Properties of Film Materials Based on Composite Nanofibers from Aliphatic Copolyamide and Carbon Nanotubes for Tissue Engineering

The investigation of the dependence of effective viscosity on shear rate for a water-alcohol solution of an aliphatic copolyamide and its mixtures with single-wall carbon nanotubes reveals that additives of the nanoparticles in the amount of 0.5 wt % lead to a substantial reduction in the effective viscosity as the shear rate rises. The measurement of the surface tension and electrical conductivity of the solutions bearing 0.1–2.0 wt % of the nanotubes allows one to choose an optimal mode for electrospinning of the composite nanofibers based on the aliphatic copolyamide. The introduction of carbon nanofibers reduces the specific resistance of the material to 8.9 × 10⁹ Ω m, but increases the elastic modulus. The lack of cytotoxicity of the resulting materials and the high proliferative activity of human dermal fibroblasts on their surface allow one to use the film materials based on the composite nanofibers in cell technologies and as matrices for tissue engineering.