Electrodeposition of hydroxyapatite on composite of vertically-aligned carbon nanotube and bioresorbable polymers

• Grant number: 14/17134-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 29, 2014
• End date: February 27, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Anderson de Oliveira Lobo
• Grantee: Cintia Maria Rodrigues Rosa
• Supervisor: Thomas J. Webster
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Northeastern University, United States

Abstract

The production of nanobiomaterials based on nHAp/VAMWCNT-O2/bioresorbable polymer nanocomposite has a big importance, due to association of these described specific characteristics. Based on that, this proposal is based on study the influence of some factors involved in the production process of nanocomposite using electrodeposition, such as: applied potencial, time, pH and temperature of electrolytes. Also, will be performed in vitro and in vivo biological assays, aiming applicability as scaffolds for bone growth. In the period of the project, an installation of the electrodeposition system will be made inside the Laboratory of Nanomedicine Professor Webster. Also, bacterial cultures and bone cells (human osteoblasts) biological assays will be carried out in vitro and in vivo. (AU)