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Walter Manuel Orellana Muñoz

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Condensed Matter Physics. Computational Material Science. Electronic structure calculations of solids, surfaces & nanostructures. Ab Initio molecular dynamics simulations. Heterogeneous catalysis & kinetics. Advanced photovoltaic materials.

Educación

  •  BS in Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1989
  •  MS in Physics, UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Brasil, 1992
  •  PhD in Physics, UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Brasil, 1997

Experiencia Académica

  •   Adjunct Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO

    Physics Institute

    Sao Paulo, Brasil

    1995 - 1996

  •   Adjunct Professor Part Time

    FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS

    Exact Sciences Institute

    Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    1998 - 1999

  •   Profesor Honorarios Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Science

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2007

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Exact Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS

    Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    1998 - 1999

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO

    Sao Paulo, Brasil

    2000 - 2004

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Santiago, Chile

    2005 - 2006

  •   Director Master Program in Physical Sciences Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2017

  •   Director PhD Program in Physical Sciences Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


I. THESIS ADVISOR

(3) Raúl Gerrero Avilés, Hydrogen storage on cation-decorated biphenylene carbon and nitrogenated holey graphene. MS Thesis in Physics, UNAB, 2017
(2) Pía Vásquez Rivera, Porphyrin- and Phthalocyanine-based polymeric nanostructures for photovoltaic applications. Engineering Physics Thesis, UNAB, 2016
(1) Raúl Gerrero Avilés, Water desalination through nanoporous graphene: First-principles molecular dynamic simulations. Engineering Physics Thesis, UNAB, 2015

II. POSTDOC ADVISOR

(1) Dr. Julián Correa Abad, 1D Hybrid Nanostructures as New Candidates for Photovoltaic Systems. Fellowship from FONDECYT-Chile, 2010-2013


Difusión y Transferencia


I. IDENTIFIERS

(3) WOS ResearcherID F-2068-2014 (https://publons.com/researcher/2534054)
(2) ORCiD 0000-0002-6897-3875 (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-3875)
(1) SCOPUS Author ID: 6701747167 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701747167)

II. LECTURER OF SHORT COURSES

(4) Nanociencia y Nanotecnología: Aportes de la Ciencia de Materiales Computacional. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Diego Portales, 2010.
(3) Teoría y Modelación en Nanociencia para Catálisis y Conversión de Energía, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas. Universidad de Medellín, Medellín Colombia, 2013.
(2) Curso Práctico de Estado Sólido Usando Quantum Espresso, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Iztapalapa), México DF, 2013.
(1) First Latin American School on Computational Materials Science held at the Universidad Andrés Bello, 2009. http://indico.ictp.it/event/a08192/

III. PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

(33) 33rd Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (Keynote Speaker), 27-30 November, Chile,2022
(32) XX Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, 24-29 September, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2022
(31) 9th International Conference on Low-Dimensional Structures and Devices, Puerto Varas, Chile, 2019
(30) XVIII Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Camboriú, Brazil, 2019
(29) XVII Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Natal, Brazil, 2018
(28) 34th European Conference in Surface Science, Aarhus, Denmark, 2018
(27) XXIII Latin American Symposium on Solid State Physics, Bariloche, Argentina, 2018
(26) American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, 2018
(25) EMN Meeting: 2D Materials, Lyon, France (Invited speaker), 2017
(24) American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2017
(23) 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbon Materials, Termas de Chillán, Chile, 2016
(22) 1st International Conference on Terahertz Emission, Metamaterials, and Nanophotonics, Cartagena, Colombia (Plenary talk), 2016
(21) American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2016
(20) 31st European Conference in Surface Science, Barcelona, España, 2015
(19) 23rd International Material Research Congress, Cancún, México, 2014
(18) 6to Congreso Intl. de Formación y Modelación en Cs. Básicas, Medellín, Colombia (Invited speaker), 2014
(17) 5to Congreso Intl. de Formación y Modelación en Cs. Básicas, Medellín, Colombia (Plenary talk), 2013
(16) 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012
(15) XI Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Florianópolis, Brasil, 2012
(14) X Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Gramado, Brasil, 2011
(13) 4th Workshop on Novel Methods for Electronic Structure Calculations and 1st South-American Congress on Materials, La Plata, Argentina (Invited speaker), 2011
(12) American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, USA, 2010
(11) 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Invited speaker), 2009
(10) 17th International Material Research Congress, Cancún, México (Invited speaker), 2008
(9) American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2008
(8) 29th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008
(7) 13th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007
(6) 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Vienna, Austria, 2006
(5) 12th Latin American Congress of Surface Science and its Applications, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, 2005
(4) 23rd European Conference of Surface Science, Berlin, Germany, 2005
(3) International Conference on Superlattice, Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Cancún, Mexico, 2004
(2) 22nd European Conference of Surface Science. Prague, Czech Republic, 2003
(1) 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Edinburgh, UK, 2002


Premios y Distinciones

  •   PhD Scholarship

    BRAZILIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CNPq)

