Imperial College London
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Dr Ali K. Yetisen

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5562a.yetisen Website

 
 
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507ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Alam:2020:10.1002/adem.202000941,
author = {Alam, F and Elsherif, M and AlQattan, B and Ali, M and Ahmed, IMG and Salih, A and Antonysamy, DS and Yetisen, AK and Park, S and Butt, H},
doi = {10.1002/adem.202000941},
journal = {Advanced Engineering Materials},
title = {Prospects for additive manufacturing in contact lens devices},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202000941},
volume = {23},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Additive manufacturing (3D printing) has the ability to architect structures at microscale, giving rise to the development of functional contact lenses (CLs) with inbuilt sensing capabilities. 3D printing technology enables fabrication of CLs without surface geometry restrictions. Spherical, nonspherical, symmetric, and asymmetric lenses can be manufactured in an integrated production process. Advantages of 3D printing over conventional techniques include fast and easy production, one-step manufacturing, and no post processing such as grinding or polishing. In addition, and most significantly, 3D printing can create chambers within the wall of the lenses by taking the advantage of computer-aided modeling and layer-by-layer deposition of the materials. These inbuilt chambers can be used for loading drugs and sensing elements. The computer-aided design modeling can allow for manufacturing of patient-specific CLs. This article focuses on the 3D-printing approaches and the challenges faced in fabricating CLs. 3D-printing technology as a technique for manufacturing of CLs is discussed, in addition to the manufacturing challenges and the possible solutions to overcome the obstacles.
AU  - Alam,F
AU  - Elsherif,M
AU  - AlQattan,B
AU  - Ali,M
AU  - Ahmed,IMG
AU  - Salih,A
AU  - Antonysamy,DS
AU  - Yetisen,AK
AU  - Park,S
AU  - Butt,H
DO  - 10.1002/adem.202000941
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1438-1656
TI  - Prospects for additive manufacturing in contact lens devices
T2  - Advanced Engineering Materials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202000941
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000574131600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adem.202000941
VL  - 23
ER  -
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