An investigation of the discrete and continuum models of water behavior in hydrogel contact lenses

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 270-278

  Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bound water; Differential scanning calorimetry; Glass transition; Hydrogel; Nonfreezing water; Soft contact lens; Water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

CALORIMETRY; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; FREEZING; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER;

EID: 31944432672     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000163432.74952.1A     Document Type: Article

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