Effect of change in concentration upon lens turbidity as predicted by the random fluctuation theory

Biophys J. 1983 Jan;41(1):29-33. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(83)84402-6.

Abstract

Theoretical calculations were performed to predict how the light scattering intensity would change with changes in concentration in the gel state. The theory of light scattering was applied to a random distribution of hard spheres. The spherical particles with constant diameter were embedded in a medium having a different refractive index. The light-scattering intensities obtained as a function of concentration showed that in dilute solutions the scattered light intensity increases with concentration. However, in concentrated solution greater than 0.1 or 0.2 volume fraction, the light-scattering intensity decreases with increase in concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiology*
  • Light
  • Mathematics
  • Models, Biological
  • Nephelometry and Turbidimetry
  • Refraction, Ocular
  • Scattering, Radiation