Working principle of multifunctional contact lenses. (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Working principle of multifunctional contact lenses.

Caption

a Chemical structure of photochromic and thermochromic powders (LEFT) spiropyran structured material (colorless) switching to merocyanine (colored) and (RIGHT) Fluoran leuco dyes at protonated and deprotonated states. b Schematic of the lenses’ fabrication process. c Multifunctional contact lenses under different stimuli

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by A Salih, and H. Butt

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