In vitro water wettability of silicone hydrogel contact lenses determined using the sessile drop and captive bubble techniques

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 496-502

  Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Contact lens; in vitro; Silicone hydrogel; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BUBBLE; SESSILE DROP MEASURES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROGELS; WETTING;

CONTACT LENSES;

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; DIMETICONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; N,N DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXY) DI(SILYLBUTANOL)BIS(VINYL CARBAMATE); POVIDONE; SILICONE; TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; TRIS(TRIMETHYL SILOXYSILYL)PROPYLVINYL CARBAMATE; TRISMETHYLSILOXYSILYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPTIVE BUBBLE TECHNIQUE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT LENS; HYDROGEL; HYSTERESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PREDICTION; SESSILE DROP TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

CONTACT LENSES; HYDROGEL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICONES; SURFACE TENSION; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 35048883562     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31260     Document Type: Article

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