Muñoz Tabares, José Alejandro (Date of defense: 2010-11-12)
The use of zirconia ceramics (ZrO2) as advanced structural materials is based on toughness increasing by tetragonal to monoclinic (tm) phase transformation. Of these, the 3Y-TZP (tetragonal polycrystalline ...
Safari, Alaleh (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)
Total hip replacement (THR) has been one of the most successful surgeries in the 21st century. Ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) shows favorable mechanical and tribological properties ...
Punset Fuste, Miquel (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Material engineering has always played a defining role in industry by improving materials and tribological properties, increasing lite time use and thus ultimately reducing material costs. Over the ...
Sadowska, Joanna Maria (Date of defense: 2018-07-24)
Bone has a natural ability to regenerate. However, it cannot bridge large defects without the additional help of a supporting material. Among the different synthetic bone grafts, calcium phosphates ...
Camposilvan, Erik (Date of defense: 2015-07-08)
Tetragonal polycrystalline zirconia stabilized with 3 mol% of yttria (3Y-TZP) is a biocompatible ceramic showing superior mechanical properties, which are partly the consequence of phase transformation: ...
Abt, Tobias (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)
The thesis at hand deals with the modification of cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT) with the aim to improve its final properties. CBT polymerizes in an entropically-driven ring-opening polymerization ...
Casas Quesada, Casimir (Date of defense: 2015-01-21)
In this thesis, the microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk samples manufactured with nanocrystalline iron powder are analyzed. This iron powder was obtained by a severe plastic deformation ...
Wang, Liang (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)
Foam-like aerogels based on biodegradable polymers and sodium montmorillonite (Na+-MMT) clay were prepared through an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process. Both synthesized and bio-based ...
Ramírez Sandoval, Giselle (Date of defense: 2012-07-25)
In recent years hard coatings have acquired a significant importance in the microstructural and micromechanical design of forming tools. Among the wide range of surface modification techniques, physical ...
Serra, Tiziano (Date of defense: 2014-04-29)
The design of smart biodegradable scaffolds plays a crucial role in the regeneration of tissues and restoration of their functionality. Advances in material science and manufacturing and in the understanding ...