<i>Ab</i>-<i>initio</i> studies of Tm<sup>3+</sup> interstitial defects in Germanium (Ge) using Hybrid Functional HSE06 (in session "DPCMM")
A 'road test' of ANOVA versus DFT and LS as a period-finding algorithm (in session "Astro")
A calibration facility for in-situ gamma-ray detector efficiency (in session "NPRP")
A Comparative Study of the Preparedness for Undergraduate Studies of Students entering the University with South African Matriculation Examination results and Zimbabwe ZIMSEC Examination results. (in session "Poster2")
A comparative study of the three empirical solar models in North West, South Africa. (in session "Poster2")
A comparison of solid state reaction, electrical performance and failure mechanism of ruthenium Schottky contacts on 6H-SiC and 4H-SiC after air annealing. (in session "Applied")
A density functional theory and magnetic resonance studies of radiation damage in plastic scintillators (in session "Poster1")
A di-Higgs Search in the γγbb Decay Channel Using the ATLAS Detector (in session "NPRP")
A model describing two-exciton effects in photosynthetic light-harvesting systems (in session "TCP")
A multiplet of chiral bands in 194Tl: DSAM lifetime measurements (in session "NPRP")
A Near Infrared Femtosecond Laser Source for Observation of Charge Transfer Processes in Semiconductors (in session "Photonics")
A new approach to modeling the heliospheric current sheet (in session "Space")
A Nonlinear Optical loop Mirror enhanced three wavelengths Erbium doped fiber laser (in session "Photonics")
A PAPER-32 Stokes I Sky Catalogue (in session "Astro")
A Portable ReadOut ModulE for Tilecal ElectrOnics (PROMETEO) test-bench for the certification of the Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS detector (in session "NPRP")
A precise measurement of the ½<sup>+</sup> to ½<sup>+</sup> ft value in <sup>19</sup>Ne beta decay (in session "Poster2")
A quantification evaluation of the depth resolution of AES depth profiling data of Cu/Ni multilayer thin films using the MRI model (in session "Poster1")
A quantum walk-based MPPT optimization algorithm for a stand-alone PV system (in session "Poster2")
A quasi-periodicity in the optical polarization of the blazar PKS 2155-304? (in session "Astro")
A Study Of Potential Calibrators Using The KAT-7 Telescope (in session "Astro")
A study of radiation damage in plastic scintillators using magnetic resonance techniques for the upgrade of the ATLAS detector (in session "NPRP")
A study of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance across the neodymium and samarium isotope chains (in session "NPRP")
A Timing Noise Analysis Pipeline for HartRAO pulsars (in session "Astro")
Ability of Gold Nanoparticles in mediating cellular damage in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) using laser irradiation (in session "Photonics")
Acceleration of galactic electrons at the solar wind termination shock and their journey beyond (in session "Space")
Acceleration parameters for fluid physics with accelerating bodies (in session "Applied")
Active phase correction using a VCSEL for clock tones transmitted along a 24 km optical fibre link (in session "Poster2")
Alpha particle scattering within the MCAS approach (in session "NPRP")
Ambient gamma dose rate measurements at Manyoni uranium mines, Singida, Tanzania (in session "Poster2")
An ab-initio study of the metastability of the boron-vacancy (B-V) complex in silicon. (in session "DPCMM")
An analysis and quantification of typical errors in the deterministic calculational path for research reactor modelling (in session "NPRP")
An Integrated Software Based Analytical Model for the Signal Path Efficiency of the HartRAO Lunar Laser Ranger Optical System (in session "Space")
An Integration Framework Tool for ATCAs in the ATLAS Detector Control System (in session "NPRP")
An overview of the mainstream mechanics first year module at the University of the Western Cape and students experiences of the module (in session "Poster2")
Analysis of homogeneity in thin film photovoltaic modules using large area light beam induced current (LA-LBIC) measurements. (in session "Applied")
Analysis of ionospheric response during geomagnetic storms for mid and low latitudes (in session "Space")
Angular Accelerating White Light (in session "Photonics")
Annual General Meeting
Armorphization and Recrystallization of spinel LiMn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nano-architectures (in session "DPCMM")
Assessment of Physics practicals using a software-embedded and improvisation based scientifically efficient system (in session "Poster2")
Beam experiments with the Grenoble Test Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source at iThemba LABS (in session "Poster2")
Beyond Mixing-Length Theory: an advanced approach to treating convective energy transfer in stars. (in session "Astro")
Biological filament interacting with molecular motors (in session "TCP")
BLAZE-DEM: A GPU based large scale 3D discrete element particle transport framework (in session "Applied")
Calculation of the contribution of core states in CdF2 to the electron-positron annihilation momentum density using generalized gradient approximation. (in session "Poster1")
