- Otto
Wichterle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈoto ˈvɪxtr̩lɛ]; 27
October 1913 – 18
August 1998) was a
Czech chemist, best
known for his
invention of
modern soft...
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Wichterle could mean: Otto
Wichterle,
Czech chemist and inventor, best
known for his
invention of soft
contact lenses. The
Wichterle reaction, a chemical...
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electron withdrawing group such as cyano, keto, or
ester as shown. The
Wichterle reaction is a
variant of the
Robinson annulation that
replaces methyl...
- as cross-linking additive. It was
invented by
Drahoslav Lim and Otto
Wichterle for
biological use.
Together they
succeeded in
preparing a cross-linking...
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biochemists Gerty and Carl
Ferdinand Cori,
chemists Jaroslav Heyrovský and Otto
Wichterle,
physicists Ernst Mach and
Peter Grünberg,
physiologist Jan Evangelista...
- 1981
Perth Observatory M. P.
Candy THM 16 km MPC · JPL 3899
Wichterle 1982 SN1
Wichterle September 17, 1982 Kleť M. Mahrová THM 21 km MPC · JPL 3900 Knežević...
- 30°C.
During polymerization, it
shrinks by
approximately 6%. In 1960, O.
Wichterle and D. Lím
described its use in
synthesis of
hydrophilic crosslinked networks...
- prin****l
breakthrough in soft
lenses was made by
Czech chemists Otto
Wichterle and
Drahoslav Lím, who
published their work "Hydrophilic gels for biological...
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contact lenses (hydrogel). Lím
worked as a
member of the team of Otto
Wichterle (the
inventor of soft
contact lenses) and in 1955, he came up with...
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lenses –
Drahoslav Lim and Otto
Wichterle invented Polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate (pHEMA) for
biological use.
Wichterle thought pHEMA might be a suitable...
