Tamponade or Filling Effect: Changes of Forces in Myopic Eyes
Figure 2
Intermolecular polar bonding forces (c) at the air-water interface are responsible for the surface tension of water. This surface tension makes the water molecules exhibit a skin-like behavior at the surface of the water (b). As a result, when air is forced into water, a spherical bubble is formed (a), which has the least surface area to the highest volume ratio. Molecule = air; molecule = water.
