Biocompatibility of carbon nanotube disk

Yoshinori Sato, Makoto Ohtsubo, Balachandran Jeyadevan, Kazuyuki Tohji, Kenichi Motomiya, Rikizo Hatakeyama, Go Yamamoto, Mamoru Omori, Toshiyuki Hashida, Kazuchika Tamura, Tsukasa Akasaka, Motohiro Uo, Atsuro Yokoyama, Fumio Watari

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Abstract

We report the preparation, properties and biocompatibility of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) disk. Sintered Multi-walled carbon nanotube disk was fabricated by spark plasma sintering the MWCNT and phenol resin mixture by using the Spark Plasma System (SPS) under 1273 K and 80 MPa in vacuum. As the concentration of phenol resin in the sintered MWCNT disk increases, the bending strength and Young's modulus increased. However, the inflammatory response was observed in the tissue exposed to the surface of the sintered MWCNT disk. This was believed due to the residual phenol resin in the disk. The result indicates that the disk has to be annealed at higher temperatures under inert gas atmosphere to perfectly convert phenol resin to graphitic materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102
Pages (from-to)623-627
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5593
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004 Dec 1
EventNanosensing Materials and Devices - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: 2004 Oct 252004 Oct 28

Keywords

  • Biocompatibility
  • Fibrous connective tissue
  • Inflammatory response
  • Lymphocyte
  • Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)
  • Spark plasma system (SPS)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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