@Article{MarsiSaPaCoMaLo:2012:BiSuVe,
               author = "Marsi, Teresa Cristina O. and Santos, Tiago G. and Pacheco-Soares, 
                         Cristina and Corat, Evaldo J. and Marciano, Fernanda R. and Lobo, 
                         Anderson O.",
          affiliation = "Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, ‡Laboratory of Cellular 
                         and Tissue Biology, Development Research Institute (IP\&D), 
                         University of Vale do Paraiba (Univap), Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911 
                         - Sa\̃o Jose\́ dos Campos and Laboratory of Biomedical 
                         Nanotechnology, ‡Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Biology, 
                         Development Research Institute (IP\&D), University of Vale do 
                         Paraiba (Univap), Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911 - Sa\̃o 
                         Jose\́ dos Campos and Laboratory of Biomedical 
                         Nanotechnology, ‡Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Biology, 
                         Development Research Institute (IP\&D), University of Vale do 
                         Paraiba (Univap), Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911 - Sa\̃o 
                         Jose\́ dos Campos and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 
                         ‡Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Biology, Development Research 
                         Institute (IP\&D), University of Vale do Paraiba (Univap), Av. 
                         Shishima Hifumi, 2911 - Sa\̃o Jose\́ dos Campos and 
                         Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, ‡Laboratory of Cellular 
                         and Tissue Biology, Development Research Institute (IP\&D), 
                         University of Vale do Paraiba (Univap), Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911 
                         - Sa\̃o Jose\́ dos Campos",
                title = "Biomineralization of Superhydrophilic Vertically Aligned Carbon 
                         Nanotubes",
              journal = "Langmuir",
                 year = "2012",
               volume = "28",
               number = "9",
                pages = "4413–4424",
                month = "Mar.",
             abstract = "Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT) promise a great role 
                         for the study of tissue regeneration. In this paper, we introduce 
                         a new biomimetic mineralization routine employing superhydrophilic 
                         VACNT films as highly stable template materials. The 
                         biomineralization was obtained after VACNT soaking in simulated 
                         body fluid solution. Detailed structural analysis reveals that the 
                         polycrystalline biological apatites formed due to the 
                         \−COOH terminations attached to VACNT tips after oxygen 
                         plasma etching. Our approach not only provides a novel route for 
                         nanostructured materials, but also suggests that COOH termination 
                         sites can play a significant role in biomimetic mineralization. 
                         These new nanocomposites are very promising as nanobiomaterials 
                         due to the excellent human osteoblast adhesion.",
                  doi = "10.1021/la300111k",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la300111k",
                 issn = "0743-7463 and 1520-5827",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "05 maio 2024"
}