Carbon nanotubes in scaffolds for tissue engineering

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-505

  Edwards, Sharon L ^a   Werkmeister, Jerome A ^a   Ramshaw, John A M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Scaffold; Single walled carbon nanotube; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE REMODELING; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOFABRICATION; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70449427826     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.09.29     Document Type: Review

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