A decade of silicone hydrogel development: Surface properties, mechanical properties, and ocular compatibility

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-12

  Tighe, Brian J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical properties; Interfacial tension; Kinins; Vitronectin

Indexed keywords

EFROFILCON A; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT KININOGEN; KININ; LOTRAFILCON A; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; SILASTIC; SILICONE; VITRONECTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; MECHANICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTENT; WETTABILITY;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84873091638     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318275452b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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