Francesko, Antonio (Date of defense: 2012-11-29)
This thesis focuses on the development of active multifunctional dressing materials and nanoparticle formulations with suitable exploitation characteristics for chronic wounds treatment. Chronic wounds ...
Murase Fernández, Sara Keiko (Date of defense: 2015-04-24)
Synthetic biopolymers have attracted considerable attention in the last decades in the biomedical field. Poly(ester amide)s are a family of biodegradable polymers that can be tailored for specific ...
Fabregat Jové, Georgina (Date of defense: 2014-06-06)
The principal focus of this Thesis is the development and design of promising hybrid nanocomposites based on conducting polymers with the main objective of achieving applications in the field of ...
Rocasalbas Lozano, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2012-11-30)
Chronic wounds including pressure, venous, arterial and diabetic neuropathic ulcers, represent a significant burden to the healthcare system. These different chronic wound types do not share origin or ...
Hoyo Pérez, Javier (Date of defense: 2014-10-17)
The photosynthesis is the process used by the plants and bacteria cells to convert the inorganic matter in organic thanks to the light energy. This process consist on several steps, being one of them ...
Córdova-Mateo, Esther (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
The study at the nanoscopic level of the polymeric systems is a keystone for a deeper understanding of their internal structure and properties, not only at nanometric scale but also at macroscopic level. ...
Martí Barroso, Mireia (Date of defense: 2013-07-08)
The intention and purpose of the present thesis is to prepare a series of protective coatings using some conducting polymers (CPs) as corrosion inhibitors. The use of organic paints is the most common ...
Tolentino Chivite, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2014-04-29)
Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms. A more broad classification would embrace also those polymers synthesized from renewable sources which are able to display biodegradability. The ...