Growth of apatite on chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube composite membranes |
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Authors: | Jun Yang Changyu Tang Hualin Zhang Jingsong Liu |
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Affiliation: | a State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, No 14, 3rd Section South People's Road, Chengdu 610041, China b Department of Polymer Science and Materials, Sichuan University, China c Dental Materials Science, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
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Abstract: | Bioactive membranes for guided tissue regeneration would be of value for periodontal therapy. Chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube (CS-MWNT) composites were treated to deposit nanoscopic apatite for MWNT proportions of 0-4 mass%. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, and X-ray diffraction were used for characterization. Apatite was formed on the CS-MWNT composites at low MWNT concentrations, but the dispersion of the MWNT affects the crystallite size and the Ca/P molar ratio of the composite. The smallest crystallite size was 9 nm at 1 mass% MWNT. |
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Keywords: | MWNT Apatite Biomimetic Mineralization |
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