Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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(English) Zirconia stands out among oxide ceramics for its superior mechanical properties. This approach resulted from the significant research that has been conducted since the discovery of the tbughening capabilities of ...
(English) Bone defects pose a major clinical and socio-economic burden and there is a clear need for new bone grafting strategies that take into account the physical-chemical properties of the native bone, to help treat ...
(English) Bioresorbable stents (BRS) have been envisioned as a revolution in the treatment of coronary heart disease. Ideally, stents would initially retain sufficient radial strength after implantation to prevent vessel ...
Up to 85% of the world population suffers from low back pain, a clinical condition often related to the intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (DD). Altered disc cell nutrition affects cell viability and can generate ...
(English) Fatigue failures in materials have been studied for centuries, with early pioneers like August Wöhler noting that repeated loading, even below the static strength of the material, could lead to structural ...
The present work addresses two different applications enabled by a specific and useful property of calcium phosphate cements (CPCs): injectability. On the one hand minimally invasive procedures involving the use of CPCs ...
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 polymers were utilized ...
(English) In this thesis, the ability to refine the grain size of a low carbon steel (deep drawing quality, DDQ) was studied by means of two different techniques of Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD). Firstly, the Repetitive ...
La conformabilidad de chapas metálicas suele evaluarse mediante los diagramas FLD (Forming Limit Diagrams), que informan sobre el límite de conformado de un material representado por la curva FLC (Forming Limit Curve). ...
Cemented carbides, also referred to as hardmetals, are composite materials consisting of brittle refractory carbide phase (generally WC) embedded in a metallic matrix. Such microstructure leads to an outstanding combination ...
(English) One of the most exploited tissue-engineering-based strategies nowadays is to use scaffolds that allow local stimulation of the targeted tissues, increasing therapy effectiveness while reducing toxicity. Therefore, ...
To obtain a regeneration and integration of gingival tissues onto the dental implant surface, is essential to achieve an appropriate cellular response. To promote an appropriate cellular response, materials surface has ...
Bone grafting is a common medical practice in today’s society, being bone the second most transplanted tissue worldwide after blood. Therefore, it represents a field of major interest for both, biomedical research and the ...
(English) Biodegradable metals emerged as promising materials for bioresorbable devices avoiding the potential side effects of permanent implants. Among them, zinc (Zn) arose dueto its suitable degradation rate for biomedical ...
(English) The main objective of this work is to counteract the limitations of polylactic acid (PLA) and propose a sustainable manufacturing approach using bioblends of a rheologically modified PLA by reactive extrusion ...
The topic of this Philosophy Doctor Thesis tallies with the national project MAT2012 of the BBT group of UPC: "Pore4Bone: Biomimetic calcium phosphates: tailoring porosity from the nano- to the macroscale for osteoinduction, ...
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 Vilanova i la Geltrú ...
En este trabajo se estudia la influencia de la microadición conjunta de Nb y V sobre los fenómenos de ablandamiento dinámico y estático durante y trás la deformacion en caliente. En la primera etapa del estudio se realizaron ...
En el presente trabajo se analizan las estructuras celulares de espumas poliméricas inyectadas a través de los métodos de espumación física o química. Como polímero base para el estudio preliminar de moldeo por inyección ...
The metal matrix composites (MMC) are widely used in different applications and offer high strength-to-weight ratio. In this thesis, it was developed a novel method to fabricate composite material in semi-solid state of ...
