Adeniran, Dorcas Oluwaseun Taiwo(Vaal University of Technology, 2022)
Salmonellosis is a food and water-borne disease that affects humans, especially those that are immunocompromised as well as children and the elderly. This disease is caused by a variety of Salmonella species. Salmonella ...
Frans, Nonhlanhla(Vaal University of Technology, 2022-03-23)
The increasing rate of pollutants, such as nitrate and fluoride from industrial and agricultural sources in the environment, especially in water bodies, is becoming alarming. Excessive nitrate and fluoride concentration ...
Sebake, Morongwa Sowela Mary-Jane(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-12-13)
Removal of wastewater pollutants is urgent as they are continuously defiling the limited
freshwater resources, affecting the ecosystem, aquatic and terrestrial life. Carbon nanotubes-based adsorbent materials are effective ...
Moyo, Malvin(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-02)
Driven by the need of sustainably sourced catalysts and the use of reaction systems that generate environmentally benign by-products, the present study aimed to deposit stable, dispersed palladium (Pd) nanoparticles on the ...
Makamu, Anza Reliance(Vaal University of Technology, 2020)
Organic water pollutants such as dyes are difficult to biodegrade. In this study Fenton, photo-Fenton and photocatalysis were used to degrade methylene blue dye in the presence of copper oxide catalysts. The copper oxide ...
Olalekan, Sanni Saheed(Vaal University of Technology, 2020-11)
Aromatic organic contaminants are difficult to biodegrade, and thus effective green technologies are required to remove these pollutants from the ecosystem. Tetracycline antibiotic, an organic water pollutant, can be ...
Moundzounga, Theo Herman Gael(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-02)
The presence of organic and inorganic pollutants in aqueous environments is one of the major challenges confronting man. It is therefore important to develop sensitive, versatile and cheap techniques for their detection. ...
Qhubu, Mpho Cynthia(Vaal University of Technology, 2020-12-14)
Water scarcity due to limited resources and pollution of the little available water by organic and inorganic contaminants remains as one of the critical issues of the 21st century. Several treatment methods have been ...
Mabaso, Busisiwe Dagracia(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-10-13)
The ligand 2, 2-dithiobisbenzothiazole and it metal complexes have been a subject of interest in various fields but they have found to exhibit remarkable and prevalent biological and pharmacological activities. The ligand ...
Mogole, Lebogang(Vaal University of Technology, 2021)
The world is continuously losing the battle against superbugs (resistant bacteria towards commonly used antibiotics), hence there is an urgent need to develop novel antibacterial agents. In this study, green synthesized ...
Sibokoza, Simon Bonginkosi(Vaal University of Technology, 2020)
Nanoscience receives a lot of attention in the 21 century and is one of the most advancing technology in our days. It provides many new and advanced technological opportunities. This field involves many disciplines which ...
Kubheka, Nompumelelo Sharol Mbali(Vaal University of Technology, 2020-09)
The polymer and their blended fibres provide good surface and intermolecular chemistry that bring additional functionalities and structural changes that can be adapted for new usages. Natural polymers are known to possess ...
Mtshatsheni, Kgomotso Ntombizodwa Gina(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-05)
Water is a basic resource to mankind. The environment is deteriorating daily due to industrial pollution of water resources. Industrial effluents containing organic pollutants such as dyes are undesirable even at low ...
Awofiranye, Olayinka Oladimeji Samuel(Vaal University of Technology, 2020)
This research has investigated the effects of conjugation on the visible light absorption capacity of polyene modified TiO2 nanoparticles as well as the efficiency of these nanoparticles for the mineralisation of acetaminophen ...
Nkutha, Cynthia Sibongile(Vaal University of Technology, 2021)
For centuries the contamination of surface water has been problematic, especially in third world countries whereby socio-economic issues are prevalent. With the development of various technologies for surface water ...
Thabede, P. M.(Vaal University of Technology, 2021)
High levels of pollutants in water are found to have poisonous effects on human health. Due to increasing awareness about the environment and strict environmental regulations, wastewater treatment has become a very important ...
Kupeta, Albert Jerry Kafushe(Vaal University of Technology, 2020-06)
A novel low-cost ternary Mn-Fe-Cu (MFC) metal oxide nanocomposite adsorbent was fabricated using facile co-precipitation method and successfully applied for the sequestration of Cr(VI) and As(III) from simulated aqueous ...
Moyo, Malvin(Vaal University of Technology, 2021-02)
Driven by the need for sustainably sourced catalysts and the use of reaction systems that generate environmentally benign by-products, the present study aimed to deposit stable, dispersed palladium (Pd) nanoparticles on ...