Ivet Bahar

• Current position: Chair, Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, bahar@pitt.edu
• Appointments in Prof. Mattice's group: Visiting Professor in the summers of 1987, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, and 96.
• Topics of research with Prof. Mattice: The rotational isomeric state (RIS) model, dynamic rotational isomeric state (DRIS), molecular dynamics

Refereed publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Bahar I; Cho J; Doruker P; Erman B; Haliloglu T; Kim E; Mattice WL; Monnerie L; Rapold RF "Three approaches that may permit more efficient simulation of the dynamics of atomistic models of polymers" Trends in Polym. Sci. 1997, 5, 155-160.
• Haliloglu T; Bahar I; Erman B; Mattice WL "Relative contributions of coupled rotations and small amplitude torsions to conformational relaxation in polymers" Macromolecules 1996, 29, 8942-8947.
• Haliloglu T; Bahar I; Erman B; Mattice, WL "Mechanisms of the exchange of diblock copolymers between micelles at dynamic equilibrium" Macromolecules 1996, 29, 4764-4771.
• Haliloglu T; Bahar I; Erman B; Kim E; Mattice WL "A dynamic rotational isomeric state approach for extension of the time scale of the local dynamics observed in fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations: Application to polybutadien" J. Chem. Phys. 1996, 104, 4828-4834.
• Bahar I; Neuburger N; Mattice WL "Mechanism of local conformational transitions in poly(dialkyl siloxanes). Molecular dynamics simulations and dynamic rotational isomeric state approach" Macromolecules 1992, 25, 4619-4625.
• Neuburger N; Bahar I; Mattice WL "Molecular dynamics simulations of poly(dialkyl siloxanes). Conformational statistics and unperturbed chain dimensions" Macromolecules 1992, 25, 2447-2454.
• Zuniga I; Bahar I; Dodge R; Mattice WL "Molecular dynamics analysis of transitions between rotational isomers in polymethylene with discrete hydrogen atoms" J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 95, 5348-5354.
• Bahar I; Zuniga I; Dodge R; Mattice WL "Conformational statistics of poly(dimethyl siloxane). II. Rotational isomeric state approach with modified energy parameters" Macromolecules 1991, 24, 2993-2998.
• Bahar I; Zuniga I; Dodge R; Mattice WL "Conformational statistics of poly(dimethyl siloxane). I. Probability distribution of rotational isomers from molecular dynamics simulations" Macromolecules 1991, 24, 2986-2992.
• Mattice WL; Zuniga I; Dodge R; Bahar I "Use of molecular dynamics trajectories for the formulation of the statistical weight matrices for chains of bonds with symmetric threefold rotation potentials" Comput. Polym. Sci. 1991, 1, 35-40.
• Bahar I; Mattice, WL "Bimodal distribution of relaxational modes for the helix-coil transition in poly(oxymethylene)" Macromolecules 1991, 24, 877-882.
• Bahar I; Mattice, WL "Efficient calculation of the intramolecular contribution to orientational autocorrelation functions using dynamic rotational isomeric state theory" Macromolecules 1990, 23, 2719-2723.
• Bahar I; Mattice, WL "Dynamics of conformational transitions to isomeric states favoring intramolecular excimer formation in aromatic polyesters with methylene or oxyethylene spacers" J. Chem. Phys. 1990, 90, 6783-6790.
• Bahar I; Mattice, WL "Dynamics of conformational transitions to isomeric states favoring intramolecular excimer formation in polymeric chains. Application to dimer models of polystyrene" J. Chem. Phys. 1989, 90, 6775-6782.
• Bahar I; Mattice, WL "The configurational contribution to the segmental orientation in network chains subject to perturbation by the excluded volume effect" J. Chem. Phys. 1989, 89, 1153-1158.