PhD Theses

1. Infrared nanophotonics based on metal antennas and transmission lines
03 March 2012 - Schnell, Martin (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

2. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) as a nanoscaffold for inorganic assemblies
23 October 2012 - Khan, Abid Ali (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

3. Infrared spectroscopic near-field microscopy of nanoparticles and semiconductor nanowires
13 February 2013 - Stiegler, Johannes (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

4. Spintronic devices based on fullerene C60
24 May 2013 - Gobbi, Marco (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

5. Molecular and cellular toxicity of nanomaterials
17 June 2013 - Poly, Simon (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

6. Magnetization reversal in magnetic films, multilayers, and nanostructures
27 September 2013 - Idigoras Lertxundi, Olatz (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

7. Exploiting magnetic dipolar interactions in artificially nanostructured systems
07 February 2014 - Porro Azpiazu, Txema (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

8. Resistive switching in oxides
30 April 2014 - Zazpe Mendioroz, Raul (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

9. Polythiophene-based nanoscale lateral devices
23 May 2014 - De Oliveira, Thales (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

10. Electrospinning of molecules
23 June 2014 - Nuansing, Wiwat (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

11. Injection, transport, and manipulation of pure spin currents in metallic lateral spin valves
15 December 2014 - Villamor Lomas, Estitxu (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

12. Nanostructuring of devices for nanoscience applications
16 March 2015 - Arzubiaga Totorika, Libe (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

13. Nanoscale infrared near-field spectroscopy
25 May 2015 - Huth, Florian (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

14. Charge and spin transport in graphene devices
05 June 2015 - Pietrobon, Luca (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

15. Spin orbitronics in metals
10 December 2015 - Isasa Gabilondo, Miren (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

16. Charge and spin transport in nanoscale devices
22 December 2015 - Masourakis, Emmanouil (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

17. Spin injection in two-dimensional layered materials and local magnetoresistance side-effects
08 April 2016 - Txoperena Matxikote, Oihana (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

18. Functionalization of nanomaterials by atomic layer deposition
10 October 2016 - Yang, Fan (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

19. Designer magneto-optics with plasmonic magnetic nanostructures
09 December 2016 - Maccaferri, Nicolò (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

20. Fabrication and characterization of magnetic thin films and multilayers
26 January 2017 - Fallarino, Lorenzo (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

21. Electronic and spintronic devices using two-dimensional materials
30 May 2017 - Oliveira Ribeiro, Mario Alberto (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

22. Theoretical simulations of nanoconfined water
05 June 2017 - Zubeltzu Sesé, Jon (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

23. Mechanochemical evolution of the giant muscle protein titin as inferred from resurrected proteins
07 July 2017 - Manteca González, Aitor (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

24. Fabrication and near-field characterization of mid-infrared transmission lines
11 July 2017 - Sarriugarte Onandia, Paulo (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

25. Infrared nanospectroscopy and hyperspectral nanoimaging of organic matter
12 July 2017 - Amenabar Altuna, Iban (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

26. Morphology and dynamics of ice crystals and the effect of proteins
17 July 2017 - Cascajo Castresana, María (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

27. Electronic tailoring of graphene nanosctructures via on-surface synthesis
28 July 2017 - Carbonell Sanromà, Eduard (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

28. Ferritin-based hybrid nanocomposites for enzyme-mimetic catalytic activity
13 September 2017 - Carmona Igartua, Unai (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

29. Vapor phase infiltration (VPI) and doping of conducting polymers
26 October 2017 - Wang, Weike (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

30. Ancestral sequence reconstruction for protein engineering: improving celulases for biomass hydrolysis
15 November 2017 - Barruetabeña Garate, Nerea (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

31. Nanomechanics of pathogenic attachment: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
15 December 2017 - Alonso Caballero, Alvaro (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

32. Non-adiabatic processes in the radiation damage of materials from first principles
23 March 2018 - Ullah, Rafi (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

33. Study of geometrical frustration and thermal activation in arrays of magnetic nanostructures
18 June 2018 - Pancaldi, Matteo (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

34. Microstructural analysis of atomic mechanisms of metal plasticity under machining conditions: case study of AISI 1045 steel and 7475 aluminum
18 July 2018 - Medina Clavijo, Bentejui (Universidad de Mondragon)

35. Optoelectronic properties in heterostructures of 2-dimensional materials
20 July 2018 - Morquillas Azpiazu, Nieves (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

36. In-device spectroscopy at metal/organic semiconductor interfaces.
09 November 2018 - Atxabal Arrasate, Ainhoa (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

37. Enhancing resolutions, efficiency, and understanding in IR and THz near-field microscopy
28 November 2018 - Mastel, Stefan (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

38. Vapour phase modification of kevlar fibres
28 November 2018 - Azpitarte Iraculis, Itxasne (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

39. The atomic-scale limits of magnetism and superconductivity explored by electron excitations in tunneling spectroscopy"
25 January 2019 - Rubio Verdú, Carmen (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

40. Isolation, characterization and applications of nanocellulose produced by ancestral enzymes
30 April 2019 - Alonso Lerma, Borja (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

41. Spin-to-charge current conversion in systems with spin-orbit coupling
09 July 2019 - Sagasta Urrutia, Edurne (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

42. Magneto-optical characterization of magnetic thin flims and interface structures
15 July 2019 - Riego Saavedra, Patricia (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

