Increasing the extensional viscosity of silicone oil reduces the tendency for emulsification

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-304

  Williams, Rachel L ^a   Day, Michael ^a   Garvey, Michael J ^a   English, Robert ^b   Wong, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emulsification; Extensional viscosity; Newtonian fluid; Oil droplets; Poly(dimethyl siloxane); Retinal detachment; Shear viscosity; Silicone oil; Tamponade agents; Viscoelastic fluid

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; POLOXAMER; SILICONE OIL; STABILIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INJECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHEAR STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EMULSIONS; SILICONE OILS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 76749134770     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181babe0c     Document Type: Article

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