A single-lens polarographic measurement of oxygen permeability (Dk) for hypertransmissible soft contact lenses

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 4331-4342

  Chhabra, Mahendra ^a   Prausnitz, John M ^a,b   Radke, Clayton J ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertransmissible; Mass transfer resistance; Oxygen permeability; Polarographic method; Single lens technique; Soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTACT LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN;

MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCE; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLAROGRAPHIC METHOD; SINGLE-LENS TECHNIQUES; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

POLAROGRAPHS;

OXYGEN; POLYMACON; POLYSILOXANE;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLAROGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547693087     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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