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ArticlePolymers2021

Albumin Acts as a Lubricant on the Surface of Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses.

Chen-Ying Su, Lung-Kun Yeh, Tzu-Wei Fan, Chi-Chun Lai, Hsu-Wei Fang

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chen-Ying SuDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei 10608, Taiwan.
Lung-Kun YehDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, No. 5, Fuxing St., Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Tzu-Wei FanDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei 10608, Taiwan.
Chi-Chun LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, No. 5, Fuxing St., Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Hsu-Wei FangDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei 10608, Taiwan.
National Taipei University of Technology · TWChang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

Funding

Chang Gung Medical Research Project CORPG3I0131Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 107-2218-E-027-012-MY3National Health Research Institute BN-108-PP-12National Taipei University of Technology and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Joint Research Program NTUT-CGMH-108-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Feeling comfortable is the greatest concern for contact lens wearers, and it has been suggested that in vivo comfort could be corresponded to the in vitro friction coefficient of contact lenses. How tear albumin could affect the friction coefficient of silicone hydrogel and hydrogel contact lenses was analyzed by sliding a lens against a quartz glass in normal and extremely high concentration of albumin solution. Albumin deposition testing and surface roughness analysis were also conducted. The results showed that the friction coefficient of tested contact lenses did not correspond to both the albumin deposition amount and surface roughness, but we proposed a model of how albumin might act as a lubricant on the surface of some hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses. In conclusion, albumin provided lubrication for silicone hydrogel contact lenses regardless of albumin concentrations, while albumin only acted as a lubricant for hydrogel contact under normal concentration.

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albumin depositioncontact lenslubricantsurface roughnesstribology

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PMID34201543
PMCPMC8271981
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