Physical Transport Manipulated by Nanoscale Structure of Biopolymers Working in the Eye

Abstract

Contact lenses, which support visual function in the eyes, have taken advantage of the membrane’s physical transport function since they were first conceived more than 60 years ago. Silicone hydrogel lenses, the current mainstream, have a nanoscale phase-separated structure and exhibit advanced physical transport. Considering these evolutions, biopolymers functionalizing contact lenses have made revolutionary advances since their encounter with membrane science.