectroscopic techniques including:
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
UV Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)
Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (ISS)
Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)

Journal Publications
  1. Kariapper, MS Fisher, CJ Woodruff, DP Chan, ASY Jones, RG, "Structure determination of PF3 adsorption on Cu(100) using X-ray standing waves", SURFACE SCIENCE, 602(2008), pp 650-659
  2. Jalil, PA Kariapper, MS Faiz, M Tabet, N Hamdan, NM Diaz, J Hussain, Z, Surface and bulk investigation of ZSM5 and Al-MCM-41 using synchrotron XPS, XANES, and hexane cracking,APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 290(2005), pp 159-165
  3. G. J. Jackson, B. C. C. Cowie, D. P. Woodruff, R. G. Jones, M. S. Kariapper, C. Fisher, A. S. Y. Chan, and
    M. Butterfield, "Atomic Quadrupolar Photoemission Asymmetry Parameters from a Solid State Measurement", Physical Review Letters, 84 (2000), pp. 2346-2349
  4. M S Kariapper, C Fisher, D P Woodruff, B C C Cowie and R G Jones ,   "A structural study of methanethiolate adsorbed on Cu(100)",  Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter, 12 (2000) pp. 2153-2161.
  5. M. S. Kariapper, G. F. Grom, G. J. Jackson, C. F. McConville and D. P. Woodruff, "Characterisation of Thiolate Species Formation on Cu(111) using Soft X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy", Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter, 10 (1998) pp. 8661-8670.
  6. M. S. Kariapper and A. Tari, " Effect of local environment on the magnetic state of cerium in (Ce1-c Gdc)Rh2", Physical Review B-Condensed Matter, 42 (1990) pp. 4393-4397.