Carbon nanotubes/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites fabricated by spark plasma sintering for bonegraft applications

• Main Authors: Cui, Fuzhai, Wang, Wei, Zhu, Yuhe, Watari, Fumio, Liao, Susan, Yokoyama, Atsuro, Omori, Mamoru, Ai, Hongjun
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100301; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11039
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Multi-wall carbon nanotubes/hydroxyapatite (MWCNTs/HA) composites with 20%, 40% and 60% HA were successfully fabricated at 1200 °C and 120 MPa by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations showed that MWCNTs/HA composites kept the nanostructure of MWCNTs after SPS...