Schirinzi, Gabriella Francesca (Date of defense: 2020-06-10)
In recent decades, global plastics production and consumption have continued to increase. Although many policy strategies on waste prevention and recycling have been implemented, much of the plastic ...
Audí Miró, Carme (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)
Chloroform (CF), tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) are dense chloro-aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAH) extensively used as industrial solvents. These compounds have been largely released to ...
Cuko, Andy (Date of defense: 2018-09-24)
Properties of nanomaterials are known to be size dependent and generally are very different from those of the corresponding bulk. Such behaviour, which is strongly system and structure dependent, allows ...
Varga Pastor, Herminia de la (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
The availability of most edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms depends on their natural fructification. Therefore, mycorrhizal plant production could be an alternative for obtaining ectomycorrhizal edible ...
Novoa Pardo, Eva Maria (Date of defense: 2012-12-20)
Gene translation is a central process in all cells, in which messenger RNA (mRNA) is decoded by the ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, that will later fold into an active protein. This ...
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 ...
Santa Bárbara Ruiz, Paula (Date of defense: 2017-07-28)
Countless environmental aggressors could damage the integrity of tissues and organs. In humans, the limited regenerative ability prevents often the recovery of injured tissues, but this is not the case ...
Fernandes, Joana Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)
This dissertation has the main goal of developing ceramic materials for Mask-Image- Projection-based Stereolithography (MIP-SLA) technology, focused on electronic applications. To accomplish this aim, ...
Turquet, François-Xavier (Date of defense: 2018-12-17)
ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species), such as H2O2, HO● and O2-●, are naturally produced by the metabolism of living beings. However, they can appear in large quantities in the case of certain diseases ...
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 ...