Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture
Eustina Batisai
Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry · Department of Chemistry
Academic Profile
Eustina Batisai
Department of Chemistry
Eustina Batisai
Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
Highest qualificationPhD Chemistry (Stellenbosch University)
SpecialisationCrystal Engineering
Research Interests
Metal organic frameworks, Co-crystals, Inclusion compounds
Current & Recent Projects
- Synthesis and post-synthetic modification of metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption studies
- Separation of picoline isomers using diimide hosts
Teaching Areas
- Inorganic chemistry, first year to honors level
Professional Profiles
Membership & Supervision
- Member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI)
Recent Articles
- Rolivhuwa Mahwasane, Luccile Mbonzhe, Nabanita Chatterjee, and Eustina Batisai, Coordination Complexes of Cd(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), and Substituted Diimide Ligands: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, and Gas Sorption Studies, 2026, J Struct Chem., 67, 806–814. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022476626040098
- Luccile Mbonzhe, Lufuno Mushango, Nabanita Chatterjee, Clive L. Oliver, Leigh Loots, and Eustina Batisai, Three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) containing substituted diimide ligands: Synthesis, structures, and gas sorption studies, 2024, CrystEngcomm, 26, 3665-3671, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ce00332b
- Rolivhuwa Mahwasane, Luccile Mbonzhe, Nabanita Chatterjee, Clive Oliver, and Eustina Batisai, Synthesis, structures, and CO2 sorption of a Cu(II) and Zn(II) two-fold interpenetrated pyridyl diimide metal–organic frameworks, 2023, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 150, 110477, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2023.110477
- Luccile Mbonzhe and Eustina Batisai, Applications of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) in wound healing and tuberculosis (TB) treatment, 2022, Results in Chemistry, 4, 100648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100648
- Eustina Batisai, Gerhard A. Venter, and Nikoletta B. Báthori, Formation of nitrobenzene dimers in racemic and chiral salts of 2-amino-1-(4-nitrophenyl)-1,3-propanediol (ANPD) with oxalic and fumaric acids, 2021, J Mol Struct, 1224, 129310. 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129310

