4fN energy level schemes for the di-, tri-, and tetravalent lanthanides (in session "Poster Session 2")
A bond energy model to study the melting point and Debye temperature of nanomaterials (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
A comparative study of the high fluence neutron radiation effects on the structural and optical properties of plastic scintillator UPS 923A (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
A Heat Pipe Setup for Resonant Ionisation Spectroscopy of Zinc (in session "Photonics")
A Mechanism for (&epsilon, &delta)-differential privacy using Student's t distribution (in session "Poster Session 2")
A numerical study of heterogeneous annealing in a finite one-dimensional geometry (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
A photophysical investigation of bio-inspired molecular dyads by means of femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (in session "Photonics")
A Planned Calibration Facility For In-Situ Gamma-Ray Detectors (in session "Poster Session 1")
A Practical Survey of Novel and Legacy Radio Interferometry Imaging Algorithms and Packages (in session "Astrophysics")
A predictive approach for vibration analysis in underground mining operation (in session "Applied Physics")
A preliminary study of the impact of metal-induced CT artifacts on Monte Carlo dose calculations in a pelvic prosthesis phantom (in session "Applied Physics")
A review of nuclear clustering formulation (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
A scheme to analyze the decay time of rare earth ions using a square wave technique (in session "Applied Physics")
A virtual model of an Elekta Synergy linac for verification of planning system photon beams (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Ab-Initio Study of Stability of Discharge Products in Li/Na-Air Batteries (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
AdS/CFT predictions for partonic and fragmented momentum, azimuthal, and rapidity correlations of heavy flavors in heavy ion collisions (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Aerosol and cloud studies using LIDAR, satellite and model data in South Africa (in session "Applied Physics")
AES study of surface segregation in Ni-Cu alloy thin films (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
All Sky Imaging with PAPER (in session "Astrophysics")
An evaluation of the Newton-Raphson iteration method in the prediction of leaf temperature (in session "Poster Session 2")
An investigation of the presence of Pc5 oscillations during a TRINNI event (in session "Space Science")
An open quantum systems approach to the radical pair mechanism (in session "Poster Session 1")
Analyses of the Pore Structure Formation of Activated Carbon from Compactivation of Plant Biomass Waste for Electrochemical Device Electrodes (in session "Applied Physics")
Analysis of Nd3+ concentration on the structure, morphology and photoluminescence of sol-gel Sr3ZnAl2O7 nanophosphor (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Analysis of temperature dependent I-V characteristics of Pd/n-4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes and the determination of the Richardson constant in a wide temperature range (in session "Poster Session 1")
ANALYSIS OF TYPE 1 DIABETES WITH MACHINE LEARNING METHODS (in session "Applied Physics")
Angular correlation measurements with the iThemba LABS segmented clover detector (in session "Poster Session 1")
Applied Physics Division Meeting (in session "Applied Physics")
Are Bessel beams resilient to aberrations and turbulence? (in session "Poster Session 2")
Assessing opportunities in highly efficient perovskite solar cells (in session "Applied Physics")
Astrophysics and Space Science - joint meeting (in session "Astrophysics")
ATLAS Monte Carlo studies for the search of heavy resonances in the H->ZZ->4l decay channel. (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
ATLAS Tile Calorimeter online software configuration and Perfomance study of the super-drawer components (in session "Poster Session 1")
Atomic and electronic structure investigation of germanene grown on Al2O3(0001) (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
ATOMISTIC SIMULATION STUDY OF SODIUM INTERCALATION IN TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Attenuation correction for position resolved neutron powder diffraction studies (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Background estimation for multilepton and $b$-jets analysis at ATLAS at the LHC (in session "Poster Session 1")
Bandgap tuned Co<sup>2+</sup>-doped ZnO for the photocatalysis of Methylene Blue and Rhodamine B (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Bayesian TiRiFiC (in session "Astrophysics")
Beyond Li-ion: Computational Modelling Studies on Stability of Li-S-Se System (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Bio-based and Bio-inspired [nano]Technologies: The laboratory, and the field (in session "Plenary")
Bose Einstein Condensation from a Gluon Transport Equation (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Can exemption from practical(s) help students to pass physics modules? (in session "Physics Education")
Cathodoluminescence degradation of Bi doped SrO phosphor powder (in session "Poster Session 2")
Cation distribution and mixing thermodynamics in Li(Mn<sub>1-x</sub>Ni<sub>x</sub>)O<sub>4</sub> spinel via tuning of the Ni concentration (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Charactarisation of the solar resource at the Fort Hare Institute of Technology (in session "Poster Session 2")
