High water content hydrogel with super high refractive index

• Main Authors: Zhou, Chuncai, Heath, Daniel E., Sharif, Abdul Rahim Mohamed, Rayatpisheh, Shahrzad, Oh, Bernice H. L., Rong, Xu, Chan-Park, Mary B., Beuerman, Roger W.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Polymers and polymer manufacture
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101682; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19782
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Transparent, high water content (>65%), and cytocompatible hydrogels, which also possess super high refractive indices (RI > 1.5), are needed for ophthalmological applications. Most hydrogels can achieve either high RI or high water content but not both in the same system because water is a lo...