Pluronic-coated carbon nanotubes

Pluronic-coated carbon nanotubes The applicability of carbon nanotubes for neural tissue engineering was further proved by Bardi et al. (2009), wherein the carbon nanotubes when coated with Pluronic F127 (PF127), a PPO-PEO-PPO block copolymer, showed more distinctive biocompatibility properties than the individual components. The researchers proposed that PF127 stabilized and solubilized the CNTs due to its surfactant action, whereas CNTs circumvented the PF127-induced apoptosis by the so-called surfactant sequestration mechanism (Bardi et al., 2009). 

Bardi, G., Tognini, P., Ciofani, G., Raffa, V., Costa, M., Pizzorusso, T., 2009. Pluronic-coated carbon nanotubes do not induce degeneration of cortical neurons in vivo and in vitro. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine 5, 96-104. 

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