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A study of the nearby interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512/1510
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This work focuses on generating a new dynamical model of the nearby (9.5 Mpc) interacting
galaxy system NGC 1512/1510. Neutral hydrogen (H i ) observations from the Australia
Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) are used to ...
Computational modelling of a hot-wire chemical vapour deposition reactor chamber
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
In this thesis, I explore the subjects of fluid dynamics and the Hot-Wire Chemical Vapour
Deposition (HWCVD) process. HWCVD, in its simplicity, is one of the more powerful and
elegant deposition techniques available in ...
A study of neutron pairing correlations using the 136Ba(p, t) reaction
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Observation of neutrinoless double beta decay (0 ) is currently the only
means by which one could establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos. Additionally,
such an observation would determine the absolute neutrino ...
Hydrogen storage capacity of the Ti-Pd multilayer systems
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Hydrogen has high energy density and it is regarded as the future energy carrier. Hydrogen can be stored as a gas in high-pressure cylinders, as a liquid in cryogenic tanks and as a solid in metal hydrides. The storage of ...
Gas sensing properties of Ceo2 nanostructures
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The industrial safety requirements and environmental pollution have created a high demand to develop gas sensors to monitor combustible and toxic gases. As per specifications of World Health Organization (WHO) and Occupational ...
Testing Gravity with MeerKAT and the SKA
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The new 64-dish radio telescope array MeerKAT will be absorbed into the international
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in late 2020s. These two telescope arrays will
produce three-dimensional maps of the integrated intensity ...
Latent and thermal energy storage enhancement of silver nanowires-nitrate molten salt for concentrated solar power
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Phase change material (PCM) through latent heat of molten salt, is a convincing way for thermal energy storage in CSP applications due to its high volume density. Molten salt, with (60% NaNO3 and 40% KNO3) has been used ...
A relativistic analysis of proton-induced knockout reactions from oxygen isotopes with direct and inverse kinematics.
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
In this study a complete set of exclusive (~p; 2p) polarization transfer observables of closed-shell oxygen
isotopes are calculated using both direct and inverse kinematics using the relativistic plane wave impulse
app ...
Application of vertically aligned arrays of metal-oxide nanowires in heterojunction photovoltaics
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The commercial need to improve the performance of low-cost organic solar cells has led to the idea for this research. The study discusses the synthesis of one dimensional TiO2 and ZnO nanowire arrays synthesised using a ...
A multi-scale study of the star formation law in nearby galaxies
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This research aimed to evaluate the effects of changing length-scales on the star formation
laws and star formation efficiencies for our selected sample of galaxies. We have combined
high-resolution Hi data from The Hi ...