Since 2001, dr. Langner is lecturing Physical Chemistry to undergraduate as well as honours students.  Ernie obtained his Ph.D. in 2009 with his research on Phthalocyanine-Polymer systems with biomedical application.  Parts of this research was done in overseas laboratories: University of East Anglia, England and University of Tromsø, Norway.

From June 2009 till June 2010 he visited the Schuit Institute for Catalysis at the Eindhoven University of Technology for a post-doctoral year.  Here he took part in a research project on flat surface models of Ziegler-Natta catalysts under the guidance of prof. Hans Niemantsverdriet.

Since 2012, dr. Langner`s research is focussed on the synthesis and application of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF`s) with applications in heterogeneous catalysis, gas storage and –separation, as well as the use thereof as drug carriers.  Some of these materials also exist as nanoparticles, thus broadening its applicability.  This field of research already produced nine M.Sc. and five PhD graduandi.

Since 2015, dr. Langner was promoted to senior lecturer and from 2016 he is the head of the Physical Chemistry Section. 

• 1. Swarts, J.C., Langner, E.H.G., Krokeide-Hove, N., Cook, M.J., J. Mater. Chem., 11, 434 (2001)
  2. Swarts, J.C., Langner, E.H.G., Shago, R.F., Davis, W.L., Polymer Preprints, 45, 452 (2004)
  3. Davis, W.L., Shago, R.F., Langner, E.H.G., Swarts, J.C., Polyhedron, 24, 1611 (2005)
  4. Chapter in book:Ernie H. G. Langner, Wade L. Davis, Rebotsamang F. Shago, Jannie C. Swarts, Chapter 31: Spectroscopic and Liquid Crystal Properties of Phthalocyanine Macromolecules with Biomedical Applications, in Metal-Containing and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials, Ulrich S. Schubert, George R. Newkome and Ian Manners (Ed.), Oxford University Press, New York, p 443 – 455 (2006).
  5. Cammidge, A.N., Chambrier, I., Cook, M.J., Langner, E.H.G., Rahman, M., Swarts, J.C., Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 15, 890 (2011)
  6. Cheruvathur, A.V., Langner, E.H.G., Niemantsverdriet, J.W., Thune, P.C., Langmuir, 28, 2643 (2012)
  7. Zhao, H.L., Pierloot, K., Langner, E.H.G., Swarts, J.C., Conradie, J., Ghosh, A., Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 4002 (2012)
  8. Langner, E.H.G., Swarts, J.C., Tuchscherer, A., Lang, H., Joone, G.K., Van Rensburg, C.E.J., Anticancer Research, 32, 2697 (2012)
  9. Sunil, A.C., Langner, E.H.G., Marais, C., Bezuidenhoudt, B.C.B., Catal. Sci. Technol., 3, 2227 (2013)
  10. Tsai, C-W, Langner, E.H.G., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 221, 8 (2016)
  11. Kumar, S., Purcell, W., Conradie, J., Bragg, R.R., Langner, E.H.G., New Journal of Chemistry, 41, 10919 (2017)
  12. Tsai, C-W, Niemantsverdriet, J.W., Langner, E.H.G., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 262, 98 (2018)
  13. Dennis, C.R., Swarts, J.C., Langner, E.H.G., Transition Metal Chemistry, 43, 387 (2018)
  14. Dennis, C.R., Potgieter, I.M., Langner, E.H.G., Fourie, E, Swarts, J.C., Transition Metal Chemistry, 44, 161 (2018)
  15. Tsai, C-W; Langner, E.H.G.; Harris, R.A., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 288, 109613 (2019)
  16. Chiyindiko E., Malan F., Langner E.H.G., Conradie J., Journal of Molecular Structure, 1198, 126916-126923 (2019)
  17. Chiyindiko E., Stuurman N.F., Langner E.H.G., Conradie J., Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 860, 113929 (2020)
  18. Abraha, Y.W., Tsai, C.-W., Niemantsverdriet, J.W.H., Langner, E.H.G., ACS Omega, 6(34), 21850 (2021)
  19. Mateyise, N.G.S., Ghosh, S., Gryzenhout, M., Chiyindiko E., Conradie, M.M., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Polyhedron, 205,115290 (2021)
  20. Conradie, M.M., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Data in Brief, 38,107331 (2021)
  21. Mphuthi, L.E., Erasmus, E., Langner, E.H.G., ACS Omega, 6, 31632 (2021)
  22. Chiyindiko, E., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Results in Chemistry, 4, 100332 (2022)
  23. Mphuthi, L.E., Maseme, M.R., Langner, E.H.G., Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 2022, 32, 2664 (2022).
  24. Mogale, R., Akpomie, K.G., Conradie, J., Langner, E.H.G., Journal of Environmental Management, 304, 114166 (2022)
  25. Mogale, R., Conradie, J., Langner, E.H.G., Molecules, 27, 1370 (2022)
  26. Chiyindiko, E., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Chemical Data Collections, 40, 100897 (2022)
  27. Chiyindiko, E., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Electrochimica Acta, 424, 140629 (2022)
  28. Mogale, R., Akpomie, K.G., Conradie, J., Langner, E.H.G., Journal of Molecular Structure, 1268, 133648 (2022).
  29. Alebachew, N., Murthy, H.C.A., Abdissa, B., Demissie, T.B., Von Eschwege, K.G., Langner, E.H.G., Coetzee-Hugo, L., RSC Adv., 12, 29959 (2022)
  30. Chiyindiko, E., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Molecules, 27, 6033 (2022)
  31. Abraha, Y.W., Tsai, C.-W., Langner, E.H.G., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 346, 112319 (2022)
  32. Abraha, Y.W., Tsai, C-W., Langner, E.H.G., J Porous Mater, 10.1007/s10934-022-01326-x (2022)
  33. Marinkovic, F., Škipina, B., Vukovic, D., Langner, E.H.G., Luyt, A.S., Dudic, D., Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B (2023)
  34. Mphuthi, L.E., Maseme, M.R., Langner, E.H.G., Materials Today Communications, 34, 105458 (2023)
  35. Mogale, R., Akpomie, K.G., Conradie, J., Langner, E.H.G., International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 10.1080/03067319.2023.2170751 (2023)
  36. Chiyindiko, E., Langner, E.H.G., Conradie, J., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 550, 121445 (2023)

The synthesis and characterisation of microporous Metal Organic Framework materials of which some are nanoparticles.  The derivatisation of these materials for possible application in heterogeneous catalysis, as support materials for drug delivery and for the storage and/or separation of gas mixtures.

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