Sáez Comet, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
(English) Surfaces with special functionalities owed to their surface topographies or textures are present all around us in nature. Millions of living organisms around us profit from those special ...
López Hernández, Arianne (Date of defense: 2023-12-20)
(English) Getting to give added value in the different products that are nowadays in the market has not been easy. Since many years ago we have worked on the addition of fragrances in different articles. ...
Mayor Pillado, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
(English) The 20th-century introduction of the Haber-Bosch nitrogen fixation process significantly disrupted the nitrogen cycle in ecosystems, contributing to environmental issues and nutrient loss. The ...
Molins Duran, Gemma (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)
(English) Chicken meat production has increased in recent years and is expected to continue growing, which also increases the generation of waste from the poultry industry. Chicken feathers (PlP) are ...
Braga, Andrea (Date of defense: 2024-01-25)
(English) Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the most important chemical technologies available today to produce most chemicals at the basis of industrial production. The transition to a greener energy ...
Morena Gatius, Ángela Gala (Date of defense: 2023-03-10)
(English) Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant renewable resource considered a suitable carbon raw material for the synthesis of chemicals and as an alternative to fossil fuels energy supply source. ...
Torres Rivero Andrade, Karina Victoria Alejandra (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)
(English) Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a wastewater originated from complex oxidation processes that has become one of the most challenges facing the global mining industry due to its acidity, high content ...
Sans Milà, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-04-08)
(English) Permanently polarized hydroxyapatite (p-HAp) has been recently proposed as a novel green catalyst. p-HAp is obtained by applying an electrical and thermal stimulation polarization process ...
Sheikh, Mahdi (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)
(English) Changing wastewater treatment plants into wastewater and resource recovery facilities represents a paradigm shift in wastewater management. Resources such as water, energy, and nutrients are ...
Figueira Alves, Mariana (Date of defense: 2023-12-19)
(English) According to the European Green Deal, the European Union (EU) must become climate-neutral by 2050. However, many raw materials needed for this green transition are supplied by non-EU countries. ...