Characterisation of Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> co-doped Bi<sup>3+</sup> and Yb<sup>3+</sup> thin films synthesised using pulsed laser deposition and spin coating. (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Characterization of aluminium Schottky junction diode fabricated on nickel oxide thin film synthesized through sol-gel method (in session "Poster Session 2")
Characterization of dopant levels in a III-V molecular beam epitaxial system (in session "Poster Session 1")
Characterization of stirred calibration bath from -80 to 550 °C (in session "Poster Session 2")
Climatology of thermospheric meridional winds derived from South African ionosonde network during extended solar minimum of 2007-2009. (in session "Space Science")
Closed loop feedback control of an external cavity diode laser for laser cooling application (in session "Applied Physics")
Closing and Thanks (in session "Winter School")
Collinear ptychographic pulse reconstruction of ultrashort laser pulses (in session "Poster Session 2")
Colloidal Synthesis of Molybdenum Diselenide Nanomaterials for Supercapacitor Applications (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Commutative/Non-Commutative Dualities (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Comparison of ionospheric scintillation to in situ electron density variations as measured by the Swarm satellites. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computational and experimental studies on heats of adsorption of heterocyclic collectors onto pyrite mineral surface (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Computational investigation of vacancy ordering in gamma-Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computational modelling of binary titanium-based shape memory alloys (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Computational Modelling of FeS<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles (in session "Poster Session 2")
Computational modelling of graphene mediated sodium air batteries (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Computational Modelling of Platinum Arsenide (PtAs</2>) (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computational modelling studies of oxidation and hydration on NiS<sub>2</sub> and NiAs<sub>2</sub> surfaces (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computational modelling study of hydrated nickel-rich pentlandite (110) surface (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computational study of ZIF with functional groups for CO2 adsorption. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Computerised Ionospheric Tomography (CIT) for supportive GNSS-derived ionospheric applications. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Constraining star formation history with Fermi-LAT observations of the gamma-ray opacity of the Universe (in session "Astrophysics")
Constraining the TeV Gamma-ray Emission Regions with Gamma-Gamma Absorption (in session "Poster Session 1")
Continuation of Photonics Division Meeting (if required) (in session "Photonics")
Contrast enhancement in spectral domain optical coherence tomography. (in session "Photonics")
Controlling iron-oxide nanoparticle size with nanometer precision to synthesize monodispersed particles: a theoretical and experimental investigation. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Corrosive Sulphur in Transformers (in session "Applied Physics")
Creation, characterization and analysis of propagation invariant vector flat-top beams (in session "Photonics")
Cross section measurements of light ion production using (p,xp) reactions (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Cryogenic ion implantation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thin films: structural and electrical properties (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Crystal Growth and Agglomeration of Heterostructured Layered-Spinel Li-Mn-O Primary Particles (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Crystal structure and thermodynamic properties of the non-centrosymmetric PrRu<sub>4</sub>Sn<sub>6</sub> caged compound (in session "Poster Session 1")
Cu nanoclusters embedded in a glass host: A tunable nonlinear optical response, thermodynamic and dielectric behaviour (in session "Photonics")
Current Status of the Technology of Light Emitting Diodes from Silicon Carbide: A Review. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Dark Matter gets DAMPE (in session "Astrophysics")
Data Analysis and Security Development of a Wireless Mesh Network (in session "Poster Session 2")
Data extraction techniques for terahertz time-domain ellipsometry (in session "Poster Session 2")
Data Processing Procedure for the Time-of-Flight Spectrometer of Heavy Ions in the wide range of Energies. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Decade of High Performance Computing in South Africa: Opportunities for Physics Community (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Deconvolution method for obtaining directly the original in-depth distribution of composition from the measured sputter depth profile (in session "Poster Session 1")
Defects in diamond created by NO<sup>+</sup> ion implantation (in session "Poster Session 2")
Deriving thermospheric neutral density from SuperDARN radar data (in session "Poster Session 1")
