Fabrication and Characterization of Macroscopic Graphene Layers on Metallic Substrates 

    Freire Soler, Víctor Manuel (Date of defense: 2014-11-14)

    In 2004 there were newly conditions for a scientific revolution, with very important technology implications and yet to be completely developed. It is the isolation of atomic carbon layers, better known as graphene, whose ...

    Ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric coupling in magnetic ferroelectrics and artificial multiferroic heterostructures 

    Fina Martínez, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2012-05-10)

    Multiferroic materials are those materials in which more than one ferroic order coexist. The most technologically appealing multiferroic materials are those showing ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. Coupling between the ...

    Functional properties and applications of plasma polymerized hexamethyldisiloxane (ppHMDSO) thin films 

    Benítez i Porras, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

    Plasma Polymerization is a novel technique for the preparation of polymer-like thin film coatings at low temperatures onto almost any type of substrates: plastic, metal, semiconductors, wood, textile fibers or membranes, ...