Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Postdoc, 1984-87
• Topics of research with Prof. Mattice: Branched polymers, condensed tannins
• Current position: Senior Computational Scientist, Amgen, California

Refereed publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• 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" Polymers 1988, 29, 1669-1674.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Conformation of Monomers and Dimers of 2,3-trans and 2,3-cis Flavan-3-ols with Differing Hydroxylation Patterns in the B-Ring" Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 1988, 10, 209-212.
• Mendicuti, F.; Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Dependence of the Occupancy of Excimer-Forming Conformations on the Size of the Flexible Spacer in Polyesters from Terephthalic Acid and Mono, Di, or Tri-ethylene Glycol" Polymers 1988, 29, 875-879.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Configurational Statistics of C(4)-C(6) Linked Polymers of (+)-Catechin and (-)-Epicatechin with Mixed Axial/Equatorial Substituents at C(2)" Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 1988, 10, 9-14.
• 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.
• 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.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Assessment by Molecular Mechanics of the Preferred Conformations of the Sixteen C(4)-C(6) and C(4)-C(8) Linked Dimers of (+)-Catechin and (-)-Epicatechin with Axial or Equatorial Dihydroxyphenyl Substituents at C(2)" J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. II 1987, 739-743.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Assessment of Bond Rotation Interdependence in Polymer Chains: An Information Theory Approach" Macromolecules 1987, 20, 685-688.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Conformational Analysis of the Sixteen C(4)-C(6) and C(4)-C(8) Dimers of (+)-Catechin and (-)-Epicatechin" J. Comput. Chem. 1986, 78, 711-717.
• Porter, L.J.; Wong, R.Y.; Benson, M.; Chan, B.G.; Viswanadhan, V.N.; Gandour, R.D.; Mattice, W.L. "Conformational Analysis of Flavans: 1H N.M.R. and Molecular Mechanical (MM2) Studies of the Benzpyran Ring of 3',4',5,7-Tetrahydroxyflavan-3-ols: the Crystal and Molecular Structure of the Procyanidin (2R,3S,4R)-3',4',5,7-Tetramethoxy-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-flavan-3-ol"" J. Chem. Res. (S) 1986, 86-87.
• Mattice, W.L.; Viswanadhan, V.N. "Stereochemical Selectivity during the Formation of CH2R-CH2-CHR-CH2- Branches in the Free Radical Initiated Polymerization of Monosubstituted Vinyl Monomers" Macromolecules 1986, 19, 568-571.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Short Branch Formation via the Roedel Mechanism in Copolymers of Ethylene and Vinyl Acetate" J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 1985, 23, 1957-1965.
• Viswanadhan, V.N.; Mattice, W.L. "Poly(vinyl acetate) as a Test of the Roedel Mechanism for Short Branch Formation" Makromol. Chem. 1985, 186, 633-640.