Design and testing of a BGO-SiPM based electron beam dispersion monitor (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Design, development and characterization of a magneto-optical trap for laser cooling of Rubidium atoms: a project at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (in session "Poster Session 2")
Development and characterization of a micro-controller based two photon correlation interferometer (in session "Applied Physics")
Development of a Quantification Software/Programme for Li-Mn-O Composite Nanoarchitectures (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
DFT study of Modifications of Pt-doped TiO2 using N, for application in DSSCs (in session "Poster Session 2")
DFT STUDY OF SELECTED NEAR INFRARED (NIR) FREE METAL DYE MOLECULES FOR APPLICATION IN DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS (in session "Poster Session 2")
Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs? (in session "Astrophysics")
Diffusion study of metal precursor layers for CZTS solar cell (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Directly Modulated 850 nm Multimode VCSEL Performance Analysis for Short Reach Optical Communications (in session "Applied Physics")
DPCMM Meeting (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Effect of domain transformation on the magnetic properties of NixCo1-xFe2O4 (in session "Poster Session 1")
Effect of Hf and Cu on the cubic B2 TiPt shape memory alloys (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Effect of Li+ ion on the structural, morphological and luminescent properties of Y2O3:Tm3+ nanophosphor (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Effect of substrate temperature on photoluminescence properties of Eu<sup>3+</sup> doped BaZrO<sub>3</sub> thin films deposited by PLD (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Effect of temperature on the structure and dynamic properties of metal sulphide nanostructures via molecular dynamics simulation (in session "Poster Session 1")
Effects of annealing on luminescent properties of mixed lanthanum oxyorthosilicates co-doped Dy3+ and Pr3+ phosphors (in session "Photonics")
Effects of annealing time on the structure and photoluminescence properties of Sr3Al2O6:1% Ce3+ nanophosphor synthesize via sol-gel method (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Effects of Ion Implantantion on Energy Storage Properties of Bulk Molybdenum Disulphide (in session "Applied Physics")
Effects of pore size on the electrochemical properties of Li-Mn-O nanoporous cathode material (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Efficiency calibration of the laboratory based gamma-ray detector for various sample geometries (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Elastic and Thermal Properties of Ge<sub>2</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>5</sub> by Surface Brillouin Scattering (in session "Poster Session 2")
Elastic constants of as-deposited amorphous SiC thin films by Brillouin Spectroscopy (in session "Poster Session 2")
Electrically active induced energy levels and metastability of B and N vacancy-complexes in 4H-SiC (in session "Poster Session 2")
Electronic and Optical Properties of Lead-free Hybrid Perovskite CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>SnI<sub>3</sub> from first principles calculations (in session "Poster Session 1")
Electrons inside jets in ATLAS: not an isolated problem (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Elemental analysis and Activation in Kimberlite using delayed gammas after GDR photon induced activation. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Emergent Property Sets & Applications of Beta-Gallium Oxide (in session "Plenary")
Employing Fast Neutron Radiography (FNR) to determine the Hydraulic Conductivity (k) of sand via Darcy’s Law and Gardner’s Equation (in session "Applied Physics")
Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Nanoparticles by Copper and Silver Codoping (in session "Poster Session 1")
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methyl violet on TiO2/N-MWCNTs (in session "Applied Physics")
Enhancement of signal to noise ratio through temporal pulse shaping (in session "Photonics")
Estimating the Modulated Inverse-Compton Flux Level from a Black Widow System (in session "Astrophysics")
Estimation of ionospheric vertical drifts based on magnetometer and satellite data (in session "Space Science")
Event Selection and Signal Optimization of Three-Lepton and $b$-jets Search in ATLAS (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Expansion of the Radar Link Budget Equation: Improving the number of estimated Lunar Laser Ranging returns for the HartRAO-LLR station (in session "Space Science")
Experimental and numerical study of a cavity and hot mirror receiver of the parabolic trough collector (in session "Applied Physics")
Experimental design and characterization of nano-photonic materials through classical and quantum calculations (in session "Winter School")
Experimental thermal performance of a domestic latent heat medium temperature storage system during charging (in session "Applied Physics")
Extensions of THERMUS and its Applications in High Energy Particle collisions (in session "Poster Session 1")
Extracting a vibrational Raman spectrum from a broadband Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering measurement (in session "Poster Session 2")
