Martínez Gutiérrez, Alfredo (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
One of the main causal factors of skin aging is ultraviolet radiation as part of sun exposure. This radiation induces many changes at the molecular level that alter the proper function of skin biological ...
Calderón Díaz, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2019-10-24)
Renewable energies have a major role in today’s energy systems development, energy security and climate change fight. Thermal Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) has the potential to get up to 11.3% of ...
Sancho Jodar, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Enzyme catalysis has been scaled up for several industrial sectors during the last decades, including pharmaceutics, food and beverages. This raised the interest of other industries such as energy or ...
Pagès Casas, Josep M. (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Particles dispersed in nematic liquid crystals (NLCs), also called nematic colloids, are nowadays typical experimental systems studied in the field of Soft Matter. In this scenario, the interactions and ...
Khojasteh, Abbas (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Rosmarinic acid (RA), an ester of caffeic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl lactic acid, is widely distributed in the plant kingdom, including Satureja khuzistanica, a threatened Iranian plant species. ...
Fernandes, Joana Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)
This dissertation has the main goal of developing ceramic materials for Mask-Image- Projection-based Stereolithography (MIP-SLA) technology, focused on electronic applications. To accomplish this aim, ...
Pruna Morales, Raquel (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
There is an increasing need for developing innovative, versatile and low-cost point-of-care (POC) systems capable of screening for at early stages of development. POC systems usually consist of a biosensor ...
Spinosa, Vittoria (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Perception can be considered as the bridge necessary to interact with the surroundings. Indeed, through our senses we are continuously exchanging information between the physical world around us and our ...
Salmatonidis, Apostolos (Date of defense: 2019-09-30)
Exposure to nanoparticles has been associated with adverse effects on human health. When the exposure route is inhalation, nanoparticles can cause pulmonary inflammation which may be more severe than ...
Roca Ayats, Neus (Date of defense: 2019-11-18)
Osteoporosis is a complex disease, determined by genetic and environmental factors, characterized by a low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent decrease of ...