Polarographic method for measuring oxygen diffusivity and solubility in water-saturated polymer films: Application to hypertransmissible soft contact lenses

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3540-3550

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-HYDROXY ETHYL METHACRYLATE; DIFFUSIVITIES; DIFFUSIVITY; HYDROGEL MEMBRANES; LENS MATERIALS; OXYGEN DIFFUSIVITY; OXYGEN PERMEABILITIES; POLAROGRAPHIC METHODS; POLYMER PHASE; SOFT CONTACT LENSES; UNSTEADY STATES;

CAPILLARITY; COLLOIDS; CONTACT LENSES; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LENSES; LIQUIDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLAROGRAPHS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

OXYGEN SUPPLY;

EID: 49049093023     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071071a     Document Type: Article

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