Calibrating the 8000M Ball Miller Using Anatase and Rutile Titania Nanoparticles (in session "Poster1")
Catalyst-free thermal evaporation of Zn powder at atmospheric pressure (in session "Poster1")
Channelling radiation of electrons in high-quality HPHT diamond single crystals (in session "Poster2")
Characterisation of potential cluster states in 16O (in session "NPRP")
Characterisation of traditional ceramic materials used in the Sotho culture (South-Africa) for clay pot making (in session "DPCMM")
Characteristics and function of the South African national measuring standard for force. (in session "Applied")
Characterization of the Multipath Environment of Ionospheric Scintillation Receivers (in session "Space")
Characterization of torrefied sugarcane bagasse for gasification in a downdraft biomass gasifier system. (in session "Applied")
CHPC Introduction to Linux and Python Course: A capacity building tool for High Performance Computing (in session "TCP")
Collective Electronic Excitations in Ferromagnetic Metals (in session "DPCMM")
Communication through fibres using cylindrical vector vortex modes. (in session "Photonics")
Comparative analysis of the performance of integrated and split type air source heat pump water heaters by diagnostic characterization (in session "Applied")
Comparative study of proton induced radiation damage in plastic scintillators for the Tile Calorimeter of ATLAS (in session "NPRP")
Comparison of optical and luminescence properties of as prepared and annealed ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using sol-gel method. (in session "DPCMM")
Computaional Modelling of Ti<sub>50-x</sub>Pt<sub>50</sub>Zr<sub>x</sub> SMAs (in session "Poster1")
Computational Modelling Studies of Platinum Telluride Minerals (in session "DPCMM")
Computational modelling studies of recrystallised nano-architectured TiO2 structures at different lithium concentration and temperatures for energy storage applications. (in session "Poster1")
Computational Study on Advanced Lithium – Sulphur Battery for Future Portable Energy Storage (in session "DPCMM")
Computer modeling studies of the adsorption energies of heavy metals onto vermiculite surface (in session "Poster2")
Computer simulation as a strategy for generating manganese dioxide nanotubes (in session "Poster1")
Computer simulation study of water adsorption on {110} surface of nickel-rich pentlandite (Fe<sub>4</sub>Ni<sub>5</sub>S<sub>8</sub>) mineral (in session "DPCMM")
Controlled injection of higher-order modes into an optical fiber from a solid state digital laser (in session "Photonics")
Creating and Measuring 2 µm Light Using a Spatial Light Modulator (in session "Poster2")
Cross-section Electron Microscopy studies of Boron Implanted Hexagonal Boron Nitride (in session "Poster2")
CZTS solar cell: A green energy source produced in a green way. (in session "Poster1")
Dark matter production in association with Higgs bosons through heavy scalar resonance at the LHC (in session "NPRP")
Data assimilation into a climatological model (in session "Space")
Data processing at the Necsa neutron diffraction facility (in session "NPRP")
Deep level defects in alpha-particle irradiated epitaxially grown silicon (in session "Poster1")
Demonstration of a new ultrafast pulse reconstruction modality – PIRANA (in session "Poster2")
Density functional theory calculation of surface properties of pyrite (100) and depression of pyrite using TGA. (in session "Poster1")
Density Functional Theory on a Lattice: Particle Number Dependence of the Exchange-Correlation Potential. (in session "Poster2")
Density functional theory study of methane dissociation over Pd nanoclusters (in session "DPCMM")
Dependence of the photo-ionization cross-section of α-Al2O3:C on the measurement temperature (in session "DPCMM")
Determination of a neutron beam fluence energy distribution using multichannel unfolding code MAXED (in session "Poster2")
Determination of the band gap of AlGaN epilayers by FTIR reflectance spectroscopy (in session "Poster1")
Determination of the Origin of a High Frequency Signal Superimposed on the Light Emission detected from a Detonating Explosive in a Free Environment (in session "Poster2")
Determining the effect of the solar cell band gap on power yield in southern African irradiance conditions (in session "Applied")
Determining the spectroscopic quadrupole moment (Q<sub>s</sub>) of the first 2<sup>+</sup> state in <sup>40</sup>Ar (in session "Poster2")
Developing a sorting code for Coulomb-excitation studies at iThemba LABS (in session "NPRP")
Developing Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Biosensors through Simulation and Modelling (in session "DPCMM")
Developing the high data-throughput ADC daughter board of the PROMETEO test-bench for the upgrade of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (in session "NPRP")
Development of kHz applied optical remote sensing for atmospheric insect monitoring applications (in session "Photonics")
Development of Single Mode 2076.4 nm Holmium-doped Fibre Laser (in session "Photonics")
Diamond -like carbon (DLC) thin films:Synthesis and investigation (in session "Poster1")
Division Meeting (in session "TCP")
Division Meeting (in session "Applied")
Division Meeting (in session "Photonics")
