Académicos

Diego Becerra R.

Ingeniero Civil Químico
Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, mención Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Concepción

Profesor Asistente

Mail: diegobecerra@udec.cl
Anexo: 3660
Oficina: Edificio Gustavo Pizarro
Horario de Atención: viernes, de 11.15 a 12.15 hrs.
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Líneas de Investigación

Soft Matter
Transport Phenomena
Polymer Science (Polymer Rheology)
Nanofluidics
Nanomaterials Atomistic
Coarse-grained modeling

Publicaciones más relevantes

Diego Becerra, Yang Xu, Xiaoguang Wang, & Lisa M. Hall (2023). Impact of Molecular-level Structural Disruption on Relaxation Dynamics of Polymers with End-on and Side- on Liquid Crystal Moieties. ACS Nano, 17(24), 24790-24801. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c05354

Diego Becerra, Andrés Córdoba, Jens H, Walther, & Harvey A Zambrano (2023). Water flow in a polymeric nanoslit channel with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride wall coatings: An atomistic study. Physics of Fluids, 35(10), 102009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165657

Diego Becerra, Pranav R. Jois, & Lisa M. Hall (2023). Coarse-grained modeling of polymers with end-on and side-on liquid crystal moieties: Effect of architecture. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(22), 224901. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0152817

Diego Becerra, Andrés Córdoba, & Jay D. Schieber (2021). Examination of Nonuniversalities in Entangled Polymer Melts during the Start-Up of Steady Shear Flow. Macromolecules, 54(17), 8033-8042. (Featured in front cover) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00156

Diego Becerra, Andrés Córdoba, Maria Katzarova, Marat Andreev, David C. Venerus, & Jay D. Schieber (2020). Polymer rheology predictions from first principles using the slip-link model. Journal of Rheology, 64(5), 1035-1043. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0000040

Proyectos destacados

Processing and Properties of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Monolayers. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States, 2023–20XX.
Role: Postdoctoral Scholar

Modeling Polymers with End-on and Side-on Liquid Crystal Moieties: Effects of Sequence on Phase Behavior and Thermomechanical Response. New Directions (PRF 62346-ND7). American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund; United States, 2022–2023. Role: Postdoctoral

Scholar Biomimetic design of soft condensed materials: A molecular modeling approach. FONDECYT Iniciación 11170056. ANID; Chile, 2018–2021.
Role: Technical staff

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Termodinámica

Reconocimientos

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow (Chemical Engineering). William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The Ohio State University. American Institute of Chemists Foundation, 2023

Society of Rheology Postdoc Poster Award runner up with “Polymer Rheology Predictions from First Principles using the Slip Link Model”, 2022