Cruz Miralles, Joaquín (Date of defense: 2019-07-09)
The ability of phytoseiids for inducing plant defensive responses was studied. First, the activation of citrus defense pathways in two rootstocks with different resistance to Tetranychus urticae, Citrus ...
Vicente Agut, Nuria (Date of defense: 2019-06-26)
In the last years, Li-ion batteries received great attention because of the increasing energetics requirements of modern society across a broad range of applications. We need to switch to renewable ...
Ngo, Thi Tuyen (Date of defense: 2019-11-20)
Halide perovskites (HPs) have been demonstrated as promising materials for the preparation of efficient solar cells, LEDs and other optoelectronic devices. In addition, HPs can be prepared using low-cost ...
Conesa Milián, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-06-25)
This doctoral thesis belongs to the field of medicinal and pharmacological chemistry. Its aim is the synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of three families of aminocombretastatin ...
Jáuregui Sánchez, Yessenia (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Imaging through scattering media has been a longstanding issue in many scientific fields and several optical techniques have emerged to retrieve the information of objects hidden in highly scattering ...
Aranda Alonso, Clara (Date of defense: 2019-11-27)
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have come to the forefront of photovoltaic technology due to their impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 25%. This high efficiency comes together with great ...
Paspati, Angeliki (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a key player in the biological control of pests in greenhouse crops. However, on tomato crops, the release of A. swirskii ...
Pulya Ravishankar, Sandheep (Date of defense: 2019-09-16)
Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have emerged as an important player in the search for producing c1ean and renewable energy at high efficiencies. However, there exist several bottlenecks to maximise their ...
Sales Martínez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-12-18)
The work in this thesis has been clearly divided into three parts: In the first part, efforts were directed to obtaining a trace level quantification method for halogenated flame retardants using ...
Doñate Buendía, Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)
The work developed in this thesis is based on the study of systems for the generation of nanoparticles in liquids by means of pulsed lasers, improving their production and using the generated nanoparticles ...