43. Design of ancestral enzymes for engineering novel nanobiomaterials
16 December 2019 - Barandiaran Larrea, Leire (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

44. Magnetic-impurity-induced bound states in B-Bi2Pd
17 January 2020 - Zaldivar Fernandez, Javier (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

45. Functionalization of particles by atomic layer deposition for energy storage applications
18 February 2020 - Garcia Garcia, Sarai (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

46. Spin transport in magnetic insulator/heavy metal heterostructures
11 March 2020 - Gómez Pérez, Juan Manuel (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

47. Mid-infrared nanophotonics with hyperbolic phonon polaritons
23 March 2020 - Alfaro Mozaz, Francisco Javier (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

48. Magneto-optical ellipsometry and magnetometry of thin films and multilayers
29 October 2020 - Arregi Uribeetxebarria, Jon Ander (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

49. Substrate-enhanced and subsurface infrared near-field spectroscopy of organic layers
18 January 2021 - Mester, Lars (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

50. Self-assembly and optical properties of gold nanoparticle superlattices for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
07 June 2021 - Charconnet, Mathias Jean Addi (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

51. Probing and tuning the electronic properties of low dimensional van der Waals materials
04 March 2022 - Calavalle, Francesco (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

52. Spin-orbit proximity in van der Waals heterostructures
04 March 2022 - Herling, Franz Peter (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

53. Optimization of spin-orbit magnetic-state redout in metallic nanodevices
09 March 2022 - Groen, Inge (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

54. Spin-to-charge conversion in low-symmetry MoTe2 / graphene van der Waals heterostructures
14 March 2022 - Ontoso Martínez, Nerea (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

55. Surface models of Influenza virus envelope: Biophysical studies under various hydration scenarios
01 April 2022 - Iriarte Alonso, Maiara Aime (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

56. Photonic technology for diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia
07 June 2022 - Olaetxea Azkarate-Askatsua, Ion (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

57. Electronic transport through suspended graphene nanoribbons using a scanning tunneling microscope
14 October 2022 - Friedrich, Niklas (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

58. Surface engineering of biomimetic antibacterial and biocompatible hybrid materials through molecular layer deposition
15 December 2022 - Ashurbekova, Karina (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

59. Dressing enzymes with tailored nanogels as a versatile approach for the development of heterogeneous biocatalysts
16 December 2022 - Rodriguez Lopez de Abetxuko, Andoni (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

60. Electronic and self-healing properties of polymer-inorganic hybrids enabled by vapor phase infiltration
19 December 2022 - Iurkevich, Oksana (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

61. Large-scale and linear-scaling quantum mechanics computational methods to characterize the dna g-quadruplexes and their interaction with small molecules
03 March 2023 - Ortiz de Luzuriaga Lopez, Iker (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

62. Manipulating superconductivity at the nanoscale through magnetism and proximity effects
16 June 2023 - Trivini, Stefano (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

63. Phase transitions in nanoscale designed magnetic thin films
17 July 2023 - Quintana Uriarte, Mikel (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

64. Micro and Nano Fabrication of Structures for Light-Matter Interaction
21 September 2023 - Barra Burillo, Maria (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

65. Orchestrated Mass Transport for quantitative Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy
03 November 2023 - Merkens, Stefan (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

66. Spin-to-charge current interconversion in highly resistive sputtered bismuth selenide
27 November 2023 - Arango Gutierrez, Isabel Cristina (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

67. Controlling Area-Selective Growth Mechanisms of Nickel-based Nanostructures Through ALD and Surface pre-Patterning
29 January 2024 - Botta, Gabriele (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

68. Probing nanoscale light–matter interactions with fast electrons and near–field optical probes.
09 February 2024 - Maciel Escudero, Carlos Alberto (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

69. Near- and far-field studies of polariton-enhanced interactions between light and molecules
16 May 2024 - Bylinkin, Andrei (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

70. Nanomagnetic Logic by Photothermal Excitation of Magnetic Nanostructure Networks
12 July 2024 - Menniti, Matteo (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

71. Infrared Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy in Liquid Environment
20 December 2024 - Virmani, Divya (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

72. Superconducting Phenomena at the Nanoscale
23 January 2025 - Ortuzar Andres, Jon (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

73. Spin Interactions in Organic Molecular Architectures
26 February 2025 - Vegliante, Alessio (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

74. Engineering Superconductivity in TMDs via Organic Intercalation
25 March 2025 - Pereira Sanchez, José Manuel (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

75. Models of Radiolysis in Liquid Reactors for Transmission Electron Microscopy
04 April 2025 - De Salvo, Giuseppe (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

76. Spin and Ccharge Control of Single Molecules for Atomic Scale Quantum Coherence
07 April 2025 - Edens, Leonard (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

77. Non-linear Transport in Chiral Tellurium: From Fundamentals to Applications
16 June 2025 - Suárez Rodríguez, Manuel (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

78. Vibrational Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Lung Cancer Diagnosis
22 July 2025 - Hano, Harun (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

79. Advances for Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics through the integration of spectroscopy and chemometrics
30 September 2025 - Lopez Corrillero, Eneko (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

80. Tunable Spin-Charge Interconversion in 2D Materials and Ferromagnets
03 October 2025 - Dolan, Eoin (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)

81. Ultrasensitive Magneto-Optical Ellipsometry for depth-resolved Magnetometry
10 October 2025 - Martín Valderrama, Carmen (UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA)