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Recent Submissions

3D in vitro models for neural progenitor cell differentiation and network formation 

Pereira, Inês Sousa (Date of defense: 2023-10-17)

[eng] Conventional 2D in vitro and animal models have been found inadequate to fully uncover the intricate mechanisms happening in the brain and its diseases. Engineering-based models emerge as promising alternatives to ...

Domain walls, primordial black holes and inflation 

Sanglás Martín, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-10-10)

[eng] This thesis investigates primordial black holes and their observational consequences. In the first part, we examine the behavior of domain walls produced during inflation, and their subsequent collapse, leading to ...

Towards a better characterization of submicron aerosol in the Mediterranean basin 

Via González, Marta (Date of defense: 2023-09-19)

[eng] Atmospheric aerosol is an ensemble of atmospheric pollutants with a severe impact on human health and Earth climate. Particulate Matter (PM) effects vary depending on the composition and size. However, current air ...

Engineering in vitro models of the intestinal mucosa to study the role of the stroma on the epithelium 

Abad i Lázaro, Aina (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)

[eng] The standard in vitro model of the small intestine in the field of drug development still consists in a monolayer of cancer-derived cells seeded on a hard substrate. Despite the huge advances that this model has ...

Nanoscale Multimodal Characterization of Operating Electrolyte-Gated Transistors 

Tanwar, Shubham (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

[eng] Electrolyte-gated transistors (EGTs) have emerged as key platforms for transducing and amplifying biological and biochemical signals, making them an integral part of diverse biosensing and bioelectronic applications ...

Métodos avanzados de microscopía de fuerzas electrostáticas para el estudio de muestras biológicas 

Millán Solsona, Rubén (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)

[spa] Las propiedades dieléctricas de las células han sido objeto de una intensa investigación a lo largo de los años debido a su relevancia en muchos problemas biológicos fundamentales. Destacamos la importancia de la ...

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nucleic Acids Folding 

Rissone, Paolo (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)

[eng] This doctoral work investigates nucleic acids' thermodynamic and kinetic properties. The main objective is the characterization of the energetics and the folding mechanisms driving the hybridization of DNA and RNA ...

Biomechanics of the progression of colorectal carcinomas 

Fornabaio, Giulia (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)

[eng] Living tissues are active materials with the ability to undergo drastic shape and dimension transitions. If properly controlled, these morphological changes allow various physiological phenomena such as embryonic ...

Advanced Characterization of Interfaces of the Chalcogenide-Based Absorbers for the Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies 

Fonoll i Rubio, Robert (Date of defense: 2023-03-06)

[eng] The thesis Advanced Characterization of Interfaces of the Chalcogenide-Based Absorbers for the Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies is based on six articles that are published in high impact factor peer-reviewed ...

Calculations of water free energy in bulk and large biological systems 

Coronas Serna, Luis Enrique (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)

[eng] This thesis develops, validates, and explores applications of the Franzese-Stanley (FS) coarse-grained model for bulk water, ultimately intended to represent the solvent in large-scale simulations of biological ...

Testing the Standard Model with radiative beauty and rare strange decays at LHCb 

Gironella Gironell, Pere (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)

[eng] This thesis focuses in the analysis of radative b-decays and rare strange decays, using data recorded by the LHCb, at the LHC during the Run 2 period. Two analyses are presented in the thesis, both flavour changing ...

Peptide functionalized polymeric nanocarriers: Towards selective targeting of prostate cancer 

Murar, Madhura (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

[eng] Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently encountered malignancies, with 1.4 million new cases in the past year, marking the second leading cause of deaths in men worldwide. Although it is known to be treatable ...

Developing supramolecular polymers for drug delivery 

Fuentes Fuentes, Edgar (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

[eng] A strategy that is being intensively explored to efficiently deliver pharmaceuticals involves drug delivery systems. These carriers should greatly improve the pharmacokinetics of drugs, while providing a selective ...

Optimization of Memristors for Information Storage and Neuromorphic Computing 

Zhu, Kaichen (Date of defense: 2023-01-18)

[eng] The total amount of global information to be stored and computed is increasing exponentially since the beginning of the 21st century. The semiconductor industry made great efforts to push the silicon-based integrated ...

Understanding the measurements and variability of aerosol optical properties in NE Spain 

Yus Díez, Jesús (Date of defense: 2022-12-20)

[eng] Atmospheric aerosol particles are key for regulating Earth’s atmosphere processes, and are estimated to present an overall cooling effect on the Earth’s climate. Given the current climate change crisis, and the need ...

Non-Equilibrium Self-Assembly: Formation and Function of Meso-Structures with Applications in Biology and Material Science 

Arango-Restrepo, Andrés (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)

[eng] A set of disordered interacting building blocks may form ordered structures via self-assembly. External intervention in the system through the addition of chemical species or the application of forces leads to different ...

Dark Matter and Massive Neutrinos: Cosmological Probes of Physics Beyond the Standard Model 

Short, Kathleen (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)

[eng] The overwhelming evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe, and the discovery of the neutrino masses, are striking indicators of the need for new physics beyond the ΛCDM and Standard Model paradigms. ...

Development of high-resolution L4 ocean wind products 

Trindade, Ana Filipa Mestre (Date of defense: 2023-01-16)

[eng] Heat, moisture, gas, and momentum exchanges at the oceanic and atmospheric interface modulate, inter alia, the Earth’s heat and carbon budgets, global circulation, and dynamical modes. Sea surface winds are fundamental ...

Electrohydrodynamic jet printing: stability and reproducibility 

Ramón Ferrer, Alberto (Date of defense: 2023-01-16)

[eng] Additive manufacturing, also referred as 3D printing, is a layer-by-layer technique that allows producing three-dimensional objects directly from a digital model. It has enabled the fabrication of innovative products ...

Processament de perfils de precipitació obtinguts amb radar Doppler 

Garcia Benadí, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-01-10)

[cat] En la actualitat les dades obtingudes amb instruments de teledetecció (mesures obtingudes a distància) formen una part essencial en l’àmbit de la meteorologia. Aquestes dades s’obtenen amb diversos sensors de tipus ...

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