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Research Articles (Physics): Recent submissions

  • Electrical double-layer capacitor based on low aqueous electrolyte contents in Emim-TFO ionic liquid 
    Kitenge, Vianney Ngoyi; Tarimo, Delvina Japhet; Oyedotun, Kabir Oyeniran; Rutavi, Gift; Bakhoum, Daba T.; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Wiley-Hindawi, 2023-04)
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  • Embedding atomic cobalt within hierarchical porous carbon derived from cross-linked polymers for high energy supercapacitors 
    Bakhoum, Daba T.; Sarr, Samba; Maphiri, Vusani Muswa; Sylla, Ndeye Fatou; Ndiaye, Ndeye Maty; Diop, Modou; Ngom, Balla D.; Chaker, Mohamed; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Elsevier, 2024-03)
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  • Nitrogen-phosphorous co-doped porous carbon from cross-linked polymers for supercapacitor applications 
    Bakhoum, Daba T.; Sylla, Ndeye Fatou; Sarr, Samba; Maphiri, Vusani Muswa; Ndiaye, Ndeye Maty; Tarimo, Delvina Japhet; Seck, Astou; Ngom, Balla D.; Chaker, Mohamed; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Elsevier, 2023-09)
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  • Women in physics in Zimbabwe : the struggle continues 
    Chitake, Olivia; Ndlovu, Nothando; Matandirotya, Electdom; Mazunga, Felix; Sumanya, Clemence; Danga, Helga T. (AIP Publishing, 2023)
    Gender imbalance impedes the participation of women in physics. The number of women in physics in Zimbabwe remains very low relative to men. The few women who graduate with BSc degrees in physics change professions or ...
  • Workshop report : becoming a leader in entrepreneurship 
    Montes, Lilia Meza; Acosta, Sofía; Diale, M. (Mmantsae Moche); Gammag, Rayda (AIP Publishing, 2023-11-17)
    Despite significant inroads in female participation in the global workforce, senior leadership positions still remain predominantly male. Although many countries are promoting the participation of women in entrepreneurial ...
  • Trivalent atom defect-complex induced defect levels in germanium for enhanced Ge-based device performance 
    Igumbor, Emmanuel; Dongho-Nguimdo, Moise; Mapasha, Refilwe Edwin; Kalimuthu, Rajendran; Raji, Abdulrafiu; Meyer, Walter Ernst (Springer, 2024-04)
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  • Recent development in the formation and surface modification of cellulose-bead nanocomposites as adsorbents for water purification : a comprehensive review 
    Ivbanikaro, Anna E.; Okonkwo, Jonathan O.; Sadiku, Emmanuel R.; Maepa, Charity E. (De Gruyter, 2023-08)
    Water pollution is an issue of global concern that demands effective and sustainable solutions through water purification. Adsorption is a popular method for water treatment because it is inexpensive and has a high performance ...
  • The effects of thermal treatment under argon–oxygen ambient on the microstructure and optical properties of DC sputtered Cr thin films for selective solar absorbers applications 
    Tibaijuka, Justine J.; Nyarige, Justine Sageka; Diale, M. (Mmantsae Moche); Mlyuka, Nuru R.; Samiji, Margaret E. (Springer, 2023-01)
    This work investigated the effect of thermal treatment of as-deposited chromium (Cr) thin films in a vacuum and argon/oxygen ambient for effective deposition of spectral selective solar absorber multilayer films. The DC ...
  • Benzodithiophene unit copolymerization to improve the stability of thiophene-based organic solar cells 
    Saito, Hiroki; Uchiyama, Takayuki; Okada-Shudo, Yoshiko; Mammo, Wendimagegne; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart); Vohra, Varun; Tegegne, Newayemedhin A. (IOP Publishing, 2023-01)
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  • Efficient selection of gravitationally lensed OH megamasers with MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array 
    Button, Charissa; Deane, Roger (Oxford University Press, 2024-02)
    There has been a recent resurgence in hydroxyl (OH) megamaser research driven by Square Kilometre Array (SKA) precursor/pathfinder telescopes. This will continue in the lead-up to the SKA mid-frequency array, which will ...
