Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing
ABSTRACTColour vision disorders, pose challenges in perceiving and distinguishing specific colours. To address these challenges, technologies such as colour-filtering glasses and contact lenses have been developed. However, customisation of eyewear for individual patients remains a challenge. This r...
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| description | ABSTRACTColour vision disorders, pose challenges in perceiving and distinguishing specific colours. To address these challenges, technologies such as colour-filtering glasses and contact lenses have been developed. However, customisation of eyewear for individual patients remains a challenge. This research aims to design multifunctional contact lenses combining colour filtering and pH sensing capabilities for personalised colour vision correction. A pH-responsive, Neutral red dye-doped hydrogel was developed and optimised for the vat photo polymerization-based 3D printing process. A novel in-house multimaterial 3D printing technique was employed for printing lenses exhibiting both colour filtering and pH sensing capabilities. 3D printed samples contained outer radial rings, made from porous and pH-responsive polymer. The optically tunable dye-doped resin was also applied to the central part of the lenses to achieve customised wavelength blockage. The lenses demonstrate potential for customised colour vision correction and pH monitoring of the tear film. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c49644624984aad9664761238681b7b2024-01-25T11:33:13ZengTaylor & Francis GroupVirtual and Physical Prototyping1745-27591745-27672024-12-0119110.1080/17452759.2023.2298411Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensingAbdelrahman Sakr0Ahmed Salih1Muhammed Hisham2Mohamed Elsherif3Andreas Schiffer4Haider Butt5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Material Science Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Material Science Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Material Science Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDivision of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Material Science Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Material Science Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesABSTRACTColour vision disorders, pose challenges in perceiving and distinguishing specific colours. To address these challenges, technologies such as colour-filtering glasses and contact lenses have been developed. However, customisation of eyewear for individual patients remains a challenge. This research aims to design multifunctional contact lenses combining colour filtering and pH sensing capabilities for personalised colour vision correction. A pH-responsive, Neutral red dye-doped hydrogel was developed and optimised for the vat photo polymerization-based 3D printing process. A novel in-house multimaterial 3D printing technique was employed for printing lenses exhibiting both colour filtering and pH sensing capabilities. 3D printed samples contained outer radial rings, made from porous and pH-responsive polymer. The optically tunable dye-doped resin was also applied to the central part of the lenses to achieve customised wavelength blockage. The lenses demonstrate potential for customised colour vision correction and pH monitoring of the tear film.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17452759.2023.2298411Biosensorscolour vision deficiencymultifunctional contact lensestear pH sensingneutral red dye |
| spellingShingle | Abdelrahman Sakr Ahmed Salih Muhammed Hisham Mohamed Elsherif Andreas Schiffer Haider Butt Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing Virtual and Physical Prototyping Biosensors colour vision deficiency multifunctional contact lenses tear pH sensing neutral red dye |
| title | Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing |
| title_full | Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing |
| title_fullStr | Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing |
| title_short | Multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses: tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear pH sensing |
| title_sort | multifunctional and multimaterial contact lenses tailored solutions for tunable color filtering and tear ph sensing |
| topic | Biosensors colour vision deficiency multifunctional contact lenses tear pH sensing neutral red dye |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17452759.2023.2298411 |
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