Albumin Acts as a Lubricant on the Surface of Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Contact Lenses and Reagents
2.2. Coefficient of Friction Testing System
2.3. Albumin Deposition Analysis
2.4. Surface Roughness Measurement
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Friction Coefficient of Contact Lenses in Different Concentrations of Albumin
3.2. Coefficients of Friction of Contact Lenses after Being Immersed in a High Concentration of Albumin
3.3. Albumin Deposition on the Contact Lenses
3.4. Surface Roughness
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Su, C.-Y.; Yeh, L.-K.; Fan, T.-W.; Lai, C.-C.; Fang, H.-W. Albumin Acts as a Lubricant on the Surface of Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses. Polymers 2021, 13, 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132051
Su C-Y, Yeh L-K, Fan T-W, Lai C-C, Fang H-W. Albumin Acts as a Lubricant on the Surface of Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses. Polymers. 2021; 13(13):2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132051
Chicago/Turabian StyleSu, Chen-Ying, Lung-Kun Yeh, Tzu-Wei Fan, Chi-Chun Lai, and Hsu-Wei Fang. 2021. "Albumin Acts as a Lubricant on the Surface of Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses" Polymers 13, no. 13: 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132051