López Canosa, Adrián (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)
[eng] The design of bioresponsive materials capable of stimulating the body’s innate regenerative potential is opening unprecedented possibilities to treat tissue and organ failure, which is one of the ...
Blázquez Gómez, Josep Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-12-13)
This Thesis has been focused on the fabrication and characterization of different CMOS- compatible materials in order to determine both their electro-optical and resistive switching properties. Basically, ...
Irtem, Ibrahim Erdem (Date of defense: 2017-05-04)
Growing global emission of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) reflects the world’s energy dependence on fossil fuels. The conversion of CO2 emission into value-added products, like fuels completes a circular CO2 ...
Balakishan, Harishankar (Date of defense: 2021-05-12)
The ability to characterize the elements beneath the surface has been a dire necessity in the fields of materials science, polymer technology, biology, and medical sciences. Scanning Probe Microscopies ...
Macías Montero, José Gabriel (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique used for several decades in nuclear medicine that provides precise physiological information of the human body, what is crucial in ...
Badiola Mateos, Maider (Date of defense: 2021-03-10)
Movement of skeletal-muscle fibres is generated by the locomotion circuit, in which many cells play a different role. Failures in any part of the circuit can cause or define the severity of neuromuscular ...
Vescio, Giovanni (Date of defense: 2017-07-04)
The soaring global demand for flexible, wearable and transparent devices has been driven by the advent of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), where smart electronic objects are expected to be, at anytime and ...
Van Der Hofstadt Serrano, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
The large abundance of bacterial growth niches provide a rich diversity of bacterial traits. These are usually characterized using traditional microbiology research tools, and newer characterization ...
Ortega Torres, Silvia (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
In the world around us, it is easy to think in different situations in which there are temperature gradients available. These could be converted into a great source of energy if using the proper technology. ...
Garcia Miquel, Aleix (Date of defense: 2018-06-15)
The use of radiofrequency in biomedical devices is taking on increasing significance due to its contributions to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, either for minimally invasive remote ...