Author:Agboola, BO; Pillay, J; Makgopa, K; Ozoemena, KIDate:Sep 2010The redox activities of water-soluble iron(II) tetrasulfophthalocyanine (FeTSPc) and single-walled carbon nanotube-poly(m-aminobenzene sulfonic acid) (SWCNT-PABS) adsorbed on a gold surface precoated with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of ...Read more
Author:Chidembo, AT; Ozoemena, KI; Agboola, BO; Gupta, V; Wildgoose, GG; Compton, RGDate:Nov 2010The supercapacitive properties of nickel(II) tetraaminophthalocyanine(NiTAPc)/multi-walled carbon nanotube(MWCNT) nanocomposite films have been interrogated for the first time and found to possess a maximum specific capacitance of 981 ± 57 F ...Read more
Author:Nombona, N; Maduray, K; Antunes, E; Karsten, A; Nyokong, TDate:Feb 2012The efficiency of [2,9,17,23-tetrakis-(1,6-hexanedithiol)phthalocyaninato]zinc(II) as a photodynamic therapy (PDT) agent was investigated. This compound belongs to the second generation of photosensitizers currently tested for the cellular ...Read more
Author:Agboola, BO; Ozoemena, KI; Nyokong, T; Fukuda, T; Kobayashi, NDate:Mar 2010The integration of phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs (SWCNT-phenylamine) with a novel cobalt (II) octa[(3,5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine (CoOBPPc) complex has been described. The physical and electrochemical properties of the ...Read more