Data processing for Life Sciences measurements with hyphenated Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry 

    Oller Moreno, Sergio (Date of defense: 2018-03-06)

    Recent progress in analytical chemistry instrumentation has increased the amount of data available for analysis. This progress has been encompassed by computational improvements, that have enabled new possibilities to ...

    Desarrollo de aptasensores para la detección de bacterias enteropatógenas 

    Sebastián Ávila, José Luis (Date of defense: 2017-10-05)

    El objetivo general de esta tesis doctoral fue el desarrollo de biosensores basados en aptámeros para la detección de bacterias enteropatógenas. Para ello se estudiaron diferentes estrategias de detección gracias a las ...

    Desarrollo de una tarjeta RFID flexible con capacidades sensoras para aplicaciones en logística de alimentación 

    Palacio Bonet, Francisco (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)

    En el momento de la realización de esta tesis doctoral, sobre el año 2004, la tecnología RFID empezaba a crecer, básicamente, gracias a la mejora en el control de stocks de los almacenes que implicaba posibilidad de ...

    Development and optimization of a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic suspension for Mask-Image-Projection-based Stereolithography 

    Fernandes, Joana Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)

    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 ...

    Development and optimization of inkjet printing based technologies for hybrid printed circuit boards 

    Arrese Carrasquer, Javier (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)

    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. ...

    Development of a Nano-Illumination Microscope 

    Franch Masdeu, Nil (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)

    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: ...

    Electrochemical Plug-and-Power e-readers for Point-of-Care Applications 

    Montes Cebrián, Yaiza (Date of defense: 2020-12-15)

    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 ...

    Engineering poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate-based microstructures to develop an in vitro model of small intestinal epithelium 

    Garcia Castaño, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-07-11)

    Most of the current in vitro cell culture models do not reproduce the anatomy of tissues and physiological behavior of cells in vivo and provide misleading results when compared to the real tissue. Microfabrication ...

    Estudio eléctrico y topográfico de apéndices bacterianos en la nanoescala 

    Lozano Caballero, Helena (Date of defense: 2020-10-13)

    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. ...

    Full-3D Printed Electronics Fabrication of Radiofrequency Circuits and Passive Components 

    Salas Barenys, Arnau (Date of defense: 2021-12-15)

    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 ...

    Gas sensors based on carbon nanofibers: a low power consumption approach 

    Monereo Cuscó, Oriol (Date of defense: 2016-10-20)

    Gas sensors can be found in many activities ranging from environment protection, risk prevention, agriculture and even in food, chemical, and petrochemical industries. There exist different technologies for gas sensors ...

    Heterogeneous Integration of RF and Microwave Systems Using Multi-layer Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics Technology 

    Ahyoune, Saiyd (Date of defense: 2017-07-13)

    The aim of this work is the development of a modelling methodology for the fast analysis of non-radiative multilayer RF passive components without compromising solution accuracy. Instead of following a compact model approach, ...

    High-pressure optical and vibrational properties of InN and InGaN 

    Oliva Vidal, Robert (Date of defense: 2016-10-11)

    This thesis is devoted to the study of the optical and vibrational properties of indium nitride (InN) and indium gallium nitride (InGaN) at room and high-pressure conditions. For this purpose, we have employed spectroscopic ...

    Hygroscopic properties of single bacterial cells and endospores studied by Electrostatic Force Microscopy 

    Van Der Hofstadt Serrano, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)

    The large abundance of bacterial growth niches provide a rich diversity of bacterial traits. These are usually characterized using traditional microbiology research tools, and newer characterization techniques (which focus ...

    Inkjet and screen printing for electronic applications 

    Medina Rodríguez, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)

    Printed electronics (PE) is a set of printing methods used to create electrical devices on various substrates. Printing typically uses common printing equipment suitable for defining patterns on material, such as screen ...

    Inkjet-Printed Flexible Electronic Devices: from High-k Capacitors to h-BN/Graphene Thin Film Transistors 

    Vescio, Giovanni (Date of defense: 2017-07-04)

    The soaring global demand for flexible, wearable and transparent devices has been driven by the advent of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), where smart electronic objects are expected to be, at anytime and everywhere, aware ...

    Innovation on Nanoscience: Processes and Ecosystems of Innovation with a multi-KET approach to foster Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Nanotechnologies in the Field of Healthcare 

    Páez Avilés, Cristina (Date of defense: 2017-02-20)

    Transferring nanotechnology into marketable products and services is still considered a major challenge. In Europe, this issue has been identified as a weakness, not only for nanotechnology, but also for the other five Key ...

    Metal Oxides for Optoelectronic and Resistive Switching Applications 

    Blázquez Gómez, Josep Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-12-13)

    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 ...

    Microphysiological Systems for the Evaluation of Biomaterials in Regenerative Therapies 

    López Canosa, Adrián (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)

    [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 ...

    Nanoscale dielectric mapping of biomembranes with in-liquid Scanning Dielectric Microscopy 

    Muzio, Martina di (Date of defense: 2021-05-11)

    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. ...