  • Solid-state reactions between iridium thin films and silicon carbide in the 700 °C to 1000 °C temperature range 
    Njoroge, Eric Gitau; Hlatshwayo, Thulani Thokozani; Mokgadi, Thapelo Freddy; Thabethe, Thabsile Theodora; Skuratov, V.A. (Elsevier, 2023-08)
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  • First principle study of ATiO 3 (A=Ti,Sr) materials for photovoltaic applications 
    Allan, Lynet; Mulwa, Winfred M.; Mapasha, Refilwe Edwin; Mwabora, Julius M.; Musembi, Robinson J. (Springer, 2024-01)
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  • The structural, morphological and optical studies on BaAl2O4/MgAl2O4/MgO:x% Gd3+ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.1) mixed phases synthesized by sol-gel method 
    Bele, Abongile; Mhlongo, M.R.; Koao, L.F.; Motaung, T.E.; Kroon, R.E.; Hlatshwayo, Thulani ThokozaniMotloung, S.V.; Motloung, S.V. (Elsevier, 2024-01)
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  • Abnormal high stability halide perovskite thin films and solar cells to alpha and gamma irradiations with varying fluence 
    Fru, Juvet Nche; Diale, M. (Mmantsae Moche) (Elsevier, 2024-03)
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  • Effects of varying Sm3+ concentration on the structure, morphology and photoluminescence properties of the BaAl2O4 /CaAl2O4/Ca4Al6O13/Ca3Al2O6:x% Sm3+ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.9) mixed phases using citrate sol-gel method 
    Bele, Abongile; Mhlongo, M.R.; Koao, L.F.; Motaung, T.E.; Malevu, T.D.; Hlatshwayo, Thulani Thokozani; Mpelane, Siyasanga; Mlambo, Mbuso; Motloung, S.V. (Elsevier, 2022-12)
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  • Effect of vanadium implantation on the chemical bonding structure of glassy carbon 
    Odutemowo, Opeyemi Shakirah; Fodor, T.; Csík, A.; Tokesi, K.; Malherbe, Johan B. (Elsevier, 2024-02)
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  • Effects of helium (He) bubbles and annealing on the structural evolution and migration behavior of silver (Ag) implanted into polycrystalline SiC at 350 °C 
    Mtsi, Sive Zizo; Sohatsky, A.; Abdalla, Zaki Adam Yousif; Njoroge, Eric Gitau; Skuratov, V.A.; Motloung, S.V.; Malherbe, Johan B.; Hlatshwayo, Thulani Thokozani (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    The effects of helium (He) bubbles and annealing on the structural evolution and the migration of silver (Ag) implanted into polycrystalline silicon carbide were investigated. Ag ions of 360 keV were implanted into ...
  • Revisiting a flux recovery systematic error arising from common deconvolution methods used in aperture-synthesis imaging 
    Radcliffe, Jack Frederick; Beswick, R.J.; Thomson, A.P.; Njeri, A.; Muxlow, T.W.B. (Oxford University Press, 2024-01)
    The point-spread function (PSF) is a fundamental property of any astronomical instrument. In interferometers, differing array configurations combined with their uv coverage, and various weighting schemes can produce an ...
  • Quantum Wasserstein distance of order 1 between channels 
    Duvenhage, Rocco de Villiers; Mapaya, Mathumo (World Scientific Publishing, 2023-06)
    We set up a general theory leading to a quantum Wasserstein distance of order 1 between channels in an operator algebraic framework. This gives a metric on the set of channels from one composite system to another, which ...
  • Millimeter light curves of Sagittarius A* observed during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope campaign 
    Wielgus, Maciek; Marchili, Nicola; Marti-Vidal, Ivan; Keating, Garrett K.; Ramakrishnan, Venkatessh; Tiede, Paul; Fomalont, Ed; Issaoun, Sara; Neilsen, Joey; Nowak, Michael A.; Blackburn, Lindy; Gammie, Charles F.; Goddi, Ciriaco; Haggard, Daryl; Lee, Daeyoung; Moscibrodzka, Monika; Tetarenko, Alexandra J.; Bower, Geoffrey C.; Chan, Chi-kwan; Chatterjee, Koushik; Chesler, Paul M.; Dexter, Jason; Doeleman, Sheperd S.; Georgiev, Boris; Gurwell, Mark; Johnson, Michael D.; Marrone, Daniel P.; Mus, Alejandro; Psaltis, Dimitrios; Ripperda, Bart; Witzel, Gunther; Akiyama, Kazunori; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter; Algaba, Juan