Themed collection Young African Researchers

Abisola O. Egbedina, Jairus L. Lamola, Mina Shawky Adly, and Stephen O. Ojwach introduce the RSC Advances Young African Researchers collection.

The environmental impact and denaturing propensity of organic solvents in the extraction of plant bioactives pose great challenges in extraction systems.

The heterocyclic (pyrazine)carboxamide Ru(II) complexes interact with CT-DNA through minor groove binding and partial intercalation modes and exhibit significant cytotoxicity and selectivity against A549, PC-3, and Caco-2 cell lines.

Seawater desalination powered by solar energy is the most environmentally and economical solution in responding to the global water and energy crisis.

A simple, mild and efficient scope pathway for selective catalytic chlorination of terpenic olefins is investigated using sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) as highly efficient chlorination agent combined with readily available Lewis acid catalyst.

Coupling CWs with MFCs enhanced ibuprofen removal. Eichhornia crassipes remarkably contributed to ibuprofen removal. CW-MFC represents a technically and economically feasible option for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment and electricity production.

Green synthesized copper oxide and PANI for Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺, and Hg²⁺ determination.

In recent years, solar seawater desalination has been considered to be a promising and cost-effective technique to produce clean sources for water treatment and water deficiency.

Novel 4-thiophenyl-pyrazole, pyridine, and pyrimidine derivatives as potential dual EGFR/VEGFR-2 inhibitors with promising antimicrobial activity as well.

A comprehensive comparative study between smartphone image analysis and benchtop densitometric detection for simultaneous HPTLC quantification of alfuzosin and solifenacin with versatile real applications.

NMC@MXene exhibits excellent rate capability as electrode material for supercapacitors.

A highly sensitive sensor. A sensor for detecting Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺ ions simultaneously based on the square wave anodic stripping response at a bismuth antimony (Bi–Sb) nanocomposite electrode was developed.

In situ characterisation techniques granted unprecedented experimental access to the formation dynamics of carbonate-intercalated Mg²⁺/Al³⁺ LDHs.

Developing and designing high-performance and stable NiFe electrodes for efficient hydrogen production in alkaline medium.

Electrode materials processing conditions, electrode properties and supercapacitor device performance show a triad relationship.

The synthesis of an easily separable novel core–shell Fe₃O₄/PVP/ZIF-8 nanostructure adsorbent and its usage for Fosfomycin pharmaceutical wastewater treatment.

Under sub-gap excitation, the materials exhibit white light emission (WLE) that originates from the STE within CdBr₄ and the organic phosphorescence (for CdACP) and fluorescence (for CdODA). Under excitation above the gap the WLE is purely organic.

Herein, fatty acid (oleic acid, OA) was upgraded to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) via esterification reaction using sulfonated biochar obtained from eucalyptus tree shed bark as solid acid catalyst.

In general, during the production of cellulosic materials for food-packaging applications, lignin and other amorphous components are usually removed via the pulping and multilevel bleaching process to entirely separate them from the fiber.

Efficient palladium catalyst systems consisting of bench-stable biaryl phosphacycles and Pd(OAc)₂ are described for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of a diverse array of aryl halides and arylboronic acids.

Preparation of biochar from kaolinite and coconut husk (KCB) and further activated with HCl (KCB-A) and KOH (KCB-B) via a microwave technique for the remediation of ciprofloxacin (CIP) and tetracycline (TET) from water was carried out.