Micó Reche, Mª del Mar (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)
The collaboration between the University of Barcelona and Acciona Agua was focused on optimizing greenhouses hydric resources. The functionality of a combined treatment had to be assessed, when applied ...
Casas Fernández, Carlos (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)
Combustion of diesel fuel in a diesel engine is a complex process where several pollutants are emitted in the engine exhausts. To solve this problem and at the same time accomplish with the increasingly ...
Vílchez Villalba, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-01-30)
The design of nanocomposites, which typically consist of polymeric matrices with embedded particles having at least one characteristic length in the nanometer range, has recently been the focus of a ...
Pemartin, Kelly Lidia (Date of defense: 2013-01-31)
The use of microemulsions as confined reaction media for nanoparticle synthesis presents various advantages compared to other methods. They offer a high control of nanoparticle size and often nanoparticles ...
Paulme, Camille (Date of defense: 2013-02-01)
The presence of volatile fragrant molecules is generally associated with a feeling of pleasantness or cleanness in consumer products. Because of their high volatilities, the perception of fragrances is ...
Guilera Sala, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-07-19)
Ethyl octyl ether is a bioethanol-derived component that has excellent properties as diesel fuel. This work proved that ethyl octyl ether can be produced successfully in liquid-phase at the temperature ...