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    Contribució al desenvolupament, optimització i regeneració de sensors d’oxigen per al control d’humitat en entorns d’alta temperatura 

    Blanes Guàrdia, Mireia (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)

    Els treballs realitzats en aquesta tesi doctoral s’han dirigit cap al desenvolupament, optimització i regeneració dels sensors d’oxigen per a la detecció d’humitat en entorns d’alta temperatura per acomplir amb un objectiu ...

    Contribución al estudio de la influencia de los centros profundos en los diodos Schottky 

    Esteve Pujol, Joan (Date of defense: 1976-10-01)

    Dentro del gran desarrollo que en nuestros dias tienen los dispositivos electrónicos de estado sólido, el contacto metal –semiconductor diodo Schottky ha encontrado recientemente un interés renovado. Diversos progresos ...

    Contribución al estudio de la turbiedad atmosférica en Barcelona 

    Lorente, Jeroni (Date of defense: 1977-12-20)

    A partir de los cálculos de la atenuación de la radiación solar directa a incidencia normal en ciertos intervalos espectrales y utilizando como instrumentos de medida un actinómetro Linke-Feussner y varios heliofotómetros ...

    Corrección automática de sistemas ópticos mediante marchas exactas de rayos 

    Juvells Prades, Ignacio (Date of defense: 1977-01-01)

    Los métodos de cálculo y corrección de sistemas ópticos sufrieron una total revolución hacia 1950 con la aparición de las calculadoras electrónicas programables. Su rapidez y potencia de cálculo permiten abordar los ...

    Cosmology on the Edge of Lambda-Cold Dark Matter 

    Bernal Mera, José Luis (Date of defense: 2019-09-13)

    Cosmology is the science that studies the Universe as whole, aiming to understand its origin, composition and evolution. During the last decades, cosmology has transitioned from a “data staved” to a “data driven” science, ...

    Dark Matter and Massive Neutrinos: Cosmological Probes of Physics Beyond the Standard Model 

    Short, Kathleen (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)

    [eng] The overwhelming evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe, and the discovery of the neutrino masses, are striking indicators of the need for new physics beyond the ΛCDM and Standard Model paradigms. ...

    DBD plasma reactor for CO2 methanation 

    Biset Peiró, Martí (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)

    One of the most serious challenges facing society is the need to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), mainly caused by the widespread use of fossil fuels. The energy transition to renewable ...

    Decadal climate prediction and predictability for climate services 

    Delgado Torres, Carlos (Date of defense: 2024-02-14)

    [eng] Climate variations at annual to decadal time scales affect many regions around the globe, causing direct impacts on the economy, ecosystems and society. Knowing these variations in advance allows for implementing ...

    Deciphering the utility of Galleria mellonella as an infection and toxicity in vivo model 

    Moyà Anderico, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-04-26)

    Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) is a popular animal model that has been extensively used as an alternative in vivo model for investigating the virulence and pathogenicity of different bacteria. G. mellonella has ...

    Design and Engineering of Advanced Cathode Hosts for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 

    Zhang, Chaoqi (Date of defense: 2022-07-04)

    Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are regarded as the most promising candidate to replace Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in next-generation energy storage systems. Compared with LIBs, LSBs are characterized by a sixfold higher ...

    Desintegración β doble 

    Molina, Alfred (Date of defense: 1976-01-14)

    En este trabajo se evalúan cuidadosamente los elementos de matriz nucleares reduciendo muy considerablemente la imprecisión en los resultados finales. Por otra parte por primera vez se consideran posibles transiciones a ...

    Developing supramolecular polymers for drug delivery 

    Fuentes Fuentes, Edgar (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

    [eng] A strategy that is being intensively explored to efficiently deliver pharmaceuticals involves drug delivery systems. These carriers should greatly improve the pharmacokinetics of drugs, while providing a selective ...

    Development & Implementation of an Electron Diffraction Approach for Crystal Structure Analysis 

    Plana Ruiz, Sergi (Date of defense: 2021-01-27)

    The application of electron diffraction to crystallographically characterize all kinds of materials has experienced new developments that have attracted some attention in recent years. A large number of structural analyses ...

    Development and optimization of silicon based light sources for integration into a sensor platform 

    Juvert Sández, Joan (Date of defense: 2014-07-04)

    We have characterized electroluminescent devices based on silicon rich oxide and/or silicon rich nitride. We have discussed the photoluminescence and structural characterization of the active layers and the electrical and ...

    Development of an Ambient Intelligence Environment to improve Patient Safety in Critical Care 

    Corrêa Volpini, Bruna (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)

    In the late 1990's, when sophisticated personal computers and electronic devices with miniaturized sensors were being mass produced, the concept of ambient intelligence (AmI) emerged. An environment ...

    Development of high-resolution L4 ocean wind products 

    Trindade, Ana Filipa Mestre (Date of defense: 2023-01-16)

    [eng] Heat, moisture, gas, and momentum exchanges at the oceanic and atmospheric interface modulate, inter alia, the Earth’s heat and carbon budgets, global circulation, and dynamical modes. Sea surface winds are fundamental ...

    Development of microfluidic devices for cancer cell isolation 

    Sierra Agudelo, Jessica Nathalia (Date of defense: 2024-02-23)

    [eng] The emergence of liquid biopsies has been useful for the diagnosis of physiological conditions, inflammatory processes, and especially represents a good alternative tool for non-invasive analysis of tumor-derived ...

    Development of novel EELS methods to unveil nanoparticle properties 

    Torruella Besa, Pau (Date of defense: 2019-04-26)

    [eng] The aim of this thesis has been two-fold. First, to develop new processing and analysis tools and strategies for extracting information from EELS data, and second, to apply the methods to different nanoparticle systems ...

    Development of novel electroactive nanofluids for flow cells 

    Rueda García, Daniel (Date of defense: 2020-09-15)

    Flow cells are on their way to become a key player for electrical energy storage (EES) thanks to their suitability as load-levelling devices thus contributing to the development of smart grid and to offset the intermittency ...

    Development of optical tools for biological applications based on acousto-optic technology 

    Bola Sampol, Raúl (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)

    To ensure progress in the field of biomedicine and drug development, it is essential to keep improving the equipment needed to carry out most of the experiments. With better tools, scientists can be more efficient, increasing ...