ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Heterophasic ethylene-propylene copolymers, also known as impact polypropylene (PP) copolymers (IPCs) or heterophasic copolymers (HECOs), are a unique group of polyolefins produced through the copolymerisation ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A constructive procedure to build gravitational duals from quantum mechanical models is developed with the aim of studying aspects of the gauge/gravity duality. The construction is simplified as far as ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Coastal zones are subject to storm events and extreme waves with certain return periods. The return period of such events is defined as the average time interceding two independent, consecutive events, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis was to study structure-property relationships in porous materials using various adapted analytical techniques and in-house instruments. The thesis is divided into two sections, and ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project entailed the synthesis and characterization of mono- and multi-nuclear rhodium and ruthenium iminopyridyl complexes and their application in the hydroformylation of 1- octene. The multi-nuclear ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plants exhibit a flexible array of morphological, physiological and biochemical adaptations during phosphorous limitation. Legumes are vulnerable to P deficiency, because it affects their ability to fix ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Benzoxazoles are an important class of π-electron-excessive, benzene-fused heterocyclic compounds found in natural products and display a wide range of pharmacological applications. It is therefore a ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Alien fouling species are most likely to be introduced into Saldanha Bay via two vectors: the high shipping volume experienced in the Bay and the intensive mariculture operations that take place in the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Freshwater resources in semi-arid countries, such as South Africa, are under constant threat from pollution. One of the major pollutants is acid mine drainage, which not only lowers the pH of the water, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recently, the incorporation of renewable resources as a substitute to fossil fuels in the synthesis of polymers/materials has attracted a vast amount of interest, particularly for the green advantages ...