角膜における臨界現象

Abstract

Primary corneal opacity investigated by dynamic light scattering indicates that it is due to reversible critical density fluctuations associated with phase transitions of the corneal gel. Critical phenomena normally asstciated with phase transitions the cornea, as well as upon increasing temperature. The critical behaviour dependence upon increasing temperature indicates that hydrophobic interactions, arising from changes in the local entropy of water, are dominate in inducing the phase transition.