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

Boday, D. J., Loy, D. A., DeFriend, K. A., Wilson Jr., K. V., & Coder, D. (2008). Polymer-silica nanocomposite aerogels with enhanced mechanical properties using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of cyanoacrylates. ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS - 2007, 1007, 153-158.
Pang, J. B., John, V. T., Loy, D. A., Yang, Z. Z., & Lu, Y. F. (1994). Hierarchical mesoporous carbon/silica nanocomposites from phenyl-bridged organosilane. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 17(6), 704-+.
McClain, M. D., Loy, D. A., & Prabakar, S. (1995). Controlling porosity in bridged polysilsesquioxanes through elimination reactions. BETTER CERAMICS THROUGH CHEMISTRY VII: ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS, 435, 277-282.
Jamison, G. M., Saunders, R. S., Wheeler, D. R., McClain, M. D., Loy, D. A., & Ziller, J. W. (1999). Cycloaddition of phosphaalkynes to high-oxidation-state metal alkylidenes: Synthesis and characterization of a unique phosphametallacyclobutene via an alkoxide ligand shift. ORGANOMETALLICS, 15(1), 16-18.
Boday, D. J., Tolbert, S., Keller, M. W., Li, Z., Wertz, J. T., Muriithi, B., & Loy, D. A. (2014). Non-hydrolytic formation of silica and polysilsesquioxane particles from alkoxysilane monomers with formic acid in toluene/tetrahydrofuran solutions. JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, 16(3).

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