Santiago Santiago, Luz Mary (Date of defense: 2015-12-10)
Plastic scintillation microspheres (PSm) are a solid dispersion of one or more fluorescent solutes encapsulated within a polymeric matrix. PSm appear as an alternative to the use of liquid scintillation ...
Sanchís, Josep Àngel (Date of defense: 2015-07-30)
Nanotechnology is the multidisciplinary science consisting in modifying the matter at the nanometre scale. Due to the unique properties exhibited by nanomaterials, the number of investigations devoted ...
Astefanei, Alina (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Fullerenes or Buckyballs are a group of carbon nanoparticles, classified as engineered nanoparticles. The advent of fullerene nanoparticles in commercial, industrial and biomedical applications raises ...
Osorio Torrens, Victoria (Date of defense: 2015-11-12)
In view of the concerns about the presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, two main lines of research regarding these substances were followed within this thesis: Their fate was assessed ...