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Dr. Ogundare Segun Ajibola
Lecturer II (234) 7064424511 ogundare.segun@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
Biography
Segun A. Ogundare obtained his B. Sc. (Industrial Chemistry) and M. Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry) in Nigeria from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and the University of Ibadan respectively. He earned a PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of KwaZulu-Nattal, Durban, South Africa. His research interest includes; synthesis, characterization and application of nanomaterials and metal drug complexes.
Awards/Fellowship
Course(s) Taught
- General Chemistry
- Structure and bonding in molecules
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Coordination Chemistry
- Petrochemicals
- Chemistry of electron deficient compounds.
Education
Publications
- Ogundare, S. A., Moodley, V. and van Zyl, W. E. (2017). Nanocrystalline cellulose isolated from discarded cigarette filters. Carbohydrate Polymers, 175: 273–281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.08.008
- Ogundare, S. A. and van Zyl, W. E. (2018). Nanocrystalline cellulose as reducing- and stabilizing agent in the synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Application as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. Surfaces and Interfaces, 13: 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2018.06.00
- Ogundare, S. A. and van Zyl, W. E. (2019). Amplification of SERS “hot spots” by silica clustering in a silver-nanoparticle/nanocrystalline-cellulose sensor applied in malachite green detection. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 570: 156–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.03.019
- Ogundare, S. A. and van Zyl, W. E. (2019). A review of cellulose-based substrates for SERS: fundamentals, design principles, applications. Cellulose, 26: 6489–6528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02580-0