Prentice Medal lecture: contact lens wettability--myths, mysteries, and realities.
The author shows that the wetting of contact lens on the eye is a complex process. Measuring the contact angle is possible by several techniques but knowing the contact angles (advancing and receding) is not enough to define wettability in scientific terms. A contact lens on the eye, bathed in lacrimal fluids and subjected to a number of pressures, presents a challenging problem in physics as well as in clinical vision care.
D000328:Adult; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003261:Contact Lenses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D004856:Postural Balance; D013499:Surface Properties; D013500:Surface Tension; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D013666:Tears; D014906:Wetting Agents
D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014906:Wetting Agents