Today's sunscreens are complex cocktails of different molecules. The most advanced and efficient ones use both, inorganic and organic, chemicals, e.g.:

  Zinc oxide – for the broadest UV-A and UV-B absorption.

  Titanium dioxide – for UV-A absorption.

  Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate (DHHB) – for UV-A absorption.

  Octyl methoxycinnamate – for UV-B absorption.

  Octocrylene – for short-wave UV-A and UV-B absorption.

  Bemotrizinol – a broad-spectrum UV absorber, absorbing both UV-A and UV-B rays.

  Octyl triazone (ethylhexyl triazone) – for UV-B absorption.