Wolfgang R. Bergmann

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Graduate student, 1982-1986.
• Ph. D. Dissertation: "Fluorescence of Proanthocyanidin Polymers", 1986 (Chemistry, LSU).
• Topic of research with Prof. Mattice: Photophysics of condensed tannins

Publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Tilstra, L.F.; Cho, D.; Bergmann, W.R.; Mattice, W.L. "Complexes of condensed tannins with biopolymers" in The Chemistry and Significance of Condensed Tannins, Hemingway, R.W.; Karchesy, J.J., Eds., Plenum Press: New York, 1989, pp 335-341.
• Bergmann, W.R.; Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Conformations of polymeric proanthocyanidins composed of (+)-catechin or (-)-epicatechin joined by 4beta->6 interflavan bonds" J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. II 1988, 45-47.
• Bergmann, W.R.; Mattice, W.L. "Specific interaction of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin with polymers that contain the L-prolyl residue" ACS Symp. Ser. 1987, 358, 162-167.
• Bergmann, W.R.; Barkley, M.D.; Hemingway, R.W.; Mattice, W.L. "Heterogeneous fluorescence decay of (4beta->6)- and (4beta->8)-linked dimers of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin as a result of rotational isomerism" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 6614-6619.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Bergmann, W.R.; Mattice, W.L. "Configurational statistics of C(4)-C(8) linked homopolymers of (+)-catechin or (-)-epicatechin" Macromolecules 1987, 20, 1539-1543.