Degrees:
2020
Doctorate Chemical Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sundararajan Parani, Mangaka C Matoetoe, Sandile P Songca and Oluwatobi S Oluwafemi. 2017. Evolution of ternary I-III-VI QDs: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application. Nanostructures & Nano-Objects: 12.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Vuyelwa Ncapayi, Sundararajan Parani, El Hadji Mamour Sakho, Mangaka C Matoetoe, Sandile P Songca and Oluwatobi S Oluwafemi, S. 2018. Synthesis of CuInS2/ZnS – Porphyrin conjugated for Biological Application. MRS Communication, 8, 398.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Vuyelwa Ncapayi, Gabriel K Obiyenwa, Mangaka Matoetoe, Sandile Songca, Oluwatobi S Oluwafemi. 2019. Synthesis of meso-tetra-(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TPPS4): CuInS/ZnS quantum dots conjugate as an improved photosensitizer. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14, 7065.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Simphiwe Nelana and Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi. 2019. Porphyrin as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agent. Molecules, 24,14,2669.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sundararajan Parani, Vuyelwa Ncapayi, Rodney Maluleke, Mangaka Matoetoe, Sandile Songca, Oluwatobi S Oluwafemi. 2020. Synthesis, Structural and Fluorescence Optimization of Ternary CuInS Quantum dots passivated with ZnS. Journal of Luminescence, 227, 117541.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sara Nahle, Nkosingiphile Zikalala, Sundararajan Parani, El Hadji Mamour Sakho, Olivier Joubert, Mangaka C. Matoetoe, Sandile P. Songca and Oluwatobi S. Oluwafemi. 2020. Cytotoxicity, fluorescence tagging and gene-expression study of CuInS/ZnS QDS - meso(hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin conjugate against human monocytic leukaemia cells. Scientific Report, 10, 4936.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sundararajan Parani, Rodney Maluleke, Olivier Joubert, Mangaka C. Matoetoe, Sandile P. Songca, Oluwatobi S. Oluwafemi. 2021. Green synthesis of amino acid functionalized CuInS/ZnS- mTHPP conjugate for biolabeling application. Dyes and Pigments, 185, 108960.
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sundararajan Parani, Erenilda Ferreira de Macedo, Thabang Calvin Lebepe, Rodney Maluleke, Vuyelwa Ncapayi, Mangaka Clara Matoetoe, Sandile Phinda Songca, Katia Conceição, Dayane Batista Tada, Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi.(2022) Photodynamic Therapy and Antibacterial Activities of a Novel Synthesized Quaternary Zn-Cu-In-S/ZnS QDs-mTHPP Porphyrin Conjugate. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Taylor & Francis5315-5325.
Tsolekile N, Mngcutsha N, Vitshima N (2022) Application of Quantum Dots in Lateral Flow Immunoassays: Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases. Quantum Dots - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Contemporary Applications. [DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107947].
Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sundararajan Parani, Thabang Calvin Lebepe, Rodney Maluleke, Vuyelwa Ncapayi, Mangaka Clara Matoetoe, Sandile Phinda Songca, Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi. (2023)Cell Viability Study of ZnCuInS/ZnS–TPPS4 Conjugates against Different Cell Lines as a Promising Fluorescent Probe. Organics 4: 126-136.