Casanova i Fernàndez, Fèlix (Date of defense: 2004-03-09)
This Ph.D. Thesis has been devoted to the preparation and characterisation of bulk Gd5(SixGe1-x)4 alloys and to the study of the magnetocaloric effect at the first-order magnetostructural transition ...
Pont i Pla, Oriol (Date of defense: 2009-04-24)
Complex systems are abundant in our natural environment. In linear systems, the equations of their dynamics can be very difficult to solve, but if they cannot be described with a single characteristic ...
Perelló, Josep, 1974- (Date of defense: 2001-12-20)
Thesis investigates the dynamics of financial markets. Nowadays, this is one of the emergent fields in physics and requires a multidisciplinary approach. The thesis studies the first work made by the ...
Escudero Tellechea, Miguel (Date of defense: 2006-06-22)
[spa] La presencia de partículas sólidas y/o líquidas en la atmósfera (aerosol atmosférico) tiene diversas implicaciones sobre el clima, la visibilidad, la salud de los humanos y diversos ciclos ...
Nofrarias Serra, Miquel (Date of defense: 2007-12-13)
LISA Pathfinder (LPF) is an ESA mission, with NASA contributions, devoted to pave the way to the future spaceborne gravitational wave observatory LISA.<br/>The LISA Technology Package (LTP) experiment ...
Andilla i Salla, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-01-16)
[spa] Este trabajo describe el desarrollo de varios sistemas de atrapamiento óptico basados en holografía y su posible aplicación en experimentos de biología molecular. Se ha desarrollado un sistema ...
Corbella Roca, Carles (Date of defense: 2006-01-30)
Esta tesis presenta un estudio de la síntesis y la caracterización de carbono amorfo tipo diamante (DLC) preparado en capa delgada. Este material destaca por exhibir una alta dureza, baja fricción y ...
Fernández Sabater, Alberto (Date of defense: 2008-11-13)
[spa] El objetivo de la presente tesis es el estudio de las subestructuras que aparecen a un nivel de resolución mesoscópico en las redes complejas. Dichas subestructuras, que en el campo de las redes ...
Fonrodona Turon, Marta (Date of defense: 2003-09-15)
The tendency towards cost reduction in the photovoltaic industry has led to the development of the so-called thin film silicon technology. Among the different possible morphologies, a material that ...
Bae, Joonwoo (Date of defense: 2007-04-12)
Quantum cryptography is one of the most important quantum information applications. The present thesis covers several topics on quantum cryptography, such as the security analysis of quantum channels ...