Trilateral research chairs initiative : final report

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dc.contributor.authorAmuhaya, Edith
dc.contributor.authorScaiano, Juan
dc.contributor.authorNyokong, Tebello
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-23T15:33:04Z
dc.date.available2023-03-23T15:33:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis project set out to use light to solve environmental issues that are of high importance in Africa and beyond. In addition, the project chairs regarded high quality personnel training as a major component of the research, as the generation of skilled scientists with the knowledge, abilities, and international network to solve long-term problems. Combined, the three research groups utilized their extensive experience in the use of light to trigger photophysical or photochemical processes, which capitalize on their complementary skills in synthesis, nanotechnology and application of photochemistry to health, such as therapeutics or diagnosis, as well as to environmental issues. Following the growing interest in combining nanomaterials with photosensitizers for photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) and photodegradation of pollutants in water sanitation, the aim of the project, therefore, was to link metallic and/or metal oxide nano/micro-particles to materials that could enhance their environmental performance, for example by decorating them with metal nanostructures, or with porphyrin-type complexes such as metallophthalocyanines and metalloporphyrins to create new hybrid materials for their intelligent use in environmental control. For this, new materials were synthesized and characterized, and their applications on PACT, degradation of pollutants as well as photosterilization of potable water are being explored.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/61862
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectPHOTOCHEMICALSen
dc.subjectPHOTODYNAMIC ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPYen
dc.subjectPHOTODEGRADATIONen
dc.subjectPOLLUTANTSen
dc.subjectWATER SANITATIONen
dc.subjectPORPHYRIN-TYPE COMPLEXESen
dc.subjectPHOTOCATALYSISen
dc.subjectNANOPARTICLESen
dc.subjectMICROPARTICLESen
dc.titleTrilateral research chairs initiative : final reporten
dc.typeFinal Technical Reporten
idrc.copyright.holder©2023, EDITH AMUHAYA , JUAN SCAIANO , TEBELLO NYOKONG
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY 4.0en
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber108569001
idrc.project.number108569
idrc.project.titleCanada-South Africa trilateral research chair in nanomaterials for clean wateren
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen
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