Pagès i Hernando, Neus (Date of defense: 2016-09-15)
Reliable access to freshwater is one of the fundamental pillars for our society. Freshwater scarcity has become a major concern in many arid and sem i-arid countries worldwide to s uch an extent that ...
Maione, Silvana (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the ...
Silvente Saiz, Javier (Date of defense: 2016-02-17)
Nowadays, market trends have made companies modify the way of doing business. The current context of globalization, economic crisis, political conditions and competence among enterprises involves the ...
Lopes Rodrigues, Maximilien (Date of defense: 2019-11-11)
This thesis focuses on the preparation of nanomaterials made of proteins and polymers. Even though the technology has advanced in the last decades to design new devices at the atomic scale, researchers ...
García de Andrés, Xènia (Date of defense: 2022-10-25)
(English) Labels misplacement in the bottles are currently causing problems in wine cellar's labelling lines. According to data provided by Codorníu and Torres cellars, 1 % of the bottles present this ...
López Rodríguez, Julio (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)
Nowadays mining and hydrometallurgical industries generate a considerable amount of acidic liquid wastes (ALWs), which are characterised by a low pH and the presence of metals (e.g. Fe, Cu, Zn and Rare ...
Tinajero Díaz, Ernesto (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)
Naturally produced peptides or proteins can be regarded as highly refined polymers. When synthetic polymers are married to proteins or peptides, the resulting bioconjugates can synergistically combine ...
Morakabatchiankar, Shabnam (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)
Towards sustainability forces process industries to change their traditional patterns. Therefore, efficient retrofitting has been a significant challenge and raised several issues, motivating the process ...
Guaya Caraguay, Diana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2017-03-22)
Phosphate and ammonium removal from waste water by adsorption using inorganic natural sorbents has been identified as a promising technology. The advantages of this methodology are associated with its ...
Puig Durán, Martí (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
It is broadly known that efficient ports are crucial for the economic development of their surrounding area. However, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports, the related ship traffic, and the ...
66 - Chemical technology. Chemical and related industries (65)
504 - Threats to the environment (5)
620 - Materials testing. Commercial materials. Power stations. Economics of energy (5)
577 - Material bases of life. Biochemistry. Molecular biology. Biophysics (4)