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    Development of Advanced Materials Based on Polymeric Ionic Liquids Formulated for Additive Manufacturing 

    Miralles-Comins, Sara (Date of defense: 2023-04-28)

    This thesis focuses on the design, development and characterisation of 3D printable materials based on polymeric ionic liquids. Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is a revolutionary set of technologies ...

    Determinación de distribuciones de fase mediante luz estructurada y detecció integrada 

    González Hernández, Humberto (Date of defense: 2022-05-20)

    La observación fue la primera herramienta del hombre para entender su entorno y comprender los fenómenos naturales que se presentaban a lo largo del tiempo. Algunas de las explicaciones a dichos fenómenos se pueden percibir ...

    Development of perovskite optoelectronic devices on flexible substrates 

    Hassanabadi, Ehsan (Date of defense: 2022-03-08)

    In this thesis, first, the monolithic integration of a perovskite-based optical waveguide amplifier together with a photodetector on a nanocellulose substrate is shown to demonstrate the feasibility of a stretchable signal ...

    Degradation of perineuronal nets in the cerebellum to prevent relapse of drug seeking 

    Sánchez Hernández, Aitor (Date of defense: 2023-03-03)

    Drug addiction can be associated with the ability of certain substances to hijack natural learning and memory mechanisms. This thesis focuses on the study and manipulation of cerebellar perineuronal nets (PNNs) following ...

    Small Perturbation Techniques for the Electronic Analysis of Perovskite Devices 

    Bou Catalá, Agustín (Date of defense: 2023-02-20)

    Metal-halide perovskites have emerged as a promising semiconductor material for a variety of potential applications, due to their intrinsic properties and their low-cost fabrication methods. Perovskite solar cells have ...

    Design of catalytic systems for sustainable processes development: hydrogen storage and biomass transformation 

    Mollar Cuni, Andrés (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

    The present PhD. Thesis is the result of research efforts directed towards the design and development of more sustainable catalytic processes trying to address some of the current challenges that today our society is facing ...

    Moment Spectrum and First Dirichlet Eigenvalue of Geodesic Balls in Riemannian Manifolds 

    Sarrión-Pedralva, Erik (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

    In this work, given a geodesic ball of a Riemannian manifold with radius less than the injectivity radius of its center, we prove our estimates for some geometric invariants defined on the ball. The invariants that we will ...

    Electrophysiological characterization of membrane permeability: from protein channels to nanoparticles 

    Perini, Deborah Aurora (Date of defense: 2022-12-14)

    Cell membrane permeability is modulated by complex dynamical structures created by objects interacting with the lipid bilayer. Paying attention to the kinetics of ion transport in response to different bioelectrochemical ...

    High Quality Perovskite Materials for X-Ray Detection: Effect of Mobile Ions on Dark Current Stability 

    García-Batlle, Marisé (Date of defense: 2022-12-13)

    Long-term stability of perovskite-based X ray detectors under working condition remains as the bottle-neck for technological purpose. Several effects are attributed to the presence of mobile ions in these materials such ...

    Métodos de escisión y composición para ecuaciones diferenciales y aplicaciones 

    Escorihuela-Tomàs, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2022-12-02)

    En la presente tesis por compendio de publicaciones se han realizado nuevas aportaciones al campo de la integración geométrica construyendo nuevos métodos: - Nuevos métodos de composición para utilizarse en problemas ...

    Optoelectronic Properties of Excitonic and Biexcitonic Complexes in Metal Chalcogenide Semiconductor Nanoplatelets 

    Macias Pinilla, David Francisco (Date of defense: 2022-11-14)

    Nanoplatelets (NPLs) are of particular interest for their unique properties, they have a precisely controlled thickness of a few atomic monolayers (MLs), and lateral dimensions ranging from hundreds of nm to few nms, where ...

    Pigmentos multifuncionales sostenibles con estructura pirocloro y perovsquita 

    Fortuño Morte, María (Date of defense: 2022-09-02)

    La preocupación por la ecología y las prácticas sostenibles están presentes en nuestros días. En el sector de la industria química, la sostenibilidad también es un desafío constante y, por tanto, poco a poco se modifican ...

    Búsqueda de nuevos compuestos anticáncer multidiana 

    Martín Beltrán, Celia (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)

    La presente Tesis Doctoral tiene como objetivo identificar nuevas entidades moleculares con acción frente a dianas biológicas anticáncer de forma selectiva. En el Capítulo 1, se realiza una introducción para conocer las ...

    Small signals lead to big changes: Deciphering the mechanisms behind Peptide-Induced Resistance in plants 

    Pastor Fernández, Julia (Date of defense: 2022-07-08)

    To cope with biotic stresses, such as pest and pathogen attacks, plants have evolved a broad variety of adaptative defense strategies. Sometimes plant perception of external stimuli induces an enhanced resistance state ...

    Elastic, Electrostatic and Magnetic Properties in Colloidal Quantum Wells 

    Llusar Camarelles, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-06-22)

    The goal of this Ph.D. dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the photophysics of CdSe NPLs and CdSe-based hetero-NPLs through theoretical modelling of the electronic structure. We consider homo- and ...

    Stabilization of Polymorphic Halide Perovskite Black Phase for Optoelectronic Applications 

    Kunnummal Mangott, Muhammed Salim (Date of defense: 2022-05-26)

    The photovoltaic and luminance efficiencies of halide perovskite-based devices achieved an unprecedented improvement in comparison to their existing counterparts. Among the family of lead-based halide perovskites, the ...

    Macro- and nanoscale self-assembled amino acid derivatives as reduction-sensitive and photoactive materials 

    Navarro Barreda, Diego (Date of defense: 2022-05-23)

    Amino acid-based systems are attractive for biomedical applications given their high biocompatibility and functionality. Amino acids self-assemble into various structures ranging from a few nanometers to hundreds of microns ...

    Mass spectometry based untargeted metabolomics in food and health area 

    Lacalle Bergeron, María Leticia (Date of defense: 2022-05-12)

    In this doctoral thesis, the contribution of untargeted metabolomics together with advanced analytical techniques based on the coupling of chromatographic separations with both low resolution mass spectrometry (MS) and ...

    Exploring the potential for the selective breeding of Nesidiocoris Tenuis: A study of its genetics and feeding behavior 

    Chinchilla Ramírez, Milena (Date of defense: 2021-04-23)

    Nesidiocoris tenuis is a zoophytopbagous insect used in tomato crops to control key pests. Its ability to foed on plant tissues gives it the advantages to be able to establish in the crops before the arrival afthe pest, ...

    Electronic and magnetic factors in the design of optimum catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells 

    Biz, Chiara (Date of defense: 2022-02-24)

    Fuel cells represent one of the most promising energy storage system nowadays. Nonetheless, several obstacles need to be overcome in order to commercially exploit this technology. One of them lies in the efficiency loss ...