Sus líneas de investigación abarcan la síntesis y caracterización de nanopartículas superparamagnéticas funcionalizadas con diferentes grupos orgánicos, y su aplicación en catálisis e hidrometalurgia.
En ejecución:
2025 – 2028 Investigador Responsable, Fondecyt de Iniciación N°11250497, “Surface-functionalized superparamagnetic nanoparticles: Efficient and reusable magnetic adsorbents to recover valuable metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries”.
2025 – 2029 Co-investigador, Fondecyt Regular N°1251193, «Ferrocene-enabled nanostructured materials as burning rate catalysts for composite solid propellants»
Finalizados
2022 – 2025 Investigador Responsable, Fondecyt de Postdoctorado N°3220124, “Nanocatalizadores magnéticos de Ni y Cu: Sistemas versátiles para la producción de energía proveniente de biomasa”
2025.- Yuvaraja Dibdalli, Héctor Pérez, Alejandro López-Telgie, Nelson Vejar, Desmond MacLeod-Carey, José Gaete, Gabriel Abarca, Cesar Morales-Verdejo; Tailoring the Catalytic Activity of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for KNO3 Decomposition via Surface Functionalization; Journal of Cluster Science 36 (2), 41; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-024-02758-y.
2025.- Gaete, José; Valdebenito, Gonzalo; Moglia, Italo; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Aguirre, Pedro; Fernandes, Jesum Alves; Abarca, Gabriel; Copper-based magnetic nanocatalysts for the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural, Applied Surface Science, 689, 162566; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162566.
2024.- Gaete, José; Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Pérez, Héctor; Valdebenito, Cristian; Reyes, Héctor; Lopez-Telgie, Alejandro; Abarca, Gabriel; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Evaluation of the synergistic effect of magnetic nanoparticles and Ferrocene-Based 1, 2, 3-Triazolyl compounds as burning rate catalysts for solid rocket Motors, Polyhedron, 264, 117229; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2024.117229.
2024.- Gaete, José; Valdebenito, Gonzalo; Valdebenito, Cristián; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Wrighton-Araneda, Kerry; Aguirre, Pedro; Abarca, Gabriel; Tuning CN Ullmann coupling with anion-exchanged ionic liquid-functionalized nanoparticle catalysts, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 403, 124782; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124782
2023.- Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Gaete, José; Osorio, Claudio; Synthesis and characterization of iron and ruthenium complexes with the hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-pyrazolyl)borate ligand and application as burning rate catalysts for solid rocket motor propellant, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 559,121793; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121793
2023.- Valdebenito, Cristián; Gaete, José; Osorio-Gutiérrez, Claudio; Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Norambuena, Ángel; Lecaros, Nathalie; Carrasco, Cristián; Reyes, Héctor; Abarca, Gabriel; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Evaluation of Mono and Bimetallic Ferrocene-Based 1, 2, 3-Triazolyl Compounds as Burning Rate Catalysts for Solid Rocket Motor, ACS Omega, 8, 35242–35255; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c04996
Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Gaete, José; Osorio-Gutiérrez, Claudio; Da Costa, David; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Insights from differential scanning calorimetry and cyclic voltammetry analyses: Studies of the synergistic effect of two different metallocenes on the main oxidizing agent for solid rocket motor, J. Chil. Chem. Soc., 68, N°2; http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0717-97072023000205853
2023.- Gaete, José; Valdebenito, Cristián; Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Arroyo, Juan Luis; Norambuena, Ángel; Valenzuela, Fernando; Basualto, Carlos; Abarca, Gabriel; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Superparamagnetic energetic nanoparticles: a surface self-propagation pathway for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 1-9; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11885-5
2022.- Muñoz, Salomé; Alvarado-Soto, Leonor; Gaete, José; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Ramírez-Tagle, Rodrigo; Cluster of Hexamolybdenum [Mo6Cl14]2− for Sensing Nitroaromatic Compounds, ACS Omega, 7, 19152−19157; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c07202
2022.- Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Gaete, José; Valdebenito, Cristian; Arroyo, Juan Luis; Martínez, Iván; Abarca, Gabriel; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Bimetallic ruthenium compound derived from 6,12-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]fluorene ligand as burning rate catalyst for solid rocket motor propellant, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 122408, 973-974; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122408
2022.- Gaete, José; Arroyo, Juan Luis; Norambuena, Ángel; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Abarca, Gabriel; Mechanistic insights into the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate: the role of amino-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles, Inorganic Chemistry, 61, 1447-1455; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03121
2022.- Dibdalli, Yuvaraja; Gaete, José; Osorio-Gutierrez, Claudio, Arroyo, Juan Luis; Norambuena, Angel; Amshumali, Mungalimane K.; Morales-Verdejo, Cesar; Abarca, Gabriel; Catalytic effects of ruthenocene bimetallic compounds derived from fused aromatic ring ligands on the main oxidizing agent for solid rocket motor, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 33, 5, 491-497; https://doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20210168
2021.- Gaete, José; Molina, Lorena; Valenzuela, Fernando; Basualto, Carlos; Recovery of lanthanum, praseodymium and samarium by adsorption using magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with a phosphonic group, Hydrometallurgy, 203, 105698, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2021.105698
2021.- Valenzuela, Fernando; Quintana, Geraldine; Briso, Alejandro; Ide, Viviana; Basualto, Carlos; Gaete, José; Montes, Gonzalo; Cu(II), Cd(II), Pb(II) and As(V) adsorption from aqueous solutions using magnetic iron-modified calcium silicate hydrate: Adsorption kinetic analysis, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 40, 101951; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.101951
Gaete, José; Abarca, Gabriel; Morales-Verdejo, César; Thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate using magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with amine derivatives as catalysts, Estados Unidos, N° WO2023122847A1.
