School of Chemistry and Physics
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Molecular sensors for evaluating substandard anti-retroviral medication using surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy.
(2023)Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV and AIDS, with South Africa housing the largest Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) program in the world. In addition, the continent is troubled by the continuing ... -
Analysis of targeted pharmaceuticals and metabolites at a wastewater treatment plant in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2022)Globally, surface water bodies are shown to be severely contaminated by chemical compounds as a result of human activity. Some of these compounds are inclusive of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites which are classified ... -
Some topics in modelling South African COVID-19 epidemiological data.
(2023)The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic produces a wide variety of quality data, which can be analyzed using simple mathematical models inspired by statistical physics. We explore some underlying methods and apply them to the ... -
Application of machine learning techniques to the description of open quantum systems.
(2023)This work focuses on using classical machine learning (ML) models to study the quantum dynamics of excitation energy transfer (EET) within strongly coupled open quantum systems relevant to light harvesting complexes ... -
Synthesis of selective N-heterocyclic scaffolds under green conditions using zirconia supported bimetallic catalysts.
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Synthesis, characterisation and antibacterial activity of quinoline chalcone hybrids.
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Avoidance of trappings in continual collapse of spherical stars.
(2019)In this dissertation we study the physical process of a spherically symmetric perfect uid experiencing a continuous gravitational collapse in concurrence with continuous radiating energy in an outward spacetime. Trapped ... -
2,4,6-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazine as a triorthogonal chemoselective linker.
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Globomycin: an interesting antimicrobial depsipeptide discovering new active analogues.
(2019)In South Africa and other African countries infectious diseases are reported to be the main health problem and results into death. This is the reason why the pharmaceutical industry has tried to develop new antibiotics to ... -
Synthesis and biological studies of N,N'-diarylformamidine dithiocarbamate metal complexes.
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The effects of traveling ionospheric disturbances on SuperDARN near range echoes.
(2022)Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) and Near Range Echoes (NREs) are both natural phenomena observed by SuperDARN High Frequency (HF) radars. This study presents for the first time observations of NREs in the lower ... -
The potential of plant polyphenols as natural photostable sunscreen active ingredients.
(2022)Protection from the sun dates to prehistoric times as a measure against the deleterious effects of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Overexposure to this harmful UV radiation is a leading cause of pathological changes of ... -
Influence of alkali metal promotion on the properties of co-precipitated Cu/Zn/Cr higher alcohol synthesis.
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Phytochemical and antiplasmodial studies of five ethnobotanically-selected South African medicinal plants.
(2019)Vachellia xanthophloea, Euclea natalensis, Ozoroa obovata, Gardenia thunbergia, and Pappea capensis are traditionally used to treat malaria/fever in Africa. Previous studies showed that the extracts of V. xanthophloea, G. ... -
Synthesis of non-water-soluble and water-soluble Pd(II) complexes as catalysts for methoxycarbonylation reaction of olefins.
(2021)The treatments of (E)-2-(((2-methoxyethyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L1H), (E)-2-(((2-hydroxyethyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L2H) (E)-3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-(((2-hydroxyethyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L3H) with Pd(OAc)2 afforded the corresponding ...
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