Water transport through soft contact lenses determined in a fan-evaporation cell

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 529-534

  Boushehri, Ali ^a   Tang, Darren ^a,c   Shieh, K J ^a   Prausnitz, John ^a   Radke, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective Fickian diffusivities; Fan evaporation cell; Gradient driven water flux; Soft contact lens; Tear film components; Vacuum evaporation cell

Indexed keywords

FICKIAN DIFFUSIVITY; FLAT MEMBRANE; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; GRADIENT-DRIVEN WATER FLUX; LENS MATERIALS; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATURATED WATER; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR-FILM COMPONENTS; THROUGH THE LENS; TRANSPORT RATE; WATER FLUX; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELLS; CONTACT LENSES; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ENZYMES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FLUXES; HYDROGELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SILICONES; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

WATER CONTENT;

LYSOZYME; MUCIN; POLYMACON; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FAN EVAPORATION CELL; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEL; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LENS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FILM; VACUUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 77955656937     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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