Recent Publications

  • Understanding Metal–Organic Framework Densification: Solvent Effects and the Growth of Colloidal Primary Nanoparticles in Monolithic ZIF‐8

Small

2025-05 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202500510

Contributors: Ayush Pathak; Lana A. Alghamdi; Javier Fernández‐Catalá; Michele Tricarico; Diego Cazorla‐Amorós; Jin‐Chong Tan; Ángel Berenguer‐Murcia; Gift Mehlana; Andrew E. H. Wheatley

  • A single site catalyst supported in mesoporous UiO-66 for catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to formate

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS

2024 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D3SE01465G

WOSUID: WOS:001142133800001

  • Closing the Loop in the Carbon Cycle: Enzymatic Reactions Housed in Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO<sub>2</sub> Conversion to Methanol

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

2024 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1007/S12010-024-05111-1

WOSUID: WOS:001363212200001

Contributors: Moyo, Praise K.; Mehlana, Gift; Makhubela, Banothile C. E.; Tshuma, Piwai; Chikukwa, Evernice S.

  • Copper-Based Metal-Organic Framework: Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation for the Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

2024 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1007/S10904-024-03163-8

WOSUID: WOS:001327604700002

Contributors: Moyo, Pamela S.; Mehlana, Gift; Matsinha, Leah C.; Makhubela, Banothile C. E.

  • Synthesis and characterisation of neodymium-based MOFs for application in carbon dioxide reduction to syngas

New Journal of Chemistry

2024 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01420K

Contributors: Linia Gedi Marazani; Maureen Gumbo; Lendly Moyo; Banothile C. E. Makhubela; Gift Mehlana

  • Water sorption studies with mesoporous multivariate monoliths based on UiO-66

Materials Advances

2024 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D4MA00522H

Contributors: Linia Gedi Marazani; Victoria Gascon-Perez; Ayush Pathak; Michele Tricarico; Jin-Chong Tan; Michael J. Zaworotko; Andrew E. H. Wheatley; Banothile C. E. Makhubela; Gift Mehlana

  • Chiral “doped” MOFs: an electrochemical and theoretical integrated study

FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.3389/FCHEM.2023.1215619

WOSUID: WOS:001052583200001

  • Design and synthesis of novel Lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formic acid

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances

2023 | Journal article

WOSUID: WOS:001326534801340

Contributors: Gumbo, Maureen; Makhubela, Banothile; Mehlana, Gift

  • Highly efficient hydrogenation of furfural to valuable products catalysed by Rh (III), Pd (II), Ni (II), Fe (II) and Ru (II) half-sandwich picolinamide and the SBA-15 supported molecular complexes as pre-catalysts

APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1002/AOC.7166

WOSUID: WOS:001010391600001

  • Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate by Noble Metal Catalysts Supported on a Chemically Stable Lanthanum Rod-Metal-Organic Framework

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.3C00884

WOSUID: WOS:001005239700001

  • Selective Cu and Ni-MOFs as pre-catalysts for the hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

DALTON TRANSACTIONS

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00671A

WOSUID: WOS:000975597600001

  • Tuning the topology of a 2D metal-organic framework from 2D to 3D using modulator assisted synthesis

CRYSTENGCOMM

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D3CE00039G

WOSUID: WOS:000935801500001

  • Two novel metal-organic frameworks functionalised with pentamethylcyclopentadienyl iridium(iii) chloride for catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to formate

DALTON TRANSACTIONS

2023 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00635B

WOSUID: WOS:000975362400001

  • Palladium complexes bearing bis-aldimine N^C^N and N^N^N pincer ligands; A study of homogeneous/heterogeneous catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation

Inorganica Chimica Acta

2023-01 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121207

Part of ISSN: 0020-1693

Contributors: Nonkululeko Miya; Nyasha Makuve; Edward Ocansey; Gift Mehlana; James Darkwa; Banothile C.E. Makhubela

  • Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate Using a Cadmium-Based Metal–Organic Framework Impregnated with Nanoparticles

Inorganics

2022-02-25 | Journal article

DOI: 10.3390/inorganics10030030

Part of ISSN: 2304-6740

Contributors: Nyasha Makuve; James Darkwa; Gift Mehlana; Banothile C. E. Makhubela

  • Crystalline Cu(ii) metal-organic frameworks based on a carboxamide pincer ligand and an N<SUP>CO</SUP>N<SUP>CO</SUP>N-Pd(ii) pincer complex

CRYSTENGCOMM

2021 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00999K

WOSUID: WOS:000704377100001

  • New bio-based sustainable polymers and polymer composites based on methacrylate derivatives of furfural, solketal and lactic acid

Materials Today Communications

2021-09 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102721

Part of ISSN: 2352-4928

Contributors: Raynold Techie-Menson; Charles K. Rono; Anita Etale; Gift Mehlana; James Darkwa; Banothile C.E. Makhubela

  • Cyclometalation of lanthanum(iii) based MOF for catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formate

RSC ADVANCES

2020 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/C9RA09938G

WOSUID: WOS:000508849900062

  • Horizons Community Board Collection: Biosensors

MATERIALS HORIZONS

2020 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1039/D0MH90062A

WOSUID: WOS:000575959700001

  • Palladium(II) Immobilized on Metal-Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formate

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

2020 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.9B03654

WOSUID: WOS:000535304900008