Oxygen permeability and water content of silicone hydrogel contact lens materials

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages E328-E337

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Morgan, Philip b ^a   Cameron, Ian d ^a   Brennan, Noel a ^a   Goodwin, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Oxygen permeability; Polarographic technique; Silicone hydrogel; Water content

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROGELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SILICONES; WATER CONTENT;

GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; SILICONE HYDROGEL;

CONTACT LENSES;

SILICONE GEL;

ARTICLE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROGEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT;

CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLAROGRAPHY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; WATER;

EID: 34247219107     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31804375ed     Document Type: Article

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