Surface morphology of contact lenses probed with microscopy techniques

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Guryča, Vilém ^a,b   Hobzová, Radka ^a,b   Přádný, Martin ^a,b   Širc, Jakub ^a,b   Michálek, Jiří ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cast moulding; Contact lenses; Lathe cutting; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicone hydrogels; Spin casting; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE GEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEL; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OXIDATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTENT;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CONTACT LENSES; FREEZING; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICONES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548098421     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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