Stern i Taulats, Enric (Date of defense: 2017-04-07)
Solid state materials are candidates to exhibit a large field-driven thermal response in the vicinity of first-order transitions. The strong sensitivity of the transition temperature with the applied ...
Conde Rubio, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)
This thesis is devoted to the nanofabrication, simulation and optical characterization of different plasmonic nanostructures. When an electromagnetic wave reaches a metallic nanostructure, it can ...
Mercadal Melià, Josep (Date of defense: 2022-06-16)
The development of living systems, from their conception to their death, involves a very tight coordination between gene expression in time and space. The processes involved in such an unfolding do not ...
Rodríguez Gallo, Carolina (Date of defense: 2024-03-22)
[eng] Geometrical frustration is a general phenomenon influencing the behavior of diverse natural systems across different length scales. Geometrical frustration arises when the symmetry of the interaction ...