Carbon nanotube reinforced alginate hydrogel.

• Main Author: Lim, Koon Thye.
• Other Authors: Chan Bee Eng, Mary
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16369
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hydrogel has been widely used in tissue engineering application due to its biocompatibility and its extra-cellular matrix (ECM) resemblance structure. However, due to its poor mechanical strength property, tissues engineered using hydrogel as polymeric scaffold usually have lower mechanical strength...