Division Meeting (in session "NPRP")
Division Meeting (in session "Edu")
Division Meeting (in session "Astro")
Division Meeting (in session "DPCMM")
Does proficiency in units and measurements contribute towards success in first year university physics? (in session "Poster2")
Double Coset Magnons (in session "TCP")
Dynamical mass estimates of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect selected galaxy clusters in the Millennium Gas simulations (in session "Astro")
Effect of Background gas and substrate temperature on ZnO:Zn thin films (in session "Poster1")
Effect of guided inquiry laboratory activities on first-year physics students’ views on the nature of science. (in session "Edu")
Effect of Pb doping and annealing temperature on the structural and optical properties ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel method (in session "Poster1")
Effect of pH on ZnO nanostructures prepared by chemical bath method (in session "DPCMM")
Effect of temperature annealing on 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes after alpha-particle irradiation at high fluences (in session "Poster1")
Efficiency Increase in a Cold Sprayed Hot Mirror Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (in session "Applied")
Efficient processing of physics quantities for the Processing Unit for the upgrade of the Tile Calorimeter of ATLAS (in session "Poster2")
Electrical characteristics of Pd Schottky contacts on ZnO and AZO nanoparticles (in session "Poster1")
Electrical characterization of 5.4 MeV alpha particle irradiated, low doped n-type Gallium Arsenide. (in session "Poster1")
Electrical characterization of bulk 4H-SiC (in session "Poster1")
Electrical characterization of introduced in bulk grown ZnO during electron beam exposure (in session "Poster1")
Electrical Characterization of MeV Alpha-particle Irradiated Ni/4H-SiC Diodes and their Recovery by Annealing Treatment (in session "Poster1")
Electrical characterization of undoped and niobium-doped n-silicon diodes (in session "Poster1")
Electrodeposited Ni Nanowires-Track Etched P.E.T. Composites As Selective Solar Absorbers (in session "DPCMM")
Electronic and magnetic properties of the (Cr<sub>84</sub>Re<sub>16</sub>)<sub>100-x</sub>Mn<sub>x</sub> alloy system (in session "Poster1")
Electronic and Optical Properties of monolayer MX 2 M= Zr, Hf; X= S, Se from first principles calculations (in session "DPCMM")
Electronic tracking system for quantum cryptography and radio telecommunication (in session "Applied")
Embedding of noble metal nanoparticles and study of optical and photoluminescence properties induced by ion irradiation (in session "DPCMM")
Energy transfer mechanisms and material properties of Y2O3: Eu3+:Ho3+ nanophosphors synthesized by sol- combustion method. (in session "Poster1")
Energy yield monitoring of photovoltaic technologies (in session "Applied")
Enhancing light absorption and life-time stability of organic solar cells using pentacene encapsulation. (in session "Applied")
Estimating plasma drift velocities in the low latitude regions within the African sector. (in session "Space")
Estimation of energy production decrease due to shading for the Nampower rooftop system (in session "Applied")
Evaluation of an empirical model for a flat plate solar collector (in session "Poster2")
Evolutionary algorithm simulation study of Manganese dioxide nanoclusters (in session "DPCMM")
Exciton energies of chalcopyrites AgAlX2 (X=S,Se,Te) from GW and BSE calculations (in session "DPCMM")
Experimental evaluation of emission models from a thermal evaporation source (in session "Poster2")
Exploring teachers’ baseline knowledge of mechanics (in session "Edu")
Exploring teaching-learning activity in large class groups (in session "Poster2")
Exploring the Dark Sector extension to the Standard Model via the Higgs Portal (in session "NPRP")
Expository vs Problem-based approach to Physics practicals at the University of Johannesburg-A case study (in session "Poster2")
Extraction of statistical properties in 181Ta to investigate nucleo-synthesis of 180Ta (in session "NPRP")
Fabrication and Characterisation of CdO-CNS hybrid for LPG Sensing (in session "Poster1")
Fano-like scattering in nanocomposites (in session "TCP")
Fast Neutron Radiography at an RFQ Accelerator System (in session "NPRP")
Fast Scheme for Approximating an Off Set PSF Response (in session "Astro")
Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy on wild-type and mutant antenna complexes from Arabidopsis thaliana (in session "Photonics")
Ferromagnetism in Chromium-doped Rutile, Anatase and Brookite phases of Titanium dioxide (in session "DPCMM")
Fibre Bragg grating sensor to measure shrinkage in a concrete overlay. (in session "Photonics")
Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement Sensors for a Robotic Hand (in session "Photonics")
Fibre-to-the-Hut Technology: A Solution to Cheap Access for High-Speed Optical Network in South Africa (in session "Poster2")
Fine structure of the isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in neutron-rich calcium isotopes using the (p,p') reaction at 200 MeV (in session "NPRP")
Firewall Argument for Acoustic Black Holes (in session "TCP")
