Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained popularity due to their many characteristics which make them the promising material for biomedical applications. A major challenge when working with CNTs is the difficulty to distribute them evenly throughout liquids. This research is a comparative analysis of the...
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| author | Claudia Espinosa Isabel Cristina Ortiz-Trujillo Jesús Antonio Carlos-Cornelio Raúl Darío Zapata-Hernández Lina Marcela Hoyos-Palacio |
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| description | Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained popularity due to their many characteristics which make them the promising material for biomedical applications. A major challenge when working with CNTs is the difficulty to distribute them evenly throughout liquids. This research is a comparative analysis of the dispersion of multi wall CNTs (MWCNTs) in different liquid media (distilled water, ultrapure water of type I [Milli-Q], ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide [DMSO] and cell culture medium [RPMI-1640]) by using two different sonication techniques (probe-type sonication and ultrasonic bath sonication) as well as determining the effect of sterilization in the presence and absence of fluid before dispersion. The results indicate that the best method to achieve a CNTs dispersion is to use a probe-type sonicator as well as to sterilize the CNTs samples in the presence of fluid. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11e8df89f4894e60bde4b1fe796792bc2022-12-22T01:17:36ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaDyna0012-73532346-21832017-10-0184203243010.15446/dyna.v84n203.6413246921Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applicationsClaudia Espinosa0Isabel Cristina Ortiz-Trujillo1Jesús Antonio Carlos-Cornelio2Raúl Darío Zapata-Hernández3Lina Marcela Hoyos-Palacio4Universidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede MedellínUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained popularity due to their many characteristics which make them the promising material for biomedical applications. A major challenge when working with CNTs is the difficulty to distribute them evenly throughout liquids. This research is a comparative analysis of the dispersion of multi wall CNTs (MWCNTs) in different liquid media (distilled water, ultrapure water of type I [Milli-Q], ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide [DMSO] and cell culture medium [RPMI-1640]) by using two different sonication techniques (probe-type sonication and ultrasonic bath sonication) as well as determining the effect of sterilization in the presence and absence of fluid before dispersion. The results indicate that the best method to achieve a CNTs dispersion is to use a probe-type sonicator as well as to sterilize the CNTs samples in the presence of fluid.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/64132Carbon NanotubeDispersionUltrasound |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Espinosa Isabel Cristina Ortiz-Trujillo Jesús Antonio Carlos-Cornelio Raúl Darío Zapata-Hernández Lina Marcela Hoyos-Palacio Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications Dyna Carbon Nanotube Dispersion Ultrasound |
| title | Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications |
| title_full | Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications |
| title_fullStr | Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications |
| title_short | Carbon nanotube dispersion for in-vitro applications |
| title_sort | carbon nanotube dispersion for in vitro applications |
| topic | Carbon Nanotube Dispersion Ultrasound |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/64132 |
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