Man

Julio Ignacio Urzúa Piña

Director

Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Synthesis and application of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in energy extraction and storage systems. Hybrid materials and nanomaterials. Lithium and critical materials for the energy industry. Polymers

Educación

  •  Chemistry, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. España, 2015
  •  Chemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2009
  •  Chemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2008

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor of General and Organic Chemistry Laboratory Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Faculty of chemistry and pharmacy

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2016

  •   Professor of Organic Chemistry Laboratory Part Time

    Universidad Santo Tomás

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Assistant Professor of Chemistry Part Time

    Universidad Andrés Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Chemistry laboratory teacher Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHILE

    Faculty of Health

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - 2023

  •   Investigador Full Time

    COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Researcher Full Time

    BASF Chile S.A.

    Chile

    2007 - 2007

Formación de Capital Humano


- Direction of title memory: "Evaluation of the thermodynamic properties of mixtures of ionic liquids as thermal fluid in solar power storage plants", Chemical Civil Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Student Sebastián Mora.
- Direction of title memory: "Preparation and Evaluation of new Ionanofluids as solar thermal fluid", Chemical Civil Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Student Jenifer Cavieres.
- Direction of title memory: "Purification of lithium brines through the design and optimization of a dual extraction system of magnesium and boron", Chemical Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile. Student Amanda Yañez.


Difusión y Transferencia


-Poster "Mixtures of ionic liquids, potential solar energy storage materials" European Advanced Materials Congress 2022. (Genove, Italy, 25 Jun. - 2 Jul. 2022).
-Poster "Thermophysical characterization of new IoNanofluids as heat transfer fluid solar thermal energy Storage" 7th IWLIME - International Workshop on Lithium, Industrial Mineral and Energy. (Santiago de Chile, 9 - 11 nov. 2020).
-Poster "A new approach in lithium extraction process. Efficient Mg/Li separation using a new extraction agent" 5th IWLIME - International Workshop on Lithium, Industrial Mineral and Energy. (Santiago de Chile, 3 - 5 Oct. 2018).
-Poster "Preparation of imidazole-derived copper-carbene complexes. Application in the synthesis of heterocycles". II Symposium and workshop on design and application of ionic liquids in chemistry and physics" (Santiago de Chile, 4-8 Apr. 2016).
-Oral communication "Development of PEGylated dendritic nanoparticles for biomedical applications". XXXV Biennial Meeting of the RSEQ. (A Coruña, 19 and 23 Jul. 2015).
-Poster "Tetraphenylmethane-derived rigid dendrimers. Convergent versus divergent synthesis". XXXV Biennial Meeting of the RSEQ. (A Coruña, 19 and 23 Jul. 2015).
-Oral communication "Globular shape-persistent porous dendrimers and hybrid materials derived from tetraphenylmethane". IV meeting on dendrimers EDEN 4.(Santiago de Compostela, 23-24 Jan. 2014).
-Poster "Advanced materials for nanotechnology and biomedical applications: rigid dendrimers and block copolymers". Conference on Chemical Research in Santiago. Faculty of Chemistry. (Santiago de Compostela, 19 and 10 Sep. 2013).
-Oral communication "Porous Organic Materials for Hydrogen Storage". First Scientific Meeting COST Action MP1103. (Rome, 13-15 Feb. 2012).
-Poster "Porous Shape-persistence dendrimers from tetraphenylmethane". 7th ERA Flash Conference-Bioinspired Chemistry. (Santiago de Compostela, 24-27 Oct. 2010).
Oral communication "Synthesis of nanostructures from tetraphenylmethane". II Iberoamerican Symposium of Organic Chemistry. (Santiago de Compostela, 8-12 Sep. 2010).


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Guillermo Gormaz Lopetegui

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    Best chemist of the promotion

  •   Qualification cum laude in doctoral thesis

    UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

    España, 2015

    Outstanding qualification cum laude in doctoral thesis: "New nanomaterials based on tetraphenylmethane. Porous dendrimers with persistent globular shape".


 

Article (8)

Ionic liquid mixtures as energy storage materials: a preliminary and comparative study based on thermal storage density
Tailored synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles for specific applications using a statistical experimental design
Ionanofluids based on ionic liquid mixtures, a new approach as an alternative material for solar energy storage
Concurrent magnesium and boron extraction from natural lithium brine and its optimization by response surface methodology
Thermal storage density of ionic liquid mixtures: A preliminary study as thermal fluid
Divergent Synthesis of Porous Tetraphenylmethane Dendrimers
N-Heterocyclic carbene copper(I) complex-catalyzed synthesis of 2-aryl benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles
Shape-persistent fluorescent tetraphenylmethane dendrimers

Patent (1)

Dendritic structures based on tetraarylmethane

Proyecto (8)

SIMULTANEOUS MAGNESIUM AND BORON EXTRACTION SYSTEM TO OBTAIN HIGH PURITY LITHIUM BRINES USING A NEW IONIC LIQUID AS EXTRACTANT.
IoNanofluids, hybrid materials for heat transfer
Synthesis of li-s-c nanoparcles for high density energy storage devices by supersonic thermal plasma expansion method
New formulation of ionic liquids for solar energy storage, a solution to conventional materials
Optimization of the lithium extraction process through the application of a new ionic liquid in the solvent extraction stage.
Materials with privileged architectures: porous dendrimers, linear-dendritic copolymers and carbon-carbon crystal lattices
Other forms of matter: new carbon allotropes and reticular hydrocarbons.
Property design: new micro/mesoporous polymeric materials
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Julio Urzúa

Director

Center for Materials for Energy Transition and Sustainability

Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission

Santiago, Chile

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María José Inestrosa

Investigador

Centro de Materiales para la Transición y Sostenibilidad Energética

COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Valenzuela

Director and Researcher

Institute of Applied Sciences

Universidad Autonoma de Chile

Temuco, Chile

1
Renato Contreras

professor

Quimica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Tapia

Full Professor

Organic Chemistry

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Diego Vasco

Profesor asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile