Effect of Hydrophobic Acrylic Monomers with Different Alkyl Side Chain Lengths on Reducing the Glistening of Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lens Materials

Abstract: Glistening is the condensation of water that forms within the intraocular lens (IOL) materials. In this study, a new approach was attempted to reduce the glistening of IOL materials by introducing hydrophobic acrylic monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths into the IOL materials. Various hydrophobic acrylic monomers such as butyl acrylate (BA), 2‐ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), and dodecyl acrylate (DA) were copolymerized with a hydrophobic acrylic monomer, 2‐phenoxyethyl acrylate, respectively. In this process, we investigated the effect of the alkyl side chain lengths of hydrophobic acrylic monomers on the glistening of hydrophobic acrylic IOL materials. As the content of hydrophobic acrylic monomers (BA, EHA, and DA) increased, the glistening of IOL materials decreased significantly for all hydrophobic acrylic monomers. At the same content of hydrophobic acrylic monomers, the IOL material showed the least content of glistening when copolymerized with DA. However, the IOL material obtained using BA exhibited the largest content of glistening, indicating that the glistening reduction effect was large in the order of DA>EHA>BA. These findings show that the glistening of IOL materials decreases with increasing alkyl side chain lengths of hydrophobic acrylic monomers.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Effect of Hydrophobic Acrylic Monomers with Different Alkyl Side Chain Lengths on Reducing the Glistening of Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lens Materials ; volume:9 ; number:41 ; year:2024 ; extent:12
ChemistrySelect ; 9, Heft 41 (2024) (gesamt 12)

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Kim, Tae Hyoung
Song, Ki Chang

DOI
10.1002/slct.202403573
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410291322318.807999603169
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  • Song, Ki Chang

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