Nanomaterial-based Tissue Engineering Scaffolds KU Leuven
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained interest in bone tissue engineering (BTE) to provide scaffolds with mechanical strength and to promote adhesion and proliferation of cells as they can mimic the fibrillar extracellular matrix (ECM) morphology. These properties are necessary inorder to promote bone healing of critical size defects or to reduce interface problems with implants. However, the needle-like shape of nanotubes can rupture cell ...