Veronica Corral-Flores

Senior Research Associate / Bio-Physics Program Manager

Center for Advanced Technologies and Optical Materials BioFrontiers

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) composites with unique ferroelectric and optical properties.
Piezoelectric ceramic-polymer hybrid composites for energy harvesting applications.
Complex nanostructures by self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers or template assisted.
Multiferroic composites (nanostructures, bulk materials and hybrid ceramic-polymer composites).
Synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles with magnetic, dielectric, piezoelectric or catalytic properties by co-precipitation, sol-gel, microemulsion or microwave assisted hydrothermal methods.
Electrospun nanofibers (polymeric, ceramic and composite nanofibers).
Structural, morphological, magnetic, ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric, optical and catalytic characterization.

AAUW International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women.
Summer visit to the United States for Young Researchers" Fellowship from the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the United States-Mexico Foundation for Science.
For Women in Science" Award from L'Oréal, UNESCO and the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Development of New Materials and Environment Protection Process" Fellowship from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Highest academic score award, B.S. in Industrial Chemical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Chihuahua.

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