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, ...
Balakishan, Harishankar (Date of defense: 2021-05-12)
The ability to characterize the elements beneath the surface has been a dire necessity in the fields of materials science, polymer technology, biology, and medical sciences. Scanning Probe Microscopies ...
Huetter, Larissa (Date of defense: 2022-09-30)
[eng] There have been significant advances in organic bioelectronic devices in recent years. These devices are capable of stimulating excitable cells and can generate data to facilitate disease diagnostics ...
Casuso Páramo, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2008-03-11)
The assessment of the electrical properties of biomolecules at the nanoscale becomes necessary for gathering previous basic knowledge and for the control of the biosensor fabrication. I developed ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...