Vargas Estevez, Carolina (Date of defense: 2019-01-17)
Our bodies are complex machines whose functioning depends on multiple electrical signals controlled mainly by the nervous system. Afterwards, it is not illogical to think that one day artificial electrical ...
Cadavid, Doris (Date of defense: 2014-03-12)
En esta tesis se usa la estrategia de “Bottom-up” para la producción de materiales termoeléctricos nano-estructurados con alta eficiencia termoeléctrica. Esta técnica proporciona un amplio rango de ...
Ibáñez Sabaté, Maria (Date of defense: 2013-03-05)
The work developed during this PhD has embraced several topics that I divide in three blocks. Each block contains two chapters in this dissertation. Additionally, a general introduction of the different ...
Illera Robles, Sergio (Date of defense: 2015-06-04)
The main topic of this thesis is the theoretical and computational investigation of the opto-electronic properties of large arrays of semiconductor quantum dots embedded in an insulator matrix. For that ...
Fairbrother, Andrew (Date of defense: 2014-05-07)
Thin film solar cell technologies are rapidly developing, and chalcopyrite (Cu(In,Ga)Se2) based devices have demonstrated the highest power conversion efficiencies on the laboratory scale. However, in ...
Gramse, Georg (Date of defense: 2012-06-19)
The objective of my thesis was to develop novel techniques and methods to probe the dielectric properties of biomembranes in air and their natural environment - liquid solution. The dielectric constant ...
Brufau Penella, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-01-30)
This thesis focuses on the use of smart materials in microrobotic applications. The development of materials with the capabilities to mechanically respond to electrical stimuli or, at the same time, ...
Comerma Montells, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-01-09)
The aim of this thesis is to present a solution for the readout of Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) arrays improving currently implemented systems. Using as a starting point previous designs with similar ...
Carrasco Carrillo, Tomás (Date of defense: 2013-10-16)
Ambient intelligence is going to focus the next advances in wireless technologies. Hence, the increasing demand on radio frequency (RF) devices and applications represents, not only a challenge for ...
Domènech i Amador, Núria (Date of defense: 2015-10-30)
This thesis is devoted to the study of the interactions of phonons in indium nitride (InN) and materials of the (In,Ga)N system with wurtzite structure. For this purpose, we present Raman spectroscopy ...