Solé Solé, Judith (Date of defense: 2022-06-03)
Following the laws of evolution, bacteria are capable of slowly but inexorably acquiring resistance to antibiotic compounds that we have been using for decades. Therefore, bacteria that seemed harmless ...
Salomó i Prat, Ernest (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
Asymmetric hydrogenation of double bonds by means of organometallic catalysis is a powerful tool for organic synthesis; it is an efficient and simple method to produce valued chiral compounds. Among the ...
Diego Creixenti, Rosa (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)
Spin crossover (SCO) complexes and single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are promising prototypes that can reach magnetic bistability within the molecular scale required for data storage. Despite the extensive ...
Reig Canyelles, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-07-07)
This thesis deals with the preparation and characterization of novel organic semiconductors based on the carbazole heterocycle for electronic and optoelectronic applications, specifically to be studied ...
Liu, Xianyun (Date of defense: 2018-05-09)
Nowadays, serious concern exists about atmospheric CO2 increase related with environmental impact and climate change. The reuse of CO2 through its chemical recycling is a promising route, which could ...
Escriche Tur, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-11-21)
The main objective of this work is the synthesis of manganese compounds and hybrid materials that may be relevant from a bioinorganic and magnetic point of view. The developed strategy comprises three ...
Cabré Montesinos, Albert (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
The main contribution of this doctoral thesis has been devoted to the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) is a metal-catalyzed [2+2+1] cycloaddition between an alkyne, ...
Salinas Uber, Jorge (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)
One of the main objectives of this thesis was the synthesis of new chelating ligands containing a photochromic unit able to change its conformation upon light irradiation. This isomerization should serve ...
Cuscó Marigó, Cristina (Date of defense: 2018-03-22)
The Thesis is based on the development of a potentially-scalable methodology to prepare polyurethane/polyurea polymers to nanoencapsulate bioactive molecules. In the first part of the project, the design, ...
Bertran Junqué, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2018-10-25)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-containing endopeptidases involved in the degradation of the extracellular matrix. They make a major contribution to the progression of a vast number ...