First principle study of Xanthate and Diethyldithiophosphate adsorption on PtS (010) surface (in session "DPCMM")
Fluorescence behaviour of europium doped Gd2O3 nanosheets (in session "Poster2")
Fluorescence spectra of carbon monoxide isotopomers upon vacuum ultraviolet excitation (in session "Photonics")
Forbidden gap regions in ion-acoustic solitons (in session "Space")
Formation of chemical compound layer due to reaction-diffusion process (in session "DPCMM")
Fringe Fitting Calibration of VLBI Data (in session "Poster2")
From single nano-wire nano-electronics through gas FETs to deployable portable industrial sensing devices (in session "Applied")
Fundamental Laguerre-Gaussian (LGp0) mode with lower output power threshold (in session "Photonics")
Gene Expression Changes in Diabetic Wound Healing as Induced by Photobiostimulation <i> in vitro </i> (in session "Photonics")
Generation and validation of Monte Carlo signal events for the H->ZdZd->4l Analysis (in session "NPRP")
Generation of Time-Stamps by a Digital Data Acquisition System (in session "NPRP")
Global competitiveness as a barometer of scientific endeavor (in session "Poster2")
GPU-based Computation of Energy and Time for the Upgrade of the Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS Detector” (in session "NPRP")
Gum ghatti-based poly(acrylic acid-aniline) IPN hydrogel: Characterization and release properties (in session "Applied")
H.E.S.S. observations of radio galaxies (in session "Astro")
High resolution X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence of InAs<sub>1-x</sub>Sb<sub>x</sub>/GaSb (in session "Poster1")
High-Momentum Particle Production at RHIC, Fermilab, and LHC (in session "Poster2")
Higher dimensional quantum key distribution in the presence of quantum noise (in session "Poster2")
Hong-Ou-Mandel interference for the orbital angular momentum Bell States - a high dimensional analysis (in session "Photonics")
Hot Mirrors for Parabolic Trough Solar Receivers (in session "Applied")
Hydrogenation of Ti6Al4V alloy and Commercially Pure (CP) Ti (in session "DPCMM")
Hypothesising the effects of Higgs portal dark matter in particle colliders (in session "TCP")
Impact of dose rate on radiation damage of plastics scintillators for the Tile Calorimeter of ATLAS. (in session "Poster2")
Implementation of a goodness-of-fit test for finding optimal concurrent radio and gamma-ray pulsar light curves (in session "Astro")
Implementing the Deutsch Algorithm with classical light (in session "Photonics")
Implementing the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm with classical light (in session "Poster2")
In-situ neutron powder diffraction temperature capabilities at SAFARI-1 (in session "Applied")
Inaugural NASSP Consortium Meeting (in session "Astro")
Influence of a buffer layer on the electrical properties of ZnO/Si heterojunction (in session "Poster1")
Influence of alkaline earth metal cations; Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Sr<sup>2+</sup> and Ba<sup>2+</sup> on the structural and optical properties of MAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>: Eu<sup>2+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup> phosphors. (in session "Poster1")
Integrability in Giant Graviton Dynamics (in session "TCP")
Intensity Mapping Techniques for Radio Observation (in session "Astro")
Intra-cavity metamorphosis of a Gaussian beam to flat-top distribution (in session "Poster2")
Investigating charge carrier effects in silicon membranes using fs laser. (in session "Poster2")
Investigating prompt gamma cross-section data using a Geant4-simulated AFRODITE detector system (in session "NPRP")
Investigating the excited electronic states of carotenoids in the main plant light-harvesting complex (LHCII) via femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy (in session "Photonics")
Investigating the structural changes in strontium implanted glassy carbon using Multiwavelength Raman Spectroscopy (in session "Poster2")
Investigating the Variability of Sources in the Data from the Karoo Array Telescope. U. Mbou Sob, S.K.Sirothia, T. Glober, O. Smirnov (in session "Poster2")
Investigation of MOVPE-InSb Quantum Dots grown using TMIn and TDMASb (in session "Poster1")
Investigation of nuclear reactor materials using modern electron microscopy techniques (in session "DPCMM")
Investigation of Pc5 pulsation events using Sanae radar and ground-based magnetometer data during northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) interval (in session "Space")
Investigation of the annealing behaviour of the donor-vacancy complex in alpha-particle irradiated Ge. (in session "DPCMM")
Ion Sources used to produce different beams at iThemba LABS (in session "NPRP")
Ionospheric pre-geomagnetic disturbance enhancements over African equatorial and midlatitude regions (in session "Space")
Iron bearing minerals characterised with Mossbauer spectroscopy at the Mineral Processing and Technology Research Centre , University of Johannesburg, South Africa (in session "Poster1")
Irradiation of in vitro melanoma cells with low intensity laser in the presence of hypericin and aluminium (III) phthalocyanine chloride tetrasulphonate for use in photodynamic diagnosis (in session "Photonics")
