Alert Zenón, Ricard (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
In this thesis, we have studied mechanical aspects of some biological processes in cells and tissues, which we addressed by developing theoretical models based on the physics of soft active matter. The ...
Latella, Ivan (Date of defense: 2016-06-27)
Two main topics are examined in this thesis: classical systems with long-range interactions and thermal radiation in the near-field regime. In the first part, we present a thermodynamic approach describing ...
Walther, Jürgen (Date of defense: 2019-10-04)
The study of DNA from atomistic to mesoscopic level and connecting different resolution levels constitutes a major challenge since the new millennium. In the early 2000s, experiments could resolve for ...
Cereceda López, Eric (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)
[eng] In this thesis, I study the behavior of confined colloidal particles in aqueous suspension driven through an optical potential. For this purpose, I use micro-meter polystyrene particles, which I ...
Tibau Martorell, Elisenda (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
In the present thesis, we propose to explore neuronal circuits at the mesoscale, an approach in which one monitors small populations of few thousand neurons and concentrates in the emergence of collective ...
Gràcia Condal, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-04-21)
The urgent need to reduce our footprint on the earth environment is leading to ever more stringent commitments to decrease greenhouse gases emissions, which entails one of the greatest challenges that ...
Estévez Priego, Estefanía (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This thesis was part of the European consortium MESOBRAIN, a team of 5 organizations that joined efforts in nanofabrication, cell culturing, imaging and data analysis to build tailored human 3D networks. ...
Codina Sala, Joan (Date of defense: 2018-10-09)
In this thesis we asses the phenomena of arising interactions in soft matter in coexistence with soft active matter. As a non-equilibrium bath we introduce ensembles of self-propelled particles, granular ...
Fernández i Gallén, Andreu (Date of defense: 2022-07-08)
Membranes are present in all cells, in some viruses, and are involved in all kinds of biological functions. The goal of this thesis is to expand our knowledge of this element, in hope that this -on top ...
Arauz-Garofalo, Gianluca (Date of defense: 2017-06-13)
Throughout this thesis we have assessed the prospects of microwave spectrometry (MWS) as a non-ionizing non-invasive monitoring alternative for stented patients in a very early proof-of-concept stage. In ...