Juan Francisco Vivanco
PhD Materials Science-Biomechanics
Juan Francisco Vivanco
PhD Materials Science-Biomechanics
Juan Fco. Vivanco obtuvo su Doctorado en Biomateriales y Biomecánica y sus Magísteres en Ingeniería de Materiales; Ingeniería Mecánica y en Ingeniería Civil, en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, EE.UU. Es Ingeniero Civil estructural de la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
En 2014 llegó a la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, donde hoy se desempeña como profesor asociado e investigador del Centro de Bioingeniería UAI.
El profesor Vivanco ha orientado su trabajo a la formulación y ejecución de proyectos de innovación tecnológica en áreas multidisciplinarias de la bioingeniería, desarrollando estrategias para valorizar el uso de biomateriales naturales y artificiales con potenciales aplicaciones biotecnológicas. Tiene publicaciones científicas en experimentación y análisis de estructuras porosas utilizadas en ingeniería de tejidos biológicos, biomecánica de implantes ortopédicos, experimentación multi-escala de biomateriales y modelos biológicos in vitro de biomateriales con células madre.
Fue nominado por The American Ceramic Society, EE.UU., como futuro líder en el desarrollo de materiales biocerámicos.
Aminochrome-Induced Disruption of Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion</>
Briceño, A., Núñez, C., Cortés, K., Pallacán, P., Salinas, N., Millán, C., Vivanco, J., Caro, N., Segura-Aguilar, J. & Paris, I., jun. 2026, In: Antioxidants, 15, 6.Characterization of Argopecten purpuratus Shells as Marine-Derived Bioceramics</>
Millán, C., Benjumeda-Wijnhoven, I., Contreras Raggio, J., Muñoz, A., Muñoz-Brautigam, I., Álamos, M., Lardies, M., Santibañez, J., Lagos, N. & Vivanco, J., abr. 2026, In: Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 17, 4.Engineering osteoinductive hydroxyapatite via zinc and strontium co-substitution</>
Durairaj, S., Arora, M., Kumar, S., Murugesan, P., Vivanco, J. & Ghosh, D., 2026, In: Nanoscale, 18, 13, p. 7193-7209.PorMe</>
Contreras Raggio, J., Pardo, M., Weisse, B., Vivanco, J. & Aiyangar, A., dic. 2025, In: MethodsX, 15.Effect of Processing Parameters on the Printability and Mechano-Biological Properties of Polycaprolactone–Bioactive Glass Composites for 3D-Printed Scaffold Fabrication</>
Contreras Raggio, J., Pardo, M., Núñez, P., Millán, C., Siqueira, G., Palza, H., Vivanco, J. & Aiyangar, A., jun. 2025, In: Polymers, 17, 11.Improved magnetic and ku-band microwave response in Ba0.85La0.15Fe12-xCoxO19 hexaferrites</>
Mahadevan, S., Choudhary, A., Sharma, P., Denardin, J., Chudasama, B., Viswanathan, M. & Vivanco, J., abr. 2025, In: Ceramics International, 51, 9, p. 11982-11995.Ti3C2 MXene as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions</>
Durairaj, S., Anil, C., Raj, N., Babu, K., Mahadevan, S., Sengan, M., Natarajan, R., Arulraj, A. & Vivanco, J., ene. 2025.CAMAlyzer</>
Rodríguez, B., Espinoza, A., Nho, S., Carrasco, M. & Vivanco, J., 2025.Improved magnetic and ku-band microwave response in Ba0.85La0.15Fe12-xCoxO19 hexaferrites</>
Mahadevan, S., Choudhary, A., Sharma, P., Denardin, J., Chudasama, B., Viswanathan, M. & Vivanco, J., 2025, In: Ceramics International.Effect of Gelatin Coating and GO Incorporation on the Properties and Degradability of Electrospun PCL Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration</>
Loyo, C., Cordoba, A., Palza, H., Canales, D., Melo, F., Vivanco, J., Baier, R., Millán, C., Corrales, T. & Zapata, P., ene. 2024, In: Polymers, 16, 1.Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Carbon Nitride</>
Arumugam, G., Durairaj, S., Gonçale, J., Fonseca do Carmo, P., Terra Garcia, M., Soares da Silva, N., Borges, B., Loures, F., Ghosh, D., Vivanco, J. & Junqueira, J., 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16, 20, p. 25727-25739.Efficient Photocatalytic degradation of direct blue 15 dye using samarium doped bismuth tungstate nanosheets</>
D, S., K, R., K, S., A, A., Mangalaraja, R., M, S., M, S., Vivanco, J. & P, R., dic. 2023, In: Chemosphere, 345.The Effect of Boom Leveling on Spray Dispersion</>
Bustamante, M., Vivanco, J. & Burgers, T., 2023.Height-to-Diameter Ratio and Porosity Strongly Influence Bulk Compressive Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymer Scaffolds</>
Contreras Raggio, J., Arancibia, C., Millán, C., Ploeg, H., Aiyangar, A. & Vivanco, J., nov. 2022, In: Polymers, 14, 22.Metabolic rate allometry in intertidal mussels across environmental gradients</>
Labra, F., San Martín, V., Jahnsen-Guzmán, N., Fernández, C., Zapata, J., García-Huidobroro, M., Duarte, C., García-Herrera, C., Vivanco, J., Lardies, M. & Lagos, N., nov. 2022, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 184.Acidification and high-temperature impacts on energetics and shell production of the edible clam Ameghinomya antiqua</>
Martel, S., Fernández, C., Lagos, N., Labra, F., Duarte, C., Vivanco, J., García-Herrera, C. & Lardies, M., sep. 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.Shape fidelity, mechanical and biological performance of 3D printed polycaprolactone-bioactive glass composite scaffolds</>
Baier, R., Contreras Raggio, J., Giovanetti, C., Palza, H., Burda, I., Terrasi, G., Weisse, B., De Freitas, G., Nyström, G., Vivanco, J. & Aiyangar, A., mar. 2022, In: Biomaterials Advances, 134.Plasticity in organic composition maintains biomechanical performance in shells of juvenile scallops exposed to altered temperature and pH conditions</>
Lagos, N., Benítez, S., Grenier, C., Rodriguez-Navarro, A., García-Herrera, C., Abarca-Ortega, A., Vivanco, J., Benjumeda, I., Vargas, C., Duarte, C. & Lardies, M., dic. 2021, In: Scientific Reports, 11, 1.Structure-function assessment of 3D-printed porous scaffolds by a low-cost/open source fused filament fabrication printer</>
Vallejos Baier, R., Contreras Raggio, J., Toro Arancibia, C., Bustamante, M., Pérez, L., Burda, I., Aiyangar, A. & Vivanco, J., abr. 2021, In: Materials Science and Engineering C, 123.Shape fidelity, mechanical and biological performance of 3D printed polycaprolactone-bioactive glass composite scaffolds</>
Baier, R., Contreras Raggio, J., Giovanetti, C., Palza, H., Burda, I., Terrasi, G., Weisse, B., De Freitas, G., Nyström, G., Vivanco, J. & Aiyangar, A., 2021, In: Biomaterials Advances, 134.Shape fidelity, mechanical and biological performance of 3D printed polycaprolactone-bioactive glass composite scaffolds</>
Baier, R., Contreras Raggio, J., Giovanetti, C., Palza, H., Burda, I., Terrasi, G., Weisse, B., De Freitas, G., Nyström, G., Vivanco, J. & Aiyangar, A., 2021, In: Materials Science and Engineering C.Analysis of cell-biomaterial interaction through cellular bridge formation in the interface between hGMSCs and CaP bioceramics</>
Benjumeda Wijnhoven, I., Vallejos, R., Santibanez, J., Millán, C. & Vivanco, J., dic. 2020, In: Scientific Reports, 10, 1.Microencapsulated bio-based rejuvenators for the self-healing of bituminous materials</>
Norambuena-Contreras, J., Arteaga-Perez, L., Guadarrama-Lezama, A., Briones, R., Vivanco, J. & Gonzalez-Torre, I., mar. 2020, In: Materials, 13, 6.Characterization of the mechanical response of thermoplastic parts fabricated with 3D printing</>
