Carbon nanotubes in nanocomposites and hybrids with hydroxyapatite for bone replacements

Journal of Tissue Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Shin, Ueon Sang ^a,b   Yoon, Il Kyu ^a,b   Lee, Gil Su ^a,b   Jang, Won Cheoul ^a,b   Knowles, Jonathan C ^a,c   Kim, Hae Won ^a,b,d  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b BK21 Plus NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TENSILE STRENGTH; YARN;

BONE DEFECT; BONE MINERALS; BONE REPLACEMENT; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNT); HARD TISSUES; HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; LOAD-BEARING; MINERAL COMPONENT; NANO SCALE; SINGLE-WALLED;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

EID: 84890150023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/674287     Document Type: Review

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