PhD Chemistry (University of Johannesburg, South Africa 2018)
C3
Nanocatalysis
Mesoporous Materials
Catalysis and Kinetics
Nanomaterials synthesis
Surface chemistry
Catalytic transformation
Nanocatalysis
Mesoporous Materials
Catalysis and Kinetics
Ilunga A. K. and Meijboom R. A review of dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanocatalysts applied in the fine chemical transformation. Catal. Lett., 1-16 (2018). doi:10.1007/s10562-018-2584-0.
Ilunga A. K., Khoza T., Tjabadi E., and Meijboom R. Effective catalytic reduction of methyl orange catalysed by the encapsulated random alloy palladium-gold nanoparticles dendrimer. ChemistrySelect 2 (2017) 9803-9809.
Ilunga, A. K., and Meijboom, R. Random alloy nanoparticles of Pd and Au immobilized on reducible metal oxides and their catalytic investigation. Appl. Catal. B Environ. 203, 505–514 (2017).
Ilunga, A. K., and Meijboom, R. Catalytic and kinetic investigation of the encapsulated random alloy (Pdn-Au110-n) nanoparticles. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 189, 86–98 (2016).
Ilunga, A. K., and Meijboom, R. Catalytic oxidation of methylene blue by dendrimer-encapsulated silver and gold nanoparticles. J. Mol. Catal. A Chem. 411, 48–60 (2016).
Ilunga, A. K., and Meijboom, R. Synthesis of narrowly dispersed silver and gold nanoparticles and their catalytic evaluation for morin oxidation. Appl. Catal. A General 509, 17–29 (2016).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Africa, Florida Campus
Catalytic degradation of organic contaminations in water
Adsorption isotherm approaches applied in trihalomethane compounds degradations
Catalytic and kinetic investigation in the presence of nanomaterials of wastewater treatment.
