Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr CS Tshangana

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Lecturer
E-mail: tshansc@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD. (Chemistry), University of South Africa, 2022
  • M.Sc. (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2014
  • B.Sc. Hons (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2012
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry and Microbiology), Rhodes University, 2011

Field of Specialisation

  • Materials synthesis and characterization
  • Membrane science
  • Water treatment
  • Catalysis

Journal articles

  • Tshangana, C.S., Muleja, A.A., Kuvarega, A.T. and Mamba, B.B., 2022. The synergistic effect of peracetic acid activated by graphene oxide quantum dots in the inactivation of E. coli and organic dye removal with LED reactor light. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, pp.1-14.
  • Tshangana, C.S., Muleja, A.A. and Mamba, B.B., 2021. Photocatalytic activity of graphene oxide quantum dots in an effluent from a South African wastewater treatment plant. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 24(2), pp.1-15.
  • Tshangana, C.S., Muleja, A.A., Kuvarega, A.T., Malefetse, T.J. and Mamba, B.B., 2021. The applications of graphene oxide quantum dots in the removal of emerging pollutants in water: An overview. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 43, p.102249.
  • Tshangana, C., Chabalala, M., Muleja, A., Nxumalo, E. and Mamba, B., 2020. Shape-dependant photocatalytic and antimicrobial activity of ZnO nanostructures when conjugated to graphene quantum dots. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(4), p.103930.
  • Tshangana, C.S., Muleja, A.A., Nxumalo, E.N. and Mhlanga, S.D., 2020. Poly (ether) sulfone electrospun nanofibrous membranes embedded with graphene oxide quantum dots with antimicrobial activity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(21), pp.26845-26855.
  • Tshangana, C. and Nyokong, T., 2015. The photophysical properties of multi-functional quantum dots-magnetic nanoparticles—indium octacarboxyphthalocyanine nanocomposite. Journal of fluorescence, 25(1), pp.199-210.
  • Tshangana, C. and Nyokong, T., 2015. Photophysical properties gallium octacarboxy phthalocyanines conjugated to CdSe@ ZnS quantum dots. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151, pp.397-404.
  • Tshangana, C. and Nyokong, T., 2015. Improved triplet state parameters for indium octacarboxy phthalocyanines when conjugated to quantum dots and magnetite nanoparticles. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1089, pp.161-169.
  • Kuzyniak, W., Adegoke, O., Sekhosana, K., D’Souza, S., Tshangana, S.C., Hoffmann, B., Ermilov, E.A., Nyokong, T. and Höpfner, M., 2014. Synthesis and characterization of quantum dots designed for biomedical use. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 466(1-2), pp.382-389.
  • Managa, M., Mack, J., Gonzalez-Lucas, D., Remiro-Buenamañana, S., Tshangana, C., Cammidge, A.N. and Nyokong, T., 2016. Photophysical properties of tetraphenylporphyrinsubphthalocyanine conjugates. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 20(01n04), pp.1-20.

ORCHID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6647-1575