Mikel Irigoyen received his B. Sc. in Chemistry in 2016 from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), where, under supervision of Prof. Xabier Lopez and Dr, Jon M. Matxain, he carried out a theoretical study on collective excitations in the doped derivatives of Al13- cluster. He obtained his M. Sc. on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling in 2018 from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) under the supervision of Dr. Jon M. Matxain and Dr. Fernando Ruipérez.
Currently he is doing his PhD at UPV/EHU supervised by Dr. Jon M. Matxain and Dr. Fernando Ruipérez.
Research
His research is focused in the computational study of the reaction mechanism and the role of non-covalent interactions in the different disulfide and diselenide-based materials, with the aim of predicting their self-healing capacity and, thus, propose new compounds for future self-healing materials with improved features.
Education
- 2012-2016: B. Sc. in ChemistryUniversidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)Bachelor thesis: “Excitaciones Colectivas en clústeres de aluminio y Derivados” https://addi.ehu.es/bitstream/handle/10810/19652/Excitaciones_colectivas_en_cl%c3%basteres_de_aluminio_y_derivados_Mikel_Irigoyen_TFG.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- 2016-2018: M. Sc. in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (EMTCCM)
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) - 2017-: Currently: Ph. D. in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
POLYMAT – Basque Center for MACROMOLECULAR DESIGN & ENGINEERING
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Complementary Formation
- School on Computational Biochemistry (CECAM)
Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: May 2017 - School on Theoretical Solid State Chemistry: theory, modelling, and simulation (CECAM)
Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: May 2017 - School on Quantum and Mixed Quantum Classical Dynamics simulations for the study of photoinitiated processes (CECAM)
Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: March 2017 - School on Kinetics and Dynamics of Chemical Reactions (CECAM)
Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: March 2017
Conferences
- 16th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry (ICQC)
Type of contribution: Poster presentation
Title: “Design of New Disulfide- and Diselenide-Based Organic Compounds for the Improvement of Self-Healing Materials”
Authors: Mikel Irigoyen, Amaia Ruiz, Andrea Fernandez, Fernando Ruipérez, Jon M. Matxain
Place: Menton, France
Date: June 2018 - 11th congress on Electronic Structure Principles and Applications (ESPA)
Type of contribution: Poster presentation
Title: “Design of New Disulfide- and Diselenide-Based Organic Compounds for the Improvement of Self-Healing Materials”
Authors: Mikel Irigoyen, Amaia Ruiz, Andrea Fernandez, Fernando Ruipérez, Jon M. Matxain
Place: Toledo, Spain
Date: July 2018 - XXXVII Bienal de la Real Sociedad Eespañola de Química (RSEQ)
Type of contribution: Poster presentation
Title: “Diselenide bond as an alternative to disulfide bond in Self-Healing Materials”
Authors: Mikel Irigoyen, Amaia Ruiz, Andrea Fernandez, Fernando Ruipérez, Jon M. Matxain
Place: Donostia, Spain
Date: May 2019 - Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling: 20 years promoting Excellence in Science (20TCCM)
Type of contribution: Poster presentation
Title: “Diselenide bond as an alternative to disulfide bond in Self-Healing Materials”
Authors: Mikel Irigoyen, Amaia Ruiz, Andrea Fernandez, Fernando Ruipérez, Jon M. Matxain
Place: Donostia, Spain
Date: May 2019 - 2nd International Vigo Meeting on Advanced Computational Chemistry (IVIMACC)
Type of contribution: Oral presentation
Title: “Diselenide bond as an alternative to disulfide bond in Self-Healing Materials”
Authors: Mikel Irigoyen, Fernando Ruipérez, Jon M. Matxain
Place: Vigo, Spain
Date: June 2019
Publication List
- M. Irigoyen, A. Fernandez, A. Ruiz, F. Ruipérez, J. M. Matxain, “Diselenide Bonds as an Alternative to Outperform the Efficiency of Disulfides in Self-Healing Materials” J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84 (7), pp 4200–4210. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00014
- A. Erice, I. Azcune, A. Ruiz de Luzuriaga, F. Ruipérez, M. Irigoyen, J. M. Matxain, J. M. Asua, H. J. Grande, A. Rekondo, “Effect of Regioisomerism on Processability and MechanicalProperties of Amine/Urea Exchange Based Poly(urea-urethane)Vitrimers” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Online (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00589
- M. Irigoyen, J. M. Matxain, F. Ruipérez, “Effect of Molecular Structure in the Chain Mobility of Dichalcogenide-Based Polymers with Self-Healing Capacity”, Polymers, 11 (12), 1960 (2019). DOI: 10.3390/polym11121960
- Kathryn O’Harra, Naroa Sadaba, Mikel Irigoyen, Fernando Ruipérez, Roberto Aguirresarobe, Haritz Sardon, Jason Bara “Nearly Perfect 3D Structures Obtained by Assembly of Printed Parts of Polyamide Ionene Self-Healing Elastomer“, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2, 11, 4352–4359 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c00799
Contact
Polymer Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Chemistry,
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU),
Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018.
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
email: mikel.irigoyen@polymat.eu
Tel:+34 943 01 5341