Sorption kinetics and equilibrium uptake for water vapor in soft-contact-lens hydrogels

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-241

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption desorption hysteresis; Clustering; Soft contact lens; Water vapor sorption and diffusion

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONTACT LENSES; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; HYSTERESIS;

DESORPTION HYSTERESIS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; WATER-VAPOR SORPTION AND DIFFUSION;

HYDROGELS;

POLYMACON; BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROGEL; HYSTERESIS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GAS; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; GASES; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 33749049768     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30598     Document Type: Article

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