Otto Wichterle

Affiliations: 
1935-1939 Czech Institute of Technology 
 1945-1969 Czech Institute of Technology 
 1952-1969 University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 
Area:
Inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry
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(1913 - 1998)
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-0518%2819990501%2937%3A9%3C1221%3A%3AAID-POLA1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-C
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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-otto-wichterle-1173200.html

Inventor of the soft contact lens.

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Jan Rocek grad student 1953
Pavel Smejtek grad student 1961-1968 Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Physics Tree)
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Chmelíř M, Marek M, Wichterle O. (2007) Polymerization of isobutylene catalyzed by aluminum tribromide Journal of Polymer Science Part C: Polymer Symposia. 16: 833-839
Beneš MJ, Peška J, Wichterle O. (2007) Preparation and Polymerization of Tetrolonitrile Journal of Polymer Science Part C: Polymer Symposia. 16: 555-560
Caraculacu A, Wichterle O, Schneider B. (2007) Chlorine on Tertiary Carbon in Poly(vinyl Chloride) Journal of Polymer Science Part C: Polymer Symposia. 16: 495-501
Tomka J, Šebenda J, Wichterle O. (2007) On the Structure and Properties of Polyamides. XXVIII. Crystallization of Polycaprolactam Without a Thermal History Journal of Polymer Science Part C: Polymer Symposia. 16: 53-65
Beneš M, Peška J, Wichterle O. (2007) Polydicyanoacetylene: Preparation and properties Journal of Polymer Science Part C: Polymer Symposia. 4: 1377-1383
Sedlarik KM, Vacik J, Wichterle O, et al. (1995) [Modern dressings. Hydrogels]. Rozhledy V Chirurgii : Mesicnik Ceskoslovenske Chirurgicke Spolecnosti. 74: 3-7
Sedlarik KM, Vacik J, Wichterle O, et al. (1993) [Modern wound dressings. 3: Hydrogels]. Zeitschrift Fur Arztliche Fortbildung. 87: 431-6
Pitrová S, Smetana K, Wichterle O, et al. (1992) [The first stage of clinical trials of hydrogel lenses manufactured in Czechoslovakia]. Ceskoslovenska Oftalmologie. 48: 241-6
Wichterle K, Vodnanský J, Wichterle O. (1991) Shape of the cornea and conjunctiva. Optometry and Vision Science : Official Publication of the American Academy of Optometry. 68: 232-5
Kresa Z, Rems J, Wichterle O. (1988) Hydron gel implants in vocal cords. Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 98: 242-6
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