Member Profile
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Nkosingiphile Zikalala
Country of origin: Eswatini (Kingdom of) Currently in: South Africa, Johannesburg General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences-
Degrees
2020 Master Chemical Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Chemical Sciences
Studying PhD
Publications resulting from Research:
Zikalala, N., Parani, S., Tsolekile, N. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2020. Facile green synthesis of ZnInS quantum dots: temporal evolution of their optical properties and cell viability against normal and cancerous cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8(27), pp.9329-9336.
Zikalala, N., Parani, S. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2021. Synthesis of novel Zn-In-S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots: Temporal evolution and functionalization. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 25, p.100673.
Zikalala, N., Parani, S. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2021. Synthesis of novel Zn-In-S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots: Temporal evolution and functionalization. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 25, p.100673.
Zikalala, N., Parani, S. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2021. Facile aqueous synthesis of ZnInS quantum dots and its application for selective detection of Co2+ Ions. Nanotechnology, 32(29), p.295503.
Tsolekile, N., Nahle, S., Zikalala, N., Parani, S., Sakho, E.H.M., Joubert, O., Matoetoe, M.C., Songca, S.P. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2020. Cytotoxicity, fluorescence tagging and gene-expression study of CuInS/ZnS QDS-meso (hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin conjugate against human monocytic leukemia cells. Scientific reports, 10(1), p.4936.
Oluwafemi, O.S., Anyik, J.L. and Zikalala, N.E., 2019. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from water hyacinth plant leaves extract for colourimetric sensing of heavy metals. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 20, p.100387.
Zikalala, N., Matshetshe, K., Parani, S. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2018. Biosynthesis protocols for colloidal metal oxide nanoparticles. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 16, pp.288-299.
Varghese, R.J., Zikalala, N. and Oluwafemi, O.S., 2020. Green synthesis protocol on metal oxide nanoparticles using plant extracts. In Colloidal metal oxide nanoparticles (pp. 67-82). Elsevier.
Zikalala, N.E., Zikalala, S.A., Azizi, S., Kamika, I.A., Nxumalo, E.N., Zinatizadeh, A.A., Chirwa, E.M. and Maaza, M., 2023. The Role of Inorganic and Carbon Nanomaterials in Surface Modification to Attain Antibiofouling Polymeric Membranes for Water Treatment─ A Review. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
Zikalala, N.E., Azizi, S., Zikalala, S.A., Kamika, I., Maaza, M., Zinatizadeh, A.A., Mokrani, T. and Kaviyarasu, K., 2022. An Evaluation of the Biocatalyst for the Synthesis and Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Water Remediation—A Review. Catalysts, 12(11), p.1442.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchPhD research, designing, planing and carrying out experiments, manuscript writing and presentations.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2022 Cape Town South Africa World Science ForumAffiliations
UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology Laboratory, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaNanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET)-Materials Research Department, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Somerset West, P.O. Box 722, Cape Town 7129, South AfricaPresentation given
2018Green Synthesis and Cell viability Studies of ZnInS Quantum dotsSouth Africa (Pretoria)Event: 43rd National Convention of the South African Chemical Institute2018Facile and Green Synthesis of ZnIn2S4 Quantum Dots.JohannesburgEvent: 3rd Postgraduate research symposium in conjunction with Eskom TESP seminar series.
