Issue 7, 2009
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Chemical Society Reviews

Carbon nanotubes: biomaterial applications

Naoto Saito,*a   Yuki Usui,b   Kaoru Aoki,b   Nobuyo Narita,b   Masayuki Shimizu,b   Kazuo Hara,b   Nobuhide Ogiwara,b   Koichi Nakamura,b   Norio Ishigaki,b   Hiroyuki Kato,b   Seiichi Tarutac  and  Morinobu Endoc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Physical Therapy, Shinshu University School of Health Sciences, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
E-mail: saitoko@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81-263-37-2409
Tel: +81-263-37-2409

b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

c Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, Japan

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the unique biological and medical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and it is expected that biomaterials incorporating CNTs will be developed for clinical use. There has been a great deal of progress in improving the various properties of CNTs for use in biomaterials and for promotion of tissue regeneration as scaffold materials. The effects of CNTs on cells and tissues are extremely important for their use in biomaterials. This tutorial review clarifies the current state of knowledge in the interdisciplinary field of CNT-based nanobiotechnology to determine whether CNTs may be useful in biomaterials. Future perspectives in this rapidly developing field will also be discussed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B804822N
Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
29 Sep 2008
First published
18 Feb 2009

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009,38, 1897-1903

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Carbon nanotubes: biomaterial applications

N. Saito, Y. Usui, K. Aoki, N. Narita, M. Shimizu, K. Hara, N. Ogiwara, K. Nakamura, N. Ishigaki, H. Kato, S. Taruta and M. Endo, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 1897 DOI: 10.1039/B804822N

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