Is solar PV generated electricity cheap in South Africa? (in session "Applied")
Isolation and characterization of carbon nanoballs and nanofibers from an internal combustion (I.C) engine (in session "Poster1")
Jet substructure: a discovery tool at the LHC (in session "NPRP")
Large amplitude slow and fast electron-acoustic solitons and supersolitons in three-electron temperature space plasmas (in session "Space")
Large N Conformal Field Theory from Gauge Theory/ Gravity Duality (in session "TCP")
Laser excitation studies and crystal-field analysis of ZnO:Tb<sup>3+</sup> and ZnO:Eu<sup>3+</sup> powders (in session "Poster1")
Low cost empirical modelling to determine milk production in a dairy plant: A case study of Fort Hare Dairy Trust (in session "Poster2")
Measurement of diffusion capacitance of mono-crystalline and poly-crystalline photovoltaic cells using LBIC (in session "Poster2")
Measurement of single muon vs charged particle multiplicity at the LHC – an outlook study. (in session "NPRP")
Measuring the optical thermometry properties of a phosphor (in session "Poster2")
Measuring the “vectorness” of a vector vortex beam (in session "Photonics")
Metrology of Ultrasound and Underwater Acoustics at the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (in session "Poster2")
Microstructural analysis of proton irradiated zircaloy-4 (in session "Poster1")
Minimum Norm Estimates for the Bioelectromagnetic Inverse Problem (in session "Poster2")
MOCVD growth of GaSb/GaAs quantum dots (in session "Poster1")
Modeling antenna primary beams using characteristic basis function patterns (in session "Astro")
Modelling ground conductivity for computing the electric field associated with geomagnetically induced currents (A mid latitude case study) (in session "Space")
Molecular dynamics studies of Schottky and Frenkel defects in cerium dioxide (in session "Poster2")
Monte Carlo based estimation of the effect of different aerosol classes on solar irradiance in African atmospheric conditions (in session "Applied")
Monte Carlo simulations to obtain the weak magnetism term for <sup>22</sup>Na beta decay (in session "NPRP")
Morphological and elemental properties of sugarcane bagasse for gasification purposes (in session "Poster2")
Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Precipitates in a 12% Cr Steel (in session "DPCMM")
Multiple chiral bands associated with the same strongly asymmetric many-particle nucleon configuration (in session "Poster2")
Neutrino mass hierarchy and CP phase measurement using atmospheric neutrino flux (in session "Poster2")
New Minimization Techniques, Solvers and Calibration Algorithms (in session "Poster2")
Non-Fermi Liquid Fixed Point in a Wilsonian Theory of Quantum Critical Metals (in session "TCP")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Accelerating light (in session "Photonics")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Cosmic rays from binary millisecond pulsars (in session "Astro")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Hyperbolic extra-dimensions in particle physics and beyond (in session "TCP")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Neutron diffraction facilities MPISI and PITSI at SAFARI-1 (in session "DPCMM")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Non-destructive Testing of wind power generators (in session "Applied")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Penetrating Radiation: The Power of Tomography as an Analytic Research Tool (in session "Applied")
NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: South Africa and the International Measurement System: Billion or Trillion? (in session "Edu")
Non-universality of a constrained period doubling route to chaos for Rössler's system (in session "TCP")
Novel zincate phosphors: A new red-emitting phosphors for LED applications (in session "Photonics")
Nuclear structure studies in the A=136 mass region using transfer reactions. (in session "NPRP")
Numerical modelling of hydrodynamical astrophysical outflows (in session "Poster2")
On the effect of optical configuration on the performance of different multijunction cells used in H-CPV systems. (in session "Applied")
One and two dimentional models of dye adsorption for application in dye sensitized solar cells (in session "TCP")
Online energy reconstruction on ARM for the ATLAS TileCal sROD co-processing unit (in session "NPRP")
Open-Source electronic board designed in South-Africa, for Africa (in session "Applied")
Opening and Welcome Address
Optical Observations of the Be/X-ray Binary A0538-66 (in session "Astro")
Optical spectroscopic observations of unclassified Active Galactic Nuclei in the Fermi-2LAC catalogue (in session "Astro")
Optical spectroscopy of PSR B1259-63 around the 2014 periastron passage (in session "Astro")
Optimization of a small-angle neutron scattering instrument using the VITESS model (in session "DPCMM")
Optimization of losses introduced by p absorbing mask in a Digital Laser (in session "Poster2")
Optimizing low Reynolds number wind turbine blades (in session "Applied")
Orientation of the Ge crystals of the iThemba LABS segmented clover detector (in session "Poster2")
