Smart polymers containing substituted coumarin side groups enable photo-induced tuning of focal length of intraocular lenses

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7885, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schraub, Martin ^a   Hampp, Norbert ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraocular lens; photo induced change of refractive index; smart polymers; two photon process

Indexed keywords

FOCAL LENGTHS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; NOVEL POLYMERS; OLD AGE; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED CHANGE OF REFRACTIVE INDEX; PHOTOCHEMICAL DIMERIZATION; SIDE CHAINS; SMART MATERIALS; SMART POLYMERS; TUNING OF FOCAL LENGTH; TWO PHOTON;

CONTACT LENSES; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

INTRAOCULAR LENSES;

EID: 79953126766     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.873814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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