Post-lens tear-film depletion due to evaporative dehydration of a soft contact lens

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 229-243

  Fornasiero, F ^a,b   Prausnitz, J M ^a,b   Radke, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinking; Contact lens adhesion; In vivo evaporative dehydration; Soft contact lenses; Unsteady state diffusion model

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; THIN FILMS;

BLINKING; CONTACT LENS ADHESION; IN VIVO EVAPORATIVE DEHYDRATION; SOFT CONTACT LENSES; UNSTEADY STATE DIFFUSION MODEL;

CONTACT LENSES;

COPOLYMER; HILAFILCON A; POLYMACON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTACT LENSES; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; THIN FILMS;

AIRFLOW; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STEADY STATE; TEAR FILM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 33644890462     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.09.047     Document Type: Article

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