Mechanically Enhanced Soft Contact Lenses from Photodimerization Cross-Linking.
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SUBMITTER: Yeo HG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10515589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
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Mechanically Enhanced Soft Contact Lenses from Photodimerization Cross-Linking.
Yeo Heung-Gi HG Noh Jin-Hee JH Lee Jineun J Kim Hyojin H Kwak Giseop G
ACS omega 20230908 37
In this study, we synthesized three novel acrylic monomers with a cinnamate group. We then mixed each monomer with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) to prepare soft contact lenses through bulk polymerization. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and UV spectral analyses confirmed that the cinnamate group in the polymer undergoes a photodimerization reaction via UV irradiation. After UV curing, the present lenses stably maintained their shapes even in a water-swollen state and showed significantly ...[more]
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