Casas Quesada, Casimir (Date of defense: 2015-01-21)
In this thesis, the microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk samples manufactured with nanocrystalline iron powder are analyzed. This iron powder was obtained by a severe plastic deformation ...
González Juncà, Arnau (Date of defense: 2016-06-21)
In the current energy conjunction, with an expected growth of energy consumption in a context of fossil fuel depletion, more focus is being placed on renewable energy sources (RES) for electricity ...
Wang, Liang (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)
Foam-like aerogels based on biodegradable polymers and sodium montmorillonite (Na+-MMT) clay were prepared through an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process. Both synthesized and bio-based ...
Carod de Arriba, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-12-22)
Nanotechnology and specially nanomaterials, offer a range of opportunities for the automotive industry. The improvement of physical and chemical properties or the development of new functionalities in ...
Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2015-07-03)
This Thesis reports the fabrication and characterization of interfaces based on conducting polymers (CPs), which are designed with at least one dimension in the nanometric scale, for bioapplications ...
Moreira Filho, Carlos Augusto (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)
This thesis develops numerical methods to improve the accuracy and computational efficiency of the part-scale simulation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) (or 3D printing) metal processes. AM is characterized ...
Sánchez Artigas, Marina (Date of defense: 2021-02-17)
This doctoral thesis has been carried out at the company VAC-TRON S.A., together with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, in the Besós (EEBE) and ...
Wang, Lei (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
In the current thesis, two TWIP steels with different chemical composition were successfully subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation with Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) at warm temperature (300°C), ...
Zandi, Mohammad Damous (Date of defense: 2020-07-17)
This research is based upon the additive manufacturing (AM) technology which aims to study the mechanical properties of innovative commercial wood-PLA composite material (Timberfill) and characterize ...
Gómez Monterde, Javier (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
The present PhD thesis is framed within the Industrial Doctorate Plan promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and has been developed in cooperation between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Ba ...