Hydrogel-based commercial products for biomedical applications: A review

S Cascone, G Lamberti - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks, able to absorb large amount of water,
increasing their volume and showing a plethora of different material behaviors. Since their …

Contact lens materials: a materials science perspective

CSA Musgrave, F Fang - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
More is demanded from ophthalmic treatments using contact lenses, which are currently
used by over 125 million people around the world. Improving the material of contact lenses …

Roadmap for 2D materials in biotribological/biomedical applications–A review

M Marian, D Berman, D Nečas, N Emami… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The human body involves a large number of systems subjected to contact stresses and thus
experiencing wear and degradation. The limited efficacy of existing solutions constantly puts …

Smart contact lenses for biosensing applications

X Ma, S Ahadian, S Liu, J Zhang, S Liu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Smart contact lenses have emerged as novel wearable devices. Due to their multifunctional
biosensing capabilities and highly integrated performance, they provide a great platform for …

[HTML][HTML] Direct electron transfer based enzymatic fuel cells

M Falk, Z Blum, S Shleev - Electrochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
In this mini-review we briefly describe some historical developments made in the field of
enzymatic fuel cells (FCs), discussing important design considerations taken when …

Biofuel cell as a power source for electronic contact lenses

M Falk, V Andoralov, Z Blum, J Sotres… - Biosensors and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Here we present unequivocal experimental proof that microscale cofactor-and membrane-
less, direct electron transfer based enzymatic fuel cells do produce significant amounts of …

BCLA CLEAR–Medical use of contact lenses

DS Jacobs, KG Carrasquillo, PD Cottrell… - Contact Lens and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The medical use of contact lenses is a solution for many complex ocular conditions,
including high refractive error, irregular astigmatism, primary and secondary corneal ectasia …

Miniature biofuel cell as a potential power source for glucose-sensing contact lenses

M Falk, V Andoralov, M Silow, MD Toscano… - Analytical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A microscale membrane-less biofuel cell, capable of generating electrical energy from
human lachrymal liquid, was developed by utilizing the ascorbate and oxygen naturally …

Tear based bioelectronics

D Pankratov, E González‐Arribas, Z Blum… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This work provides an overview of the recent advances in the field of tear‐based wearable
electrochemical biodevices, including non‐invasive biosensors, biological fuel cells and …

Highly transparent antibacterial hydrogel‐polymeric contact lenses doped with silver nanoparticles

LM Shaker, WK Al‐Azzawi, A Al‐Amiery… - Journal of Vinyl and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biocompatible polymers such as poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) and poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) are
used to prepare hydrogels for biomedical applications, including optical applications such …