High technology contact lens materials and their biomimetic properties.

The article focuses on high technology contact lens materials and their biomimetic properties. It looks at material interaction with tissues and suggests what may lie ahead in material development. Recent research supports the concept that lubrication during the blink provides the key to a biomimetic lens. Manufacturers have therefore considered that to imitate the biological effect of the eye, the contact lens must consist of materials that behave in a similar way to the corneal surface.