Preparation and characterization of fluorometholone molecular imprinted soft contact lenses as ocular controlled drug delivery systems

The molecular imprinted (MIP) and non-imprinted (NIP) lenses were synthesized in presence and absence of Fluorometholone (FML) as the template molecule. Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), as a backbone monomer, methacrylic acid (MAA) as the functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as a cross-linker monomer were applied to preparing soft contact lenses with different FML: MAA molar ratios. The lenses were characterized by...