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Tomas P. Corrales
Jefe de Carrera Licenciatura en Física
Educación: Dr. rer. nat., Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research – Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (2013)
Jerarquía: Profesor Asociado
Campus: Casa Central Valparaíso
Correo: tomas.corrales@usm.cl
Área Especialidad: Soft Matter Physics

Físico Experimental con interés en nanotecnología, biofísica, polímeros, materia blanda, interfaces y técnicas de microscopía.

Experimental Physicist with interests in Soft Matter Physics, Interface Science, Biophysics, Colloids, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Polymers, Thin Films and Electrospinning.

Short CV: Tomas P. Corrales obtained his Bachelors (2007) and Masters degree (2009) in physcs at Universidad Católica de Chile, where he worked on the self-assembly of alkane molecules over silicon. Later, he continued his Doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, located in Mainz Germany, where he studied the mechanical and dielectric properties of biominerals, polymer films and nanofibers. He obtained his PhD in physics at Johannes Gutenberg Univerity Mainz in 2013. He worked as postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University (2014-2015)  and returned to Chile to start a position as an Assistant Professor (2015) at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. He was granted tenure in 2024 starting as Associate Professor in 2025.

Publicaciones Seleccionadas / Selected Publications

  • “Friction Measurements with Picoliter Droplets Using Scanning Probe Microscopy”, Diego Cortés, Michael Kappl, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Pranav Sudersan, Tomas P. Corrales, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 135, 048203, 2025
  • “Microdroplet Contaminants: When and Why Superamphiphobic Surfaces Are Not Self-Cleaning”, William S. Y. Wong, Tomas P. Corrales, Abhinav Naga, Philipp Baumli, Anke Kaltbeitzel, Michael Kappl, Periklis Papadopoulos, Doris Vollmer, Hans-Jürgen Butt, ACS Nano, 14 (4), 3836-3846, 2020
  • “Breaking Nano-Spaghetti: Bending and Fracture Tests of Nanofibers”, Tomas P. Corrales, Kathrin Friedemann, Regina Fuchs, Clement Roy, Daniel Crespy, and Michael Kappl, Langmuir, 32 (5), 1389–1395, 2016.
  • “Spontaneous Formation of Nanopatterns in Velocity-Dependent Dip-Coated Organic Films: From Dragonflies to Stripes”, Tomas P. Corrales, Mengjun Bai, Valeria del Campo, Pia Homm, Piero Ferrari, Armand Diama, Christian Wagner, Haskell Taub, Klaus Knorr, Moshe Deutsch, Maria Jose Retamal, Ulrich Volkmann, and Patrick HuberACS Nano, 8(10), 9954-9963, 2014.
  • “Flexible Minerals: Self-Assembled Calcite Spicules with Extreme Bending Strength”, Filipe Natalio, Tomas P. Corrales, Martin Panthfer, Dieter Schollmeyer, Ingo Lieberwirth, Werner E. G. Müller, Michael Kappl, Hans-Jürgen Butt, and Wolfgang Tremel, Science, 339(6125), 1298-1302, 2013.
  • “Facile and Large-Scale Fabrication of Anisometric Particles from Fibers Synthesized by Colloid-Electrospinning”, Kathrin Friedemann, Tomas P. Corrales, Michael Kappl, Katharina Landfester and Daniel Crespy,  Small, 8, 144-153, 2012.

Proyectos / Funding Grants

Estudiantes de Doctorado / PhD Students

  • Martin Chavarria 2023-2027: Estudia las propiedades de membranas electrohiladas piezoelectricas y su uso como andamio para crecimiento celular. / Martín is studying how to fabricate electrospun nanofibers that have piezoelectric properties and their potential use in tissue engineering. For more information:”Blending salmon gelatin with polyvinylidene fluoride using coaxial electrospinning”, M. Chavarria-Vidal et al., BBA Advances 8 (2025) 100168

Estudiantes de Magister en Física / Master’s Degree Students (MSc Physics)

  • Catalina Navarrete (2025-2026): Estudia las propiedades de nanofibras de PVA infiltradas con miel y sus posibles aplicaciones en Ingeniería de Tejidos. / Catalina is  studying the properties of electrospun PVA nanofibers mixed with endemic honey from Chile.
  • Maria Saavedra-Fredes (2024-2025): Estudia sondas de AFM recubiertas por grafeno y sus posibles usos en modos eléctricos. / María is studying graphene coated AFM nanoprobes and their use in electric mode AFM.

Estudiantes de Licenciatura / Bachelors Degree in Physics (Undergrads)

  • José Labarca
  • Martin Vilches
  • Constanza Rodriguez
  • Gabriela Quelopana
  • Facundo García
  • Leonor Roldán

Egresados / Graduated Students

  • Catalina Navarrete: BSc Physics (2025)
  • Dragica Bezjak: PhD Biotechnology (co-advisor) USM (2024), Postdoc @Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (2025).
  • Benjamín Schleyer: BSc Physics (2023), MSc Physics (2025)
  • Diego Jaramillo: BSc Physics (2023), MSc Physics (2024), PhD MBSE @University of California Merced (2024-present)
  • Sebastián Veliz: BSc Physics (2023), PhD Biophysics @Universidad de Valparaíso (2024-present)
  • Felipe San Martín: BSc (2023), MSc Biological Sciences @Universidad de Concepción (2025-present)
  • Kevin Rojas: BSc Physics (2023)
  • Diego Cortés: MSc Physics (2022), PhD student @Max Planck for Polymer Research (2022-present)
  • Karina Catalán: MSc (2020), PhD student @Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (2021-present)
  • Diego Diaz: MSc Physics (co-advisor) UC Chile (2017), PhD Physics Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (2018-2022), Postdoc @KTH Sweden (2023-presnt).