Roncero Barrero, Cristina (Date of defense: 2022-09-23)
Purely organic radical-based materials constitute a promising approach for the miniaturization of devices due to their interesting optical, electronic and magnetic properties, and are good candidates ...
Ozaeta Laverde, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)
Natural Gas with more than 80% methane has a liquefaction temperature around -165 ° C. Temperature at which the gas reduces its volume by a factor of 600/1. This operating temperature makes the use ...
López Martínez, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2017-09-26)
Electron Transfer (ET) plays essential roles in crucial biological processes such as cell respiration and photosynthesis. It takes place between redox proteins and in protein complexes that display an ...
Maldonado Alameda, Alex (Date of defense: 2021-06-28)
Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) is the most widely used solution in those countries where landfilling areas are limited. Incineration allows reducing the total volume of waste (up to 90%) and ...
Calvo de la Rosa, Jaume (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
This doctoral Thesis has been focused on the preparation of magnetic materials by different methods, the characterization of their structural characteristics, and the understanding of their mechanical ...
Gumí Audenis, Berta (Date of defense: 2018-04-27)
Biological membranes (BMs) are self-sealing boundaries, which confine the permeability barriers of cells and organelles and provide the means to compartmentalize functions. Apart from being crucial for ...
Lafuente Hernández, Mª Pilar (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
The objective of this PhD thesis has been the study of the mechanisms that stabilize high-spin states in organic molecule-based magnetic materials. These materials require organic radicals with permanent ...
Martínez Prat, Berta (Date of defense: 2022-12-02)
[eng] One of the most striking phenomena of active fluids, i.e., fluids composed of self-propelled constituents, is the emergence of chaotic spatiotemporal flows. "This regime, reminiscent of inertial ...
Blanco, Pablo Miguel (Date of defense: 2020-11-25)
I have carried out this thesis in the Biophysical Chemistry of Macromolecules and Colloids research group of the University of Barcelona. In the recent years, the research group have made significant ...
Guillamat Bassedas, Pau (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)
Groups of animals, bacterial colonies, cellular tissues and assemblies of subcellular extracts are some examples of experimental systems studied in the field of Active Soft Matter. All of them are ...