Carbon nanotube (CNT) encapsulated magnesium-based nanocomposites to improve mechanical, degradation and antibacterial performances for biomedical device applications

• Main Authors: Zhao, Jinguo, Haowei, Ma, Saberi, Abbas, Heydari, Zahra, Baltatu, Madalina Simona
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/40881/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Nowadays, magnesium (Mg) composites are gaining much attention in biomedical device applications due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability properties. This research is to study the microstructure, mechanical, corrosive and antibacterial properties of Mg-2.5Zn-0.5Zr/xCNT (x = 0, 0.3, 0.6, 0....