{"id":11,"date":"2019-11-14T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/research\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:38:07","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Recent Publications<\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Understanding Metal\u2013Organic Framework Densification: Solvent Effects and the Growth of Colloidal Primary Nanoparticles in Monolithic ZIF<\/b><b>\u2010<\/b><b>8<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025-05 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smll.202500510\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1002\/smll.202500510<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Ayush Pathak;&nbsp;Lana A. Alghamdi;&nbsp;Javier Fern\u00e1ndez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2010<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catal\u00e1;&nbsp;Michele Tricarico;&nbsp;Diego Cazorla<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2010<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amor\u00f3s;&nbsp;Jin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2010<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chong Tan;&nbsp;\u00c1ngel Berenguer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2010<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murcia;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana;&nbsp;Andrew E. H. Wheatley<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>A single site catalyst supported in mesoporous UiO-66 for catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to formate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SUSTAINABLE ENERGY &amp; FUELS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d3se01465g\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D3SE01465G<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:001142133800001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001142133800001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Closing the Loop in the Carbon Cycle: Enzymatic Reactions Housed in Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;\/sub&gt; Conversion to Methanol<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12010-024-05111-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1007\/S12010-024-05111-1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/api\/gateway?GWVersion=2&amp;SrcApp=Publons&amp;SrcAuth=Publons_CEL&amp;KeyUT=WOS:001363212200001&amp;DestLinkType=FullRecord&amp;DestApp=WOS_CPL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001363212200001<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Moyo, Praise K.;&nbsp;Mehlana, Gift;&nbsp;Makhubela, Banothile C. E.;&nbsp;Tshuma, Piwai;&nbsp;Chikukwa, Evernice S.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Copper-Based Metal-Organic Framework: Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation for the Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10904-024-03163-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1007\/S10904-024-03163-8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/api\/gateway?GWVersion=2&amp;SrcApp=Publons&amp;SrcAuth=Publons_CEL&amp;KeyUT=WOS:001327604700002&amp;DestLinkType=FullRecord&amp;DestApp=WOS_CPL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001327604700002<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Moyo, Pamela S.;&nbsp;Mehlana, Gift;&nbsp;Matsinha, Leah C.;&nbsp;Makhubela, Banothile C. E.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Synthesis and characterisation of neodymium-based MOFs for application in carbon dioxide reduction to syngas<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Journal of Chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d4nj01420k\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D4NJ01420K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Linia Gedi Marazani;&nbsp;Maureen Gumbo;&nbsp;Lendly Moyo;&nbsp;Banothile C. E. Makhubela;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water sorption studies with mesoporous multivariate monoliths based on UiO-66<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Materials Advances<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d4ma00522h\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D4MA00522H<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Linia Gedi Marazani;&nbsp;Victoria Gascon-Perez;&nbsp;Ayush Pathak;&nbsp;Michele Tricarico;&nbsp;Jin-Chong Tan;&nbsp;Michael J. Zaworotko;&nbsp;Andrew E. H. Wheatley;&nbsp;Banothile C. E. Makhubela;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chiral &#8220;doped&#8221; MOFs: an electrochemical and theoretical integrated study<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fchem.2023.1215619\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.3389\/FCHEM.2023.1215619<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:001052583200001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001052583200001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Design and synthesis of novel Lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formic acid<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/api\/gateway?GWVersion=2&amp;SrcApp=Publons&amp;SrcAuth=Publons_CEL&amp;KeyUT=WOS:001326534801340&amp;DestLinkType=FullRecord&amp;DestApp=WOS_CPL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001326534801340<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Gumbo, Maureen;&nbsp;Makhubela, Banothile;&nbsp;Mehlana, Gift<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>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<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/aoc.7166\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1002\/AOC.7166<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:001010391600001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001010391600001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate by Noble Metal Catalysts Supported on a Chemically Stable Lanthanum Rod-Metal-Organic Framework<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INORGANIC CHEMISTRY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.3c00884\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1021\/ACS.INORGCHEM.3C00884<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:001005239700001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:001005239700001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Selective Cu and Ni-MOFs as pre-catalysts for the hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DALTON TRANSACTIONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d3dt00671a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D3DT00671A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000975597600001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000975597600001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tuning the topology of a 2D metal-organic framework from 2D to 3D using modulator assisted synthesis<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRYSTENGCOMM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d3ce00039g\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D3CE00039G<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000935801500001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000935801500001<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Two novel metal-organic frameworks functionalised with pentamethylcyclopentadienyl iridium(iii) chloride for catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to formate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DALTON TRANSACTIONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d3dt00635b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D3DT00635B<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000975362400001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000975362400001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Palladium complexes bearing bis-aldimine N^C^N and N^N^N pincer ligands; A study of homogeneous\/heterogeneous catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inorganica Chimica Acta<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023-01 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ica.2022.121207\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1016\/j.ica.2022.121207<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;ISSN:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.issn.org\/resource\/ISSN\/0020-1693\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0020-1693<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Nonkululeko Miya;&nbsp;Nyasha Makuve;&nbsp;Edward Ocansey;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana;&nbsp;James Darkwa;&nbsp;Banothile C.E. Makhubela<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate Using a Cadmium-Based Metal\u2013Organic Framework Impregnated with Nanoparticles<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inorganics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022-02-25 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/inorganics10030030\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.3390\/inorganics10030030<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;ISSN:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.issn.org\/resource\/ISSN\/2304-6740\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2304-6740<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Nyasha Makuve;&nbsp;James Darkwa;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana;&nbsp;Banothile C. E. Makhubela<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Crystalline Cu(ii) metal-organic frameworks based on a carboxamide pincer ligand and an N&lt;SUP&gt;CO&lt;\/SUP&gt;N&lt;SUP&gt;CO&lt;\/SUP&gt;N-Pd(ii) pincer complex<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRYSTENGCOMM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d1ce00999k\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D1CE00999K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000704377100001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000704377100001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>New bio-based sustainable polymers and polymer composites based on methacrylate derivatives of furfural, solketal and lactic acid<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Materials Today Communications<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021-09 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.mtcomm.2021.102721\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1016\/j.mtcomm.2021.102721<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;ISSN:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.issn.org\/resource\/ISSN\/2352-4928\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2352-4928<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors:&nbsp;Raynold Techie-Menson;&nbsp;Charles K. Rono;&nbsp;Anita Etale;&nbsp;Gift Mehlana;&nbsp;James Darkwa;&nbsp;Banothile C.E. Makhubela<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cyclometalation of lanthanum(iii) based MOF for catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RSC ADVANCES<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/c9ra09938g\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/C9RA09938G<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000508849900062\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000508849900062<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Horizons Community Board Collection: Biosensors<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MATERIALS HORIZONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d0mh90062a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1039\/D0MH90062A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000575959700001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000575959700001<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Palladium(II) Immobilized on Metal-Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INORGANIC CHEMISTRY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 |&nbsp;Journal article<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.inorgchem.9b03654\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1021\/ACS.INORGCHEM.9B03654<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOSUID:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/woscc\/full-record\/WOS:000535304900008\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOS:000535304900008<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Publications Understanding Metal\u2013Organic Framework Densification: Solvent Effects and the Growth of Colloidal Primary Nanoparticles in Monolithic ZIF\u20108 Small 2025-05 |&nbsp;Journal article DOI:&nbsp;10.1002\/smll.202500510 Contributors:&nbsp;Ayush Pathak;&nbsp;Lana A. 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