Programa de Doctorat en Polímers i Biopolímers: Recent submissions
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A study of epoxy composites for high thermal conductivty applications
Nowadays. both electronic and microelectronic circuits have great relevance and wide application in our daily lives and are increasingly being used with higher powers and frequencies. One of the main problems faced by their ...
Study on crystallinity, properties and degradability of poly-4-hidroxybutyrate and related polyesters
In the last decades, polymeric biomaterials, due to their advanced physical and mechanical properties, have been used in a vast variety of surgical and pharmaceutical applications. In this thesis, a study on crystallinity, ...
Use of mathematical methods in the resolution of chemical engineering problems
This thesis consists of a compendium of five works that illustrate the utilization of selected mathematical methods to solve specific chemical engineering problems. Hence, the thesis is intended to cover both, a review of ...
Hydroxyapatite-based materials for smart antitumor drug delivery systems, endocytic pathways and endosomal trafficking : polymers and biopolymers
Development of new drug molecule is expensive and time consuming. Improving safety efficacy ratio of “old” drugs has been attempted using different methods such as individualizing drug therapy, dose titration, and therapeutic ...
Concepts, perspectives and implications of a hybrid system made of nucleic acids biopolymers and hydroxyapatite mineral
The origin of building blocks of life and how life thrived on Earth remains a topic of high interest for researchers of the Origin of Life. In this thesis, we deal with concepts, perspectives and implications of the system ...
Smart hybrid nanomaterials for biomimetic membranes
This thesis focuses on the preparation of nanomaterials made of proteins and polymers. Even though the technology has advanced in the last decades to design new devices at the atomic scale, researchers are still inspired ...
Multifunctional enzymatically-generated hydrogel platforms for chronic wound application
Chronic wounds became burdensome problem of worldwide healthcare systems, along with the increased elderly population, which is the most vulnerable risk group, predisposed to their development. Chronic wounds represent a ...
Hybrid block and graft copolymers made from macrolactones and α-amino acids for applications as drug delivery nanosystems
Naturally produced peptides or proteins can be regarded as highly refined polymers. When synthetic polymers are married to proteins or peptides, the resulting bioconjugates can synergistically combine the properties of the ...
Study of conductive polymers, biomolecules and their hybrids through computational approaches
In this thesis, different theoretical approaches designed to study a wide interval of length- and/or time-scales have been used to examine the microscopic properties of chemical systems with varying degrees of complexity ...
Design and analysis of dual-curing systems
Dual-curing processing is a method to prepare thermoset materials through two polymerization reactions carried out simultaneously or sequentially. In these processes, a firm understanding of reaction mechanisms enables ...
Ionic complexes of naturally-occurring biopolymers and cationic surfactants : a platform for industrial and biomedical applications
In recent years, the increasing public concern about the environmental pollution caused by persistent plastic wastes has stimulated the interest in replacing synthetic polymers by biopolymers. The term biopolymer refers ...
Application of computer simulation approaches to study the structure and properties of polymeric systems
The study at the nanoscopic level of the polymeric systems is a keystone for a deeper understanding of their internal structure and properties, not only at nanometric scale but also at macroscopic level. The disciplines ...
Developmet of flexible electrodes and lightweight capacitors
This work has focused on the study and development of hierarchically, flexible electrodes and lightweight capacitor using as a source of flexibility. the y-polyglutamic acid (y-PGA) and as an electroactive polymer the ...
Polyesters containing cyclic carbohydrate-based units obtained by ring opening polymerization
In recent years, as a result of climate change, the interest in sustainable materials has increased dramatically. The replacement of compounds of petrochemical origin by bio-based has spread to all areas of chemistry. ...
Self-assembly of phenylalanine derivatives
Since the pioneering work of Reches and Gazit in 2003, in which the formation of diphenylalanine (FF) nanotubes in aqueous solution was discovered, significant efforts have been made to develop a new generation of biomaterials ...
Sustainable plastics derived from renewable resources
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 ...
Estudio de mejora de las propiedades de polímeros conductores electrogenerados : verificación de parámetros de aplicación tecnológica
Since their discovery, the spectacular properties of polymers called "conducting" have given rise to an important field of study in order to obtain knowledge about them and their commercial application in many fields such ...
Structural and functional studies of AT-Rich DNA ligands and their effect on trypanosoma brucei
AT-rich sequences confer unique properties to DNA, such as high polymorphism and flexibility. The abundance of AT-rich DNA in several pathogens' genomes and the ability of specific molecules to selectively target AT base ...
Structural and functional effects of natural phenolic compounds on rhodopsin mutants associated with retinitis pigmentosa
Dietary polyphenols represent a group of secondary metabolites which widely occur in fruits, vegetables, wine, tea, extra virgin olive oil, chocolate and other cocoa products. Previous studies have shown the interaction ...
Polymers and peptide-polymer conjugates as bioactive platforms and carriers for the encapsulation of biomolecules
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the main aim of this ...