f(R) oscillating universes (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Fabrication and characterization of Au and ZnO nanowires on silicon substrate spin coated with poly(methylmethacrylate) resist. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Fast algorithm for the computation of the CMB polarization <i>TE</i> power spectrum using non-circular beam (in session "Astrophysics")
Fine structure of the IsoScalar Giant Monopole Resonance (ISGMR) in 40,42,44,48Ca using alpha inelastic scattering at zero degrees (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
First principle study of structural, magnetic, electronic and mechanical properties of A15 X3Ru alloys (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
First principles investigation of structural, dynamic, electronic and optical properties of Barium seleno-germanate Ba<sub>2</sub>GeSe<sub>4</sub> (in session "Poster Session 2")
First principles studies of Palladium nanoparticles on TiO<sub>2</sub> surfaces for catalytic application (in session "Poster Session 1")
First principles studies of Palladium nanoparticles on TiO<sub>2</sub> surfaces. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Flame retardants in City of Johannesburg EMS fire fighters bunker gear (in session "Applied Physics")
Fluctuating Open Heavy Flavour Energy Loss in a Strongly Coupled Plasma (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Fluence enhanced optical response of ion implanted stripper foil carbon thin films (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Full phase space simulation of the relativistic Boltzmann equation in the context of heavy-ion collisions (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Gadolinium doped and undoped silicon detectors for radiation sensing in high energy physics experiments (in session "Poster Session 1")
Generating high quality spatial modes of light at a high rate (in session "Photonics")
Global ionospheric vertical drift studies (in session "Poster Session 1")
Graphene/Transition metal oxides thin films using first principle approaches (in session "Poster Session 2")
Growth and Characterization of Metallic Film Precursors for the Synthesis of CZTS Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications (in session "Poster Session 2")
Growth and electronic structure charaterization of 2D germanene/Pt(111) (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Growth of zinc oxide nanostructures using block copolymer templates (in session "Poster Session 2")
Hardware optimization and open-source for learning and research (in session "Poster Session 2")
High Altitude Radiation Monitor (HARM) (in session "Space Science")
High speed photometry of a pre-main sequence star HD 68695 using the Mahikeng Astronomical Telescope (MAT) (in session "Astrophysics")
High-resolution confocal Raman microscopy analysis of the transparent hematite films prepared on fluorine-doped tin oxide coated glass substrates by spray pyrolysis (in session "Poster Session 1")
Highly capable non-rare earth doped LiMgBO<sub>3</sub> phosphor for light emitting diodes (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
How do students use the knowledge of conservative and non-conservative forces when solving work and energy theorem problems? (in session "Physics Education")
Hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon interactions constructed via Marchenko inversion approach: Application to hypernuclear spectroscopy (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Hα images of nearby galaxy groups; NGC 193 and NGC 940 (in session "Poster Session 1")
Imaging using Ptychographic iterative algorithms (in session "Poster Session 2")
Improved Photometric Identification Formula for Pulsating Stars (in session "Astrophysics")
Including Variometers in Geomagnetic Field Interpolation (in session "Space Science")
Influence of citric acid on LiMn2O4 nanostructures prepared by modified chemical bath method (in session "Poster Session 1")
Influence of Mn doping on the Room Temperature Gas Sensing Characteristics of TiO2 nanostructures (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Initial results and performance evaluation of a high speed OCT system developed at the CSIR National Laser Centre (in session "Poster Session 2")
Interpreting features of the LHC data with a second complex doublet and a singlet (in session "Poster Session 1")
Introduction to Luminescence (in session "Winter School")
Investigate ionizing radiation in the troposphere using ground-based neutron monitor, ACE/DSCVR satellite and RBSP satellite data for aviation radiation forecasting. (in session "Space Science")
INVESTIGATING SODIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE CRYSTALS FOR LASER COOLING APPLICATION (in session "Poster Session 2")
Investigating the candidate 5-alpha cluster state in 20Ne at Ex = 22.5 MeV with the 22Ne(p, t)20Ne reaction. (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Investigating the difference in FRI and FRII AGN jet morphology with relativistic hydrodynamic simulations (in session "Astrophysics")
Investigating the relationship between Ground level enhancement events and radiation enhancement at aviation altitude (in session "Poster Session 1")
Investigation of a specifically targeted photosynthetic nanoparticle drug delivery system for enhanced photodynamic therapy treatment of metastatic melanoma (in session "Photonics")
Investigation of Pc5 pulsations during a TRINNI event (in session "Space Science")
Investigation of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) using SANAE SuperDARN radar (in session "Space Science")
Ion-Implanted Polyaniline thin films for radiation sensing applications (in session "Poster Session 1")