Vukasovic, T., Vivanco, J., Celentano, D. & García-Herrera, C., oct. 2019, In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 104, 9-12, p. 4207-4218.Microporosity clustering assessment in calcium phosphate bioceramic particles</>
Baier, R., Wijnhoven, I., Del Valle, V., Giovanetti, C. & Vivanco, J., 2019, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7, OCT.Mesenchymal stem cells and calcium phosphate bioceramics</>
Millan, C., Vivanco, J., Benjumeda-Wijnhoven, I., Bjelica, S. & Santibanez, J., 2018.Characterization of the quasi-static and viscoelastic properties of orthopaedic bone cement at the macro and nanoscale</>
Slane, J., Vivanco, J., Squire, M. & Ploeg, H., ago. 2017, In: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 105, 6, p. 1461-1468.A methodology based on the Birnbaum–Saunders distribution for reliability analysis applied to nano-materials</>
Leiva, V., Ruggeri, F., Saulo, H. & Vivanco, J., ene. 2017, In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 157, p. 192-201.Multiscale Biomechanical Characterization of Bioceramic Bone Scaffolds</>
Vivanco, J., Slane, J. & Aiyangar, A., 2017.Diagnostics in multivariate generalized Birnbaum-Saunders regression models</>
Marchant, C., Leiva, V., Cysneiros, F. & Vivanco, J., nov. 2016, In: Journal of Applied Statistics, 43, 15, p. 2829-2849.Mice with a heterozygous Lrp6 deletion have impaired fracture healing</>
Burgers, T., Vivanco, J., Zahatnansky, J., Moren, A., Mason, J. & Williams, B., sep. 2016, In: Bone Research, 4.Nanomechanical properties of polymeric fibres used in geosynthetics</>
Norambuena-Contreras, J., Gonzalez-Torre, I., Vivanco, J. & Gacitúa, W., sep. 2016, In: Polymer Testing, 54, p. 67-77.Combined exposure to big endothelin-and mechanical loading in bovine sternal cores promotes osteogenesis</>
Meyer, L., Johnson, M., Cullen, D., Vivanco, J., Blank, R., Ploeg, H. & Smith, E., abr. 2016, In: Bone, 85, p. 115-122.Mechanical, material, and antimicrobial properties of acrylic bone cement impregnated with silver nanoparticles</>
Slane, J., Vivanco, J., Rose, W., Ploeg, H. & Squire, M., dic. 2015, In: Materials Science and Engineering C, 48, p. 188-196.Fracture healing in mice lacking Pten in osteoblasts</>
Collins, C., Vivanco, J., Sokn, S., Williams, B., Burgers, T. & Ploeg, H., ene. 2015, In: Journal of Biomechanics, 48, 2, p. 310-317.Multiscale characterization of acrylic bone cement modified with functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles</>
Slane, J., Vivanco, J., Ebenstein, D., Squire, M. & Ploeg, H., sep. 2014, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 37, p. 141-152.Accounting for structural compliance in nanoindentation measurements of bioceramic bone scaffolds</>
Vivanco, J., Jakes, J., Slane, J. & Ploeg, H., sep. 2014, In: Ceramics International, 40, 8 PART A, p. 12485-12492.Dependence of anisotropy of human lumbar vertebral trabecular bone on quantitative computed tomography-based apparent density</>
Aiyangar, A., Vivanco, J., Au, A., Anderson, P., Smith, E. & Ploeg, H., sep. 2014, In: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 136, 9.The influence of low concentrations of a water soluble poragen on the material properties, antibiotic release, and biofilm inhibition of an acrylic bone cement</>
Slane, J., Vivanco, J., Rose, W., Squire, M. & Ploeg, H., sep. 2014, In: Materials Science and Engineering C, 42, p. 168-176.Estimating the density of femoral head trabecular bone from hip fracture patients using computed tomography scan data</>