Perceptions of Professional Academic Development: Barriers and bridges between physics lecturers and physics education researchers. (in session "Edu")
Performance Comparison between the Traditional Intensity Modulation Direct Detection and Coherent Detection in a High Speed Optical Fibre Communication System (in session "Applied")
Performance of missing transverse momentum reconstruction in ATLAS (in session "NPRP")
Phase noise analysis for 1.7-14.5 GHz clock signal transmission over 12km telescope network optical fibre (in session "Poster2")
Phosphorescence of phototransferred thermoluminescence in annealed synthetic quartz (in session "DPCMM")
Phototransferred thermoluminescence in argon implanted synthetic quartz (in session "Poster1")
Physical properties of Cr<sub>78</sub>Al<sub>22</sub> thin films (in session "Poster1")
Plasma diagnostics on the GTS-ECRIS at iThemba Labs (in session "NPRP")
PLENARY: 1,2,3 …. infinity: high-dimensional quantum entanglement with patterns of light (in session "Plenary")
PLENARY: Exploring the Solar System and Beyond: Some Recent Results (in session "Plenary")
PLENARY: Exploring the World with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (in session "Plenary")
PLENARY: Optical Techniques Applied to Materials Physics (in session "Plenary")
PLENARY: Space Weather – why should we care? (in session "Plenary")
PLENARY: Status of Women in STEM in the US (in session "Plenary")
Portable QKD Device Using the COW Protocol (in session "Applied")
Possible extragalactic astrophysical counterparts of IceCube neutrino events. (in session "Astro")
Prediction of Structures and Energy stabilities of VO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles. (in session "Poster1")
Preparation and electrochemical investigation of the cobalt hydroxide carbonate/activated carbon nanocomposite for supercapacitor applications (in session "Poster1")
Probing new physics in the Higgs sector with effective field theories at the Large Hadron Collider (in session "NPRP")
Process tomography within the hybrid formalism (in session "TCP")
Prodding QGP in N=4 SYM with Stringy Yo-yos (in session "TCP")
Progress in Relativistic Electro-Magneto-Fluid Dynamics of Polarized Media (in session "TCP")
Progress with the Colliding Shock Lens (in session "Applied")
Projection operators in the theory of open quantum systems (in session "TCP")
Propagation of cylindrical vector beams through fibres (in session "Poster2")
PUBLIC TALK: Conflict in climate change (in session "Plenary")
PUBLIC TALK: Exploring the Universe - The Search for Signs of Life (in session "Plenary")
Qualitative assessment of Photovoltaic modules using Electroluminescence (in session "Applied")
Quality vs Quantity: the National Senior Certificate - a case study (in session "Poster2")
Quasi-Normal Modes for Spin-3/2 Fields (in session "TCP")
Radiation Shielding Calculation using FLUKA transport code for Radiactive-ion Beam Facility at iThemba LABS. (in session "Poster2")
Radio Observations Of GRB 100418a: Test Of An Energy Injection Model Explaining Long-Lasting GRB Afterglows (in session "Astro")
Radioelement results which was obtained with a self-developed measuring method of a new in situ gamma ray detection system (in session "NPRP")
Radon exhilation of building materials (in session "Poster2")
Reaction mechanisms studied using the iThemba LABS recoil detector (in session "Poster2")
Reaction rates determination using Monte Carlo simulations for the Bi target at 90 MeV neutron energy. (in session "Poster2")
Reconfigurable Wavelength Selective Switching for 10 Gbps Optical Fibre Ring Networks (in session "Applied")
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics On Non-commutative Space (in session "TCP")
Resonant absorption of electromagnetic radiation by building materials (in session "Applied")
Role of defects in the emission of undoped and doped ZnO thin film prepared by pulsed laser deposition (in session "DPCMM")
Rotation Curves and Bars: Accounting for non-circular motions in barred spiral galaxies (in session "Astro")
Rutherford Backscattering Analysis using lithium ions. (in session "Applied")
SBS observation of higher order resonances in annealed, carbon implanted CVD (in session "DPCMM")
Scanning probe microscopy in material science and biology (in session "DPCMM")
Search for a Neutral MSSM Higgs bosons in the tau-tau final state in early Run II collision data at ATLAS (in session "NPRP")
Search for Extreme Metal-Poor Stars in the Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey (in session "Astro")
Search for scissor resonance in 182Ta (in session "NPRP")
Search for the Higgs boson in the di-photon decay in association with intermediate missing energy with the ATLAS detector (in session "NPRP")
Second-order Coulomb excitation effects from the GDR (in session "NPRP")
Security of quantum key distribution (in session "Poster2")
Selenization dependence of morphological, structural and electrical properties of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin films deposited by one-step sputtering (in session "DPCMM")
Sensitivity to New Physics via the study of the Higgs boson transverse momentum at the ATLAS detector (in session "Poster2")
Simonkolleite-graphene foam composites and their superior electrochemical performance (in session "Poster2")
