Water-evaporation reduction by duplex films: Application to the human tear film

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 197-198, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-57

  Cerretani, Colin F ^a   Ho, Nghia H ^a   Radke, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution diffusion theory; Duplex film; Evaporation reduction; Tear evaporation; Tear film lipid layer

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; LUBRICATING OILS; MAMMALS; MINERAL OILS; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; DIFFUSION THEORY; EVAPORATION KINETICS; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; LIPID LAYERS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; PHYSIOLOGIC TEMPERATURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EVAPORATION;

OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION-DIFFUSION THEORY; DUPLEX FILM; EVAPORATION REDUCTION; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR EVAPORATION; TEAR-FILM LIPID LAYER; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

DISSOLUTION-DIFFUSION THEORY; DUPLEX FILM; EVAPORATION REDUCTION; TEAR EVAPORATION; TEAR-FILM LIPID LAYER;

HUMANS; OILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 84881559266     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.03.007     Document Type: Review

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