Study of cell response over nanopatterned ligands on diblock copolymer surfaces 

    Hortigüela Lázaro, Verónica (Fecha de defensa: 2017-06-30)

    Cells in tissues are exposed to extracellular signals that integrate and appropriately translate into specific responses. Receptors at the cell membrane recognize a variety of soluble ligands, extracellular matrix proteins ...

    Study of natural nanovesicles carrying olfactory receptors for the development of biosensing platforms 

    Sanmartí Espinal, Marta (Fecha de defensa: 2015-01-15)

    Natural vesicles produced from genetically engineered cells with tailored membrane receptor composition are promising building blocks for sensing biodevices. This is particularly true for the case of G-protein coupled ...

    Studying Electrostatic Polarization Forces at the Nanoscale. Dielectric constant of supported biomembranes measured in air and liquid environment 

    Gramse, Georg (Fecha de defensa: 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 ε(r) of biomembranes ...

    Suspended Micro/nanogenerators for cell stimulation 

    Vargas Estevez, Carolina (Fecha de defensa: 2019-01-17)

    Our bodies are complex machines whose functioning depends on multiple electrical signals controlled mainly by the nervous system. Afterwards, it is not illogical to think that one day artificial electrical impulses would ...

    Towards a new dimension in analytical TEM: EELS, Tomography and the Spectrum Volume 

    Yedra Cardona, Lluís (Fecha de defensa: 2013-12-18)

    The main goal of this thesis is to combine electron tomography and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) in the TEM, in order to obtain chemical and electronic information in 3D in the nanoscale. Tomography in the ...

    Towards High Performance Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials. A Bottom-Up Approach 

    Cadavid, Doris (Fecha de defensa: 2014-03-12)

    En esta tesis se usa la estrategia de “Bottom-up” para la producción de materiales termoeléctricos nano-estructurados con alta eficiencia termoeléctrica. Esta técnica proporciona un amplio rango de posibilidades para ...

    Treatments and Analysis of C-sp(2) nanomaterials 

    Claramunt Ruiz, Sergi (Fecha de defensa: 2014-02-10)

    Carbon can be found or synthesised in different arrangements, each one with its particular properties. Curiously, the main building block of the majority of these structures (graphene) was first isolated in 2004 by A.K ...

    Tungsten oxide nanocrystalline powders for gas sensing applications 

    Jiménez Gallardo, Ismael (Fecha de defensa: 2003-09-08)

    This doctoral dissertation deals with the study of nanocrystalline tungsten oxide-based powders for gas sensing applications. Gas monitoring is receiving increasing attention due to environmental and safety reasons. Gas ...

    Understanding the role of sensor diversity and redundancy to encode for chemical information in gas sensor arrays 

    Fernández Romero, Luis (Fecha de defensa: 2016-01-25)

    Electronic noses (e-noses) have been utilized during the past three decades as general purpose instruments for chemical sensing. These instruments are inspired by natural olfactory systems, where fine odour discrimination ...

    Vibrational properties of ZnO, group III-nitrides and dilute nitride alloys 

    Alarcón Lladó, Esther (Fecha de defensa: 2009-07-07)

    [spa] Esta tesis consiste en el estudio de las propiedades vibracionales de materiales de interés para la fabricación de dispositivos optoelectrónicos, operando en distintos rangos espectrales, desde ultravioleta hasta el ...

    Wideband pulse amplifiers for the integrated cameras of the Cherenkov Telescope Array 

    Sanuy Charles, Andreu (Fecha de defensa: 2016-02-04)

    One type of photon detector is the photomultiplier tube (or PMT), most commonly used in Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). A PMT has a photoelectric cathode that absorbs light and emits an electron. A PMT ...