Carbohydrate-based Polyurethanes and Polyamides: Synthesis, Characterization and Stereocomplex Formation 

    Marín Bernabé, Romina (Date of defense: 2009-05-07)

    Esta tesis doctoral está dirigida al desarrollo de poliuretanos a partir de dioles derivados de carbohidratos. Los poliuretanos son polímeros muy versátiles que pueden ser usados en una amplia variedad de aplicaciones que ...

    Desarrollo de nuevos materiales bioplásticos con efecto barrera 

    Valero Moreno, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2022-12-14)

    (English) Plastics are the most widely usad materials in the world. lts low cost, good properties, versatility and availability have made them a reference in almost all sectors of economy for decades, being practically ...

    Design and bioapplication of nanointerfaces based on conducting polymers 

    Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2015-07-03)

    This Thesis reports the fabrication and characterization of interfaces based on conducting polymers (CPs), which are designed with at least one dimension in the nanometric scale, for bioapplications such as scaffolds for ...

    Ionic complexes of biodegradable polyelectrolytes 

    Tolentino Chivite, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2014-04-29)

    Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms. A more broad classification would embrace also those polymers synthesized from renewable sources which are able to display biodegradability. The demand of biopolymers ...

    Obtaining micro- and nanotextured functional surfaces on thermoplastics via injection moulding techniques using laser textured metallic inserts and NIL (nano-imprint lithography) -textured polymeric films 

    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 functionalities thanks ...

    Sustainable plastics derived from renewable resources 

    Zakharova, Elena (Date of defense: 2017-12-11)

    In this century, the major use of synthetic polymers have been as replacements for more traditional materials, particulary in packaging. Today the packaging industry is by far the major user of plastics. Another interesting ...