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Elton Edgardo Oyarzúa Vargas

Líneas de Investigación


Wetting phenomena and nanofluidics by using Molecular Dynamics Simulations both Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium, mainly related to water fluid behavior in nanoscale confinements.

Educación

  •  Molecular Simulations, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2018
  •  Ingeniero Químico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2014

Experiencia Académica

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Concepción, Chile

    2022 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Chile, 2019

    Best PhD Thesis in Applied Science 2018


 

Article (6)

Water flow in graphene nanochannels driven by imposed thermal gradients: the role of flexural phonons

Oyarzua, Elton; Walther, Jens H. H.; Zambrano, Harvey A. A.

Article ISI
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS  (2023)

Water thermophoresis in carbon nanotubes: the interplay between thermophoretic and friction forces

Oyarzua, Elton; Walther, Jens H.; Zambrano, Harvey A.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS  (2018)

Carbon Nanotubes as Thermally Induced Water Pumps

Oyarzua, E; Walther, JH; Megaridis, CM; Koumoutsakos, P; Zambrano, HA

Article ISI SCOPUS
ACS Nano  (2017)

Slip divergence of water flow in graphene nanochannels: the role of chirality

Wagemann E.; Oyarzua E.; Walther J.H.; Zambrano H.A.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS  (2017)

Effect of the meniscus contact angle during early regimes of spontaneous imbibition in nanochannels

Karna, Nabin Kumar; Oyarzua, Elton; Walther, Jens H.; Zambrano, Harvey A.

Article ISI
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS  (2016)

Early regimes of water capillary flow in slit silica nanochannels

Oyarzua E; Walther, JH; Mejía A.; Zambrano, HA

Article ISI SCOPUS
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  (2015)

Proyecto (2)

GRAPHENE-BASED THERMAL PUMP TO ENABLE CONTINUOUS WATER FLOW THROUGH SLIT NANOCHANNELS

Zambrano, Harvey A.

Proyecto
 (2021)

Thermal Brownian Ratchets-Based Carbon Nanotubes As Pumping Devices In Nanofluidic Systems

FONDECYT (11130559)

Proyecto
2013-2016
Tesista

7
Elton Oyarzúa

4
Harvey Zambrano

Full time Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Universidad Técnica Federico

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Nabin Karna

Post doctoral Researcher

Division of Forest Products and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Chalmers University of Technology

Gothenburg, Suecia

1
Enrique Wagemann

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Mecánica

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Sergio Mejia

Professor

Chemical Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile