• Shape invariance in supersymmetric quantum mechanics. 

  Welter, Allard. (1992)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• The design of rhodium and ruthenium catalysts for asymmetric aldol coupling. 

  Raab, Conrad Edmund. (1992)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• An interferometric investigation of the quadratic electro-optic effect in KDP. 

  Gunning, Mark Julian. (1995)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• Tertiary amine-catalysed Diels-Alder reactions. 

  Kader, Darryl Dominic. (1995)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• Chemistry of ruthenium derivatives of the 2-diphenylphosphinoquinoline ligand. 

  Schauerte, Werner Karl. (1993)

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• Kinetic and mechanistic studies on substitution reactions of multinuclear cis-platinum(II) complexes: an experimental and computational investigation. 

  Asman, Panyako Wangoli. (2020)

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• Phase transitions in induced lattice gauge models. 

  Moodley, Mervlyn. (1995)

  The present research is based on the study of the phase structure of lattice models incorporating selfinteracting scalars and gauge background fields otherwise known as induced gauge models. Emphasis is placed on the effect ...

• The synthesis of optically pure 1,3-diols. 

  Long, Marvin James. (1995)

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• Dinuclear complexes of copper, silver and gold bridged by phosphoruspyridyl and phosphorusnaphthyridyl ligands. 

  Warwick, Barry. (1995)

  Chapter 1 setves as an introduction to the synthesis and characterisation of copper(!), silver(!) and gold(!) complexes of the 2,6-bis( diphenylphosphino )pyridine { (Ph2P)2py}, phenylbis(2- pyridyl)phosphine {PhP(py)2 ...

• Non-linear multivariate analysis of the global solar radiation received across five cities in South Africa. 

  Govindasamy, Tamara Rosemary. (2019)

  South Africa is considered one of the most developed countries in Africa, however with more than 80% of its electricity being generated from coal, this country is considered one of the highest contributors to greenhouse ...

• Isolation and characterisation of bioactive compounds from antidesma venosum E.Mey. ex Tul. and euphorbia cooperi N.E.Br. ex A.Berger. 

  Hlengwa, Sbonelo Sanele. (2018)

  The need for the discovery of new pharmacologically active compounds is a global priority as new diseases and drug resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading throughout the world. In the past natural products have ...

• Base-Free Suzuki acylation reactions of sodium (aryl trihydroxyborate) salts: a novel synthesis of substituted aryl ketones. 

  Molefe, Patience Snenhlanhla Sthembile. (2018)

  Asymmetric biaryl ketones are important building block in organic chemistry since they occur in large number of biological active compounds, natural product, cosmetics as well as in organic synthesis. The aim of this project ...

• Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of ionic liquids and polymeric ionic liquids/functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes for Cr(VI) adsorption. 

  Matandabuzo, Mzukisi. (2019)

  In this study, a series of imidazolium and pyridinium-based ionic liquids (ILs), polymeric ionic liquids (PILs), and their carbon nanotubes-functionalized composites were synthesized, characterized and applied as potential ...

• Method development and application for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 

  Ngubo, Ayanda. (2018)

  This work involved the analysis of PAHs under optimized conditions of gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS) method and after extracting by optimised ultrasonic extraction (USE) (for sediment samples) and solid phase ...

• Synthesis structural and optical studies of copper sulphide and silfide nanoparticles from Cu(II) and Ag(I) dithiocarbamate single source precursors. 

  Botha, Nandipha Loveness. (2018)

  Eight dithiocarbamate ligands were synthesized from butylamine, diallylamine, N-ethyl aniline, N-methyl benzyl amine, piperidine, morpholine, dibenzyl amine and phenyl piperizine. Eight copper(II) dithiocarbamate complexes ...

• Digital control of light. 

  Majola, Nombuso. (2019)

  The objective of this research was to describe innovative ways in which digital holography can be applied in controlling laser light. The ability to control and manipulate a laser beam has become an extremely desirable ...

• Fabrication and characterization of solution processed thin film solar cells. 

  Tonui, Patrick. (2018)

  This research focused on developing new organic and inorganic semiconductor materials and techniques for use in design and fabrication of organic photovoltaic solar cells. Despite OPVs having benefitted from material ...

• Method development and application: solid phase extraction (SPE), ultrasonic extraction (UE) and soxhlet extraction (SE) for the analysis of pesticides in water, soil, sediment and sludge. 

  Kunene, Philisiwe Nganaki. (2019)

  Ultrasonic extraction (UE), Soxhlet extraction (SE) and solid phase extraction (SPE) have been developed and applied for the simultaneous determination of the five most commonly used triazine pesticides. The extraction ...

• Synthesis of nitrogen-, oxygen- and phosphine- donor palladium(II) complexes for the catalytic hydrogenation and methoxycarbonylation of alkenes and alkynes. 

  Tshabalala, Thandeka Adelinah. (2019)

  Reactions of N-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-ylmethyl-2-methoxy)aniline (L1) and N-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-ylmethyl-2-bromo)aniline (L2) with p-TsOH, Pd(AOc)2 and two equivalents of PPh3 or PCy3 produced the corresponding palladium ...

• An instrumental evaluation of selected metal functionalised semiconductors in the facilitation of photo-organic transformations. 

  Underwood, Timothy Michael. (2019)

  Throughout this research study, various strategies to design, synthesise and test the photo-reactivity of attenuated wide band gap semiconductors in alcohol oxidation studies have been explored. An alizarin red-sensitised ...

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