Modelling on the mechanical properties of nanocomposite hydroxyapatite/PMMA/carbon nanotube coatings

International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Shokuhfar, Tolou ^a   Titus, Elby ^a   Cabral, Gil ^a   Sousa, Antonio C M ^a   Gracio, José ^a   Ahmed, Waqar ^b   Okpalugo, Thomas ^c   Makradi, Ahmed ^d   Ahzi, Said ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; CNTs; HA; hydroxyapatite; nanocomposite; PMMA; polymethylmethacrylate; scaffold; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149145698     PISSN: 17528933     EISSN: 17528941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNBM.2007.016555     Document Type: Article

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