Simulating mechanical annealing of atomic-sized gold surfaces via classical molecular dynamics and density functional theory transport calculations (in session "TCP")
Simulation of quasi-mono-energetic neutron beam fluence energy distributions at the iThemba LABS time-of-flight facility (in session "Poster2")
Simulation of radiography beam collimation using ray tracing method (in session "Applied")
Simultaneous substitution of Ba, Mn and Co into Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> spinel structure: Magnetic and electrochemical sensing properties of the synthesized nanoparticles (in session "DPCMM")
Single muon pT distributions from heavy quark decay in pp collisions at 7 TeV with ALICE (in session "Poster2")
Single station TEC modelling during storm conditions (in session "Space")
Solar radiometry and forecasting research at UKZN (in session "Applied")
Solving the puzzle of galaxy rotation with a gravitomagnetic form of Newton's Law. (in session "Astro")
Soweto Science Centre as a community engagement initiative at the University of Johannesburg (in session "Poster2")
Spatial resolution evaluation of digital neutron radiography and tomography facilities (in session "Applied")
Spectral studies of flaring quasar PKS 1424-418 above 100 MeV with Fermi-LAT (in session "Poster2")
Statistical properties of Zirconium-91 (in session "NPRP")
Status of the measurements of Higgs boson properties with the ATLAS detector (in session "NPRP")
Stellar Streams: Modelling and Methodology (in session "Astro")
Structural and magnetic properties of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/NiFe bi-magnet and NiFe nano-alloy synthesized from thermal reduction of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (in session "DPCMM")
Structural and optical properties of silicon nanowires (in session "Applied")
Structural and optical properties of TiN coatings produced by reactive magnetron sputtering at different substrate temperatures (in session "Poster1")
Structural and photoluminescence properties of LaV<sub>1-x</sub>P<sub>x</sub>O<sub>4</sub>:1 mol % Dy<sup>3+</sup> phosphor powder prepared by solution combustion method (in session "Poster1")
Structural, electronic and thermal properties of Sn clathrates (in session "TCP")
Structure Prediction of Manganese Dioxide Nanoclusters Using Computer Simulation Techniques (in session "Poster1")
Study of Electrical Conductivity of Pr<sup>3+</sup> Containing Lithium Borate Glasses by Impedance Spectroscopy (in session "DPCMM")
Study of the interdiffusion in Ni/Cu multilayer thin films by Auger electron spectroscopy depth profiling (in session "DPCMM")
Studying Stellar Populations of Luminous Red Galaxies to probe the Hubble Parameter H(z) (in session "Astro")
Supercontinuum pulse compression (in session "Photonics")
Surface Brillouin Scattering Characterization of Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films (in session "DPCMM")
Surface characterisation of ZnO nanorods grown by Chemical Bath Deposition on Si substrate (in session "Poster1")
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of bio-molecules. (in session "Photonics")
Synchrotron Modelling of the gamma-ray to optical afterglow of GRB 130427A and expected neutrino flux (in session "Astro")
Synthesis and characterisation of mechano-chemically synthesised Zinc Oxide nanoparticles using ball milling (in session "Poster1")
Synthesis and characterization of diamond like carbon (DLC) thin films for gas sensing applications (in session "Poster1")
Synthesis and magnetic properties of Sn-doped CoFe2O4 nanoferrites (in session "Poster1")
Synthesis of porous carbon nanosheets for use in high rate capability and long cycle life supercapacitors (in session "Applied")
Synthesis of vanadium oxide (VxOy) using CO2 Laser Pyrolysis (in session "Poster1")
Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by Green process and investigation of their growth mechanism (in session "Poster1")
Synthesis, structural and optical characterisation of cobalt (Co) and indium (In) co-doped ZnO nanoparticles (in session "DPCMM")
Teaching of the Strand Planet Earth and Beyond in Primary School Natural Science (in session "Edu")
Terahertz Time-Domain Ellipsometry (in session "Photonics")
Test for traditional vibrational wisdom in 110,112Cd by two proton stripping (in session "NPRP")
The Design and Construction of an Active Target Detector for the Study of the 20Ne(α,α’)20Ne* Reaction (in session "NPRP")
The design and simulation of a new experimental set up for measuring short nuclear level lifetimes (in session "NPRP")
The design of a waste heat system capable of harnessing energy from the surface of a cyclone dust collector attached to a downdraft biomass gasifier (in session "Poster2")
The development of a neutron converter for the production of radioactive beams at iThemba LABS (in session "NPRP")
The effect of an ion beam on ion-acoustic supersolitons (in session "Space")
The effects of Li adatoms on defected graphane: A first-principles study (in session "Poster1")
The Fundamentals of Single Molecule Microscopy. (in session "Photonics")
The Impact of Re-homogenisation for Nodal Cross-section Corrections in OSCAR-4 as Applied to SAFARI-1 Research Reactor (in session "NPRP")
