• Capacity building in porous materials research for sustainable energy applications 

  Langmi, Henrietta Wakuna; Musyoka, Nicholas M.; Kemmegne-Mbouguen, Justin Claude; Kowenje, Chrispin; Kengara, Fredrick; Mokaya, Robert (The Royal Society, 2024-08)

  The project aimed to develop porous materials for sustainable energy applications, namely, hydrogen storage, and valorization of biomass to renewable fuels. At the core of the project was a training programme for ...
• Unexpected XPS binding energy observations further highlighted by DFT calculations of ruthenocene-containing [IrIII(ppy)2(RCOCHCORc)] complexes : cytotoxicity and crystal structure of [Ir(ppy)2(FcCOCHCORc)] 

  Buitendach, Blenerhassitt E.; Erasmus, Elizabeth; Fourie, Eleanor; Malan, F.P. (Frederick); Conradie, Jeanet; Niemantsverdriet, J.W. (Hans); Swarts, Jannie C. (MDPI, 2024-11-15)

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• Visible light driven CuBi2O4 heterostructures and their enhanced photocatalytic activity for pollutant degradation : a review 

  Olatunde, Olalekan C.; Sawunyama, Lawrence; Yusuf, Tunde L.; Onwudiwe, Damian C. (Elsevier, 2024-09)

  The existence of organic, inorganic, and microbiological contaminants in water bodies continues to pose a serious threat to public health worldwide. The photocatalytic elimination of these contaminants using copper bismuthate ...
• CpMetal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes : synthesis and applications 

  Malan, Frederick Pieter (University of Pretoria, 2017)

  The synthesis and catalytic application of new half-sandwich Ni(II), Cr(III), and Ru(II) complexes, all stabilised by either symmetric or asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, were investigated. The study entailed ...
• Synthesis, characterisation, and catalytic evaluation of Ru-ONO complexes featuring N- and P-based ligands 

  Awe, Babatunde; Swart, Glendin; Erasmus, Elizabeth; Malan, F.P. (Frederick) (Wiley, 2025)

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• Thermogravimetry as a research tool for the development of an ammonium sulphate roasting process for selective metal extraction from minerals 

  Castleman, Barbara A.; Doucet, Frederic J.; Roos, Liza; Sedibelwana, Matlakala; Van der Merwe, E.M. (Elizabet Margaretha) (Springer, 2024-10)

  The ammonium sulphate roasting process involves reacting mineral-bearing materials with ammonium sulphate via a solid– solid roasting process and subjecting the resulting roast residue to aqueous leaching. This process ...
• Physicochemical surface modification and characterisation of coal fly ash for application in rubber composites 

  Moyo, Dennis Simbarashe; Doucet, Frédéric J.; Hlangothi, Shanganyane Percy; Reynolds-Clausen, Kelley; Kruger, Richard A.; Van der Merwe, E.M. (Elizabet Margaretha) (Minerals, 2024-12-11)

  This study evaluated the capability of coal fly ash (untreated and physicochemically modified) when utilised as a filler in cis-1,4-polyisoprene rubber. Physicochemical modification of the ash was achieved using two ...
• A novel approach to the extraction and analysis of dioxins and furans sampled onto Amberlite XAD-2 sorbent 

  Cromhout, Reinardt; Focant, Jean-Francois; Forbes, Patricia B.C. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-12)

  Despite the efficacy of strong emission control plans that have been implemented the last few decades, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) may still be released from anthropogenic ...
• Comparative evaluation of the power-to-methanol process configurations and assessment of process flexibility 

  Mbatha, Siphesihle; Cui, Xiaoti; Panah, Payam G.; Thomas, Sebastien; Parkhomenko, Ksenia; Roger, Anne-Cecile; Louis, Benoit; Everson, Ray; Debiagi, Paulo; Musyoka, Nicholas; Langmi, Henrietta Wakuna (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-09)

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• Measurement of atmospheric mercury : current limitations and suggestions for paths forward 

  Gustin, Mae Sexauer; Dunham-Cheatham, Sarrah M.; Lyman, Seth; Horvat, Milena; Gay, David A.; Gačnik, Jan; Gratz, Lynne; Kempkes, Geyan; Khalizov, Alexei; Lin, Che-Jen; Lindberg, Steven E.; Lown, Livia; Martin, Lynwill; Mason, Robert P.; MacSween, Katrina; Nair, Sreekanth Vijayakumaran; Nguyen, Ly Sy Phu; O’Neil, Trevor; Sommar, Jonas; Weiss-Penzias, Peter; Zhang, Lei; Živković, Igor (American Chemical Society, 2024-07)

