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2026

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D-Index
87
Citations
34134
World Ranking
2368
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - 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
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Tebello Nyokong is affiliated with Rhodes University in South Africa and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on materials science and engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Nyokong's frequent co-authors include John Mack, Balaji Babu, Yolande Ikala Openda, Sithi Mgidlana, and Pınar Şen, indicating collaborative involvement in research projects across a variety of topics.

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Dyes and Pigments

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nyokong cover different areas within their research scope:

  • A simple quinoline-thiophene Schiff base turn-off chemosensor for Hg2+ detection: spectroscopy, sensing properties and applications, 2021, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Nanohybrid electrocatalyst based on cobalt phthalocyanine-carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide for ultrasensitive detection of glucose in human saliva, 2021, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Solventless synthesis of nanospinel Ni1−xCoxFe2O4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) solid solutions for efficient electrochemical water splitting and supercapacitance, 2021, RSC Advances
  • An imidazole-based fluorescent probe for the Mercury(II) Ion with rapid response in vitro, 2023, Dyes and Pigments
  • Sn(iv) N-confused porphyrins as photosensitizer dyes for photodynamic therapy in the near IR region, 2020, Dalton Transactions

Nyokong has contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a title published by World Scientific:

  • Porphyrin Science by Women, 2020

The scientist has been recognized by several fellowships, notably as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2009 and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

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

    Tebello Nyokong

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

    Abimbola Ogunsipe;Ji-Yao Chen;Tebello Nyokong

  • Metallophthalocyanine-based molecular materials as catalysts for electrochemical reactions

    José H. Zagal;Sophie Griveau;J. Francisco Silva;Tebello Nyokong

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

    Abimbola Ogunsipe;David Maree;Tebello Nyokong

  • Synthetic pathways to water-soluble phthalocyanines and close analogs

    Fabienne Dumoulin;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Tebello Nyokong

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

    Abimbola Ogunsipe;Tebello Nyokong

  • Photochemical studies of tetra-2,3-pyridinoporphyrazines

    Itumeleng Seotsanyana-Mokhosi;Nina Kuznetsova;Tebello Nyokong

  • Like a Bolt from the Blue: Phthalocyanines in Biomedical Optics

    Nawal Sekkat;Hubert van den Bergh;Tebello Nyokong;Norbert Lange

  • 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

  • Silicon octaphenoxyphthalocyanines: photostability and singlet oxygen quantum yields

    M.David Maree;Nina Kuznetsova;Tebello Nyokong

  • 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

  • Analysis of the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra of zinc phthalocyanine and the .pi.-cation-radical species [ZnPc(1-)].cntdot.+

    Tebello Nyokong;Zbigniew Gasyna;Martin J. Stillman

  • Phthalocyanine. pi. -cation-radical species: photochemical and electrochemical preparation of (ZnPc(-1))/sup. +/ in solution

    Tebello Nyokong;Zbigniew Gasyna;Martin J. Stillman

  • Electrocatalysis of asulam on cobalt phthalocyanine modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes immobilized on a basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrode

    Msimelelo P. Siswana;Kenneth I. Ozoemena;Tebello Nyokong

  • Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Metallophthalocyanines

    Tebello Nyokong;Edith Antunes

  • Effects of substituents and solvents on the photochemical properties of zinc phthalocyanine complexes and their protonated derivatives

    Abimbola Ogunsipe;Tebello Nyokong

  • Metallophthalocyanine catalysed electroreduction of nitrate and nitrite ions in alkaline media

    N. Chebotareva;T. Nyokong

  • Synthesis, photophysical and photochemical properties of substituted zinc phthalocyanines

    Ilke Gürol;Mahmut Durmuş;Mahmut Durmuş;Vefa Ahsen;Vefa Ahsen;Tebello Nyokong

  • Syntheses and photochemical properties of octasubstituted phthalocyaninato zinc complexes

    Suzanne E. Maree;Tebello Nyokong

  • Photosensitized transformation of 4-chlorophenol in the presence of aggregated and non-aggregated metallophthalocyanines

    Kenneth Ozoemena;Nina Kuznetsova;Tebello Nyokong

  • Electrocatalytic behavior of substituted cobalt phthalocyanines towards the oxidation of cysteine

    Suzanne Maree;Tebello Nyokong

  • Effects of axial ligands on the photophysical properties of silicon octaphenoxyphthalocyanine

    M. David Maree;Tebello Nyokong;Klaus Suhling;David Phillips

  • Photosensitizers in Medicine, Environment, and Security

    Tebello Nyokong;Vefa Ahsen

Frequent Co-Authors

John Mack
John Mack Rhodes University
Kenneth I. Ozoemena
Kenneth I. Ozoemena University of the Witwatersrand
Fethi Bedioui
Fethi Bedioui Chimie ParisTech
Nagao Kobayashi
Nagao Kobayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mahmut Durmuş
Mahmut Durmuş Gebze Technical University
Vefa Ahsen
Vefa Ahsen Gebze Technical University
Zhen Shen
Zhen Shen Nanjing University
José H. Zagal
José H. Zagal University of Santiago Chile
Martin J. Stillman
Martin J. Stillman University of Western Ontario
Derck Schlettwein
Derck Schlettwein University of Giessen

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