Ionospheric Diurnal Double Peak Structures (in session "Poster Session 1")
La<sup>3+</sup> doped ZnO nanofibers obtained through electrospinning: Influence of La<sup>3+</sup> doping concentration on the structural, optical and gas sensing properties (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
LaAlO<sub>3</sub> sheet-like nanostructures synthesized through microwave-assisted method and their gas sensing characteristics (in session "Poster Session 1")
Langmuir Probe diagnostics of the exhaust plume of a miniature DC-discharge plasma-thruster. (in session "Space Science")
Laser-induced differentiation of Adipose Stem Cells to neuron-like cells (in session "Photonics")
Lattice thermal conductivity of bulk PtSe<sub>2</sub> and PtTe<sub>2</sub> (in session "Poster Session 2")
Lifetime measurements in <sup>44</sup>Sc excited states using LaBr<sub>3</sub> :(Ce) detectors coupled with the AFRODITE Array (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Light harvesting (in session "Winter School")
Lighting the future: perspectives on solid state lighting, energy efficiency and phototherapy (in session "Winter School")
Logarithmic nonlinearity in theory of quantum and classical liquids (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Lorentz Invariance Violation in high energy astrophysics (in session "Astrophysics")
Low Pressure Focal Plane Detectors for the K600 :A design study (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Luminescence properties of Bi<sup>3+</sup> doped YPO<sub>4</sub> powder produced using combustion synthesis (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Luminescent gas sensors (in session "Winter School")
Magnetic and Mössbauer studies of Ca_xZn_{1-x }Fe_2O_4 nanoferrites (in session "Poster Session 1")
Magnetic and physical properties of new hexagonal PrPt<sub>4</sub><i>X</i> (<i>X</i> = Ag, Au) compounds (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in NdPd2Al2 (in session "Poster Session 2")
Magnetic properties studies of Fe-substituted La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Maximizing the Channel Capacity of a Space Division Multiplexing System. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Measurement of fundamental ion beam – matter interaction parameters for heavy ion nuclear analytical techniques (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Measurement of heavy ion induced X-ray production cross sections in metallic targets at MeV energies. (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Measurement of the cosmogenic isotope 10-Be at iThemba LABS and applications of cosmogenic isotopes in South Africa (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Measurements of phase distortions through pulse characterization (in session "Poster Session 2")
Measuring the mesoscale neutral wind variability near auroral arcs using Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI). (in session "Space Science")
Mechanical properties of three stage heat treated Austempered ductile iron (in session "Poster Session 2")
Mesospheric Ozone Monitoring (in session "Poster Session 1")
Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Graphene-Oxide (GO) Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles (Au: NPs) (in session "Poster Session 1")
Microwave induced electron losses from an ECR Ion Source (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Migration behavior of selenium implanted into polycrystalline SiC (in session "Poster Session 2")
Mitigating the effect of fake missing energy using Machine learning in the ATLAS experiment (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Modeling of a Resonant Tunneling Transistor under Uniaxial Strain (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Modelling Crosstalk and Propagation of LG Beams in Turbulence (in session "Photonics")
Modelling of the injection function of solar energetic particles (SEPs). (in session "Space Science")
Modelling the acceleration of energetic particles at travelling heliospheric shocks (in session "Space Science")
Modelling the polarisation signatures detected from the first white dwarf pulsar AR SCO. (in session "Astrophysics")
Modelling the Spectral Energy Distribution and Polarisation of Blazars (in session "Astrophysics")
Multi-spectral observations of sprites: N2(1PG) and N2+(2PG) Emissions (in session "Space Science")
Multi-wavelength variability and correlation studies of flaring Fermi-LAT blazars. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Non-specialist lecture: The new edition of the International System of Units: Introducing the SI Redefined: Counting Atoms, Single-Electron Tunnelling and Optical Atomic Clocks (in session "Applied Physics")
Non-specialist talk: GW170817 - The South African Perspective (in session "Astrophysics")
NPRP Division Meeting (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Numerical investigation of solar energetic particle transport between the Sun, Earth, and Mars. (in session "Space Science")
Observation of local entanglement oscillation in free space (in session "Photonics")
Opening (in session "Winter School")
Optical structural properties of Y2SiO5:Ce thin films prepared by spin coating. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Optimal Attacks on a High-Dimensional QKD System (in session "Poster Session 2")
OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRON SPECTROMETER IN LENS-MODE OPERATION (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Optimization of X-ray radiography (in session "Poster Session 2")
