Electrical and mechanical characterisation of single wall carbon nanotubes based composites for tissue engineering applications

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-197

  Whulanza, Yudan ^a   Battini, Elena ^a   Vannozzi, Lorenzo ^a   Vomero, Maria ^a   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a   Vozzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Electrical characterisation; Mechanical characterisation; Percolation threshold; Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES-BASED COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC PERCOLATION; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISATION; INSULATING MATRIX; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMER MATRIX; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876213042     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.6708     Document Type: Article

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