Yolande Ikala Openda

Acetophenone substituted phthalocyanines and their graphene quantum dots conjugates as photosensitizers for photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy against Staphylococcus aureus

Yolande Ikala Openda, Muthumuni Managa, Tebello Nyokong · Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy · 2019 · 44 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacology +15

Novel cationic-chalcone phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy eradication of S. aureus and E. coli bacterial biofilms and MCF-7 breast cancer

Yolande Ikala Openda, Balaji Babu, Tebello Nyokong · Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy · 2022 · 32 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacology +9

Enhanced photo-ablation effect of positively charged phthalocyanines-detonation nanodiamonds nanoplatforms for the suppression of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli planktonic cells and biofilms

Yolande Ikala Openda, Tebello Nyokong · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry · 2021 · 22 citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology +8

Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of gallic acid anchored phthalocyanine-doped silica nanoparticles towards Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and planktonic cells

Aviwe Magadla, Yolande Ikala Openda, Lekhetho S. Mpeta et al. · Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy · 2023 · 20 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Microbiology +15

Combination of photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy and ciprofloxacin to combat S. aureus and E. coli resistant biofilms

Yolande Ikala Openda, Tebello Nyokong · Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy · 2022 · 18 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16