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 ...
Mastroianni, Nicola (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)
In the last decades, the development of increasingly sensitive analytical techniques has revealed the presence in the environment of a large number of potentially dangerous compounds for human health ...
Llorca-Casamayor, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-12-19)
Per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of manmade substances synthesised for more than 60 years. Due to their specific properties, PFASs have been widely used for industrial applications ...
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 ...
Jelić, Aleksandra (Date of defense: 2012-12-21)
Pharmaceuticals have been detected in natural waters for more than forty years, but with improvements in sample preparation procedures and analytical instrumentation, the number of scientific publications ...