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Dr. Ulrich Volkmann

Dr. Ulrich Volkmann

Main Researcher
Physics Faculty

volkmann@uc.cl
+56 2 2354 44 68

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.