    Brasil, 1992

    Four-year doctoral scholarship

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship

    MINAS GERAIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    Brasil, 1998

    Two-years postdoctoral fellowship

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship

    SAO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    Brasil, 2000

    Four-years postdoctoral fellowship

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship

    INICIATIVA CIENTIFICA MILENIO

    Chile, 2005

    Two-years postdoctoral fellowship

  •   MS Scholarship

    BRAZILIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CNPq)

    Brasil, 1990

    Two-years master scholarship


 

Article (77)

Planar Elongated B-12 Structure in M3B12 Clusters (M = Cu-Au)
Si-5-pentagonal rings and Y-shaped Si-4 building blocks in Li32Si18 system: similarities with the crystalline Zintl phase Li12Si7
Bowl-shaped CuB12- Cluster. A viable Global Minimum with Twofold Aromaticity
Effect of Electrolyte Media on the Catalysis of Fe Phthalocyanine toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Experimental Analyses
Evidence of carbon-supported porphyrins pyrolyzed for the oxygen reduction reaction keeping integrity
Cluster Assembled Silicon-Lithium Nanostructures: A Nanowire Confined Inside a Carbon Nanotube
D-pi-A dye attached on TiO2(101) and TiO2(001) surfaces: Electron transfer properties from ab initio calculations
Insights into the electronic structure of Fe penta-coordinated complexes. Spectroscopic examination and electrochemical analysis for the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions
Oxygen reduction reaction on a 68-atom-gold cluster supported on carbon nanotubes: theoretical and experimental analysis
Electronic properties and topological phases of a two-dimensional allotrope of nitrogenated carbon
Inducing a level inside of CdTe bandgap doping with Sn using a co-sublimation technique by CSS
Influence of cyano substituents on the electron density and catalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction for iron phthalocyanine. The case for Fe(II) 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octa(cyano)phthalocyanine
Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Penta-Coordinated Co Phthalocyanines
Penta-coordinated transition metal macrocycles as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
Energetics and Electronic Properties of Interstitial Chlorine in CdTe
In search of the most active MN4 catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. The case of perfluorinated Fe phthalocyanine
Self-compensation in chlorine-doped CdTe
Symmetry and thermodynamics of tellurium vacancies in cadmium telluride
(Invited) Climbing over the Activity Volcano Correlation by Biomimicking Vitamin B12: A Co Phthalocyanine Pyridine Axial Ligand Coordinated Catalyst for the Reduction of Molecular Oxygen
(Li6Si5)(2-5): The Smallest Cluster-Assembled Materials Based on Aromatic Si-5(6-) Rings
Accuracy of the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional to describe many-electron interactions and charge localization in semiconductors
Biomimicking vitamin B12. A Co phthalocyanine pyridine axial ligand coordinated catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction
Hydrogen storage on cation-decorated biphenylene carbon and nitrogenated holey graphene
Energetics and diffusion of liquid water and hydrated ions through nanopores in graphene: ab initio molecular dynamics simulation
Self-compensation in phosphorus-doped CdTe
Sn-doped CdTe as promising intermediate-band photovoltaic material
First-principles DFT+GW study of oxygen-doped CdTe
First-principles DFT+GW study of the Te antisite in CdTe
Insights into the hydrogen dissociation mechanism on lithium edge-decorated carbon rings and graphene nanoribbon
Theoretical study of intrinsic defects in CdTe
Hydrogen-induced nanotunnel structure on the C-terminated beta-SiC(001)-c(2 x 2) surface investigated by ab-initio calculations
Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes and graphene with tetraphenylporphyrins: stability and optical properties from ab initio calculations
Single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes fully covered with tetraphenylporphyrins: Stability and optoelectronic properties from ab initio calculations
Tellurium vacancy in cadmium telluride revisited: Size effects in the electronic properties
Strong pi-pi interaction of porphyrins on (6,5) carbon nanotubes with full surface coverage: Ab-initio calculations
Catalytic Properties of Transition Metal-N-4 Moieties in Graphene for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Evidence of Spin-Dependent Mechanisms
Light-harvesting efficiency of a (6,5) carbon nanotube functionalized with a free-base tetraphenylporphyrin: Density functional theory calculations
Metal-phthalocyanine functionalized carbon nanotubes as catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction: A theoretical study
Optical response of carbon nanotubes functionalized with (free-base, Zn) porphyrins, and phthalocyanines: A DFT study
Catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction of transition metal porphyrins covalently linked to single-walled carbon nanotubes: A density functional study
First-principles calculations of the thermal stability of Ti3SiC2(0001) surfaces
Approximate quantum mechanical method for describing excitations and related properties of finite single-walled carbon nanotubes
Iron porphyrin attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes: Electronic and dynamical properties from ab initio calculations
Reaction and incorporation of H-2 molecules inside single-wall carbon nanotubes through multivacancy defects
Iron silicide wires patterned by Bi nanolines on the H/Si(001) surface: Spin density functional calculations
Stability and bonding properties of finite single-walled carbon nanotubes adsorbed on Si(001)
A theoretical study of Fe adsorption along Bi-nanolines on the H/Si(001) surface
Magnetic properties of Pd atomic clusters from different theoretical approaches
Stability and electronic properties of vacancies and antisites in BC2N nanotubes
Ab initio study of Ti3Si0.5Ge0.5C2 under pressure
Alternative search strategy for minimal energy nanocluster structures: The case of rhodium, palladium, and silver
Endohedral terthiophene in zigzag carbon nanotubes: Density functional calculations
Fe adatoms along Bi nanolines on H/Si(001)
Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of vacancies in single-walled carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotube adsorbed on hydrogenated Si(001) surfaces
Oxygen-induced atomic desorptions in oxynitrides: Density functional calculations
Small Pd clusters: A comparison of phenomenological and ab initio approaches
Substrate-dependent electronic properties of an armchair carbon nanotube adsorbed on H/Si(001)
Comparative study of defect energetics in HfO2 and SiO2
Diffusion-reaction mechanisms of nitriding species in SiO2
Energetic of nitrogen incorporation reactions in SiO2
Stability and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes adsorbed on Si(001)
First-principles calculations of carbon nanotubes adsorbed on Si(001)
Oxidation at the Si/SiO2 interface: Influence of the spin degree of freedom
Theoretical and experimental studies of the atomic structure of oxygen-rich amorphous silicon oxynitride films
Stability and electronic structure of hydrogen-nitrogen complexes in GaAs
Stacking fault effects in Mg-doped GaN
Ab initio study of substitutional nitrogen in GaAs
O2 Diffusion in SiO2: Triplet versus Singlet
Stability of native defects in hexagonal and cubic boron nitride
Energetics of carbon and oxygen impurities and their interaction with vacancies in cubic boron nitride
Structural properties and energetics of oxygen impurities in GaAs
Atomic Geometry and Energetics of Native Defects in Cubic Boron Nitride
Atomic geometry and energetics of vacancies and antisites in cubic boron nitride
First Principles Calculations of Substitutional Oxygen and Oxygen-Hydrogen Complexes in GaAs
Electronic States of Copper-Related Impurities in Germanium
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF COPPER-RELATED DEFECTS IN GERMANIUM

ConferencePaper (1)

Electron transition energies of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Hartree - Fock's CNDOL approaches for describing excitations and related properties

Proyecto (15)

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE MODULATION OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR THE DESIGN OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
CATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION IN Zn-AIR BATTERIES AND GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
FUNCTIONALIZED SURFACES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION (FunSED)
BIOMIMETIC CATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION
METAL-ORGANIC 2D MATERIALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY CONVERSION=> FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIONANOTECHNOLOGY
STUDY OF IMPURITIES, COMPLEX DEFECTS, AND GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN CDTE THIN FILMS USING COMPUTER SIMULATION AT THE ATOMIC SCALE
NANOESTRUCTURAS HIBRIDAS 1D COMO NUEVOS CANDIDATOS PARA SISTEMAS FOTOVOLTAICOS
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING AND SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY FOR CATALYSIS, ELECTROCATALYSIS, REMEDIATION AND ENERGY CONVERSION
THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF NANOSCALE CATALYSTS BASED ON METALLIC NANOPARTICLES AND METALLOMACROCYCLIC COMPLEXES
COMPUTER SIMULATION LABORATORY OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
THERMOPHYSICAL MODELING OF NOVEL MACHINABLE CERAMIC MATERIALS
SIMULACION COMPUTACIONAL MOLECULAR DE NANOMATERIALES Y SISTEMAS BIOLOGICOS DE INTERES EXPERIMENTAL
THE INTERACTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH MOLECULES AND SOLIDS=> A THEORETICAL STUDY.
THE INTERACTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH MOLECULES AND SOLIDS=> A THEORETICAL STUDY.
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Walter Orellana

Associate Professor

Physical Science

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

5
Eduardo Menendez

Associate Professor

Physics Department

DPTO DE FISICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
José Rogan

PROFESOR TITULAR

FISICA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
William Tiznado

Full professor

Chemical Sciences

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

4
Griselda Garcia

Profesor asociado

Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - FACULTAD DE FÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

3
osvaldo yañez

Académico Investigador

Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios

Universidad de Las Américas

Santiago, Chile

2
Federico Tasca

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

QUIMICA DE LOS MATERIALES

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
César Zúñiga

Postdoctoral position Fondecyt 3220215

Materials Chemistry

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Ricardo Pino

Académico Investigador

Ciencias Químicas y Farmaceuticas

Universidad Arturo Prat

Iquique, Chile

2
Ricardo Ramirez

Profesor

Fisica

Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Miguel Kiwi

Full Professor

Physics

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Juan Valdivia

Full Professor

Fisica

DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Gonzalo Gutierrez

Associate Professor

Fisica

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
patricio fuentealba

Profesor Titular

Física

U. DE CHILE, FAC. CIENCIAS, DPTO. FISICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Ana Montero

Associate professor

Department of Physics

Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Vásquez

ACADÉMICO

DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA, BIOTECNOLOGÍA Y MATERIALES,

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS. UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE.

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Valenzuela

Director and Researcher

Institute of Applied Sciences

Universidad Autonoma de Chile

Temuco, Chile