FONDECYT Iniciación – CONICYT. Investigador Principal: Elizabeth Elgueta.

FONDECYT Iniciación – CONICYT. Investigador Principal: Dariela Núñez.

FONDECYT Regular – CONICYT. Investigador Principal: José Norambuena; co-investigador: Rodrigo Briones.

Concurso para la asignación rápida de recursos para proyectos de investigación sobre el coronavirus – ANID. Director: Rodrigo Briones.

FIC – Gobierno Regional del Biobío. Director: Rodrigo Briones.

Apoyo a la Formación de Redes Internacionales – CONICYT. Director: Rodrigo Briones.

• Elgueta, Elizabeth*; Sánchez, Julio; Dax, Daniel; Chunlin Xu; Willför, Stefan; González, Marianela; Rivas, Bernabé. Functionalized galactoglucomannan-based hydrogels for the removal of metal cations from aqueous solutions. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2016).
• Elgueta, Elizabeth*; Parra, María; Barberá, Joaquín; Vergara, Jorge; Dahrouch, Mohamed; Díaz, Enzo. New polycatenar Schiff bases derived from 1,3,4-thiadiazole: synthesis, mesomorphism and luminescence behaviour. Journal Liquid Crystals 43 (2016).
• Elgueta, Elizabeth; Andrade, Daniela; Moya, Claudio; Olate, Felipe; Gatica, Nicolás; Sanchez, Susana; Díaz, Enzo; Parra, María; Dahrouch, Mohamed*. Soft amphiphilic polyesters obtained from PEGs and silicon fatty compounds: structural characterizations and self-assembly studies. RSC Advances (2016).
• Elgueta, E., Giraldo J., Rivas B.*, Mancisidor A, Metal ion sorption by chitosan-tripolyphosphate beads. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 134 (2017).
• Briones, Rodrigo; Fuentes, Silvia; Bilhalva Patricia; Thomas Daniela; Gatto Darci, Labidi Jalel*. Kraft lignin-based polyols by microwave: optimizing reaction conditions. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 37 (2017).
• Briones, Rodrigo; F. Valdebenito*, M. Pereira, G. Ciudad, L. Azocar, G. Chinga*; On the nanofibrillation of corn husks and oat hulls fibres. Journal Industrial Crops and Products 95 (2017).
• Nuñez, Dariela*; Kokkarachedu, Varaprasad; Elgueta, Elizabeth; Oyarzun, Patricio. Hydroxyapatite nanocrystals synthesized from calcium rich bio-wastes. Journal Materials Letters. Vol. 230 (2018).
• Dariela Núñez, Patricio Oyarzún, Lissete Alarcón, Guillermo Calabriano, Jorge Bejarano, Nathaly Ruiz-Tagle, Homero Urrutia, Trickling filter technology for biotreatment of nitrogenous compounds emitted in exhaust gases from fishmeal plants. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 232 (2019).
• Elizabeth Elgueta, Dariela Núñez, Bernabé Rivas, Aritz Mancisidor, Mohmed Darouch, Hydrogels derived from 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, with ability to remove metal cations from wastewater. Polymer bulletin. Vol. 76 (2019).
• Dariela Núñez, Karla Pozo, Luciano Vera, Victoria Gomez, Mariett Torres, Dariela Núñez, Gonzalo Mendoza, Bradley Clarke, Maria Cristina Fossi, Matteo Baini, Patricio Oyarzún, Petra Přibylová, Jana Klánov, Presence and characterization of microplastics in fish of commercial importance from the Biobío region in central Chile. Marine Pollution Bulletin (2019).
• Dariela Núñez, Elizabeth Elgueta, Kokkarachedu Varaprasad, Walther Ide, J A. Serrano, A. Mancicidor, B. Rivas, P.Oyarzún, R. Cáceres, Heavy metal removal from aqueous systems using hydroxyapatite nanocrystals derived from clam shells. RSC Advances. Vol. 9 (2019).
• Dariela Núñez, Kokkarachedu Varaprasad, Walther Ide, T. Jayaramdu, E. Rotimi Sadiku, Development of high alginate comprised hydrogels for removal of Pb(II) ions. Journal of Molecular Liquids (2019).
• Núñez, D., Cáceres, R., Ide, W., Varaprasad, K., Oyarzún, P. , An ecofriendly nanocomposite of bacterial cellulose and hydroxyapatite efficiently removes lead from water. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2020).
• Serrano, L., Rincón, E., García, A., Rodríguez, J., Briones, R. Bio-degradable polyurethane foams produced by liquefied polyol from wheat straw biomass. Polymers (2020).
• Briones, R., Rodriguez, J., Labidi, J., Cunningham, E., Martin, P. Liquefaction of corn husks and properties of biodegradable biopolyol blends. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2020).
• Gómez, V., Pozo, K., Nuñez, D., Přibylová, P., Audy, O., Baini, M., Fossi, M.C., Klánová, J. Marine plastic debris in Central Chile: Characterization and abundance of macroplastics and burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Marine Pollution Bulletin (2020).
• Norambuena-Contreras, J., Arteaga-Perez, L.E., Guadarrama-Lezama, A.Y., Briones, R., Vivanco, J.F., Gonzalez-Torre, I. Microencapsulated bio-based rejuvenators for the self-healing of bituminous materials. Materials (2020).
• Pozo, K., Urbina, W., Gómez, V., Torres, M., Nuñez, D., Přibylová, P., Audy, O., Clarke, B., Arias, A., Tombesi, N., Guida, Y., Klánová, J. Persistent organic pollutants sorbed in plastic resin pellet — “Nurdles” from coastal areas of Central Chile. Marine Pollution Bulletin (2020).