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Chemistry
South Africa
2023

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Chemistry D-index 83 Citations 27,212 873 World Ranking 1703 National Ranking 5

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Chemistry in South Africa Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Chemistry in South Africa Leader Award

2009 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Redox

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Phthalocyanine, Inorganic chemistry, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry and Cyclic voltammetry. Tebello Nyokong works mostly in the field of Phthalocyanine, limiting it down to topics relating to Aqueous solution and, in certain cases, Chlorophenol. His research integrates issues of Electrocatalyst, Monolayer, Catalysis and Electrode in his study of Inorganic chemistry.

His Photochemistry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Triplet state, Singlet oxygen, Zinc and Quantum yield, Fluorescence. His work in Electrochemistry covers topics such as Titanium which are related to areas like Oxide. His research in Cyclic voltammetry tackles topics such as Redox which are related to areas like Thiol and Reactivity.

His most cited work include:

  • Photophysical and photochemical studies of zinc(II) phthalocyanine derivatives—effects of substituents and solvents (547 citations)
  • Effects of substituents on the photochemical and photophysical properties of main group metal phthalocyanines (521 citations)
  • Metallophthalocyanine-based molecular materials as catalysts for electrochemical reactions (365 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Tebello Nyokong mostly deals with Photochemistry, Phthalocyanine, Inorganic chemistry, Singlet oxygen and Fluorescence. His Photochemistry study incorporates themes from Triplet state, Conjugated system, Zinc, Quantum dot and Quantum yield. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Covalent bond, Nanoparticle, Polymer chemistry and Nuclear chemistry.

The Inorganic chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Electrocatalyst, Electrochemistry, Cyclic voltammetry and Catalysis. Tebello Nyokong has researched Electrochemistry in several fields, including Medicinal chemistry, Monolayer, Self-assembled monolayer, Metal and Redox. Tebello Nyokong combines subjects such as Photocatalysis, Photodegradation, Photosensitizer, Tetra and Photodynamic therapy with his study of Singlet oxygen.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photochemistry (48.24%)
  • Phthalocyanine (47.77%)
  • Inorganic chemistry (27.46%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Singlet oxygen (25.82%)
  • Phthalocyanine (47.77%)
  • Photochemistry (48.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Singlet oxygen, Phthalocyanine, Photochemistry, Photodynamic therapy and Zinc are his primary areas of study. His research in Singlet oxygen intersects with topics in Nanoparticle, Quantum yield, Polymer chemistry and Nuclear chemistry. His study on Phthalocyanine also encompasses disciplines like

  • Physical chemistry together with Hyperpolarizability,
  • Peptide bond that connect with fields like Cinnamic acid.

His Photochemistry research includes elements of BODIPY, Fluorescence, Quantum dot, Graphene and Z-scan technique. His Photodynamic therapy research incorporates themes from Poloxamer, Micelle, Porphyrin and Photosensitizer. He has included themes like Nanoconjugates, Propanoic acid and Indium in his Zinc study.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Methodological Survey of Simplified TD-DFT Methods for Fast and Accurate Interpretation of UV-Vis-NIR Spectra of Phthalocyanines. (25 citations)
  • New type of metal-free and Zinc(II), In(III), Ga(III) phthalocyanines carrying biologically active substituents: Synthesis and photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity (24 citations)
  • Synthesis, photophysicochemical and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy studies of indium pyridyl phthalocyanines: Charge versus bridging atom (23 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Oxygen

Tebello Nyokong mostly deals with Phthalocyanine, Singlet oxygen, Photochemistry, Quantum yield and Quantum dot. His work deals with themes such as Covalent bond, Raman spectroscopy, Physical chemistry, Cobalt and Hyperpolarizability, which intersect with Phthalocyanine. As part of one scientific family, Tebello Nyokong deals mainly with the area of Cobalt, narrowing it down to issues related to the Band gap, and often Electrochemistry.

His Singlet oxygen research integrates issues from Triplet state, Nanoparticle, Zinc, Photodynamic therapy and Peptide bond. The concepts of his Photochemistry study are interwoven with issues in BODIPY, Fluorescence, Conjugated system, Tin and Cationic polymerization. As a member of one scientific family, Tebello Nyokong mostly works in the field of Quantum dot, focusing on Graphene and, on occasion, Supramolecular chemistry.

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Best Publications

Effects of substituents on the photochemical and photophysical properties of main group metal phthalocyanines

Tebello Nyokong.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2007)

876 Citations

Photophysical and photochemical studies of zinc(II) phthalocyanine derivatives—effects of substituents and solvents

Abimbola Ogunsipe;Ji-Yao Chen;Tebello Nyokong.
New Journal of Chemistry (2004)

738 Citations

Metallophthalocyanine-based molecular materials as catalysts for electrochemical reactions

José H. Zagal;Sophie Griveau;J. Francisco Silva;Tebello Nyokong.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2010)

548 Citations

Solvent effects on the photochemical and fluorescence properties of zinc phthalocyanine derivatives

Abimbola Ogunsipe;David Maree;Tebello Nyokong.
Journal of Molecular Structure (2003)

535 Citations

Synthetic pathways to water-soluble phthalocyanines and close analogs

Fabienne Dumoulin;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Tebello Nyokong.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2010)

460 Citations

Photophysical and photochemical studies of sulphonated non-transition metal phthalocyanines in aqueous and non-aqueous media

Abimbola Ogunsipe;Tebello Nyokong.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-chemistry (2005)

300 Citations

Photochemical studies of tetra-2,3-pyridinoporphyrazines

Itumeleng Seotsanyana-Mokhosi;Nina Kuznetsova;Tebello Nyokong.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-chemistry (2001)

295 Citations

Like a Bolt from the Blue: Phthalocyanines in Biomedical Optics

Nawal Sekkat;Hubert van den Bergh;Tebello Nyokong;Norbert Lange.
Molecules (2011)

262 Citations

The interaction of melatonin and its precursors with aluminium, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, and zinc: an adsorptive voltammetric study.

Janice Limson;Tebello Nyokong;Santy Daya.
Journal of Pineal Research (1998)

251 Citations

Electrocatalytic oxidation and detection of hydrazine at gold electrode modified with iron phthalocyanine complex linked to mercaptopyridine self-assembled monolayer.

Kenneth I. Ozoemena;Tebello Nyokong.
Talanta (2005)

206 Citations

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