Bharat Patel

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Graduate student, 1986-1991.
• Ph. D. Dissertation: "Conformational Origin of Excimers in Polyesters" 1991
• Topic of research with Prof. Mattice: Conformation and photophysics of polyesters
• Current position: Advanced Scientist, Owens-Corning, Granville, Ohio

Refereed publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Mendicuti, F.; Saiz, E.; Zuniga, I.; Patel, B.; Mattice, W.L. "Intramolecular Excimer Formation in Model Compounds for Polyesters. Diesters from 2-Naphthol and Aliphatic Dicarboxylic Acids" Polymer 1992, 33, 2031-2035.
• Patel, B.; Mendicuti, F.; Mattice, W.L. "Dependence on Spacer Size of the Intramolecular Excimer Emission from Model Compounds for Polyesters Derived from Isophthalic or Terephthalic Acid" Polymer 1992, 33, 239-242.
• Mendicuti, F.; Patel, B.; Mattice, W.L. "Intramolecular Formation of Excimers in Model Compounds for Polyesters Containing Naphthalene Units. alpha,omega-Diesters from 1-Naphthoic Acid and Five Glycols" Polymer 1990, 31, 1877-1882.
• Mendicuti, F.; Saiz, E.; Patel, B.; Dodge, R.; Mattice, W.L. "Kerr Constants of Methyl Benzoate and the Dimethyl Esters of Phthalic, Isophthalic, and Terephthalic Acids" J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 8374-8378.
• Mendicuti, F.; Kulkarni, R.; Patel, B.; Mattice, W.L. "Identification of the Short-Range Intramolecular Excimers in Polyacenaphthalene" Macromolecules 1990, 23, 2560-2566.
• Mendicuti, F.; Patel, B.; Mattice, W.L. "Intramolecular Excimer Formation in Model Compounds for Polyesters Prepared from 2,6-Naphthalene Dicarboxylic Acid and Eight Different Glycols" Polymer 1990, 31, 453-457.
• Mendicuti, F.; Patel, B.; Waldeck, D.H.; Mattice, W.L. "Intramolecular Excimer Formation by Phthaloyl, Isophthaloyl, and Terephthaloyl Groups in Polyesters with Different Numbers of Methylene and Oxyethylene Spacers" Polymer 1989, 30, 1680-1684.
• Mendicuti, F.; Patel, B.; Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Identification of Conformations Conducive to Intramolecular Excimer Formation in Polyesters with Different Numbers of Methylene Units between Aromatic Rings" Polymer 1988, 29, 1669-1674.