Vivanco, J., Burgers, T., García-Rodríguez, S., Crookshank, M., Kunz, M., MacIntyre, N., Harrison, M., Bryant, J., Sellens, R. & Ploeg, H., jun. 2014, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 228, 6, p. 616-626.Modification of acrylic bone cement with mesoporous silica nanoparticles</>
Slane, J., Vivanco, J., Meyer, J., Ploeg, H. & Squire, M., ene. 2014, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 29, p. 451-461.Apparent elastic modulus of ex vivo trabecular bovine bone increases with dynamic loading</>
Vivanco, J., Garcia, S., Ploeg, H., Alvarez, G., Cullen, D. & Smith, E., ago. 2013, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 227, 8, p. 904-912.Dependence of human Lumbar Vertebral Trabecular Bone (HVTB) mechanical anisotropy ratio on QCT-based apparent density</>
Aiyangar, A., Vivanco, J., Au, A., Anderson, P., Smith, E. & Ploeg, H., 2013.Mechanical characterization of injection-molded macro porous bioceramic bone scaffolds</>
Vivanco, J., Aiyangar, A., Araneda, A. & Ploeg, H., may. 2012, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 9, p. 137-152.Effect of sintering temperature on microstructural properties of bioceramic bone scaffolds</>
Vivanco, J., Araneda, A. & Ploeg, H., 2012.The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a bioceramic bone scaffold</>
Vivanco, J., Slane, J., Nay, R., Simpson, A. & Ploeg, H., nov. 2011, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4, 8, p. 2150-2160.Nano-mechanical properties of bioceramic bone scaffolds fabricated at three sintering temperatures</>
Vivanco, J., Slane, J. & Ploeg, H., 2011.3D elastomeric scaffolds fabricated by casting in micro end milled moulds</>
Vivanco, J., Smith, B., Blake, A., Williams, J., Turner, K. & Ploeg, H., dic. 2010, In: Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials, and Tissue Engineering, 9, 1, p. 17-23.Evaluation of the mechanical behavior of a direct compression molded porous tantalum-UHMWPEconstruct</>
Vivanco, J., Fang, Z., Levine, D. & Ploeg, H., 2009, In: Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics, 7, 1, p. 34-42.Material and mechanical properties of tricalcium phosphate-based (TCP) scaffolds</>
Vivanco, J., García-Rodríguez, S., Smith, E. & Ploeg, H., 2009.Functionally Graded TPMS Scaffolds Fabricated via High-Precision Additive Manufacturing: Bridging Mechanical Performance and Stem Cell Viability for Bone Tissue Engineering</>
Vivanco, J. (Principal Investigator) & Millán, C. (Co-Investigator)1/04/26 → 1/04/29.
Integrating structure and function of ecological, mechanical and mineralogical properties of marine calcifiers: shell carbonates as source of bio-inspiration (CarboNat-Lab)</>
Lardies, M. (Researcher) & Vivanco, J. (Researcher)1/12/17 → 1/12/20.
Artificial Intelligence aided Cell-Instructive Biomaterial scaffolds for bone regeneration</>
Vivanco, J. (Co-Investigator)1/04/24 → 1/04/27.
An integrated biomechanical design and manufacturing process of 3D scaffolds with structural gradient evaluated with a Stem Cell culture model for bone tissue engineering applications</>
Vivanco, J. (Principal Investigator) & Millán, C. (Co-Investigator)1/04/23 → 1/04/26.
Design And Evaluation Of Porous Scaffolds For Bone Regeneration: Development Of A Biomechanical Platform.</>
Vivanco, J. (Principal Investigator)15/11/17 → 31/10/20.
Development of exchange coupled magnetodielectric ferrite composite: An efficient microwave antenna substrate</>
Vivanco, J. (Sponsoring Researcher)15/04/23 → 15/04/26.
Development of Novel M1M2 substituted Hydroxyapatitie/PCL/CNF composite on Ti6Al4V implant for orthopedic application</>
Vivanco, J. (Sponsoring Researcher)15/04/23 → 15/04/26.