Bonex Mwakikunga

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Bonex Mwakikunga is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bonex Mwakikunga has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 59 papers in Materials Chemistry and 42 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Bonex Mwakikunga's work include Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (42 papers), Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (36 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (28 papers). Bonex Mwakikunga is often cited by papers focused on Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (42 papers), Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (36 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (28 papers). Bonex Mwakikunga collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Malawi and India. Bonex Mwakikunga's co-authors include M. Mâaza, Andrew Forbes, M.S. Dhlamini, Valentine Saasa, David E. Motaung, M. M. Rashad, D. A. Rayan, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Mervyn Beukes and G.H. Mhlongo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Bonex Mwakikunga

104 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Strain and grain size of TiO2 nanoparticles from TEM, Raman spectroscopy and XRD: The revisiting of the Williamson-Hall plot method

2018 414 citations M.S. Dhlamini, M. Mâaza et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bonex Mwakikunga South Africa	28	1.7k	1.5k	729	673	539	108	3.0k
S. G. Ansari India	32	2.2k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	850 1.2×	675 1.0×	574 1.1×	147	3.9k
Mati Horprathum Thailand	29	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	884 1.2×	436 0.6×	771 1.4×	281	3.0k
Mohamad Hafiz Mamat Malaysia	30	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.6×	826 1.1×	606 0.9×	827 1.5×	379	3.7k
Ahmad Sabirin Zoolfakar Malaysia	25	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	597 0.8×	592 0.9×	430 0.8×	117	2.7k
Daniela Nunes Portugal	31	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	783 1.1×	480 0.7×	402 0.7×	114	3.3k
Roman Viter Latvia	41	1.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	353 0.5×	397 0.7×	125	4.0k
Ahmad Esmaielzadeh Kandjani Australia	33	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	803 1.1×	249 0.4×	475 0.9×	94	3.0k
Lu Zhao China	19	1.0k 0.6×	970 0.6×	749 1.0×	657 1.0×	370 0.7×	38	2.5k
Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus Malaysia	29	761 0.5×	994 0.6×	915 1.3×	562 0.8×	425 0.8×	98	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mwakikunga, Bonex, et al.. (2025). Effects of Induced Structural Modification on Properties of V+ Ion-Implanted RF—Magnetron Sputtering Deposited ZnO Thin Films of Thickness 120 nm on Borosilicate Glass Substrates. Nanomaterials. 15(4). 278–278.

Mhike, Washington, et al.. (2025). Fire-Retardant Wood Polymer Composite to Be Used as Building Materials for South African Formal and Informal Dwellings—A Review. Fire. 8(2). 81–81. 2 indexed citations

Mwakikunga, Bonex, et al.. (2025). Chitosan-supported graphite as an anodic counter electrode for stable organic solar cell applications: insight from first-principles studies. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 31(12). 331–331.

Aigbe, Uyiosa Osagie, et al.. (2024). Photoresponse properties of green-assisted Fe3O4 nanoparticles supported activated carbon. Diamond and Related Materials. 149. 111584–111584. 2 indexed citations

Mwakikunga, Bonex, et al.. (2023). Two-dimensional layered metal dichalcogenides-based heterostructures for solar cells applications: A review. Solar Energy. 263. 111981–111981. 8 indexed citations

Saasa, Valentine, Mervyn Beukes, Yolandy Lemmer, & Bonex Mwakikunga. (2019). Blood Ketone Bodies and Breath Acetone Analysis and Their Correlations in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diagnostics. 9(4). 224–224. 100 indexed citations

Feresu, Shingairai A., et al.. (2018). Malaria in children under-five: A comparison of risk factors in lakeshore and highland areas, Zomba district, Malawi. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207207–e0207207. 19 indexed citations

Mwakikunga, Bonex, et al.. (2017). Seasonal variation of malaria cases in children aged less than 5 years old following weather change in Zomba district, Malawi. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 264–264. 15 indexed citations

Saasa, Valentine, Baban P. Dhonge, E. Manikandan, et al.. (2015). Optical and Structural Properties of Multi-wall-carbon-nanotube-modified ZnO Synthesized at Varying Substrate Temperatures for Highly Efficient Light Sensing Devices. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15 indexed citations

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Akande, Amos Adeleke, et al.. (2015). Larger Selectivity of the V2O5 Nano-particles Sensitivity to NO2 than NH3. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Diallo, Abdoulaye, et al.. (2015). Titanium dioxide nanoparticles biosynthesis for dye sensitized solar cells application: review. 3(1). 12–17. 18 indexed citations

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Ngom, B.D., et al.. (2015). Natural Dye Sensitizer for Grӓtzel Cells: Sepia Melanin. 3(1). 1–6. 31 indexed citations

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Linganiso, Ella Cebisa, Bonex Mwakikunga, Neil J. Coville, & Sabelo D. Mhlanga. (2015). Observation of the structural, optical and magnetic properties during the transformation from hexagonal NiS nano-compounds to cubic NiO nanostructures due to thermal oxidation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 629. 131–139. 22 indexed citations

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Nuru, Z.Y., L. Kotsedi, Bonex Mwakikunga, et al.. (2015). Multi-scale Assembly in Nano-scaled Sepia Melanin Natural Dye. Materials Today Proceedings. 2(7). 3988–3997. 11 indexed citations

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Dhonge, Baban P., et al.. (2015). Nano-scale carbon onions produced by laser photolysis of toluene for detection of optical, humidity, acetone, methanol and ethanol stimuli. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 215. 30–38. 22 indexed citations

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Motaung, D.E., I. Kortidis, Dimitra Papadaki, et al.. (2014). Defect-induced magnetism in undoped and Mn-doped wide band gap zinc oxide grown by aerosol spray pyrolysis. Applied Surface Science. 311. 14–26. 46 indexed citations

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Roos, W., et al.. (2012). Epitaxial deposition of silver ultra-fine nano-clusters on defect-free surfaces of HOPG-derived few-layer graphene in a UHV multi-chamber by in situ STM, ex situ XPS, and ab initio calculations. Nanoscale Research Letters. 7(1). 173–173. 16 indexed citations

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Shikwambana, Lerato, et al.. (2011). Formation of tungsten oxide nanostructures by laser pyrolysis: stars, fibres and spheres. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 166–166. 15 indexed citations

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Mwakikunga, Bonex, et al.. (2011). Towards an electronic nose based on nano-structured transition metal oxides activated by a tuneable UV light source. 1109–1112. 6 indexed citations

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Mwakikunga, Bonex, E. Sideras‐Haddad, Christopher J. Arendse, M. J. Witcomb, & Andrew Forbes. (2009). WO₃ Nano-Spheres into W₁₈O₄₉ One-Dimensional Nano-Structures Through Thermal Annealing. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 9(5). 3286–3294. 24 indexed citations

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