  Mercury (Hg) researchers have made progress in understanding atmospheric Hg, especially with respect to oxidized Hg (HgII) that can represent 2 to 20% of Hg in the atmosphere. Knowledge developed over the past ∼10 years ...
• Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in South African beverages 

  Ramaremisa, Gibbon; Erasmus, Rudolph M.; Tutu, Hlanganani; Saad, Dalia (Elsevier, 2025-01)

  This study presents the first comprehensive assessment of microplastics (MPs) in alcoholic (AB) and non-alcohol (NAB) beverages in South Africa. Beverages in various packaging materials, specifically glass, aluminium, and ...
• Photocatalytic degradation of Maxilon dye pollutants using nano-architecture functional materials : a review 

  Emmanuel, Stephen Sunday; Adesibikan, Ademidun Adeola; Olawoyin, Christopher Olusola; Idris, Mustapha Omenesa (Wiley, 2024-04)

  The most essential task in the twenty-first century is to fight the alarming growing pollution in the aquatic body in which effluent of one of the most colouring dye categories called maxilon dye is a major contributor. ...
• Synthesis and evaluation of mesoporous silica nanoparticle catalyst supports prepared from South African coal fly ash 

  Aphane, Mathibela E.; Maggott, Emile D.; Doucet, Frederic J.; Mapolie, Selwyn F.; Landman, Marile; Van der Merwe, E.M. (Elizabet Margaretha) (Springer, 2024-08)

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• Indigofera cryptantha-induced pigmenturia in cattle in South Africa 

  Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Vosser, Magdaleen; Ibrahim, M.I.A.; Du Plessis, Elizabeth; Lensink, Antonia Vergina; Rudolph, Wiehan; Invernizzi, Luke (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  Two field cases of reddish-black pigmenturia occurred where cattle grazed on an established Cenchrus ciliaris (blue buffalo grass) pasture in South Africa. The pasture was noticeably invaded by Indigofera cryptantha, ...
• The crystal structure of fac-tricarbonyl(bis(3,5-dimethyl-4H-pyrazole)-κ1N)-((nitrato)-κ1O)-rhenium(I)-3,5-dimethyl-4H-pyrazole(1/1), C18H23N7O6Re 

  Ramoba, Lesetja V.; Alexander, Orbett T.; Malan, F.P. (Frederick); Manicum, Amanda-Lee E. (De Gruyter, 2024-06)

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• Synergistically enhanced photoelectrocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin via oxygen vacancies and internal electric field on a NiSe2/WO3 photoanode 

  Yusuf, Tunde L.; Ojo, Babatope O.; Mushiana, Talifhani; Mabuba, Nonhlangabezo; Arotiba, Omotayo A.; Makgato, Seshibe Stanford (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-08)

  This study presents the in situ deposition of nickel selenide (NiSe2) on tungsten trioxide (WO3) nanorods to enhance the photo electrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water. The synthesis involves integrating ...
• Electrochemical behaviour and sensing of chlorpromazine at polymer-free kaolin-based nanosodalite and nanosodalite-graphene foam film modified glassy carbon electrodes 

  Tchoumi, Firmin Parfait; Fotsop, Cyrille Ghislain; Tamne, Guy B.; Langmi, Henrietta Wakuna; Kemmegne-Mbouguen, Justin Claude; Ngameni, Emmanuel (Wiley, 2024-07)

  A nanosodalite (SOD) was synthesized utilizing Cameroonian kaolin and then used to prepare a nanocomposite (SOD-GF) with graphene foam (GF). The as-synthesized materials were characterized using X-ray diffractometry ...
• Rhizomatoflavonoid D and other flavonoids from the twigs of Ochna rhizomatosa as a potential inhibitor of HIV-1 

  Messi, Angélique Nicolas; Tsakem, Bienvenu; Akongwi, Mirabel; Bodede, Olusola; Moyo, Phanankosi; Mbanga Baleba, Roger Moise; Tsimi Essomba, Marcelle Alida; Poka, Madan; Demana, Patrick Hulisani; Maharaj, Vinesh J.; Urda, Lorena; Klimkait, Thomas; Siwe Noundou, Xavier; Ngo Mbing, Joséphine; Pegnyemb, Dieudonné Emmanuel (Springer, 2024-11)

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• Isoflavone derivatives as potential anticancer agents : synthesis and bioactivity studies 

  Selepe, Mamoalosi A. (Wiley, 2024-12)

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• Reaction kinetics of the benzylation of adenine in DMSO : regio-selectivity guided by entropy 

  Buyens, Dominique Marie-Jeanne Solange; Pilcher, Lynne A.; Roduner, Emil (Wiley, 2024-12)

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