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Nanophotonic antennas for enhanced single-molecule fluorescence detection and nanospectroscopy in living cells membranes

Regmi, Raju (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)

Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy has revolutionized the field of biophysical sciences by enabling visualization of dynamic molecular interactions and nanoscopic features with high spatiotemporal resolution. ...

Nanophotonic biosensors for deciphering cell regulation pathways

Sánchez Huertas, César (Date of defense: 2016-02-26)

La presente Tesis Doctoral se centra en el desarrollo de metodologías analíticas de carácter innovador para el estudio de diferentes rutas de regulación genética. Éstas nuevas técnicas de análisis se presentan como una ...

Nanophotonic point-of-care biosensors for innovative clinical diagnosis of respiratory diseases

Calvo Lozano, Olalla (Date of defense: 2022-11-17)

Els mètodes convencionals per al diagnòstic de les malalties respiratòries es basen principalment en les proves clíniques per imatge. Complementar aquesta anàlisi amb una avaluació molecular pot proporcionar un diagnòstic ...

Nanophotonics of ultrathin films and 2D periodic structures: a combined experimental and theoretical study

Mkhitaryan, Vahagn (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)

Photonics is a key enabling technology for many applications ranging from communications to energy and medicine. Its success is largely relying on our capability to appropriately control light in optical devices. To this ...

Nanophotonics with charged particles

Giulio, Valerio di (Date of defense: 2023-04-12)

(English) Among the fundamental constituents of matter, charged particles such electrons and positrons are leading protagonists in physical phenomena associated with small (~ meV) and high (~ MeV) energy scales. For example, ...

Nanoplasmonic biosensors for clinical diagnosis at the point of care

Soler Aznar, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-04-30)

Aquesta Tesi Doctoral se centra en el desenvolupament de noves metodologies analítiques en biosensors òptics com a solucions alternatives per a la diagnosi o la monitorització terapèutica de diferents malalties, com ara ...

Nanoplasmonic biosensors for clinical diagnosis, drug monitoring and therapeutic follow-up

Peláez Gutiérrez, Enelia Cristina (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)

Aquesta tesi doctoral té com a objectiu el desenvolupament de diversos biosensors que operen sense necessitat de marcatge addicional basats en dispositius plasmònics òptics per a la detecció directa de medicaments o ...

Nanoporous GaN by Chemical Vapor Deposition: crystal growth, characterization and applications

Bilousov, Oleksandr (Date of defense: 2014-07-09)

La societat modera presenta una creixent demanda d'energia, una quantitat significativa de la qual s'utilitza en il·luminació. El nitrur de Ga (GaN és un semiconductor de gap ample, base dels LEDs de llum blanca, que ...

Nanoscale characterization and simulation of advanced CMOS and emerging devices variability

Ruiz Flores, Ana (Date of defense: 2022-11-24)

Durant les darreres dècades, els dispositius electrònics han esdevingut essencials per a la nostra societat i es poden trobar al nostre voltant en tots els aspectes de la nostra vida quotidiana. Un exponent paradigmàtic ...

Nanoscale Coherent Control. Ultrafast dynamics of single molecules, individual light harvesting complexes and discrete nanoantennas at room temperature.

Brinks, Daan (Date of defense: 2012-10-19)

Ultrafast pulses allow observation of molecular dynamics with femtosecond time resolution through pump probe experiments. However, averaging over an ensemble of molecules tends to wash out phase sensitive information, ...

Nanoscale control of near-field interactions between single emitters and photonic antennas-on-probe

Sanz Paz, Maria (Date of defense: 2020-07-27)

Photonic antennas are metallic (or dielectric) nanoscale structures that convert propagating light into highly confined fields, and vice versa, in analogy to common radio antennas but on nanometric scales that lead to ...

Nanoscale dielectric mapping of biomembranes with in-liquid Scanning Dielectric Microscopy

Muzio, Martina di (Date of defense: 2021-05-11)

The structure and physicochemical properties of biomembranes are fundamental for the functioning of cells, and many pathologies have been associated with their alteration (cancer, neurodegenerations, obesity, etc.) 1, 2. ...

Nanoscale electrical characterization of biological matter at microwave frequencies

Biagi, Maria Chiara (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)

The microwaves electromagnetic properties, i.e. the complex permittivity, of single cells determine how this radiation is transmitted, reflected or absorbed by biological tissues. This information is important for the ...

Nanoscale interpretation of performances in organic solar cells and field effect transistors

Pérez Rodríguez, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-04-16)

Dos de los principales retos a superar en el campo de la electrónica orgánica son el control la morfología de la capa semiconductora y las propiedades de las interfases. En particular, las interfases formadas por la capa ...

Nanoscale investigation and control of the interfacial properties of organic solar cells and organic thin-film transistors

Aghamohammadi, Mahdieh (Date of defense: 2016-07-13)

Las propiedades de las películas de semiconductores orgánicas y, en particular, de las interfases involucradas, son uno de los aspectos más prominentes en relación con la eficiencia de los dispositivos orgánicos. La ...