Polymer materials; Polymer molecular interactions; Thermally self-healing polymers; Self-healing nanocomposites; Nano- and microencapsulation

2018 Nicolás Cohn-Inostroza (PhDc) ¨Producción de nano vidrio bioactivo, su encapsulación y liberación controlada en sistemas de antiburbujas para estimular la osteoinducción en defectos óseos¨.
2018 Pablo Andres González Cortes (PhDc)¨Compósitos de nanofibras de celulosa vegetal y polímeros termoestables reversibles utilizados como membranas para la remoción de cationes metálicos en medio acuoso¨.
2018 Valentina Dini (M.Sc, candidate). Dissertation project: “self-healable and antibacterial coatings”.
2018 José Tapia Cáceres (B.Sc, candidate). Dissertation project: “The effective exfoliation of MWCNTs into few-walled and SWCNTs by thermoset polymer networks based on reversible Diels-Alder links”.
2018 Guilherme Rooweder Lima (M.Sc, candidate). Dissertation project: “Electrically self-healing nanocomposites based on interpenetrating polymer networks containing Diels-Alder and hydrogen bonds”.
2017 Flora Derville (M.Sc, candidate). Dissertation project: “Pulsatile release of drugs encapsulated inside micron-sized anti-bubbles”.
2017 Aldo Altomare (M.Sc, candidate,) Dissertation project: “Thermally reversible thermoset nanofibers obtained by electrospinning”.
2016 Dian Santosa (M.Sc). Dissertation project: “Electrically self-healing thermoset nanocomposite based on Diels-Alder chemistry”.
2015 Giovanni Fortunato (M.Sc). Dissertation project: “Thermally reversible rubber-toughened thermoset networks via Diels-Alder chemistry”.
2013 Guilherme Rooweder Lima (B.Sc.). Dissertation project: “Intrinsic self-healing thermoset through covalent and hydrogen bonding interactions”.
2012 Gea Hagting (M.Sc.) Dissertation project: “Capture of CO2 by polymeric amines synthesized by chemical modification of alternating aliphatic polyketones”.

Transferencia tecnológica, proyecto: Inside the bubble, encapsulating within in a shell of gas”. Department of Chemical Product Technology, ENTEG, University of Groningen / Bether Encapsulates BV (Company), the Netherlands

Contribution to national and international conferences:

1. R. Araya-Hermosilla, M. E. Flores, F. Quero, F. Oyarzún-Ampuero, I. Moreno-Villoslada (05-12 to 08-12, 2018). Electrically-Responsive Thermoset Nanocomposites. IX Coloquio de Macromoléculas, Termas de Catillo, Parral, Chile. Oral presentation.
2. R. Araya-Hermosilla, M. E. Flores, F. Quero, F. Oyarzún-Ampuero, I. Moreno-Villoslada (25-11 to 29-11, 2018). Electrically self-healing polymer nanocomposites. V National Congress of Nanotechnology, Pucón, Chile. Oral presentation.
3. Ignacio Moreno-Villoslada, José Catalán-Toledo, Mario E. Flores, Rodrigo Araya-Hermosilla, César Torres-Gallegos, Esteban Araya-Hermosilla, Felipe Orozco, Ariel Nenen, María Alejandra Coronel, Toshimichi Shibue, Gabriel A. Vallejos, Francesco Piccioni, José Roberto Vega-Baudrit, Thomas Hoffmann, Judit G. Lisoni, Felipe Oyarzun-Ampuero, Hiroyuki Nishide (20-23 Agosto 2018). Aromatic-aromatic interactions between aromatic polyelectrolytes and low-molecular weight aromatic counterions as a tool for tuning materials properties and functionalities. European Advanced Materiales Conference (EAMC), Stockholm, Sweden. Oral presentation.
4. Rodrigo Araya-Hermosilla, Flora Derville, Floris Rotteveel, Tuan Tran, Francesco Picchioni, Paolo Pescarmona, Albert Poortinga (27-29 November 2017). Towards the pulsatile release of drugs encapsulated inside micron-sized antibubbles. 3rd Latin-America Symposium on Microencapsulation, Pucón, Chile. Oral presentation.
5. Ignacio Moreno Villoslada, Mario Flores, Rodrigo Araya Hermosilla, Alejandra Coronel, José Catalán-Toledo (28–31 August 2017). “Aerogels and sponges with functionalities based on aromatic-aromatic interactions between aromatic polyelectrolytes and aromatic counterions”. IUPAC 17th International Symposium on MacroMolecular Complexes MMC17, Tokio, Japan, Oral presentation.
6. R. Araya-Hermosilla, A. Pucci, I. Moreno-Villoslada, Mario E. Flores, G. M. R Lima, P. Raffa. G. Fortunato, A. A. Broekhuis and F. Picchioni (30-11 to 03-12, 2016). Reversible thermosets and thermosets nanocomposites materials based on Diels-Alder and hydrogen bonds. VIII Coloquio de Macromoléculas, Termas de Catillo, Catillo-Parral, Chile. Oral presentation.
7. Lorenzo Massimo Polgar, Rodrigo Araya-Hermosilla, Machiel van Essen, Mattia Lenti, Martin van Duin, Francesco Picchioni (4-6 March 2016). Thermo-reversibly cross-linked rubbers and self-healing rubber compounds. WCMS2016, Singapore. Oral presentation.
8. Lorenzo M. Polgar, G. Fortunato, M. Lenti, M. van Essen, R. Araya-Hermosilla, M. van Duin, Francesco Picchioni (29 November – 2 December 2015). Conductive, self-healing cross-linked rubber compounds. CHAINS, Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Oral presentation.
9. Lorenzo M. Polgar, G. Fortunato, M. Lenti, R. Araya-Hermosilla, M. van Duin, Francesco Picchioni (3-4 November 2015). Reworkable rubbers and self-healing rubber compounds. Dutch Polymer Institute Annual Meeting, the Netherlands. Oral presentation.
10. R. Araya-Hermosilla, P. Raffa, A. Pucci, G. Fortunato, A. A. Broekhuis and F. Picchioni (September 2015). Self-healing and electronic conducting properties of a CNT/polymer composite. Congresso Divisione Chimica Industriale. Salerno, Italy. Oral presentation.
11. L.M. Polgar, M. Lenti, M. van Duin, R. Araya-Hermosilla, P. Raffa, A.A. Broekhuis and F. Picchioni (22-24 June 2015). Intrinsic self-healing of thermoreversibly cross-linked rubber compounds. ICSHM2015, Durham, United States of America. Oral presentation.
12. R. Araya-Hermosilla, P. Raffa, A. Pucci, G. Fortunato, A. A. Broekhuis and F. Picchioni (9-13 march 2015). Self-healing and conductive properties of a CNT/polymer composite. Fourth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials. Barcelona, Spain. Oral presentation.
13. R. Araya-Hermosilla, C. Toncelli and F. Picchioni (2012). Metal ions uptake by polyketone chemically modified by Paal-Knorr reaction. ANQUE International Congress of Chemical Engineering. Sevilla, Spain. Poster.
14. R. Araya-Hermosilla, C. Alarcón, E. Araya-Hermosilla, M. Flores, I. Moreno-Villoslada (2011). Photochromic reaction of fluorescent rhodamine 6G-polyelectrolyte complexes and the sensitivity of the complexes to Mercury in solution. European Polymer Congress. Granada, Spain. Oral presentation.
15. R. Araya-Hermosilla, E. Araya-Hermosilla, C. Torres-Gallegos, S. Mulsow-Flores, I. Moreno-Villoslada (2009). Fluorescence change of rhodamine 6G-water-soluble polymers complex in the presence of Cu2+ in solution. 13th IUPAC International Symposium on MacroMolecular Complexes (MMC-13), Chile. Oral presentation.
16. R. Araya-Hermosilla, I. Moreno-Villoslada, E. Araya-Hermosilla, C. Torres-Gallegos, E. Fuentes-Gutiérrez, S. Orellana-Donoso, S. Mulsow-Flores (2009). Luminescence changes of rhodamine 6G/water-soluble polymer complexes in the presence of Cu2+ in solution. Gordon Research Conferences, Boston, United States. Poster.