Wear effects on microscopic morphology and hyaluronan uptake in siloxane-hydrogel contact lenses

• Published in: Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials Vol. 103; no. 5; pp. 1092 - 1098
• Main Authors: Tavazzi, Silvia, Tonveronachi, Martina, Fagnola, Matteo, Cozza, Federica, Ferraro, Lorenzo, Borghesi, Alessandro, Ascagni, Miriam, Farris, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biomedical materials; contact lens; Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; Freeze drying; Humans; hyaluronan; Hyaluronic Acid - chemistry; Hydrogels - chemistry; Materials research; Materials science; Materials Testing; scanning electron microscopy; siloxane-hydrogel; Siloxanes - chemistry; Surface Properties; scanning electron microscopy; freeze-drying; siloxane-hydrogel; hyaluronan; contact lens

The purpose of this study was a comparison between new and worn siloxane‐hydrogel contact lenses in terms of microscopic structure, surface morphology, and loading of hyaluronan. The analyses were performed by scanning electron microscopy, with the support of the freeze‐drying technique, and by fluo...