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Abalymov, A., Van der Meeren, L., Volodkin, D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7474-5329, Parakhonskiy, B. and Skirtach, A.G.,
2021.
Carbon nanotubes transform soft gellan gum hydrogels into hybrid organic–inorganic coatings with excellent cell growth capability.
C, 7 (1): 18.
Abstract
Carbone nanotubes (CNTs) possess distinct properties, for example, hardness, which is very complementary to biologically relevant soft polymeric and protein materials. Combining CNTs with bio-interfaces leads to obtaining new materials with advanced properties. In this work, we have designed novel organic-inorganic hybrid coatings by combining CNTs with gellan gum (GG) hydrogels. The surface topography of the samples is investigated using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Mechanical properties of synthesized hybrid materials are both assessed at the macro-scale and mapped at the nanoscale. A clear correlation between the CNT concentration and the hardness of the coatings is revealed. Cell culture studies show that effective cell growth is achieved at the CNT concentration of 15 mg/mL. The presented materials can open new perspectives for hybrid bio-interfaces and can serve as a platform for advanced cell culture.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | C | ||||||
| Creators: | Abalymov, A., Van der Meeren, L., Volodkin, D., Parakhonskiy, B. and Skirtach, A.G. | ||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI AG | ||||||
| Date: | 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 7 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
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| Rights: | Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 16 Nov 2022 10:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2022 10:51 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47415 |
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