Ulrich Volkmann

Dr. Ulrich Volkmann

Dr. Ulrich Volkmann
volkmann@fis.puc.cl
+56 2 2354 44 68

Main Researcher
Faculty of Physics
Specialty:Organic films; Bio-Nanostructures; Bio-silicon interfaces; Selfhydrated artificial membranes, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Imaging Ellipsometry (IE); Very High Resolution Ellipsometry (VHRE)....

Physics studies at Justus Liebig-Universität in Giessen, Germany 9/78-9/81; Institut für Physik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany, Diplom-Physiker (Dipl.-Phys.), 1985; Institut für Physik and Material Research Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics, 1991.

Currently, he is working as a Full Professor at Institute of Physics of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Interest Areas

Organic films; Bio-Nanostructures; Bio-silicon interfaces; Selfhydrated artificial membranes; Self assembling multilayers of charged polymers (polyions, polyelectrolytes) and cellulose; Selective adsorption, roughness, structure and dynamic of adsorbed long chain molecules (n-alkanes); Artificial membrane formation and characterization, DPPC, Chitosan, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Imaging Ellipsometry (IE); Very High Resolution Ellipsometry (VHRE). among others.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Application of FORC dictribution to the study of magnetic interactions in Co-doped BaTiO3 nanomaterials

Operational conditions affecting hydrogen production via photo-reforming of organic compounds using TiO2-AU nanoparticles

Novel FXa Inhibitor Identification through Integration of Ligand and Structure Based Approaches

Comparison of the catalytic activity for O2 reduction of Fe and Co MN4 adsorbed on graphite and on carbon nanotubes

Biomimetic reduction of O2 in an acid medium on iron phthalocyanines axially coordinated to pyridine anchored on carbon nanotubes

Sequential oxygen chemisorption on Fe13 clusters: From first-principles to practical insights

First-principles study of pressure-induced structural phase transitions in MnF2

A Microscale Model for Ausferritic Transformation of Austempered Ductile Irons

Controlling domain wall nucleation and propagation with temperature gradients

Isothermal solubility in supercritical carbon dioxide of solid derivatives of 2,3-dichloronaphthalene-1,4-dione (dichlone): 2-(Benzylamino)-3-chloronaphthalene-1,4-dione and 2-chloro-3-(phenethylamino)naphthalene-1,4-dione

Emerging Memristor-Based Logic Circuit Design Approaches: A Review

Magnetically-driven Quatum Heat Engines: The Quasi Static Limit of their Efficiency

Oscillation-Based Slime Mould Electronic Circuit Model for Maze-Solving Computations

2T1M-Based Double Memristive Crossbar Architecture for In-Memory Computing

Effect of RVC porosity on the performance of PbO2 composite coatings with titanate nanotubes for the electrochemical oxidation of azo dyes

Short-term dynamics of indoor and outdoor endotoxin exposure: Case of Santiago, Chile, 2012

Developing a Suitable Model for Water Uptake for Biodegradable Polymers Using Small Training Sets.

Nucleation and growth of graphite in eutectic spheroidal cast iron

Surface morphology of vapor-deposited chitosan: evidence of solid-state dewetting during the formation of biopolymer films

Multilayers of PAni/n-TiO2 and PAni on carbon steel and welded carbon steel for corrosion protection

Effect of inclination angle on the absorptance of a graphite-coated cold-rolled steel sheet irradiated by laser

Emergence of a metastable pointer-state basis in non-Markovian quantum dynamics

Energetics and the magnetic state of Mn2 adsorbed on Au(111): Dimer bond distance dependence

Reactivity indexes for the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen peroxide promoted by several ligand-substituted and unsubstituted Co phthalocyanines adsorbed on graphite

Numerical Simulation of Austempering Heat Treatment of a Ductile Cast Iron.

Complex Magneticstates in Ni/Fe bi-segmented nanorods

Aplicación de la metodología aprendizaje servicio en curso de Química

Experimental and Numerical Analysis on the Formability of a Heat-Treated AA1100 Aluminum Alloy Sheet

Electrochemical Oxidation of Diethyl Phthalate Using Boron Doped Diamond, Modified with Gold Particles.

Pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking study in high strength steels in alkaline media

Corrosion behavior of biocompatible stainless steels in physiological medium for non-invasive diagnosis of small fiber neuropathies applications

Development of electrochemical sensors for the determination of selenium using gold nanoparticles modified electrodes

Magnetostrain-driven quantum engine on a graphene flake

On the effect of pouring temperature on spheroidal graphite cast iron solidification

Characterization of the absorptance of laser irradiated steel sheets

Optical resonance of colloidal gold nanorods: from seeds to chemically thiolated long nanorods

Pulsed laser deposition of carbon nanodots

Edge states of moiré structures in graphite

TiN Coatings on Titanium Substrates Using Plasma Assisted Ion Implantation

Near-infrared chemical imaging and its correlation with the mechanical properties of chitosan–gelatin edible films

Noncollinear ferromagnetic easy axes in Py/Ru/FeCo/IrMn spin valves…

Towards bio-silicon interfaces: Formation of an ultra-thin self-hydrated artificial membrane composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and chitosan deposited in high vacuum from the gas-phase

Spontaneous Formation of Nanopatterns in Velocity-Dependent Dip-Coated Organic Films: From Dragonflies to Stripes

Artificial membranes on silicon

Pulsed laser deposition of carbon nanodot arrays using porous alumina membranes as a mask

Magnetically driven quantum heat engine

Quantification of chemical and biological calcium carbonate precipitation: Performance of self-healing in reinforced mortar containing chemical admixtures

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