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  • Title: Prentice Medal lecture: contact lens wettability--myths, mysteries, and realities.
    Author: Fatt I.
    Journal: Am J Optom Physiol Opt; 1984 Jul; 61(7):419-30. PubMed ID: 6465272.
    Abstract:
    The author shows that the wetting of contact lens on the eye is a complex process. Measuring the contact angle is possible by several techniques but knowing the contact angles (advancing and receding) is not enough to define wettability in scientific terms. A contact lens on the eye, bathed in lacrimal fluids and subjected to a number of pressures, presents a challenging problem in physics as well as in clinical vision care.
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