Open AccessInstability and Breakup of Model Tear Films
Author(s) -
M. Saad Bhamla,
Chew Chai,
Noelle I. Rabiah,
John M. Frostad,
Gerald G. Fuller
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.15-18064
Subject(s) - breakup , materials science , dewetting , rheology , composite material , contact angle , contact lens , thin film , optics , nanotechnology , mechanics , physics
An experimental platform to replicate the human tear film on a contact lens is presented. The influence of interfacial viscoelasticity in stabilizing in vitro model tear films against breakup and dewetting is investigated using this instrument.
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