Douglas A Loy

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Douglas A Loy

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, James E Rogers College of Law
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Primary Department
Materials Science & Engineering
Department Affiliations
Materials Science & Engineering
BIO5 Institute
Contact
(520) 609-6021
daloy@mse.arizona.edu

Work Summary

Developing safer, more stable sunscreens

Research Interest

My research interests are in organic and polymer chemistries that include extensive development of new polymers, polymerization chemistries, polymer characterization, and their applications, such as bio-microfuel cells, membranes, protective coatings, photoresists, sensors, and high surface area adsorbents. Presently, my research includes the development of new polymeric sunscreens, polymeric foams, novel materials and chemistries for 3D printing, synthesis and characterization of porous materials, new polymeric antioxidants, fluorescent polymers and particles, and extensive work in sol-gel science. Keywords: New Sunscreens

Publications

Himmelhuber, R., Gangopadhyay, P., Norwood, R. A., Loy, D. A., & Peyghambarian, N. (2008). Titanium oxide sol-gel films with tunable refractive index. OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, 1(2), 252-258.
Boday, D. J., Stover, R. J., Muriithi, B., & Loy, D. A. (2014). Mechanical properties of hexylene- and phenylene-bridged polysilsesquioxane aerogels and xerogels. JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 61(1), 144-150.
Loy, D. A., Rahimian, K., & Samara, M. (1996). Phenylene-bridged cyclic siloxanes as precursors to nonshrinking sol-gel systems and their use as encapsulants. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 38(4), 555-557.
McFadden, P. D., Frederick, K., Argueello, L. A., Zhang, Y., Vandiver, P., Odegaard, N., & Loy, D. A. (2017). UV Fluorescent Epoxy Adhesives from Noncovalent and Covalent Incorporation of Coumarin Dyes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 9(11), 10061-10068.
Boday, D. J., & Loy, D. A. (1999). Strengthening silica aerogels with surface initiated ATRP cross-linked poly(methyl methacrylate). JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, 427, 114-119.

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