Electrodeposició de nanoestructures amb propietats magnètiques o catalítiques: síntesi, caracterització i propietats 

    Vilana i Balastegui, Joan (Date of defense: 2016-11-08)

    El treball desenvolupat durant la Tesi Doctoral s’ha centrat en comprovar la potencialitat de la tecnologia electroquímica per a la preparació de micro i nanoestructures magnètiques amb diferent aplicabilitat. Com a material ...

    Computational Study of the Mechanisms that Stabilize Organic Molecule‐Based Magnets 

    Lafuente Hernández, Mª Pilar (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)

    The objective of this PhD thesis has been the study of the mechanisms that stabilize high-spin states in organic molecule-based magnetic materials. These materials require organic radicals with permanent magnetic moment ...

    Functionalized coatings by Cold Spray for joint prosthesis 

    Martín Vilardell, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-01-25)

    The Cold Spray (CS) is a novelty technique for the production of coatings within the field of Thermal Spray. The use of low work temperatures (under the melting point of the material) is what makes it different from the ...

    Influència dels Paràmetres de Procés sobre la Formació d’escòria i dels Defectes de Contracció en les Foses de Ferro amb Grafit Esferoïdal 

    Regordosa Romagosa, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-05-03)

    Aquesta tesi s’ha dividit en dos blocs principals, el primer bloc tracta de la formació d’escòria durant la producció de les foses amb grafit esferoïdal i el segon bloc de la influència dels paràmetres del procés sobre la ...

    Field-effects on single molecular circuitry. Electronic transport from synthetic to biological models 

    Cortijos i Aragonès, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-05-22)

    Inspired by the proposal that single molecules will be functional elements of future nanoelectronic and Spintronics devices, there exists considerable interest in understanding charge transport in individual molecular ...

    Control of active flows through soft interfaces 

    Guillamat Bassedas, Pau (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)

    Groups of animals, bacterial colonies, cellular tissues and assemblies of subcellular extracts are some examples of experimental systems studied in the field of Active Soft Matter. All of them are composed of autonomous ...

    Theoretical study of excited states in molecules and molecular aggregates relevant for optoelectronic applications 

    Climent Biescas, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-07-07)

    In this thesis, different organic and organometallic molecules with interest for optoelectronic applications have been studied from a computational standpoint. The work presented in this thesis belongs to the molecular ...

    Recubrimientos micro-nano estructurados de grandes espesores por proyección fría para la reparación y protección de componentes industriales de altro valor añadido 

    Bedoya Escobar, Juliana (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    La proyección fría es una técnica de proyección térmica que permite la obtención de recubrimientos metálicos y metal/cerámicos con estructuras densas (porosidad inferior a 0,1%) y libres de óxidos. De manera general, ésta ...

    Microstructural characterization and mechanical properties of 9%Ni steel welds by submerged arc welding process using nickel-base alloys 

    Ozaeta Laverde, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    Natural Gas with more than 80% methane has a liquefaction temperature around -165 ° C. Temperature at which the gas reduces its volume by a factor of 600/1. This operating temperature makes the use of ferritic materials ...

    Density functional modelling of materials for fuel cell catalysts with reduced content of critical components 

    Figueroba Sánchez, Alberto (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)

    The thesis entiteled “Density Functional Modelling of Materials for Fuel Cell Catalysts with Reduced Content of Critical Components” deals with the following studies: • Adsorption sites at the {100} nanofacets of ceria ...

    Detección y caracterización de péptidos, proteínas y glicoproteínas como biomarcadores en fluidos biológicos. Aplicación al diagnóstico y seguimiento de diversas patologías 

    Pont Villanueva, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)

    Esta tesis doctoral se ha centrado en el desarrollo de metodologías analíticas adecuadas que permitan la separación, detección, caracterización e identificación de proteínas y metabolitos como biomarcadores de diferentes ...

    Desarrollo y optimización de nuevos componentes lubricante y ligante para el procesado de aceros PM 

    Artieda Guzmán, Cristina (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)

    Uno de los principales objetivos perseguidos en el progreso en la industria pulvimetalúrgica en la última década ha estado marcado no sólo por el desarrollo y avance en la producción de polvos metálicos y de los procesos ...

    Electrocatalyst development for PEM water electrolysis and DMFC: towards the methanol economy 

    Genova-Koleva, Radostina Vasileva (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)

    In this thesis, the hydrogen obtained in a PEM water electrolizer (PEMWE) as a reactant to produce methanol when combined with the CO2 captured from the combustion of fossil fuels is proposed. Methanol is easy to manage ...

    Electrochemical tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of electron transfer proteins 

    López Martínez, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2017-09-26)

    Electron Transfer (ET) plays essential roles in crucial biological processes such as cell respiration and photosynthesis. It takes place between redox proteins and in protein complexes that display an outstanding efficiency ...

    Desenvolupament de models per nanopartícules de TiO2 i ZnO en fotocatàlisis 

    Lamiel Garcia, Josep Oriol (Date of defense: 2017-09-27)

    En aquesta tesi s’han realitzat càlculs DFT per tal d’estudiar els sistemes TiO2 i ZnO i poder analitzar-ne les característiques de l’estructura electrònica, geometria i estabilitat energètica principalment. Primerament ...

    Degradación de contaminantes de aguas residuales de la producción de aceite de oliva mediante procesos electroquímicos de oxidación avanzada 

    Flores Tapia, Nelly Ester (Date of defense: 2017-11-28)

    La degradación individual de los ácidos trans-cinámico, trans-ferúlico y 4-hidroxifenilacético se llevó a cabo utilizando varios EAOPs. Se trataron disoluciones de 100 ml de cada ácido en Na2SO4 0,050 M a pH 3,0 y temperatura ...

    Heterogeneous catalysis of green chemistry reactions on molybdenum carbide based catalysts 

    Posada Pérez, Sergio (Date of defense: 2018-03-12)

    Our society has a problem with the use of fossil fuels, due to the vast and exceeding emissions derived from human activities. Two ways could be consider to mitigate these harmful effects. On the one hand, the capture, ...

    Rational chemical design of Triarylmethyl-based devices and 2D materials 

    Alcón Rovira, Isaac (Date of defense: 2018-03-14)

    In this PhD thesis I have studied through state-of-the-art quantum simulations (mainly within the density functional theory approach, DFT) triarylmethyl (TAM) based systems with potential for future nano-devices and designed ...

    Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and X-ray techniques 

    Gumí Audenis, Berta (Date of defense: 2018-04-27)

    Biological membranes (BMs) are self-sealing boundaries, which confine the permeability barriers of cells and organelles and provide the means to compartmentalize functions. Apart from being crucial for the cell structure, ...

    Quantum Confinement of Gaseous Molecules in Nanostructures: Effects on the Dynamics and Internal Structure 

    Mondelo-Martell, Manel (Date of defense: 2018-06-18)

    Quantum confinement effects, understood as the changes on the structure and dynamics of a molecule when it goes from a free environment to a cavity with some characteristic length of the order of the nanometer, represent ...