The influence of annealing on radioluminescence and thermally stimulated luminescence in natural quartz (in session "Poster1")
The Influence of Increased Temperature on the Miscibility and Mechanical Properties of poly(2,5-benzimidazole) and polytetrafluoroethylene (in session "TCP")
The influence of the number of pulses and post annealing on the morphology and photoluminescence properties of CaS: Eu<sup>2+</sup> pulsed laser deposited thin films (in session "Poster1")
The light bulb effect: University students’ problem solving cognitive processes in a physics problem solving skills test (in session "Edu")
The magnetic properties of Cr + 1 at.% Al thin films (in session "Poster1")
The modified interatomic potentials of FeS<sub>2</sub> in atomistic simulations (in session "Poster1")
The numerical investigation of the stochastic Schroedinger equation with memory (in session "TCP")
The PITSI neutron powder diffractometer at the SAFARI-1 Research Reactor (in session "DPCMM")
The search for Dark Matter in association with the Higgs boson with the di-photon decay (in session "Poster2")
The Simplest Gauge-String Duality (in session "TCP")
The Solar-Cycle Dependence of the Heliospheric Diffusion Tensor (in session "Space")
The study on the short term planetary wave activity in the MLT region over Southern Hemisphere using SuperDARN HF radar (in session "Space")
The Sub-millimeter Continuum Emission of Cygnus A (in session "Astro")
The surface structure and interfacial reaction analysis of W in 6H-SiC (in session "Poster1")
The unusually strong coronal emission lines of SDSS J1055+5637 (in session "Poster2")
The Vela Supercluster - does it provide the missing link to explain the local flow fields ? (in session "Astro")
Theoretical studies of mutual neutralization in collisions of He<sup> + </sup> + H<sup>− </sup> and Li<sup>+</sup> + F<sup>− </sup>. (in session "TCP")
Thermal and compositional defects in dip-coated iron oxide (α-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) thin film photoanodes: Effects on film properties (in session "Poster1")
Thermodynamic and mechanical stability studies of Zr-Nb(Co) alloys (in session "DPCMM")
Thermoluminescence from semiconductor quantum dots (in session "TCP")
Thermoluminescence investigations in K3Ca2(SO4)3F:Dy phosphor (in session "Poster1")
Thermoluminescence of annealed synthetic quartz (in session "Poster1")
Thomas Rotation and Quantum Entanglement (in session "TCP")
Time of crossing (TOC) in Pulsed Eddy Current Signals (in session "Applied")
Time-evolution studies of thermal sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings (in session "Poster1")
Ultra smooth surface of diamonds, towards Å scale roughness for the (111) orientation (in session "Poster1")
Ultrafast energy transfer and photoprotection in the light-harvesting complexes of the diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana (in session "Photonics")
Ultrafast mapping of crystallic structural changes in organic radical salts (in session "Photonics")
Ultrafast photochromism in metal-organic complexes (in session "Photonics")
Understanding double Higgs boson production with vector boson fusion with the ATLAS detector at the LHC (in session "Poster2")
Unfolding the fast neutron fluence energy distribution of a NE230 deuterated liquid scintillator detector using the MAXED code (in session "Applied")
University physics students’ views about scientific inquiry (in session "Edu")
Using classroom response systems to promote active learning (in session "Edu")
Using single molecule spectroscopy to study the role of low-energy fluorescence bands in the photoprotection of the major plant light harvesting complex. (in session "Photonics")
Using single-molecule spectroscopy methods to investigate the environmental dependencies of photoprotection in the main plant light harvesting complex. (in session "Photonics")
Vertically aligned silicon nanowires synthesized by metal-assisted chemical etching for photovoltaic applications (in session "Poster1")
Very-high-energy emission from pulsars (in session "Astro")
Viability of map-reduce algorithms for the measurement of Higgs boson properties with the ATLAS detector at the LHC (in session "Poster2")
Wavelength-modulated spectroscopy of the sub-band gap response of solar cell devices (in session "Poster2")
White luminescence from sol-gel silica doped with silver (in session "Poster1")
Why Do Students Distinguish Between Net Force and Total Force? (in session "Edu")
Why MnO<sub>2</sub> is used as a catalyst in Li-air batteries and not TiO<sub>2</sub> (in session "DPCMM")
Why we need a Physics Olympiad (in session "Edu")
Wigner distribution function and the complex curvature applied to Laguerre-Gaussian modes propagating through first order systems (in session "Photonics")
X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy based residual stress measurements for assessment of fatigue in leached polycrystalline diamond tool bits (in session "Applied")
X-ray Reflectivity Study of Si Nanowires Grown by Ag Nanoparticle Etching (in session "Applied")
XRD and AFM studies of graphene and single-walled carbon nano tube (in session "Poster1")
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