Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture

Eustina Batisai

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry · Department of Chemistry

Academic Profile

Eustina Batisai

Eustina Batisai
Department of Chemistry

Eustina Batisai

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Highest qualificationPhD Chemistry (Stellenbosch University)
SpecialisationCrystal Engineering
Research

Research Interests

Metal organic frameworks, Co-crystals, Inclusion compounds

Current Work

Current & Recent Projects

  • Synthesis and post-synthetic modification of metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption studies
  • Separation of picoline isomers using diimide hosts
Teaching

Teaching Areas

  • Inorganic chemistry, first year to honors level
Research Profiles

Professional Profiles

Professional

Membership & Supervision

  • Member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI)
Scholarship

Recent Articles

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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