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Name
Dr. Yohana Michal Msambwa

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Physics, Mathematics & Informatics(PMI)

Biography

Biography

Dr. Yohana Michael Msambwa is a lecturer in the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics within the Faculty of Science. He holds a PhD in Physics and specializes in soft matter physics and photonics. He completed both his bachelor and master’s degree studies at the University of Dar es Salaam and his PhD at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. His teaching areas include solid state physics, advanced mechanics, vibration, waves and optics. His research interests and scholarly work focus on complex fluids, evaporation, rheology, droplets, photovoltaic and bio-photonics.

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yohana.msambwa@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Complex fluids, evaporation, rheology, droplets, photovoltaic and bio-photonics

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Projects

Projects

  1. Frugal innovation for societally-important challenges in Africa (FISICA).

  2. Technical assistance for the development of textbooks, teacher’s guides and supplementary materials.

  3. Computational study of the influence of symmetric functionalization on the optoelectronic properties of triphenylamine dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Publications

Publications

  1. Msambwa, Y., Shackleford, A. S. D., Ouali, F. F., & Fairhurst, D. J. (2016). Controlling and characterising the deposits from polymer droplets containing microparticles and salt. The European Physical Journal E, 39, 1-8.

  2. Kirenga, P., Mkoma, S. L., Mlowe, S., Msambwa, Y., Kiruri, L. W., Jacob, F. R., ... & Deogratias, G. (2022). Influence of heteroatoms on the optoelectronic properties of triphenylamine-based dyes for DSSCs application: A computational approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1210, 113644. 

  3. Mkoma, S. L., Msambwa, Y., Jacob, F. R., Kiruri, L. W., Kinunda, G. A., Mlowe, S., & Deogratias, G. (2022). Optical and electronic properties of para-functionalized triphenylamine-based dyes: A theoretical study. Structural Chemistry, 1-11.

  4. Msambwa, Y., Fairhurst, D., & Ouali, F. (2013). How robust is the ring stain for evaporating suspension droplets?. Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, 1(3). 

  5. Msambwa, Y. (2015). Experimental investigations of drying droplets containing microparticles and mixtures of Poly (ethylene oxide) microparticles. Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom).