Biomedical applications of carbon-nanotube composites

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 5 E, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 610-621

  Meredith, Jay Russell ^a   Jin, Chunming ^a   Narayan, Roger J ^a   Aggarwal, Ravi ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Biomedical; Carbon nanotube; Composites; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYMER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSOR; CELL VIABILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; MICROELECTRODES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878482015     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/E643     Document Type: Article

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