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Say Chye Joachim Loo is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and conducts research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Food Science, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as:

  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Food composition and properties
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Antimicrobial agents and applications

Loo has contributed to the academic community with several recent papers, including:

  • "Developing Nano-Delivery Systems for Agriculture and Food Applications with Nature-Derived Polymers" (2020), published in iScience
  • "Intelligent Nanoparticle-Based Dressings for Bacterial Wound Infections" (2020), published in ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • "In situ alginate crosslinking during spray-drying of lactobacilli probiotics promotes gastrointestinal-targeted delivery" (2022), published in Carbohydrate Polymers
  • "Prospects of kefiran as a food-derived biopolymer for agri-food and biomedical applications" (2020), published in RSC Advances
  • "Convection and the Extracellular Matrix Dictate Inter- and Intra-Biofilm Quorum Sensing Communication in Environmental Systems" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • ACS Sustainable Resource Management
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • ACS Omega
  • RSC Advances
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials

Loo collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, among them are:

  • Kam Chiu Tam
  • Ivet Ferrer
  • Kaarunya Sampathkumar
  • Milad Kamkar
  • Peter Licence

The body of work presented spans from fundamental studies in probiotics and biomaterials to applied research in antimicrobial agents and drug delivery systems targeting food and biomedical applications. The variety of publication venues reflects interdisciplinary research integrating chemistry, biology, and engineering approaches.

Best Publications

  • Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

    Guang Lu;Shaozhou Li;Zhen Guo;Omar K. Farha

  • Recent advances in hybrid photocatalysts for solar fuel production

    Phong D. Tran;Lydia H. Wong;James Barber;James Barber;Joachim S. C. Loo

  • Hetero-nanostructured suspended photocatalysts for solar-to-fuel conversion

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Lin-Wei Ruan;James Barber;James Barber;Say Chye Joachim Loo

  • Solar-to-fuels conversion over In2O3/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts

    Shao-Wen Cao;Xin-Feng Liu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Zhen-Yi Zhang

  • Titanium dioxide nanomaterials cause endothelial cell leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE–cadherin

    M I Setyawati;C Y Tay;S L Chia;S L Goh

  • A cuprous oxide–reduced graphene oxide (Cu2O–rGO) composite photocatalyst for hydrogen generation: employing rGO as an electron acceptor to enhance the photocatalytic activity and stability of Cu2O

    Phong D. Tran;Sudip Kumar Batabyal;Stevin S. Pramana;James Barber;James Barber

  • In-situ growth of CdS quantum dots on g-C3N4 nanosheets for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation

    Shao-Wen Cao;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Jun Fang;Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

  • Copper molybdenum sulfide: a new efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production from water

    Phong D. Tran;Mai Nguyen;Stevin S. Pramana;Anirban Bhattacharjee

  • Cytotoxicity of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles is shape and cell dependent.

    Xinxin Zhao;SuXiu Ng;Boon Chin Heng;Jun Guo

  • Preparation of Au-BiVO4 heterogeneous nanostructures as highly efficient visible-light photocatalysts.

    Shao-Wen Cao;Zhen Yin;James Barber;James Barber;Freddy Yin Chiang Boey

  • Degradation of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) by electron beam radiation.

    J.S.C. Loo;C.P. Ooi;F.Y.C. Boey

  • Living and Conducting: Coating Individual Bacterial Cells with In Situ Formed Polypyrrole.

    Rong-Bin Song;Rong-Bin Song;YiChao Wu;Zong-Qiong Lin;Jian Xie

  • The role of the tumor suppressor p53 pathway in the cellular DNA damage response to zinc oxide nanoparticles.

    Kee Woei Ng;Stella P.K. Khoo;Boon Chin Heng;Magdiel I. Setyawati

  • Controlled release of sirolimus from a multilayered PLGA stent matrix.

    Xintong Wang;Subbu S. Venkatraman;Freddy Y.C. Boey;Joachim S.C. Loo

  • Evaluation of the cytotoxic and inflammatory potential of differentially shaped zinc oxide nanoparticles.

    Boon Chin Heng;Xinxin Zhao;Eng Chok Tan;Nurulain Khamis

  • Toxicity of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) is accentuated by oxidative stress

    Boon Chin Heng;Xinxin Zhao;Sijing Xiong;Kee Woei Ng

  • Reducing Intestinal Digestion and Absorption of Fat Using a Nature-Derived Biopolymer: Interference of Triglyceride Hydrolysis by Nanocellulose.

    Glen M. DeLoid;Ikjot Singh Sohal;Laura R. Lorente;Ramon M. Molina

  • Gadolinium oxide ultranarrow nanorods as multimodal contrast agents for optical and magnetic resonance imaging.

    Gautom Kumar Das;Boon Chin Heng;Sui-Choon Ng;Tim White

  • Noble-metal-free g-C3N4/Ni(dmgH)2 composite for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light irradiation

    Shao-Wen Cao;Yu-Peng Yuan;James Barber;James Barber;Say Chye Joachim Loo

  • Mesoporous plasmonic Au-TiO2 nanocomposites for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic water reduction

    Jun Fang;Shao-Wen Cao;Zheng Wang;Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

  • Employing a Flexible and Low‐Cost Polypyrrole Nanotube Membrane as an Anode to Enhance Current Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells

    Cui-e Zhao;Jiansheng Wu;Staffan Kjelleberg;Staffan Kjelleberg;Joachim Say Chey Loo

Frequent Co-Authors

Qichun Zhang
Qichun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Shaowen Cao
Shaowen Cao Wuhan University of Technology
Can Xue
Can Xue Nanyang Technological University
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey City University of Hong Kong
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan Nanyang Technological University
Yu-Peng Yuan
Yu-Peng Yuan Anhui University
Philip Demokritou
Philip Demokritou Harvard University
Lydia Helena Wong
Lydia Helena Wong Nanyang Technological University
Junkuo Gao
Junkuo Gao Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore

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