Carlos; Anantua, Richard; Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Bach, Uwe; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David; Baloković, Mislav; Barrett, John; Baubock, Michi; Benson, Bradford A.; Bintley, Dan; Blundell, Raymond; Boland, Wilfred; Bouman, Katherine L.; Boyce, Hope; Bremer, Michael; Brinkerink, Christiaan D.; Brissenden, Roger; Britzen, Silke; Broderick, Avery E.; Broguiere, Dominique; Bronzwaer, Thomas; Bustamante, Sandra; Byun, Do-Young; Carlstrom, John E.; Ceccobello, Chiara; Chael, Andrew; Chatterjee, Shami; Chen, Ming-Tang; Chen (陈永军), Yongjun; Cho, Ilje; Christian, Pierre; Conroy, Nicholas S.; Conway, John E.; Cordes, James M.; Crawford, Thomas M.; Crew, Geoffrey B.; Cruz-Osorio, Alejandro; Cui, Yuzhu; Davelaar, Jordy; De Laurentis, Mariafelicia; Deane, Roger; Dempsey, Jessica; Desvignes, Gregory; Dhruv, Vedant; Dzib, Sergio A.; Eatough, Ralph P.; Emami, Razieh; Falcke, Heino; Farah, Joseph; Fish, Vincent L.; Ford, H. Alyson; Fraga-Encinas, Raquel; Freeman, William T.; Friberg, Per; Fromm, Christian M.; Fuentes, Antonio; Galison, Peter; Garcia, Roberto; Gentaz, Olivier; Gold, Roman; Gomez-Ruiz, Arturo I.; Gomez, José L.; Gu (顾敏峰), Minfeng; Hada, Kazuhiro; Haworth, Kari; Hecht, Michael H.; Hesper, Ronald; Ho (何子山), Luis C.; Ho, Paul; Honma, Mareki; Huang, Chih-Wei L.; Huang (黄磊), Lei; Hughes, David H.; Ikeda, Shiro; Impellizzeri, C. M. Violette; Inoue, Makoto; James, David J.; Jannuzi, Buell T.; Janssen, Michael; Jeter, Britton; Jiang, Wu; Jimenez-Rosales, Alejandra; Jorstad, Svetlana; Joshi, Abhishek, V.; Jung, Taehyun; Karami, Mansour; Karuppusamy, Ramesh; Kawashima, Tomohisa; Kettenis, Mark; Kim, Dong-Jin; Kim, Jae-Young; Kim, Jongsoo; Kim, Junhan; Kino, Motoki; Koay, Jun Yi; Kocherlakota, Prashant; Kofuji, Yutaro; Koch, Patrick M.; Koyama, Shoko; Kramer, Carsten; Kramer, Michael; Krichbaum, Thomas P.; Kuo, Cheng-Yu; La Bella, Noemi; Lauer, Tod R.; Lee, Sang-Sung; Leung, Po Kin; Levis, Aviad; Li, Zhiyuan; Lico, Rocco; Lindahl, Greg; Lindqvist, Michael; Lisakov, Mikhail; Liu, Jun; Liu, Kuo; Liuzzo, Elisabetta; Lo, Wen-Ping; Lobanov, Andrei P.; Loinard, Laurent; Lonsdale, Colin; Lu, Ru-Sen; Mao, Jirong; Markoff, Sera; Marscher, Alan P.; Matsushita, Satoki; Matthews, Lynn D.; Medeiros, Lia; Menten, Karl M.; Michalik, Daniel; Mizuno, Izumi; Mizuno, Yosuke; Moran, James M.; Moriyama, Kotaro; Mueller, Cornelia; Musoke, Gibwa; Myserlis, Ioannis; Nadolski, Andrew; Nagai, Hiroshi; Nagar, Neil M.; Nakamura, Masanori; Narayan, Ramesh; Narayanan, Gopal; Natarajan, Iniyan; Nathanail, Antonios; Fuentes, Santiago Navarro; Neri, Roberto; Ni, Chunchong; Noutsos, Aristeidis; Oh, Junghwan; Okino, Hiroki; Olivares, Hector; Ortiz-Leon, Gisela N.; Oyama, Tomoaki; Ozel, Feryal; Palumbo, Daniel C. M.; Paraschos, Georgios Filippos; Park, Jongho; Parsons, Harriet; Patel, Nimesh; Pen, Ue-Li; Pesce, Dominic W.; Pietu, Vincent; Plambeck, Richard; PopStefanija, Aleksandar; Porth, Oliver; Potzl, Felix M.; Prather, Ben; Preciado-Lopez, Jorge A.; Pu, Hung-Yi; Rao, Ramprasad; Rawlings, Mark G.; Raymond, Alexander W.; Rezzolla, Luciano; Ricarte, Angelo; Roelofs, Freek; Rogers, Alan; Ros, Eduardo; Romero-Cañizales, Cristina; Roshanineshat, Arash; Rottmann, Helge; Roy, Alan L.; Ruiz, Ignacio; Ruszczyk, Chet; Rygl, Kazi L. J.; Sanchez, Salvador; Sanchez-Arguelles, David; Sánchez-Portal, Miguel; Sasada, Mahito; Satapathy, Kaushik; Savolainen, Tuomas; Schloerb, F. Peter; Schuster, Karl-Friedrich; Shao, Lijing; Shen, Zhiqiang; Small, Des; Sohn, Bong Won; SooHoo, Jason; Souccar, Kamal; Sun, He; Tazaki, Fumie; Tilanus, Remo P. J; Titus, Michael; Torne, Pablo; Traianou, Efthalia; Trent, Tyler; Trippe, Sascha; Bemmel, Ilse van; Van Langevelde, Huib Jan; Van Rossum, Daniel R.; Vos, Jesse; Wagner, Jan; Ward-Thompson, Derek; Wardle, John; Weintroub, Jonathan; Wex, Norbert; Wharton, Robert; Wiik, Kaj; Wondrak, Michael F.; Wong, George N.; Wu, Qingwen; Yamaguchi, Paul; Yoon, Doosoo; Young, Andre; Young, Ken; Younsi, Ziri; Yuan, Feng; Yuan, Ye-Fei; Zensus, J. Anton; Zhang, Shuo; Zhao, Guang-Yao; Zhao, Shan-Shan (IOP Publishing, 2022-05)
    The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observed the compact radio source, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), in the Galactic Center on 2017 April 5–11 in the 1.3 mm wavelength band. At the same time, interferometric array data from the ...