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Nyirongo, Racheal
2025·Master of Science·University of Zambia

The optical investigation of tungsten diphosphide (WP2), a type-II Weyl semimetal, reveals its exceptional topological and anisotropic electronic properties. Through resistivity and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy measurements, WP2 exhibit high conductivity and anisotropic transport...

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Chisenga, Ian
2024·Master of Science·University of Zambia

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men worldwide, and current drug administration methods of front-line drugs like Docetaxel (DXL) face challenges, including non-specific treatment causing several side effects and the development of drug resistance, which affects patients'...

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Singogo, Robert
2022·University of Zambia

Kappa casein is extremely important in tumor immunology and plays a crucial role in the early detection of breast cancer. In this research, functionalized iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were used for selective recognition of kappa casein (kcn) a breast cancer biomarker. The Fe3O4 was...

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Mwansa, Cynthia
2020·Master of Science·University of Zambia

Polymer Solar Cells (PSCs) have attracted great attention due to the advantages of their light weight, flexibility and low cost. The typical device architecture of polymer based solar cell consists Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) on glass as the transparent conducting electrode,Poly (3,...

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Mukwakwa, Nubert
2017·Master of Science·University of Zambia

This dissertation reports on the deposition of ZnO prepared by sol-gel on substrates by spin-coating, and the characterisation of the resulting thin films. The precursor solution was synthesized using appropriate quantities of aqueous Zinc Acetate dehydrate, 2- Methoxyethanol and Ethanolamine....

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Silungwe, Dennis
2016·Master of Science·University of Zambia

An important aspect in the development of semiconducting devices for use in photovoltaic systems is the design of materials with appropriate band gaps. Electronic structure calculations based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) have been extensively used to study and to describe such properties of...

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Tembo, Moses
2016·Master of Science·University of Zambia

Ternary systems comprising of poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT):(6,6)-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and varying amounts of squarylium dye III (SQ3) were prepared and deposited by spin coating to obtain nano-size thin films. The films produced were subsequently annealed at 140 C for 10...

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Simpemba, Prospery C
2012·Master of Science·University of Zambia

Metal oxide thin films have been used in thin film solar cells and other solar energy applications for many years. The main concern has been to improve their physical, electrical and optical properties in order to increase their efficiency and lower their production costs. Zinc oxide doped with...

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