Biagi, Maria Chiara (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)
The microwaves electromagnetic properties, i.e. the complex permittivity, of single cells determine how this radiation is transmitted, reflected or absorbed by biological tissues. This information is ...
Dols Pérez, Aurora (Date of defense: 2012-12-04)
Cell membranes are 2-D heterogeneous fluid systems that show nanoscale structures of great interest because of its importance in membrane functions. Due to the inherent complexity of natural membranes, ...
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 ...
Gramse, Georg (Date of defense: 2012-06-19)
The objective of my thesis was to develop novel techniques and methods to probe the dielectric properties of biomembranes in air and their natural environment - liquid solution. The dielectric constant ...
Esteban i Ferrer, Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-11-25)
The present thesis is included in the field of nanobioelectricity. That is, understanding the electrical properties of biological specimens at the nanoscale (< 200 nm). To do so we used an electrical ...