Full Member
Mildred Airo
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
South Africa chemical institute (SACI)
Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting
Degrees:
2017
Doctorate Chemical Sciences
2011
Undergraduate Chemical Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
• N. Moloto, M.J. Moloto, M.Kalenga, S. Govindraju, M. Airo. “Synthesis and characterization of MnS and MnSe nanoparticles: morphology, optical and magnetic properties.” J. of Optical Materials. 2014. (Impact factor: 2.075)
• Mubiayi P. Kalenga, Stefan Govindraju, Mildred Airo, Makwena J. Moloto, Lucky M. Sikhwivhilu, and Nosipho Moloto. “Fabrication of a schottky device using CuSe nanoparticles: colloidal versus microwave digestive synthesis.” J. of Nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2014. (Impact factor: 1.339)
• Mildred A.Airo, Siziwe Gqoba, Mubiayi P. Kalenga Stefan Govindraju, Makwena J. Moloto, Nosipho Moloto. “Synthesis and characterization of indium monoselenide nanoparticles: a proposed pseudo top-down mechanism.” J. of crystal growth. 2014 (Impact factor: 1.693)
• Govindraj S., Kalenga, M. P., Airo M., Moloto M.J.; Sikhwivhilu, L. M.; Moloto N. “Size quantization in Cu2Se nanocrystals.” J. of Optical materials. 2014. (Impact factor: 2.075).
• Francis Otieno, Mildred Awuor Airo, Kamalakannan Ranganathan, Daniel Wamwangi, Annealed silver islands for enhanced optical absorption in organic solar cells, Thin film solids, 2015. (Impact factor: 1.867)
• Mildred A. Airo, Rafael Rodrigues, Siziwe Gqoba, N. Ntholeng, Francis Otieno, Makwena J. Moloto, Márcia W. C. C. Greenshields, Ivo A. Hümmelgen, Nosipho Moloto, “colloidal inse nanostructures: effect of morphology on their chemical sensitivity to methanol and formaldehyde fumes,” Sensors and actuators B, 2016. (Impact factor 3.8).
• Otieno F, Mutuma B, Kamalakannan R, Airo M, Rudolph E, Neil C, Wamwangi D, “enhancement of organic photovoltaic device performance via P3HT:PCBM solution heat treatment. Thin solids film, 2017. (Impact factor: 1.867)
• Mildred A. Airo, Siziwe Gqoba, Francis Otieno, Makwena J. Moloto, Nosipho Moloto, “Structural modification and band-gap crossover in indium selenide nanosheets, RSC advances, (2016). (Impact factor: 3.8).
• N. Ntholeng, B. Mojela, S. Gqoba, M. Airo, S. Govindraju, M. J. Moloto, J. Van Wyk and N. Moloto, “Colloidal synthesis of pure CuInTe2 crystallites based on the HSAB theory,” RSC New J. Chem, 2016. (impact factor, 3.2)
• Rudo K. Sithole, Lerato F.E. Machogo, Mildred A. Airo, Siziwe S. Gqoba, Makwena J. Moloto, Juanita Van Wyk and Nosipho Moloto, “Synthesis and characterization of Cu3N nanoparticles using pyrrole-2-carbaldpropyliminato Cu(II) complex and Cu(NO3)2 as single-source precursors: the search for an ideal precursor,” RSC New J. Chem, 2018. (impact factor, 3.2)
• Mubiayi P. Kalenga, Stefan Govindraju, Mildred Airo, Makwena J. Moloto, Lucky M. Sikhwivhilu, and Nosipho Moloto. “Fabrication of a schottky device using CuSe nanoparticles: colloidal versus microwave digestive synthesis.” J. of Nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2014. (Impact factor: 1.339)
• Mildred A.Airo, Siziwe Gqoba, Mubiayi P. Kalenga Stefan Govindraju, Makwena J. Moloto, Nosipho Moloto. “Synthesis and characterization of indium monoselenide nanoparticles: a proposed pseudo top-down mechanism.” J. of crystal growth. 2014 (Impact factor: 1.693)
• Govindraj S., Kalenga, M. P., Airo M., Moloto M.J.; Sikhwivhilu, L. M.; Moloto N. “Size quantization in Cu2Se nanocrystals.” J. of Optical materials. 2014. (Impact factor: 2.075).
• Francis Otieno, Mildred Awuor Airo, Kamalakannan Ranganathan, Daniel Wamwangi, Annealed silver islands for enhanced optical absorption in organic solar cells, Thin film solids, 2015. (Impact factor: 1.867)
• Mildred A. Airo, Rafael Rodrigues, Siziwe Gqoba, N. Ntholeng, Francis Otieno, Makwena J. Moloto, Márcia W. C. C. Greenshields, Ivo A. Hümmelgen, Nosipho Moloto, “colloidal inse nanostructures: effect of morphology on their chemical sensitivity to methanol and formaldehyde fumes,” Sensors and actuators B, 2016. (Impact factor 3.8).
• Otieno F, Mutuma B, Kamalakannan R, Airo M, Rudolph E, Neil C, Wamwangi D, “enhancement of organic photovoltaic device performance via P3HT:PCBM solution heat treatment. Thin solids film, 2017. (Impact factor: 1.867)
• Mildred A. Airo, Siziwe Gqoba, Francis Otieno, Makwena J. Moloto, Nosipho Moloto, “Structural modification and band-gap crossover in indium selenide nanosheets, RSC advances, (2016). (Impact factor: 3.8).
• N. Ntholeng, B. Mojela, S. Gqoba, M. Airo, S. Govindraju, M. J. Moloto, J. Van Wyk and N. Moloto, “Colloidal synthesis of pure CuInTe2 crystallites based on the HSAB theory,” RSC New J. Chem, 2016. (impact factor, 3.2)
• Rudo K. Sithole, Lerato F.E. Machogo, Mildred A. Airo, Siziwe S. Gqoba, Makwena J. Moloto, Juanita Van Wyk and Nosipho Moloto, “Synthesis and characterization of Cu3N nanoparticles using pyrrole-2-carbaldpropyliminato Cu(II) complex and Cu(NO3)2 as single-source precursors: the search for an ideal precursor,” RSC New J. Chem, 2018. (impact factor, 3.2)