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Marco De Corato

@madecorato.bsky.social
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Ramon y Cajal researcher at the University of Zaragoza. Working on soft matter, rheology and fluid mechanics. Group website: sites.google.com/unizar.es/marco-de…

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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Why aren't people complaining about the @erc.europa.eu slashing the budget for the 2027 ERC starting grants by almost 20% compared to 2026? Is this how excellent science is supported? The success rate for 2026 was already below 10%. For 2027 it is most likely going to be around 5%
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's great to be with you! I am very excited for the fantastic opportunity and I look forward to the amazing science together.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship call is now open! This is the most prestigious postdoc fellowship awarded by the EU. Reach out to me if you are passionate about Soft Matter and want to join our lab here in Spain to work on an exciting project! ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚀 New paper out in Newton! Experiments by Xin Cao and coworkers (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) recently showed something surprising: a micron‑scale particle spinning in a polymer/micellar solution drifts sideways — an inverse Magnus effect — even though inertia is negligible. We set out to explain why.
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Memory-induced Magnus effect - Nature Physics
The Magnus effect refers to rotating objects developing a lift force when travelling through a fluid. It normally vanishes at microscopic length scales but now a very large Magnus effect is demonstrat...
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Sharing a PhD advert on a very cool project on cells interacting with bacteria, which is offered by a colleague from our institute!
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Well-defined wavelength in the clouds between Gothenburg and Frankfurt.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The call for the prestigious Juan de la Cierva fellowship has been published today. The deadline for applying is the 10th of December. Contact me as soon as possible if you are interested. We will run a selection and only support one candidate.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Super proud of being part of such a fantastic network!
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GREENS | Doctoral Network - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We’re excited to introduce the new website for the GREENS Doctoral Network! You'll find general information on the GREENS DN, the team and the latest news. #UniBarcelona #uniba #UAB #ethz #myethzurich #uniheidelberg #Unizar #medunigraz 🔗 www.greens-msca.eu
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I had a blast visiting the Charles Coulomb soft matter labs in Montpellier earlier today! Super nice people and very cool experiments. Now heading to Leuven for the @cellmech2025.bsky.social
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Being passionate about soft matter means getting excited when you find a license plate with the Boltzmann constant multiplying the absolute temperature
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The prestigious Marie-Curie Postdoctoral call open recently! Reach out to me via DM or email if you are interested in a fellowship in our lab. We have several exciting projects going on.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Check out our new paper on the ionic diffusiophoresis of active particles! A very nice scientific journey with the group of Juliane Simmchen. We find out that a slip velocity approach based on seld-phoresis cannot capture the experiments. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Ionic Diffusiophoresis of Active Colloids via Galvanic Exchange Reactions
In order to move toward realistic applications by extending active matter propulsion reactions beyond the classical catalytic hydrogen peroxide decomposition, we investigate the self-propulsion mechanism of Janus particles. To address the influences of ionic species, we investigate Janus particles driven by a galvanic exchange reaction that consumes and produces ions on one hemisphere. Our galvanophoretic experiments in the regime of thin Debye layers confirm that even the simplest models in active matter are still full of important surprises. We find a logarithmic speed dependence on the fuel concentration, which cannot be explained using the classic ionic self-diffusiophoretic framework. Instead, an approach based on the Poisson–Nernst–Planck equations yields a better agreement with the experiments. We attribute the discrepancy between the two models to the breakdown of two key hypotheses of the ionic self-diffusiophoretic approach.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Very happy to be at the Annual European Rheology Conference with my group. If you are around check out our talks!
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
One week left to apply for this super cool project within the great MSCA project GREENS
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Two weeks left to apply to this exciting PhD project
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Phd opening in our lab! We are looking for a PhD student to work on simulation of active micr/nano robots. Dradline for apllication 4th of april. This is a fully funded three-years position and it is part of the MSCA Doctoral Network @dn-greens.bsky.social
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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GREENS | Doctoral Network - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions @dn-greens.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Universidad de Zaragoza @www.unizar.es is a partner in the MSCA DN GREENS @dn-greens.bsky.social! Dr. Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social, Prof. Salvador Izquierdo and Prof. Norberto Fueyo will lead the project... 💡PhD open positions EURAXESS lnkd.in/dYcP2Dta
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Phd opening in our lab! We are looking for a PhD student to work on simulation of active micr/nano robots. Dradline for apllication 4th of april. This is a fully funded three-years position and it is part of the MSCA Doctoral Network @dn-greens.bsky.social
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thrilled to be part of the fantastic @itngreens.bsky.social MSCA doctoral network and to work on micro/nano robots. Stay tuned for PhD openings in our lab!
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
@educaciongob.bsky.social me parece vergonzoso que a un estudiante de ingeniería biomedica le asignes en el área Salud para solicitar una beca FPU. Ingeniería biomédica es una ingeniería (cálculo, álgebra, medios continuos, fluidos, tecnología electrónica...)
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
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Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The call for the Juan de la Cierva fellowship has been published today. The deadline for applying is the 17th of January 2025. Contact me as soon as possible if you are interested. www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
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Ayudas para contratos Juan de la Cierva 2024 | Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónSearch
Las ayudas Juan de la Cierva tienen como finalidad fomentar la incorporación de jóvenes, en posesión del grado de doctor, con objeto de que completen su formación investigadora postdoctoral en centros de I+D españoles.
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This is how I found our table this morning. Anybody knows if this is really a log(x) behavior, and, if yes, why?
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New paper out in Soft Matter! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... I am particularly proud of this work as it combines three of my favorite topics: Complex fluids, Brownian motion, and Active particles. Here’s a brief summary
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Enhanced rotational diffusion and spontaneous rotation of an active Janus disk in a complex fluid
Active colloids and self-propelled particles moving through microstructured fluids can display different behavior compared to what is observed in simple fluids. As they are driven out of equilibrium i...
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Marco De Corato @madecorato.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship call will open soon. Eligibility< 2 y postdoctoral experience (cutoff evaluated at the deadline of the call). If you are interested in applying and are working on soft matter/rheology/fluid mechanics/biophysics, contact me by email or DM.
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