Output power stability of an all-fibre Erbium doped fibre laser (in session "Photonics")
Partnership Opportunities in Hosting Business/Industry Events, Meetings and Conferences (in session "Applied Physics")
Performance of missing transverse energy reconstruction in pp collisions at 13 TeV in the diphoton channel with ATLAS (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Persistent luminescence excitation of BaAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+ (in session "Poster Session 1")
Phenomenology of 2HDM+S at the LHC (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Photoblinking and photobleaching of single Rhodamine 6G molecules. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Photodynamic Therapy using Sulfonated Aluminum Phthalocyanine Mix for the eradication of Cervical Cancer, An in vitro Study (in session "Applied Physics")
Photonics Division Meeting (in session "Photonics")
Physics and Humanity, Humanity and Physics (in session "Plenary")
Physics in Industry: Discussion (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics in Industry: Nanotechnology (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics in Industry: Nuclear (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics in Industry: Overview (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics in Industry: Photonics (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics in Industry: Photovoltaics (in session "Applied Physics")
Physics of microwave processing of geological materials and their interactions (in session "Poster Session 2")
Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence from individual plant light-harvesting complexes (in session "Photonics")
Potential Human Risk of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Gold Mine Waters of Gauteng Province, South Africa (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Precursor Kibble (Watt) balance for the revision of the kilogram for South Africa (in session "Applied Physics")
Preference of Co and Sn additions on Zr-<i>x</i>Nb alloy (in session "Poster Session 2")
Privacy amplification for a quantum key ditribution (in session "Poster Session 2")
Probing colour reconnection and underlying event in top quark events at the LHC (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Probing Quantum Gravity through the Radio and Gamma Regimes (in session "Astrophysics")
Probing the intergalactic magnetic field through observations of high energy gamma-rays produced by electromagnetic cascades. (in session "Poster Session 1")
Producing introductory videos for student preparation for physics practical work (in session "Physics Education")
Production of electron sources at iThemba LABS (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Properties of Cubic Boron Nitride Particles formed by Ion Implantation. (in session "Poster Session 2")
QCD Boltzmann Equation: Beyond the Soft-Scattering Approximation (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Quantification of Ag in Ag doped glass based metamaterials using XPS analysis. (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Quantitative Predictions of Heavy Flavor Photon Bremsstrahlung in Heavy Ion Collisions from AdS/CFT (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Quantum Control by Self-fullfilling prophecy (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Quantum efficiency of visible-light photochemical water splitting for hydrogen production by photocatalysis (in session "Poster Session 1")
Quantum Imaging Technologies Using Single Photon Detectors (in session "Plenary")
Quantum mechanical ab initio calculations of the structural, electronic,vibrational, mechanical and optical properties of bulk Silicon tellurides (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Quantum optical implementation of open quantum walks – a generalized approach (in session "Poster Session 1")
Quasi-normal modes and absorption probabilities of spin-3/2 fields in D-dimensional Reissner-Nordstrom black hole spacetimes (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Radiation from relativistic particles accelerated at shear layers in relativistic jets. (in session "Astrophysics")
Radio Intereformetric Calibration using a Complex Student-t distribution and Wirtinger derivatives (in session "Astrophysics")
Radio observation of diffuse radio emission in Abell 773 galaxy cluster (in session "Astrophysics")
Radiological risk assessment of water sources from the Serule area of Botswana (in session "Poster Session 1")
Real-time Vibration Sensing in Renewable Energy Wind Turbine Blades Using a Polarization Based Optical Fibre Device (in session "Applied Physics")
Regulation of star formation in X-ray rich galaxy groups (stellar populations in brightest group galaxies) (in session "Astrophysics")
Resonant Ionization Spectroscopy for laser isotope separation of zinc isotopes (in session "Photonics")
Robust quantum key distribution with spatial modes (in session "Photonics")
Rust: The unusual candidate for hydrogen production (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Sampling of P91 base metal for in-situ neutron powder diffraction and dilatometer evaluation / characterisation (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Science at the Mahikeng Astronomical Observatory (in session "Astrophysics")
