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SUBMITTER: Lin YR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6210255 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20180922 10
Diabetes has become a chronic metabolic disorder, and the growing diabetes population makes medical care more important. We investigated using a portable and noninvasive contact lens as an ideal sensor for diabetes patients whose tear fluid contains glucose. The key feature is the reversible covalent interaction between boronic acid and glucose, which can provide a noninvasive glucose sensor for diabetes patients. We present a phenylboronic acid (PBA)-based HEMA contact lens that exhibits a reve ...[more]