Gallen Ortiz, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-02-01)
The Thesis deals with the preparation, coordination chemistry and use in asymmetric homogeneous catalysis of several optically pure P-stereogenic ligands containing a tert-butylmethylphosphino fragment. In ...
Fuster Juncà, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-06-14)
The research work presented in this thesis aims to understand the transport mechanism of two described BBB-shuttles, THRre and MiniAp-4. To achieve these objectives, different techniques have been used ...
Vázquez Bigas, Guillem (Date of defense: 2019-03-22)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), for which no cure is known yet, is currently the most prevalent cause of dementia for the elderly population. The aberrant aggregation of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) is believed to ...
Llorens Palomo, Lluís (Date of defense: 2019-10-28)
Cucurbiturils are known to present potential applications in molecular recognition, self- assembly, and nanotechnology. The discovery of ultra-high affinity CB–guest complexes with binding constant ...
Dalmases Solé, Mariona (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)
The size/shape dependent and unique physical and chemical properties presented by nanostructured materials have attracted great attention in several fields such as energy harvesting, optoelectronics and ...
Lobo Ruiz, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2019-05-10)
Peptides and proteins are essential substances for living organisms, as they can be found in every cell and tissue and are involved in many biological and physiological processes. Given their intrinsic ...
Mir Morro, Bartomeu (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Given the increasing interest in i-motif structures, obtaining such structures as well as detailed structural information under physiological conditions have become hot topics in the structural biology ...
Agramunt Pi, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)
2,2-Disubstituted cyclopent-4-ene-1,3-diones (CPDs), which have been as non-hydrolysable maleimide analogs, have been found to possess an unexpected reactivity with N-terminal cysteines. Whilst maleimides ...