Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica: Recent submissions
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Inkjet printing next-generation flexible devices: memristors, photodetectors and perovskite LEDs
[eng] New pressures due to emerging trends in device manufacturing are driving research efforts in new materials and manufacturing processes to achieve new combinations of properties, including capabilities such as physical ...
Microphysiological Systems for the Evaluation of Biomaterials in Regenerative Therapies
[eng] The design of bioresponsive materials capable of stimulating the body’s innate regenerative potential is opening unprecedented possibilities to treat tissue and organ failure, which is one of the most important burdens ...
Development of a Nano-Illumination Microscope
This doctoral thesis proposes and explores a new approach to lensless microscopy, focusing on making high resolution imaging ubiquitous and low cost. A short introduction to microscopy frames the state of current techniques: ...
Full-3D Printed Electronics Fabrication of Radiofrequency Circuits and Passive Components
This doctoral thesis raises the idea that 3D printing can change the paradigm of radio- frequency electronics, which has been traditionally developed mainly conceiving planar topologies. A review on additive manufacturing ...
Nanoscale dielectric mapping of biomembranes with in-liquid Scanning Dielectric Microscopy
The structure and physicochemical properties of biomembranes are fundamental for the functioning of cells, and many pathologies have been associated with their alteration (cancer, neurodegenerations, obesity, etc.) 1, 2. ...
Compartmentalised microfluidic culture systems for in vitro modelling of neurological and neuromuscular microenvironments
Movement of skeletal-muscle fibres is generated by the locomotion circuit, in which many cells play a different role. Failures in any part of the circuit can cause or define the severity of neuromuscular diseases (NMD), ...
Nanoscale Tomography Based in Electrostatic Force Microscopy
The ability to characterize the elements beneath the surface has been a dire necessity in the fields of materials science, polymer technology, biology, and medical sciences. Scanning Probe Microscopies are the family of ...
Estudio eléctrico y topográfico de apéndices bacterianos en la nanoescala
Recently the property of some bacteria to exchange electrons with non-soluble electron acceptors, such as minerals, has been discovered. In addition, some of these bacteria can use electrodes as the final electron acceptor. ...
Electrochemical Plug-and-Power e-readers for Point-of-Care Applications
Point-of-Care diagnostic tests enable monitor health conditions and obtain fast results close to the patient, reducing medical costs, and allowing the control of infectious outbreaks. The interest in developing Point-of-Care ...
A portable device for time-resolved fluorescence based on an array of CMOS SPADs with integrated microfluidics
Traditionally, molecular analysis is performed in laboratories equipped with desktop instruments operated by specialized technicians. This paradigm has been changing in recent decades, as biosensor technology has become ...
Reaching the tumour: nanoscopy study of nanoparticles biological interactions
The precise delivery of therapeutic agents to their specific site of action is a big challenge in cancer treatment, which would enhance the efficacy and reduce the side effects of drugs. In this framework, nanotechnology ...
Una nova tècnica de microscòpia de forces atòmiques per a l'estudi de les propietats nanoelèctriques de les cèl·lules
This work of thesis is organized into 8 different chapters: Chapter 1: introduces the nanoscale electrical properties of cells and their relevance in the different fields of science in order to establish a framework ...
Cell culture interfaces for different organ-on-chip applications: from photolithography to rapid-prototyping techniques with sensor embedding
Despite the last 60 years have seen major advances in many scientific and technological inputs of drug Research and Development, the number of new molecules hitting the market per billion US dollars of R&D spending has ...
Advances in semiconducting nanowires for gas sensing: synthesis, device testing, integration and electronic nose fabrication
The work presented in this dissertation is focused on the fabrication, integration and test of chemoresistive gas sensor devices and systems based on semiconducting nanowires (NWs). The first objective of this dissertation ...
Development and optimization of inkjet printing based technologies for hybrid printed circuit boards
The main goal of this doctoral thesis is the development and optimization of inkjet- based technologies for hybrid electronic circuits manufacturing, as well contribute on the development of the incoming low cost electronics. ...
Transparent nanostructured metal oxides for chemical biosensors: towards point-of-care environments
There is an increasing need for developing innovative, versatile and low-cost point-of-care (POC) systems capable of screening for at early stages of development. POC systems usually consist of a biosensor part integrated ...
Development and optimization of a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic suspension for Mask-Image-Projection-based Stereolithography
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, a low temperature ...
Beam Secondary Shower Acquisition Design for the CERN High Accuracy Wire Scanner
The LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project aims to boost the LHC luminosity by doubling the beam brightness with the construction of the new LINAC4, the first linear accelerator on the LHC chain. The brighter beams require ...
Metal Oxides for Optoelectronic and Resistive Switching Applications
This Thesis has been focused on the fabrication and characterization of different CMOS- compatible materials in order to determine both their electro-optical and resistive switching properties. Basically, two materials ...
VIPPIX: A readout ASIC for the next generation of human brain PET scanners
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique used for several decades in nuclear medicine that provides precise physiological information of the human body, what is crucial in oncology, cardiology, ...
