GRUPO DE

INVESTIGACIÓN
PROSPECTIVA
AMBIENTAL
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Palmira
Facultad de Ingeniería y Administración
Departamento de Ingeniería
Julio de 2019
In collaboration with
 PARTICIPANTS
Wilson D. Caicedo Chacon
Oscar D. Guerra Ceballos
Diego A. Rueda Cadavid
Valentina Arias Velasco
Mónica A. Rivera Toro
Joaquín López Lozano
Germán Ayala Valencia
Doris Y. Cadavid Rodríguez
Gladis Miriam Aparicio Rojas
E. Alberto Rojas Triviño
Ana C. Agudelo Henao
.
The research group Prospectiva Ambiental of the Universidad
Nacional de Colombia Palmira campus, is an interdisciplinary
group with action in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology,
environmental management and engineering.
Group leader
• Luz Stella Cadavid lscadavidr@unal.edu.co

Leading Researcher by line

• Physical, chemical and physico-chemical methods
and processes. Ana Cecilia Agudelo acagudeloh@unal.edu.co

• Environmental management. María Victoria Pinzón

mvpinzonb@unal.edu.co

• Management and valorization of waste, Biological

methods and processes. Luz Stella Cadavid
lscadavidr@unal.edu.co
 Nanotechnology for Environmental and
Agro-industrial applications

 Production and characterization of

modified starch by nanoprecipitation Translucent solutions

MODIFIED STARCH XRD DSC

TEM FTIR TGA
Drug delivery, emulsifier,
absorbent water treatment

Characterization

200 nm
Degradation Drying
kinetics kinetics
  Production of omega-oil nanoemulsions
encapsulated with pectin

Colloidal stability

Solubility by electric balance

Transparency in aqueous solutions

NPs of Nanoencapsulated oil Barrier against light, pH, oxidants and metal
ions

Enhanced properties by nanoencapsulation

 Methodology 3
1 2 Lyophilization
(Frezeen drying)
Oil omega Mechanical
homogenization
3%
12% by Ultra-Turrax® 3% 12% 32%
32% 20.000 rpmx20
min

5% (w/w)

4
pectin
aqueous
solution

Transmission Electron
Microscopy by JEOL
JEM-1011
 Oil droplet
0,5 -15 µm

Pectin chains Oil droplet

Pectin chains

Association Nanocapsules
Mechanical
components (4-200 nm)
homogenization
Nanotechnology for Environmental and Agro-industrial
applications
 Production and characterization of modified starch by nanoprecipitation

MODIFIED STARCH XRD DSC Translucent solutions

TEM FTIR TGA

Characterization
Drug delivery, emulsifier,
200 nm absorbent water treatment
Degradation Drying
kinetics kinetics

 Production of omega-oil nanoemulsions encapsulated with pectin

Colloidal stability Solubility by electric

balance

Transparency in
Barrier against light, pH,
aqueous solutions
oxidants and metal ions
NPs of Nanoencapsulated oil
Enhanced properties by nanoencapsulation
 Nanotechnology for Environmental and Agro-industrial
applications
 Silver nanoparticles synthesized using Canna indica L. starch and their application
as antimicrobial on Listeria monocytogenes

0.5 % to 2 %
NaOH (0,1M) AgNO3 (52mM)
Starch
Sodium Hydroxide Silver Nitrate

 Green synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles using residues of Citrus reticulata

TTIP

Tangerine peel
 MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC SOLID WASTE
WITH RESOURCE RECOVERY IN COLOMBIA  

Universidad de Islas Baleares , 4th July 2019

Luz Stella Cadavid Rodríguez MSc. Ph.D.

lscadavidr@unal.edu.co
 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Municipal ECOURBANISM Environmental

Environmental education
TERRITORIAL DIIGN OF URBAN
management
ORDINATION EQUIPMENT

Research strategy
«We are nature»

Management
strategy
«Taking roots»

CONTACT:
Awareness
MARÍA VICTORIA PINZÓN BOTERO
strategy
mvpinzonb@unal.edu.co «Pollinators»
 Thank you

Muchas
lscadavidr@unal.edu.co
Gracias
acagudeloh@unal.edu.co
mvpinzonb@unal.edu.co

Tranquilidad. Jube Pantoja