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Apatite formation on carbon nanotubes
| Title: | Apatite formation on carbon nanotubes |
| Authors: | Akasaka, Tsukasa Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Watari, Fumio Browse this author | | Sato, Yoshinori Browse this author | | Tohji, Kazuyuki Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Carbon nanotubes | | biomimetic coating | | apatite |
| Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2006 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Materials science & engineering. C, Biomimetic and supramolecular systems |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 675 |
| End Page: | 678 |
| Abstract: | Apatite coating on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was done with a biomimetic coating method. The multi-walled CNTs (MWNTs) of curled shape with about 30 nm in diameter were immersed for 2 weeks in the simulated body fluid. Observation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed the formation of apatite on the MWNTs surface. The clusters of spherules consisting of needle shape of apatite crystallites were massively grown on the aggregated MWNTs. The crystallites of 100 nm in width and 200-500 nm in length were grown perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction and radially originating from a common center of a single MWNT. Thus the architecture of crystalline apatite at nano-scale levels could be produced by simple method and the MWNT may be acting as core for initial crystallization of apatite. |
| Rights: | © Elsevier |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/11368 |
| Appears in Collections: | 歯学院・歯学研究院 (Graduate School of Dental Medicine / Faculty of Dental Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 赤坂 司
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