Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1266-1272 , July 2009

Analysis of intraocular lens surface adhesiveness by atomic force microscopy

Received 30 December 2008 ,Revised 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 February 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2009.

 Innova Technology Solutions, Chieti, Italy, provided the consumables.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00364-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.02.029

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1266-1272 , July 2009

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