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【Press Release】MXene-Integrated Contact Lens: A Breakthrough in Wearable Eye Protection and Healthcare

Eye Wear Breakthrough: Professor Takeo Miyake, Assistant Professor Azahari Saman, and their research group develop a groundbreaking technology for eye healthcare innovation: Stable MXene-coated contact lenses with remarkable optical and EMR shielding properties

The researchers led by Professor Takeo Miyake and Assistant Professor Saman Azhari from the Graduate School of Information Production and Systems, Waseda University; Associate Professor Jun Hirotani from Kyoto University; Professor Kazuhiro Kimura from Yamaguchi University Hospital; and Assistant Professor Atsushige Ashimori from Yamaguchi University Hospital have developed stable MXene-coated contact lenses with remarkable optical and EMR shielding properties. The results were officially announced in a press release.

Please see the full press release for more details.

【Title of original paper】
   MXene-Integrated Contact Lens: A Breakthrough in Wearable Eye Protection and Healthcare

【DOI】10.1002/smsc.202400628

【Journal】 Small Science
【Article Publication Date】04 June 2025
【Authors】
Takeo Miyake1, Lunjie Hu1, Jun Hirotani2, Kazuhiro Kimura3, Atsushige Ashimori3, Saman Azhari1
【Affiliation】
1 Graduate School of Information Production and Systems, Waseda University, Japan
2 Kyoto University, Japan
3 Yamaguchi University Hospital, Japan