Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and hydroxyapatite nanorods reinforced with polypropylene for biomedical application

• Main Authors: Ahmed Khan, Fahad Saleem, Mubarak, N. M., Mohammad Khalid, Mohammad Khalid, Walvekar, Rashmi, Abdullah, E. C., Ahmad, Awais, Karri, Rama Rao, Pakalapati, Harshini
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94881/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80767-3

Modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) and hydroxyapatite nanorods (n-HA) were reinforced into polypropylene (PP) with the support of a melt compounding approach. Varying composition of f-MWCNTs (0.1–0.3 wt.%) and nHA (15–20 wt.%) were reinforced into PP, to obtain biocomposites of differ...