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Theses and Dissertations (Physics)
Recent Submissions
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Blecher, Tariq; Deane, Roger; Obreschkow, Danail; Heywood, Ian
(Oxford University Press, 2024-07)
Cold gas evolution ties the formation of dark matter haloes to the star formation history of the universe. A primary component of cold gas, neutral atomic hydrogen (HI), can be traced by its 21-cm emission line. However, ...
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Taghizadeh, Fatemeh
(University of Pretoria, 2015-10)
The graphene foam (GF) was synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and different mass of GF were added to the LDH. The morphological, structural and compositional properties of LDH and LDH/GF composites were ...
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Cronje, Abraham Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2019-09)
The desire to study the characteristics of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) for Stark
application in single molecule spectroscopy (SMS) stemmed from our interest in the dark
states of light harvesting complex II ...
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Kyeyune, Farooq
(University of Pretoria, 2020-02)
Single molecule spectroscopy (SMS) is a powerful approach to study subtle, fundamental
properties of biological systems generally obscured by the ensemble average.
SMS allows for a detailed understanding of the molecular ...
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Congolo, Sipho
(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)
Hematite (Fe2O3) is a promising photoanode material that is being studied immensely for its application in solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen as fuels. It has attractive properties such as a narrow bandgap ...
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Barnard, Abraham Willem
(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)
DLTS was used to study the effect of resistive physical vapour deposition of Pd Schottky contacts on the defects observed in an n-type Si substrate that was irradiated before deposition (“pre-irradiated”) and compared to ...
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Mabote, Toivo Samuel
(University of Pretoria, 2024-03)
A bent-tailed radio galaxy (BT) is an active radio-loud galaxy in which its double jet presents a bend in the same direction, possibly as a result of interaction with the intracluster medium (ICM). Our dataset was extracted ...
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Osman Jafer, Tasabeeh Alabid
(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-15)
Glassy carbon is a continuous, isotropic and non-graphitizing carbon that combines the properties of glass and ceramic with those of graphite. It has excellent properties such as high tensile strength, high hardness, good ...
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van Heerden, Bertus
(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-14)
Photosynthesis in plants begins with light absorption by light-harvesting complexes,
the main one being light-harvesting complex II (LHCII). This protein is a key
component of a critical photoprotective process called ...
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Gopane, Ishmael Mmusi
(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-28)
This study involves the investigation into the hypernuclear and multi-lambda systems using the Jost-function method, as well as the recovery of the two-body potential from the two and three-body systems using the ...
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Thaba, Cambel Rashia
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
In this study, we investigated the electrical characteristics of defects in germanium produced by alpha particle radiation using conventional deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and Laplace deep-level transient ...
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Weideman, H.J.S.
(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-15)
Defects in semiconductors are usually detrimental to the device operation. Particularly in space, the high levels of radiation induce defects that damage electronics in satellites and space craft. However, in some devices ...
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Conradie, Francois
(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-07)
Light-harvesting complex II, LHCII, is vital for the light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis in higher plants. It acts as the starting point for photosynthesis in Photosystem II (PS II) by increasing the absorption of ...
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Gqiba, Onke Lwazi
(University of Pretoria, 2023-05-25)
In this ab initio study, density functional theory, including a Hubbard U correction term (DFT+U), calculations were performed to investigate the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting possibility of SnS2 monolayer. ...
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Makgale, Tshepho Trevor
(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-16)
In this work, we synthesized three nanofluids based on tin dioxide-coated gold
nanocomposites (Au@SnO2) using a two-step method. First, we synthesized gold (Au)
nanomaterials, then encapsulated them with tin dioxide ...
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Mapaya, Mathumo
(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-26)
We analyse a formulation of the quantum Wasserstein distance of order $1$ and set up a general theory leading to a Wasserstein distance of order $1$ between the unital maps from one specific algebra to another specified ...
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Button, Charissa Bronwyn
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) and hydroxyl (OH) are important gas components within the context of galaxy evolution. HI is a key transitory phase in the baryon cycle and, hence, has a crucial role in star formation. ...
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Van der Westhuizen, Abraham Jozua
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
The South African Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) regulatory framework provides guidance on most matters associated with radiation protection within the mining and minerals processing sphere, but definitive ...
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Bekeur, Craig Arthur
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Various transition metal dichalcogenides materials have been investigated from bulk to monolayer phases for different advanced technological applications. Tin disulfide monolayer offers advantages as an anode material for ...
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Adeojo, Samuel Adedigba
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The storage and management of nuclear waste is perhaps the most controversial aspect of nuclear power production, as there is no permanent solution to this problem that has existed for centuries. In the last decade, our ...
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