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Carbon Nanotube for Bone Repair

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In the recent years, significant development has been achieved in tissue engineering for the artificial bone preparation. Metals, polymers, and ceramics are widely used biomaterials for bone implant. Apart from this, the infant material carbon nanotube (CNT) is an emerging biomaterial in the recent days, which are being checked for bone tissue engineering. CNT has unique properties such as electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties. Thus, addition of CNT in the polymer, ceramic, and metal matrix will be enhancing the function of the CNT. In this chapter, CNT–polymers, CNT–hydroxyapatite, and CNT/Bioglass composite biomaterials have been discussed and explored for bone tissue engineering application.

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This work was supported by a grant from Marine Bioprocess Research Centre of the Marine Bio 21 Center funded by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime, Republic of Korea.

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    Jayachandran Venkatesan & Se Kwon Kim

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Venkatesan, J., Kim, S.K. (2015). Carbon Nanotube for Bone Repair. In: Kar, K., Pandey, J., Rana, S. (eds) Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing, Performance and Application. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45229-1_40

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