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Carbon Nanotubes for Tissue Engineering Scaffold Applications

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With the advancement of the tissue engineering applications, there are many biomaterials used as the scaffold materials for the treatment of diseases. However, there are no synthetic/natural materials available which replicates the structure of bone, whereas the CNTs has been considered as the ideal material because of its properties. CNTs are hollow graphitic tubes which are in the dimensions of nanoscale. It has a unique properties like stability, electrically conductive, and extremely strong material useful for the tissue engineering applications. The CNT-based materials and their composite materials are the promising material for the fabrication of scaffolds. In addition, this chapter focusses on the properties, fabrication, and the applications of CNT scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Most of the studies reported using the CNTs scaffold are bone tissue and neural tissue engineering because of its innate strength, lightweight material, and the other properties makes it as an ideal candidate. Moreover, the CNT scaffold material provides a place for the nucleation and growth which results in the micron size networks for the growth of cells that penetrates into the channels. Owing to the diversity of CNT material, the various scaffold manufacturing process has many advantages for the different applications. Hence, it is very crucial to select an appropriate manufacturing technique for the use of CNTs-based scaffold materials.

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  1. International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India

    R. Rajakumari & Sabu Thomas

  2. School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

    Nandakumar Kalarikkal

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Rajakumari, R., Thomas, S., Kalarikkal, N. (2022). Carbon Nanotubes for Tissue Engineering Scaffold Applications. In: Abraham, J., Thomas, S., Kalarikkal, N. (eds) Handbook of Carbon Nanotubes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91346-5_38

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