Search for a heavier Higgs like boson and a dark force boson using ATLAS experiment results (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Search for a new boson by studying the Z(ll) + photon final state (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Search for gamma-ray emission from the newly discovered close binary system AR Scorpii (in session "Poster Session 1")
Search for W'->tb using the 2017 and 2018 in the hadronic final states with ATLAS (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Searching for Majorana Zero Modes Using Model-free Reinforcement Learning (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Shear-free Dust Cosmological Models in Gravitational Scalar-Tensor Theories (in session "Astrophysics")
Signal and background ATLAS Monte Carlo Comparison studies in the H→ZZ→4l Channel. (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Simulation and analysis of spectral domain optical coherence tomography. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Single molecule fluorescence microscopy- An application in thin polymer film dynamics. (in session "Photonics")
Single photon emission from NV defects in diamond (in session "Poster Session 2")
Size and shape impact on thermal expansion coefficient of nanowires (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Sol-gel combustion synthesis and stability of La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>:Bi<sup>3+</sup> powder phosphor (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Solutions of Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations with logarithmic phantom field (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
South African Women in Physics- Progress (in session "WiPiSA lunch")
Spectral and Morphological Fitting of Young Pulsar Wind Nebulae using a Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo Procedure (in session "Astrophysics")
Spectral Resource Management based on VCSEL Wavelength Switching and Allocation (in session "Applied Physics")
Spectroscopic follow up of TESS observations to study new Pulsating Pre-Main Sequence stars (in session "Poster Session 1")
Spectroscopy of trivalent neodymium ions (Nd3+) in zinc oxide (ZnO) powders and thin films. (in session "Poster Session 2")
Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion Beam Shaping (in session "Photonics")
Sprites over South Africa (in session "Space Science")
SQUID Magnetometer Data Analysis (in session "Poster Session 1")
Statistical properties of 180,181,182Ta and their implications for 180Ta nucleosynthesis (in session "Poster Session 1")
Statistical Properties of highly-deformed Samarium isotopes (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Status of the ECR ionizer for polarized ion source at iThemba LABS (in session "Poster Session 1")
Stopbands of fast ion-acoustic solitons in non-thermal plasmas with two-temperature adiabatic ions (in session "Space Science")
Storm-time TEC mapping over Africa and surrounding areas (in session "Space Science")
Structural and optical properties of NiO nanopowders prepared by co-precipitation method for gas sensing applications (in session "Poster Session 1")
Structural and optical properties of spin coated graphene oxide thin films (in session "Poster Session 1")
Structural studies of YOF synthesized by hydrothermal and pyrolysis of trifluoroacetate precursor methods (in session "Poster Session 2")
Structural, electronic and optical properties of CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>PbI<sub>3</sub> (in session "Poster Session 1")
Structural, optical and photoluminescence investigations of Eu doped ZnO spin coating films (in session "Poster Session 2")
Structure and dynamics of noble gas temperature control on Ti metal clusters (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Structure of <sup>33</sup> Si, <sup>35</sup> S and <sup>36</sup> S nuclei and the N=20 shell gap (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Student ideas on Vector direction in Kinematics graphs (in session "Physics Education")
Study of structural damage in InGaN and InAlN thin films due to Cu+ ion irradiation (in session "Poster Session 2")
Study the impact of pile-up jets in the MET reconstruction for the forward region at the ATLAS experiment (in session "Poster Session 1")
Studying the effects of pileup on the leptonic properties for the H-> ZZ -> 4l channel with the ATLAS detector at the LHC (in session "Poster Session 1")
SuperDARN radar estimates of thermospheric neutral density (in session "Space Science")
Surface chemical characterization of ZnO-Eu3+/Yb3+ thin films on Si (100) substrates using TOF‐SIMS (in session "Poster Session 1")
Surface modified ZIF-67 and NH2-MIL(101)Fe Metal Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis and Supercapacitor Applications (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Synthesis and characterization of Halide Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaic Application (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Synthesis and Characterization of spinel type Zinc Ferrite for possible application in gas sensing (in session "Poster Session 2")
Synthesis and characterization of Zn<sub>(1-x)</sub>S:Cu<sub>x</sub> nanoparticle thin films by using spin-coating for enhancement of UV-LEDs and Solar Cells (in session "Poster Session 1")
Synthesis and characterization of ZnS prepared by Co-precipitation method (in session "Poster Session 1")
Synthesis and thermoluminescence kinetic parameters of UV irradiated BaAl2O4:Nd nanocrystals (in session "Poster Session 2")
Synthesis of MXene nanoribbons with Onion-like carbons for supercapacitors (in session "Applied Physics")
