Senior researcher, Associate professor at University of Cergy-Pontoise since 2005 and nominated Professor at CY since 2017, PhD in Physical Chemistry of Interfaces, Specialty Electrochemistry. His research topics are dealing with electrochemistry of electroactive polymers and hybrid systems and focus on electrochemical storage and electrostimulable devices: supercapacitors, electrochromics. email : pierre-henri.aubert ‘at’ cyu.fr Scientific production: …
Email: nross ‘at’ uwc.ac.za 2009 – 2012 (PhD Degree) – University of the Western Cape Research Topics: Dr. Natasha Ross is a Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Western Cape and a recipient of the University of Michigan (UM)-African Presidential Scholarship for 2015/16 for research exchange visit to the UM Energy …
Email: kpokpas ‘at’ uwc.ac.za 2014- 2017 (PhD Degree) – University of the Western Cape Research Topics: Dr. Keagan Pokpas joined the University of the Western Cape, Chemistry Department in 2018 as a Nano-Electrochemistry and Sensor technology lecturer under the SARCHI chair initiative. He completed his MSc in Nanoscience with a focus in Nanochemistry in 2014, …
Email: fntumba ‘at’uwc.ac.za 2014- 2017 (PhD Degree) – University of the Western Cape Research Topics: Francis Muya did one year postdoc working on hydrogelenapsulated biosensoer development and was appointed as lecturer in Chemistry on 01 February 2019. He works on the development of novel chemically cross linked hydrogel materials which he has applied for the …
Email: fngece ‘at’uwc.ac.za 2008 – 2011 (PhD Degree) – University of the Western Cape Research Topics: My research focus involves the development of enzyme based drug (particularly HIV and TB treatment drugs) metabolism sensors and biosensors using various green method synthesized metallic nanomaterials. Of late, the developed materials have found additional applications such as plant …
(51), Tel (w): 021 959-3051 Email: pbaker ‘at’uwc.ac.za (PhD Degree, 2003) – University of Stellenbosch Research : Baker works in the area of semi conductive polymers and polymer composites of polyaniline, polypyrrole, polyamic acid and polysulfone may be readily synthesised as electrochemical transducers onto screen printed electrodes. These electrodes are compatible with multi array ensembles, …
49 years, Physics Department Email: cjarendse ‘at’ uwc.ac.za 2014- 2017 (PhD Degree) – University of the Western Cape Research Topics: Prof Arendse’s research is focused on the application of nano-structured material in energy conversion devices, such as photovoltaic devices. Specific energy technology areas that he targets are photovoltaic devices, where he focuses on the synthesis …
Development of functional and highly porous materials towards energy and sensing driven applications Porous Polymers Synthetized within High Internal Phase Emulsions (abbreviated as polyHIPE) are type of highly porous polymer structure that could be potentially applied in several applications (photocatalysis, separation membranes, energy storage, sensors, …). Energy storage, actuation/ tactile sensing and bio-sensing applications will …
Tunable morphologies with perovskite/polymer hybrid materials for optoelectronic application The hybrid perovskite nanoparticles offer a multitude of application potentialities essentially related to their absorption, luminescence and charge mobility properties. By this study, we intend to associate this compound with insulating or conjugated polymers in order to modify its properties, or to provide other mechanical properties …
Development of (Poly)electrolyte gated organic field effect transistor for highly sensitive sensing applications Massive demands in detection of harmful pollutants, waste from pharmaceutical industry as well as others noxious compounds at high sensitivity’s level have pushed scientific community towards development of sensitive, compact, practical and low-cost disposable sensors. Within this context, the present project addresses …