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Horacio R. Corti

Position: Research staff of CONICET (Principal Investigator), Research staff of INQUIMAE.
Laboratory or research group: Metastable systems, glasses and supercooled liquids.
Tel: 5411 4576-3378/89 ext. 228 - Fax: 5411 4576-3341
E-mail: hcorti@qi.fcen.uba.ar
Website: www.qi.fcen.uba.ar/personales/corti.htm

Studies in Chemistry: MSc in Chemistry (Licenciado), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1972.
PhD in Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980.
Postdoc: Electricity Research Laboratories, CEGB, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.
Teaching Positions: Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires (since 1984).
Position at CONICET: Principal Investigator.
Topics of interest: Thermodynamics, aqueous systems, transport processes, cryopreservation, fuel cells.
Awards and Recognitions: 1988 American Chem. Soc. - Argentine Chem. Soc. Fellowship.
 
 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
• Methanol sorption and permeability in Nafion and acid-doped PBI and ABPBI membranes. L. A. Diaz, G. C Abuin, H. R. Corti J. Membr. Sci, 411–412, 35-44 (2012).
• Viscosity of supercooled aqueous glycerol solutions, validity of the Stokes-Einstein relationship, and implications for cryopreservation. J. A. Trejo González, M. P. Longinotti, H. R. Corti. Cryobiology, 65, 159-162 (2012).
• Substrate effect on the swelling and water sorption of Nafion nanomembranes. G. C. Abuin, C. Fuertes, H. R. Corti. J. Membrane Sci., 428, 507-515 (2013).
• PtRu supported on mesoporous carbon as anode catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC): Electrochemical impedance analysis of mass transport. M. M. Bruno, A. Petrucelli, F. A. Viva, H. R. Corti. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 38, 4116-4123 (2013).

MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS:
• Cluster theory applied to aqueous (2:2) electrolytes over a wide concentration range. Osmotic coefficients, association and redissociation. H.R.Corti, R.Fernández Prini; J.C.S.Faraday Trans.I, 82, 921-930 (1986).
• Thermophysical Properties of Concentrated Aqueous Trehalose Solutions. D.P.Miller, J.J. de Pablo, H.R.Corti; Pharm.Res., 41, 578-590 (1997).
• Diffusion of ferrocene methanol in super-cooled aqueous solutions using cylindrical micro- electrodes. M.P. Longinotti, H. R. Corti. Electrochem.Commun., 9, 1444-1450 (2007).
• Heat capacity and glass transition in P2O5-H2O solutions: support for Mishima’s conjecture on solvent water at low temperature. H. R. Corti, F. Nores Pondal y C. A. Angell. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 19741-19748 (2011).
• Anomalies in supercooled NaCl aqueous solutions: a microscopic perspective. M. P. Longinotti, M. A. Carignano,I. Szleifer, H. R. Corti. J. Chem. Phys., 134, 244510 (2011)