Synthesis, structural and magnetic properties of Ni0.5Ti0.5Fe2O4 (in session "Poster Session 1")
Systematic uncertainties in the search for a high mass scalar decaying to 4 leptons in the ATLAS detector at the LHC (in session "Poster Session 1")
Temperature dependance of Pt, Pd, Ru and Ag on FeAl systems (in session "Poster Session 2")
Temperature-dependent gas sensing study of chemically prepared CeO<sub>2</sub>-CuO nanoparticles (in session "Applied Physics")
Temporal Effect on Optical Pulse-per-second Clock Stability (in session "Poster Session 2")
The \textbf{{\textbf{ $H \to h h, S h, S S\to 4W\to 4\ell + 4\nu$} analysis with the ATLAS detector: optimization and prospects for the full Run-2 data}} (in session "Poster Session 1")
The compatibility of the LHC data with new bosons (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
The Dependence of Raman Signal Enhancements on Chain-lengths of Alkanethiols functionalized on gold nanoparticles (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
The effect of different annealing period intervals on BaAl2O4:0.2% Ce3+ nano-phosphor’ structure, morphology and luminescent properties synthesized by citrate sol-gel method. (in session "Poster Session 1")
The effect of photobiomodulation at 660 nm on the differentiation of diabetic wounded WS1 human fibroblasts into myofibroblasts (in session "Photonics")
The effect of temperature on electrical characteristics of Al/n-GaSb Schottky barrier diodes. (in session "Poster Session 2")
The effect of varying Cu2+ concentration on the structure and optical property of BaAl2O4: x%Cu2+ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) nano-phosphors prepared using the citrate sol-gel method. (in session "Poster Session 2")
The first-excited 2+ state in 14C (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
The impact of phenomenography and variation theory on students’ understanding of the concept of acceleration. (in session "Physics Education")
The ionospheric response to HILDCAA events over the African mid-latitude sector (in session "Space Science")
The MinPET diamond discovery technique – an update (in session "Applied Physics")
The Multimessenger Universe - A New Era of Astronomy (in session "Public Lecture")
The relativistic length transformation: more than a Lorentz contraction (in session "Poster Session 2")
The Search for High Efficiency Energy Conversion Nanocrystals: A Personal Account (in session "Plenary")
The synthesis, characterization and application of different morphologies of ZnO in the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
The thermal quenching process of the La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>S:Eu(III) phosphor material (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
Theoretical and Computational Physics Division Meeting (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Thermoelectric properties of CdGa2O4 spinel (in session "Poster Session 2")
Thermoluminescence: Standards and contemporary developments (in session "Winter School")
Towards an ab initio model for the radiation dose rate of cosmic rays on and near various planetary surfaces is our solar system: solar cycle-dependent modulation of galactic cosmic-ray intensities (in session "Space Science")
Ultra-diffuse galaxies in Stripe 82 Clusters (in session "Astrophysics")
UNDERSTANDING THE ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TIO2 ANATASE (100) AND (001) SURFACES DOPED AND CO-DOPED WITH SILVER AND CARBON FOR APPLICATION IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (in session "Applied Physics")
Upconversion luminescence of NaGdF4 : Yb3+, Ho3+ phosphors for potential biomedical applications (in session "Applied Physics")
Updated orbital parameters for LMC P3 with SALT/HRS (in session "Astrophysics")
Use of machine learning techniques in high energy physics (in session "Poster Session 1")
Using Monte Carlo Simulations and Experiments to Investigate the Activation of Heavy Metals Using 14.1 MeV Neutrons (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Using optical tweezers to measure the forces exerted by molecular motors in onion cells (in session "Photonics")
Using reference radiation source to test Monte Carlo simulations (in session "Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics")
Using the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model to extract the thermal conductivity transport coefficient of hadron gas. (in session "Theoretical and Computational Physics")
Vector vortex beams through amplifiers (in session "Photonics")
Visualization and machine learning application for the sorting of diamondiferous rock from mined kimberlite (in session "Poster Session 2")
Welcome to the Dome - Three surprising things a Robot Telescope can do (in session "Plenary")
Where does the problem start, in as far as vectors are concerned? (in session "Physics Education")
Wireless Mesh Data Communications and Reliability Analysis for Anti-theft Application Deployment in Educational Institutions (in session "Applied Physics")
WPIT101 (Introduction to Wave-particle Interactions in Turbulence): Micro-physics of Charged Particle Transport in Turbulent Magnetic Fields (in session "Space Science")
ZnO nanoparticles doped with cobalt and indium mechano-chemically for methane gas sensing application (in session "Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials")
ZnO-based Photonics (in session "Winter School")
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